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Under which Article of the Constitution was the Emergency proclaimed on 25 June 1975?Read the answer and worked solution →Which President signed the Emergency proclamation on the night of 25 June 1975?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two organisations were banned during the Emergency fearing communal disharmony?Read the answer and worked solution →In April 1976 the Supreme Court accepted the government's plea on which point?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Kannada writer returned his Padma Bhushan in protest against the Emergency?Read the answer and worked solution →The forty-second amendment extended the term of legislatures from five years to how many?Read the answer and worked solution →Which retired Chief Justice headed the 1977 commission of inquiry into Emergency excesses?Read the answer and worked solution →How many seats did the Janata Party win on its own in the 1977 Lok Sabha election?Read the answer and worked solution →Indira Gandhi lost her own seat in 1977 from which constituency?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Janata leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Emergency yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Emergency timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the judgesRead the answer and worked solution →Government or oppositionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Emergency bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Villagers in early 1973 hugged trees to stop commercial logging. In which present-day State did this begin?Read the answer and worked solution →The forest department refused villagers ash trees for farm tools but gave the plot to whom?Read the answer and worked solution →After Chipko, the government banned tree felling in the Himalayan regions for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →Women in Chipko also campaigned against alcoholism. Who usually supplied liquor to the men?Read the answer and worked solution →Peasants in the Telangana region demanded land redistribution early after independence under which parties' leadership?Read the answer and worked solution →Dalit Panthers, a militant organisation of Dalit youth, was formed in 1972 in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Sustained Dalit agitation led to a comprehensive law against atrocities in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In January 1988 about twenty thousand farmers camped for three weeks in which city against electricity rate hikes?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharatiya Kisan Union drew its members mainly from which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Maharashtra farmers' body called the movement a war of Bharat against India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rayata Sangha is a farmers' organisation of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Fishworkers' Forum won its first legal battle against the Union government in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Women who joined an adult literacy drive in Dubagunta village started which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Under which Article of the Constitution was the Emergency proclaimed on 25 June 1975?

  1. Article 356
  2. Article 360
  3. Article 370
  4. Article 352
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Correct answer: D. Article 352

1. The government cited internal disturbance. 2. It invoked Article 352. 3. Federal powers and rights were curtailed. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 6, The Crisis of Democratic Order._

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Which President signed the Emergency proclamation on the night of 25 June 1975?

  1. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
  2. Varahagiri V. Giri
  3. Zakir Hussain Khan
  4. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
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Correct answer: A. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

1. Indira Gandhi recommended the Emergency at night. 2. President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed issued it immediately. 3. The Cabinet was told at 6 a.m. next day. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 6, The Crisis of Democratic Order._

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Which two organisations were banned during the Emergency fearing communal disharmony?

  1. BKU and Dalit Panthers
  2. RSS and Jamait-e-Islami
  3. CPI and the CPI(M)
  4. DMK and the Akali Dal
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Correct answer: B. RSS and Jamait-e-Islami

1. Press censorship was imposed. 2. The RSS and Jamait-e-Islami were banned. 3. Fundamental Rights stood suspended. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 6, The Crisis of Democratic Order._

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