Which of the following gave legal basis to extra- ordinary powers exercised by the Government of India during Lockdown?1.Mental Health Care Act, 20172.Disaster Management Act, 20053.Enemy Property Act, 19684.Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

1. A

   1, 2 and 3

   1, 2 and 3 wrongly includes the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, which was not the lockdown power base, and omits the Epidemic Diseases Act.

2. B

   2, 3 and 4

   2, 3 and 4 wrongly includes the Enemy Property Act, 1968, a confiscation statute unrelated to COVID lockdowns.

3. C

   2 and 4

   2 and 4 is the official key: the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (national/state disaster machinery, MHA guidelines) and the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (State epidemic regulations) legally framed the 2020 lockdown.

4. D

   1, 3 and 4

   1, 3 and 4 drops the Disaster Management Act, the Union’s principal 2020 instrument, and keeps two irrelevant Acts.

Summary. Official key is (c) 2 and 4. Lockdown orders rode on NDMA/DM Act directions and colonial epidemic legislation. Mental healthcare and enemy-property laws were not the extra-ordinary COVID code. Honour the stored letter (c).