Find the odd one out in the context of Proclamation of Emergency in 1975 in India.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → V.V. Giri elected as the President of India
Option (1) The Allahabad High Court Verdict — Linked to the Emergency (Incorrect). On 12 June 1975, the Allahabad High Court declared Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid; the Emergency was declared on 25 June 1975.
Option (2) V.V. Giri elected as the President of India — The odd one out (Correct). V.V. Giri was President of India from 1969 to 1974. His election in the presidential election of 1969 belongs to the split in the Congress, years before the Emergency.
Option (3) The Railway strike of 1974 — Linked to the Emergency (Incorrect). The nationwide railway strike called by George Fernandes in 1974 added to the atmosphere of labour unrest before the Emergency.
Option (4) The call for Total Revolution — Linked to the Emergency (Incorrect). In the Bihar movement of 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan gave a call for total revolution and demanded the dismissal of the Congress government in Bihar; this movement was part of the protests that led up to the Emergency.
NCERT (2026-27): “Declaration of Emergency On 12 June 1975, Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid.… 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.… Railway Strike of 1974 … Do you know that such a thing actually happened in 1974? The National Coordination Committee for Railwaymen’s Struggle led by George Fernandes gave a call for nationwide strike by all employees of the Railways for pressing their demands related to bonus and service conditions.…”
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