UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

Which of the following are not necessarily the consequences of the proclamation of the President's rule in a State? 1. Dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly 2. Removal of the Council of Ministers in the State 3. Dissolution of the local bodies Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1 and 3 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 3 only

Explanation

When President's Rule is imposed, the Council of Ministers is invariably removed (so statement 2 is a necessary consequence, hence excluded from the answer). However, the State Legislative Assembly may be kept in suspended animation rather than dissolved (statement 1), and local bodies are not automatically dissolved (statement 3) — hence 1 and 3 are the ones 'not necessarily' consequences.

Topics: consequences of president's rule, emergency provisions, polity and governance, president's rule (article 356)