UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Global economic impact of U.S. SC invalidating Trump tariffs

Question 1

The U.S. Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling that the President lacked statutory authority to impose sweeping unilateral tariffs concerned tariffs levied under which one of the following statutes?

Accepted Answer

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 1977

Answer

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, 1962

Answer

Section 301 of the Trade Act, 1974

Answer

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, 1930

Question 2

Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, invoked as a replacement after the IEEPA tariffs were struck down, permits a temporary import surcharge for a maximum period of how many days?

Accepted Answer

150 days

Answer

90 days

Answer

120 days

Answer

180 days

Question 3

The Section 301 trade investigations launched in 2026 against some 60 economies including India — the administration's 'Plan B' after the IEEPA tariffs fell — are conducted by which one of the following U.S. bodies?

Accepted Answer

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Answer

The U.S. Department of Commerce

Answer

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Answer

The U.S. International Trade Commission

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Global economic impact of U.S. SC invalidating Trump tariffs

Q1. The U.S. Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling that the President lacked statutory authority to impose sweeping unilateral tariffs concerned tariffs levied under which one of the following statutes?

Q2. Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, invoked as a replacement after the IEEPA tariffs were struck down, permits a temporary import surcharge for a maximum period of how many days?

Q3. The Section 301 trade investigations launched in 2026 against some 60 economies including India — the administration's 'Plan B' after the IEEPA tariffs fell — are conducted by which one of the following U.S. bodies?