Question

Single citizenship means --------.
A. A person is a citizen of his own 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:
There are 2 types of citizenship. One is single citizenship and another is Dual or double citizenship. In dual citizenship, each person is a citizen of both country and state. But in single citizenship, a person has only one citizenship.

Complete answer:
Single citizenship means a person is a citizenship of the whole country. Indian constitution is federal in character but it provides single citizenship for Indian. It means that there is only Indian citizenship. Due to single citizenship, all citizens irrespective of their residing states enjoy the same political and civil rights of citizenship. No discrimination is made between them.

Therefore the correct answer is D

Note:
Some countries like the USA, Switzerland etc. have dual citizenship. In the USA, each person is a citizen of the USA as well as the particular state in which he resides. So, they enjoy dual sets of rights - one set conferred by the central government and another conferred by the state or regional government.
This system has some drawbacks. One state may discriminate in favour of its citizenships in matters like right to vote, right to hold public offices, right to practise professions etc.