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Constitutional Provision Article 360
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 17 years (2007–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in LDCE — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 3 years (2007–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2007 → LDCE 2023 → CISF 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 4) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2024
In India, on which one of the following grounds can the salaries and allowances of persons serving in connection with affairs of the State be reduced?
- A Financial emergency ✓
- B Internal disturbance
- C Failure of the constitutional machinery in a State
- D Degradation of public morality
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › Federalism & Centre-State
LDCE2024
Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India can be used by the President of India to declare financial emergency ?
- A Article 32
- B Article 349
- C Article 360 ✓
- D Article 365
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Federalism & Centre-State
LDCE2023
Article 360 of the Constitution of India has been invoked
- A only one time
- B two times ✓
- C three times
- D never
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
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