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Theme T88 · Constitution & Polity

Governor, President's Rule & emergency provisions

4PYQs

4GS2

2018–20264 distinct years

1asked 2024–26

Roadmap · step 8 of 171 · Stage 1: Foundations

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What UPSC asks

UPSC asks the Governor's role and assent powers, Governor's ordinances, decline in Art 356 use, and financial emergency.

Prepare these

Art 163, 200, 213, 356, 360
S.R. Bommai
Recent SC rulings on assent delays
Sarkaria and Punchhi recommendations

Answer writing

Cite cases and commissions

Directive words in these PYQs: Discuss (2), Account for (1).

Linked themes

Builds on: study these first

These come earlier in the roadmap. Questions in this theme use them.

Step 6: Executive: cabinet, ordinances & pardon

Syllabus lines covered

GS2-L2 — Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
GS2-L6 — Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.

All 4 PYQs, newest first

GS22026GS2-POL-04-M2026-S01
Discuss the position of the Governor in the federal polity of India. What is the nature of his power while giving assent to a bill passed by the State Legislature? Is he bound by the aid and advice of his Council of Ministers in all his functions (250 words)?
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GS2202315 marks · 250 wordsGS2-POL-04-M2023-Q13
Account for the legal and political factors responsible for the reduced frequency of using Article 356 by the Union Governments since mid-1990s.
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GS2202215 marks · 250 wordsGS2-POL-11-M2022-Q12
Discuss the essential conditions for the exercise of the legislative powers by the Governor. Discuss the legality of re- promulgation of ordinances by the Governor without placing them before the Legislature.
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GS22018GS2-POL-04-M2018-S01
Under what circumstances can the Financial Emergency be proclaimed by the President of India? What consequences follow when such a declaration remain in force?
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