SSC GD Constable 2026 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

The correct answer is 3. Part XVIII of the Constitution provides for three kinds of emergency. A National Emergency under Article 352 can be declared on the ground of war, external aggression or armed rebellion. President's Rule, also called State Emergency or constitutional emergency, under Article 356, applies when the constitutional machinery in a State fails. A Financial Emergency under Article 360 applies when the financial stability or credit of India is threatened.

The word "emergency" itself is used in the Constitution only for the first one: Article 352 speaks of a "Proclamation of Emergency", while Article 356 speaks of the failure of constitutional machinery. That is why some questions ask how many times "emergency" has been declared and mean only the National Emergency. The options 2, 4 and 5 have no basis in the text. Learn the three together with their Articles, 352, 356 and 360, since the next question is almost always about one of those numbers.

The correct answer is Morarji Desai. Pakistan conferred its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Morarji Desai in 1990, and India awarded him the Bharat Ratna in 1991. He is the only Prime Minister to have received the highest civilian honours of both countries. As Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979, heading the Janata Party government, he was India's first non-Congress Prime Minister, and at 81 the oldest person to take the office.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee received the Bharat Ratna in 2015 and is remembered for the Lahore bus journey of 1999, but he was not given the Nishan-e-Pakistan. P.V. Narasimha Rao received the Bharat Ratna in 2024. Lal Bahadur Shastri received it posthumously in 1966, the year he signed the Tashkent Declaration with Pakistan. The pairing of a peace gesture with Pakistan and a national award is what makes the distractors plausible, but only Morarji Desai holds both awards.