UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

If the President of India exercises his power as provided under Article 356 of the Constitution in respect of a particular State, then:

  1. the Assembly of the State is automatically dissolved.
  2. the powers of the Legislature of that State shall be exercisable by or under the authority of the Parliament.
  3. Article 19 is suspended in that State.
  4. the President can make laws relating to that State.

Answer

Correct Answer

the powers of the Legislature of that State shall be exercisable by or under the authority of the Parliament.

Explanation

Under Articles 356 and 357, once President's Rule is imposed, the State Legislature's powers are exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament. The Assembly is not automatically dissolved (it can be kept in suspended animation), and Article 19 is suspended only during a national emergency on war/external aggression.

Topics: article 356 and its effects, centre-state relations and emergency, polity, president's rule