The correct answer is 355. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Article 355 states, "It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.” • Part 18 of the Indian Constitution defines the Article. • Part 18 of the Indian constitution envisages the following three emergencies: • General Emergency (also called national emergency) • Break-down of constitutional machinery in the states (also called state emergency) • Financial Emergency • Article 359 allows the President of India to suspend the right to move any court for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights during a National Emergency. • Article 354 explains provisions relating to the distribution of revenues while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation. • Article 356 empowers the President of India to withdraw from the Union the executive and legislative powers of any state. • Article 357 deals with the exercise of legislative powers under the Proclamation issued under Article 356 by the central government. Article 353 - • Article 353 of the Indian constitution deals with the effect of the Proclamation of Emergency. • Parliament was given the power to impose emergency legislation on any state which is different from the state in which the emergency proclamation is in force. Article 358: • Article 358 is confined to Fundamental Rights under Article 19. • The Right to freedom of Speech and Expression comes under Article 19. • Once an emergency is declared in India, Article 358 automatically suspends these rights. • Article 358 operates only in the case of an external emergency and not in the case of an internal disturbance. • Article 358 suspends Fundamental Rights under Article 19 for the complete duration of the Emergency. • Article 358 is enforced all over India. • Article 358 enables the State to form any law or take any executive action inconsistent with Fundamental Rights under Article 19. • Article 358 suspends Article 19 completely.