Question

Single citizenship means.........
A. A person is a citizen of his state only.
B. A person is a citizen of his native place.
C. A person is a citizen of two states.
D. A person is a citizen of the whole country.

Answer 1

Hint:A person born in Bihar does not have citizenship of Bihar but that of India.
A man of one state despite being married to a woman of another state both have single citizenship.
In India the passport has the name of the country not that of the state to which the person belongs.

Complete answer:
Option D - In India the single citizenship means that one cannot be citizens of the state as well when it has citizenship that of the country. The main reason is that giving citizenship of the whole country helps in increasing the feeling of nationality and patriotism beyond the state of the boundary and forges unity despite regional and cultural differences. It also encourages the citizens to exercise their fundamental rights such as the freedom of movement and residence in any part of the nation. In India, the concept of single citizenship is taken from the British constitution that is from the United Kingdom. In India, only single citizenship is given to all citizens.
In a federal type of system there is generally double citizenship. One citizenship is given to the person of the state to which he belongs or where he is born and also enjoys the citizenship rights of the country, to which his state has joined as a unit. This is on the basic fact that the states in a federation are units of the country, but do not at the same time, give up their individual identity. But in India, there is the rule of single citizenship. The citizens of the country belong to India and not to any single state where the person is born.

The correct answer is option D.

Note: Provision for single citizenship for the whole of India was done intentionally.
The constitution fathers thought that regionalism and other disintegrating tendencies will endanger the very security and integrity of the country and it will be further encouraged by providing double citizenship.
Single citizenship has undoubtedly forged a sense of unity and integrity among the people of India and the image of United India is reflected by this provision.