UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Panel set up to study ‘demographic change’ due to illegal immigration

Q1. In the context of the mandate of the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change, the expression 'demographic change' that the Committee is tasked to study is most precisely understood as:

  • A. changes in population composition arising from illegal immigration and other abnormal reasons such as orchestrated or abnormal settlement patterns
  • B. the natural change in population caused by shifts in fertility and mortality rates over a decade
  • C. the rural-to-urban internal migration of citizens as captured by the decadal Census
  • D. the alteration in the sex ratio at birth on account of prenatal sex selection

Q2. Apart from the ex-officio Census Commissioner and the Member Secretary, how many expert members were named to the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q3. The High-Level Committee on Demographic Change functions as the nodal responsibility of which of the following?

  • A. The Foreigners Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. The Consular, Passport and Visa Division of the Ministry of External Affairs
  • C. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Q4. The preparation and updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is operationalised under the authority of which of the following offices?

  • A. The Office of the Registrar General of India
  • B. The Election Commission of India
  • C. The National Investigation Agency
  • D. The Unique Identification Authority of India

Q5. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 fixed which one of the following as the cut-off date on or before which specified migrants must have entered India to be eligible?

  • A. 31 December 2014
  • B. 25 March 1971
  • C. 31 December 2004
  • D. 19 July 1948

Q6. Under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which of the following communities is/are correctly identified as eligible for the fast-tracked route to citizenship?

  1. Parsi
  2. Jain
  3. Jewish
  4. Christian
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q7. Which of the following States is/are correctly identified as being covered by the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Nagaland
  3. Mizoram
  4. Meghalaya, where the ILP alone regulates all entry
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q8. With reference to India's population-data institutions, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

  1. The decennial Census is conducted under the legal authority of the Census Act, 1948.
  2. The Registrar General of India also functions as the Registrar General under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
  3. The National Population Register is prepared under provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (as amended in 2003) and rules made thereunder.
  4. The Office of the Registrar General of India functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 4 only
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 only