With reference to the Emergency Provisions in the Indian Constitution, consider the following pairs: Type of Emergency Article in Constitution 1. War, External Aggression, Rebellion Article 352 2. Failure of Constitutional Machinery Article 356 3. Financial Instability Article 360 Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 1 and 3 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation:

Article 352 deals with National Emergency due to war, external aggression, or armed rebellion. The Constitution uses the term “Proclamation of Emergency”, not “National Emergency” — hence, the match is correct.
Article 356 deals with failure of constitutional machinery in a state. It is popularly called “President’s Rule” or “State Emergency”, but the Constitution does not use the word “emergency” for this — so the popular name is not used in the Constitution.
Article 360 empowers the President to declare a Financial Emergency when India’s financial stability is threatened. The Constitution uses the term “Financial Emergency”.

Source: Laxmikant (Polity)