UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Deportation policy seeks district-level task force
Q1. The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 was piloted in Parliament and is administered by which Union ministry?
- A. Ministry of External Affairs
- B. Ministry of Home Affairs
- C. Ministry of Law and Justice
- D. Ministry of Labour and Employment
Q2. With reference to how the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 differs from the earlier Foreigners Act, 1946, consider the following statements:
1. The 2025 Act repealed the Foreigners Act, 1946 along with three other laws, including the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920.
2. Under the 2025 Act, a foreigner entering India without a valid passport or travel document may be punished with imprisonment up to five years, a fine up to five lakh rupees, or both.
3. Unlike the 1946 Act, the 2025 Act does away with the requirement that foreigners hold a valid visa for entry into India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The 2025 Act repealed the Foreigners Act, 1946 along with three other laws, including the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920.
- Under the 2025 Act, a foreigner entering India without a valid passport or travel document may be punished with imprisonment up to five years, a fine up to five lakh rupees, or both.
- Unlike the 1946 Act, the 2025 Act does away with the requirement that foreigners hold a valid visa for entry into India.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. The power of the Central Government to order the deportation of a foreign national from India was derived from which provision of the Foreigners Act, 1946?
- A. Section 3(2)(c)
- B. Section 5
- C. Section 7
- D. Section 14
Q4. With reference to the new Union Home Ministry deportation policy, consider the following:
1. Constitution of a special task force in every district under the State/UT police.
2. Holding centres to be ringed with a 10-foot-high boundary wall topped with barbed wire.
3. Holding centres to be operated from within existing district jails.
4. A 90-day upper limit to verify the antecedents of a suspected foreign national.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as features of the policy?
- Constitution of a special task force in every district under the State/UT police.
- Holding centres to be ringed with a 10-foot-high boundary wall topped with barbed wire.
- Holding centres to be operated from within existing district jails.
- A 90-day upper limit to verify the antecedents of a suspected foreign national.
- A. 1, 2 and 4
- B. 1, 3 and 4
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. As per the new Union Home Ministry deportation policy, what is the maximum number of days fixed to verify the antecedents of a suspected Bangladeshi or Myanmarese national who claims residence in another State?
Q6. Which security force has been credited with apprehending Bangladeshi and Rohingya nationals attempting illegal movement through the railway network since 2021?
- A. Border Security Force
- B. Railway Protection Force
- C. Sashastra Seema Bal
- D. Central Industrial Security Force