Q. Article 172 deals with

A
Duration of central legislature
B
Duration of state legislature
C
Duration of Rajyasabha
D
Term of President
Solution:
  • Article 172 states every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Assembly:

  • Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.

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