Match the concept in List I with this explanation in List II
| LIST-I (Concept) | LIST-II (Explanation) | ||
| A. | Dual Citizenship | I. | Ascriptive identity |
| B. | Nation-State | II. | Policy of state |
| C. | Integration | III. | Citizen of two nation-states |
| D. | Community identity | IV. | Political identity |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(A) Dual Citizenship — this matches (III) Citizen of two nation-states. Dual citizenship laws allow citizens of one state to be citizens of another state at the same time; Jewish Americans, for instance, may be citizens of both Israel and the USA.
(B) Nation-State — this matches (IV) Political identity. A nation-state is a state, a set of political-legal institutions controlling a territory, in which a single nation and a single state go together. Membership of it, citizenship, is a political identity, unlike the ascriptive identity of a community.
(C) Integration — this matches (II) Policy of state. Policies of integration are what a state does to assert a single national identity, keeping ethnic and cultural differences out of the public and political arena while allowing them in private life.
(D) Community identity — this matches (I) Ascriptive identity. Community identity is based on birth and ‘belonging’, not on any qualification or accomplishment; such identities are called ascriptive.
NCERT (2025-26): “6.1 The Importance of Community Identity … Community identity is based on birth and ‘belonging’ rather than on some form of acquired qualifications or ‘accomplishment’. It is what we ‘are’ rather than what we have ‘become’. We don’t have to do anything to be born into a community – in fact, no one has any choice about which family or community or country they are born into. These kinds of identities are called ‘ascriptive’ – that is, they are determined by the birth and do not involve any choice on the part of the individuals concerned.…” “Communities, Nations and Nation-States … Similarly, people constituting a nation may actually be citizens or residents of different states. For example, there are more Jamaicans living outside Jamaica than in Jamaica – that is, the population of ‘non-resident’ Jamaicans exceeds that of ‘resident’ Jamaicans. A different example is provided by ‘dual citizenship’ laws. These laws allow citizens of a particular state to also – simultaneously – be citizens of another state. Thus, to cite one instance, Jewish Americans may be citizens of Israel as well as the USA; they can even serve in the armed forces of one country without losing their citizenship…” “Threatened by community identities, states try to eliminate cultural diversity … policies of assimilation or integration. Attaining these objectives was not easy, especially in a context of cultural diversity where citizens, in addition to their identifications with their country, might also feel a strong sense of identity with their community – ethnic, religious, linguistic and so on. Most states feared that the recognition of such difference would lead to social fragmentation and prevent the creation of a harmonious society. In short, such identity politics was considered a threat to state unity. In addition, accommodating these differences is politically challenging, so many states have resorted to either suppressing these diverse identities or ignoring them on the political domain. Policies of assimilation – often involving outright suppression of the identities of ethnic, religious or linguistic groups – try to erode the cultural differences between groups. Policies of integration seek to assert a single national identity by attempting to eliminate ethnonational and cultural differences from the public and political arena, while allowing them in the private domain. Both sets of policies assume a singular national identity.…” |