How many times has the President's Rule been imposed in Madhya Pradesh?

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Correct — C, Three. President's Rule under Article 356 of the Constitution has been imposed in Madhya Pradesh on three occasions: 1977 (following the post-Emergency political realignment), 1980 (when Indira Gandhi's Congress government, freshly returned to power at the Centre, dismissed several Janata-Party-run state governments, including Madhya Pradesh), and December 1992 (after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, when several BJP-run state governments — Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh — were dismissed).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Understates the count — Madhya Pradesh has seen more than one spell of President's Rule.  (b) Understates the count as officially recorded.  (d) Overstates the count as officially recorded.

Concept: Article 356 empowers the President to assume the functions of a State government when its constitutional machinery is deemed to have failed, usually on the Governor's report. It is a Union-State relations mechanism, not an automatic or routine event — it has historically clustered around major national political shake-ups.

State PCS 2022 Q18 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2022 Q18 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer