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  1. About a financial emergency: 1. It lapses after two months unless both Houses approve it earlier. 2. The President may order salary cuts for Union employees but not for Supreme Court and High Court judges. Which is/are correct? (IAS 2007)
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both
    4. Neither
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    Answer: (A) 1 only

    Judges’ salaries too can be reduced under Article 360.

  2. Which pairing is correct? 1. National emergency — Art 352. 2. Financial emergency — Art 356. 3. State emergency — Art 360.
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 only
    4. All three
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    Answer: (C) 1 only

    Financial is 360 and state emergency is 356.

  3. In an emergency on the ground of war, which statements are WRONG? 1. All Fundamental Rights are suspended automatically. 2. The right to move courts for any right is suspended automatically. 3. The President may suspend enforcement of rights other than Arts 20–21. 4. Parliament can permit every right to be suspended.
    1. 1, 3 and 4
    2. 1, 2 and 4
    3. 2, 3 and 4
    4. All four
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    Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 4

    Only statement 3 is correct; Art 19 alone goes automatically.

  4. Under the Constitution, which body must approve President’s Rule in a state?
    1. Prime Minister
    2. Parliament
    3. Union Council of Ministers
    4. State government
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    Answer: (B) Parliament

    Both Houses must approve within two months.

  5. During a national emergency: 1. Parliament can extend the Lok Sabha by up to one year at a time. 2. A state assembly can be extended for any length of time. 3. An extended Lok Sabha cannot continue more than six months after the emergency ends.
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 only
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 3

    State assemblies are bound by the same one-year-at-a-time and six-month limits.

  6. Which right survives even a national emergency?
    1. To reside and settle anywhere in India
    2. To life and personal liberty
    3. To move freely throughout India
    4. To practise any profession
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    Answer: (B) To life and personal liberty

    Articles 20 and 21 cannot be suspended; the others belong to Article 19.

  7. Consider: 1. President’s Rule is subject to judicial review. 2. The Centre must justify it once misuse is shown prima facie. 3. A state government pursuing anti-secular politics may face action under Art 356.
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 2
    4. All three
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    Answer: (D) All three

    All three follow from the S.R. Bommai judgment (1994).

  8. If the President uses Article 356 for a state — (IAS 2018)
    1. its assembly is dissolved automatically
    2. the state legislature’s powers become exercisable by or under Parliament
    3. Article 19 is suspended in that state
    4. the President can make laws for the state
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    Answer: (B) the state legislature’s powers become exercisable by or under Parliament

    Dissolution is not automatic, and Article 356 does not touch Article 19.

  9. What does an emergency under Article 356 do to Fundamental Rights?
    1. Suspends Articles 14 and 19
    2. Suspends Article 21
    3. Suspends Articles 15 and 16
    4. Has no effect
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    Answer: (D) Has no effect

    Only a national emergency affects rights.

  10. During a national emergency, the State List in practice becomes —
    1. part of the Union List
    2. like the Concurrent List
    3. a residuary power of the Union
    4. unchanged
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    Answer: (B) like the Concurrent List

    Both Parliament and the state can legislate; Parliament’s law prevails.

  1. Consider: 1. A national emergency must be approved by Parliament within three months. 2. Once approved it lasts six months. 3. The President must revoke it if the Lok Sabha disapproves its continuance.
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (C) 2 and 3

    The deadline is one month since the 44th Amendment.

  2. After notice by one-tenth of Lok Sabha members, the special sitting to consider disapproving an emergency must be held within —
    1. 7 days
    2. 10 days
    3. 14 days
    4. 30 days
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    Answer: (C) 14 days

    Article 352(8).

  3. Which amendment replaced “internal disturbance” with “armed rebellion” in Article 352?
    1. 38th
    2. 42nd
    3. 44th
    4. 46th
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    Answer: (C) 44th

    The 44th Amendment, 1978.

  4. On whose satisfaction is a national emergency proclaimed or continued?
    1. Prime Minister
    2. Home Minister
    3. President
    4. Vice-President
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    Answer: (C) President

    The President acts on the Cabinet’s written advice.

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