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When was National Emergency declared for the first time in India?

AOctober 1960

BOctober 1962

CMarch 1962

DDecember 1962

Answer:

B. October 1962


Related Questions:

With reference to the proclamation of a Financial Emergency under Article 360, consider the following statements:

  1. It must be approved by both Houses of Parliament within two months from its date of issue.

  2. Once approved, it requires repeated parliamentary approval every six months for its continuation.

  3. A proclamation of Financial Emergency has been declared only once in India, during the 1991 economic crisis.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the amendments affecting emergency provisions.

(i) The 38th Amendment Act of 1975 made the declaration of both National Emergency and President’s Rule immune from judicial review.

(ii) The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 restored judicial review for both National Emergency and President’s Rule.

(iii) The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 extended the duration of a National Emergency indefinitely without parliamentary approval.

How soon imposition of National Emergency should be approved by the Parliament?
Which article of the Constitution of India deals with the national emergency?
Who was the president of India at the time of declaration of Emergency in 1975?