UPSC Prelims 2021— Question 19

India has single citizenship, unlike a fully dual-citizenship federal model. But the Constitution does not provide that only a citizen by birth can become President; a citizen by naturalization who meets the constitutional conditions can qualify. Citizenship can also be terminated or deprived under law in specified circumstances. Therefore only the first statement is correct. The final answer-key position for Set C identifies option A as the correct option. Option A — 1 only — is correct because it is the alternative that matches the constitutional, historical, geographical, scientific or economic principle established above. Option B — 2 only — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option C — 1 and 3 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option D — 2 and 3 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. For PYQ interpretation, the distinction between the correct alternative and merely related facts is important. UPSC often places plausible distractors beside the precise statement that matches the underlying rule, chronology, definition or empirical relationship. The answer should therefore be read against the exact wording of the question rather than against a broadly related fact.