On 25 June 1975, the government invoked Article 352 of the Indian Constitution because there was-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A threat of internal disturbances.
Option (1) A rebellion in the Army due to India-Pakistan War. — Incorrect. The government’s worry was that the opposition had asked the army and police not to obey ‘illegal and immoral orders’. India was not at war with Pakistan in 1975.
Option (2) A threat of internal disturbances. — Correct. On 25 June 1975 the government declared that there was a threat of internal disturbances and therefore invoked Article 352, which allows an emergency on grounds of external threat or a threat of internal disturbances.
Option (3) An acute economic crisis — Incorrect. Prices had risen sharply and growth was low in 1973-74, but the economic situation was the background to the protests, not the ground the government gave for the Emergency.
Option (4) Failure of the First Five year Plan — Incorrect. The First Five Year Plan ran in the early 1950s, two decades before 1975, so it could not be the ground for an emergency declared in 1975.
NCERT (2025-26): “Crisis and response … The response of the government was to declare a state of emergency. On 25 June 1975, the government declared that there was a threat of internal disturbances and therefore, it invoked Article 352 of the Constitution. Under the provision of this article the government could declare a state of emergency on grounds of external threat or a threat of internal disturbances.…” |