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Government is considering (1) to the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant citizenship to religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. A joint committee of parliamentarians is already examining the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Christians and Buddhists from neighbouring countries who have been residing in India for at least six years. This is problematic on several levels. In fact the basic premise of the Bill violates the (2) constitutional principle of secularism, as it appears to equate citizenship with specific religions only.
While government may argue that the religious denominations mentioned in the Bill (3) to minorities in neighbouring countries who have faced religious persecution, the message that goes out is that India is willing to provide (4) to all except Muslims. If this isn’t the case, then why shouldn’t Rohingya Muslim refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar be added to the list? Besides, how would government determine religious (5) in foreign countries? Does it really have the wherewithal to discriminate between those facing genuine religious persecution and economic refugees (6) to be persecuted for their religion? And what if Pakistan announces a similar citizenship (7) for Indian Muslims who may feel discriminated in this country?
The proposed citizenship amendments are therefore both impractical and suffering from a (8) perception of the Indian identity. They disregard the fact that unlike say Israel, which offers a home to all the Jews of the world, India is a secular state which doesn’t discriminate between religious denominations. A rational and sophisticated citizenship programme for refugees needs to be (9) and operate on a case-by-case basis. A policy that favours specific religious denominations reeks of the (10) two-nation theory.
- 1) uncomplicated
2) onimus
3) manageable
4) amendments
5) almAnswer – 4)
Explanation : amendments - 1) trivial
2) subordinate
3) auxiliary
4) additional
5) fundamentalAnswer – 5)
Explanation : fundamental - 1) correspond
2) alter
3) contradict
4) deviate from
5) digressAnswer – 1)
Explanation : correspond - 1) disunite
2) estrange
3) shelter
4) break off
5) disaffectAnswer – 3)
Explanation : shelter - 1) help
2) stimulation
3) succor
4) piquancy
5) persecutionAnswer – 5)
Explanation : persecution - 1) pretending
2) arrogant
3) conceited
4) courageous
5) assuredAnswer – 1)
Explanation : pretending - 1) disinterest
2) ignorance
3) benightedness
4) proposal
5) bewildermentAnswer – 4)
Explanation : proposal - 1) beeling
2) collinear
3) consecuting
4) continuous
5) warpedAnswer – 5)
Explanation : warped - 1) varying
2) egalitarian
3) different
4) unequal
5) variableAnswer – 2)
Explanation : egalitarian - 1) acclaimed
2) advanced
3) advocated
4) applaud
5) discreditedAnswer – 5)
Explanation : discredited
