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1. Degree of descent refers to:
a. Ancestors
b. Descendants
c. Collaterals
d. In-laws
2. Section 13 applies in determining:
a. Class I succession
b. Class II succession
c. Order among agnates and cognates
d. Testamentary succession
3. Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Succession of males
b. Property of female Hindu as absolute property
c. Coparcenary rights
d. Testamentary succession
4. Property possessed by a female Hindu shall be held by her as:
a. Limited owner
b. Trustee
c. Full owner
d. Co-owner only
5. Section 14(1) applies to property:
a. Acquired only after commencement
b. Acquired only before commencement
c. Acquired before or after commencement
d. Acquired only by inheritance
6. The term “property” includes:
a. Only immovable property
b. Only movable property
c. Both movable and immovable property
d. Only ancestral property
7. Property acquired in lieu of maintenance:
a. Is excluded
b. Is included as absolute property
c. Is temporary property
d. Requires court approval
8. Stridhana held before commencement:
a. Remains limited estate
b. Becomes absolute property
c. Is divided among heirs
d. Is governed by custom
9. Property acquired by gift or will with restriction:
a. Becomes absolute property
b. Is always void
c. Remains restricted estate
d. Converts into joint family property
10. Section 14(2) applies when:
a. Property is self-acquired
b. Property is inherited
c. Terms prescribe restricted estate
d. Property is movable
11. Property acquired by skill or exertion of a female:
a. Is excluded
b. Is her absolute property
c. Is joint family property
d. Is governed by husband
12. Section 14 abolishes:
a. Coparcenary system
b. Limited estate of female Hindu
c. Testamentary succession
d. Class II heirs
13. Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Succession of males
b. General rules of succession in case of female Hindus
c. Testamentary succession
d. Coparcenary property
14. Property of a female Hindu dying intestate devolves as per:
a. Section 14
b. Section 16
c. Section 8
d. Section 10
15. The first preference in succession is given to:
a. Heirs of husband
b. Parents
c. Sons, daughters and husband
d. Heirs of father
16. Children of a pre-deceased son or daughter:
a. Are excluded
b. Are included in first category
c. Come under second category
d. Inherit only by will
17. Second preference is given to:
a. Heirs of father
b. Heirs of husband
c. Mother and father
d. Cognates
18. Third preference in order is:
a. Heirs of husband
b. Heirs of mother
c. Mother and father
d. Agnates
19. Property inherited from father or mother, in absence of children:
a. Goes to heirs of husband
b. Goes to heirs of father
c. Goes to State
d. Goes to mother only
20. Property inherited from husband or father-in-law, in absence of children:
a. Goes to heirs of father
b. Goes to heirs of mother
c. Goes to heirs of husband
d. Goes to agnates
21. Sub-section (2) of Section 15:
a. Confirms general rule
b. Overrides general rule in certain cases
c. Applies only to males
d. Applies only to movable property
22. The last preference in succession is given to:
a. Heirs of father
b. Heirs of husband
c. Heirs of mother
d. Government
23. Section 16 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Succession of males
b. Order of succession and distribution among heirs of female Hindu
c. Coparcenary property
d. Testamentary succession
24. Heirs in one entry under Section 15(1):
a. Succeed after all entries
b. Are excluded
c. Are preferred over succeeding entries
d. Take only by will
25. Heirs within the same entry:
a. Take successively
b. Take simultaneously
c. Take by age
d. Take unequally
26. Children of a pre-deceased son or daughter:
a. Are excluded
b. Take no share
c. Take the share their parent would have taken
d. Take only if court directs
27. Rule 2 follows which principle:
a. Survivorship
b. Per capita
c. Representation (per stirpes)
d. Testamentary rule
28. Property devolving under Section 15(1)(b), (d), (e):
a. Follows special rule
b. Follows rules applicable to father, mother or husband
c. Is equally divided always
d. Is decided by court
29. For heirs of husband, father or mother:
a. Special scheme is applied
b. Same rules as if they died intestate apply
c. Only Class I heirs succeed
d. Only males succeed
30. Section 16 primarily provides:
a. List of heirs
b. Order and manner of distribution
c. Definition of heirs
d. Disqualification rules
31. Rule 1 establishes:
a. Equal distribution always
b. Preference of entries and simultaneous succession within entry
c. Only male succession
d. Testamentary succession
32. Section 16 operates:
a. Independently of Section 15
b. Only for males
c. In continuation of Section 15
d. Only for coparcenary property
33. Section 17 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. General succession rules
b. Special provisions for marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws
c. Testamentary succession
d. Coparcenary property
34. Section 17 applies to persons governed by:
a. Mitakshara law
b. Dayabhaga law
c. Marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws
d. Customary tribal law
35. Under modified Section 8, in absence of Class I and II heirs:
a. Only agnates succeed
b. Only cognates succeed
c. Both agnates and cognates succeed together
d. Property goes to State
36. Under modified Section 15(1), first preference is given to:
a. Sons, daughters and husband
b. Sons, daughters and mother
c. Husband only
d. Father only
37. Under modified Section 15(1), second preference is given to:
a. Heirs of father
b. Heirs of mother
c. Father and husband
d. Cognates
38. Under modified Section 15(1), heirs of mother are placed:
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Last
39. Under Section 17, clause (a) of Section 15(2):
a. Is modified
b. Is omitted
c. Is expanded
d. Remains unchanged
40. Section 23 under this provision:
a. Is applied strictly
b. Is modified
c. Is omitted
d. Is extended
41. Under modified Section 15(1), heirs of husband are placed:
a. First
b. Second
c. Fourth
d. Last
42. Section 17 provides:
a. General rules for all Hindus
b. Special adaptations of Sections 8, 10, 15, and 23
c. Rules for coparcenary property
d. Rules for testamentary succession
43. Section 18 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that:
a. Half blood is preferred
b. Full blood is preferred over half blood
c. Both are equal always
d. Cognates are preferred
44. Preference of full blood over half blood applies when:
a. Relationship differs
b. Nature of relationship is same in all respects
c. Only males are involved
d. Court directs
45. “Full blood” means relation through:
a. Same ancestor by different wives
b. Same ancestor by same wife
c. Same mother only
d. Adoption only
46. Section 19 deals with:
a. Preference among heirs
b. Mode of succession of two or more heirs
c. Testamentary succession
d. Disqualification
47. When two or more heirs succeed together, they take:
a. Per stirpes
b. Per capita
c. By survivorship
d. By primogeniture
48. “Per capita” means:
a. Branch-wise distribution
b. Equal share per head
c. Eldest gets more
d. Only males inherit
49. Heirs succeeding together hold property as:
a. Joint tenants
b. Tenants-in-common
c. Coparceners
d. Trustees
50. Tenants-in-common implies:
a. Right of survivorship
b. Equal ownership without survivorship
c. Joint ownership with survivorship
d. Ownership by eldest only
51. Section 19 applies:
a. Only to Class I heirs
b. Only to females
c. To all heirs succeeding together unless otherwise provided
d. Only to agnates
52. Rule of survivorship among heirs under Section 19:
a. Applies fully
b. Is abolished
c. Applies only to males
d. Depends on custom
53. Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Preference among heirs
b. Right of child in womb
c. Mode of succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
54. A child in the womb at the time of intestate’s death:
a. Has no right
b. Has limited right
c. Has same right as if born before death
d. Gets share only after majority
55. For inheritance under Section 20, the child must:
a. Be legitimate only
b. Be subsequently born alive
c. Be male
d. Be acknowledged by court
56. The right of such child is conditional upon:
a. Registration of birth
b. Being born alive
c. Court declaration
d. Family consent
57. The inheritance in such case is deemed to vest:
a. From date of birth
b. From date of partition
c. From date of death of intestate
d. From date of majority
58. Section 20 creates:
a. New category of heirs
b. Legal fiction in favour of unborn child
c. Right only for females
d. Testamentary right
59. If the child is not born alive:
a. Still inherits
b. Share goes to mother
c. No right accrues
d. Court decides
60. Section 20 applies to:
a. Only males
b. Only females
c. Any child in womb at death of intestate
d. Only legitimate children
61. Section 21 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Right of unborn child
b. Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
c. Mode of succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
62. Section 21 applies when:
a. Death is natural
b. Death is due to illness
c. It is uncertain who survived whom
d. There is a will
63. In cases of simultaneous deaths, the law presumes:
a. Elder survived younger
b. Younger survived elder
c. Both died at same time
d. Court decides arbitrarily
64. The presumption under Section 21 operates:
a. Absolutely without exception
b. Only for criminal cases
c. Until the contrary is proved
d. Only when court orders
65. Section 21 is relevant for:
a. Marriage validity
b. Criminal liability
c. Succession to property
d. Contract enforcement
66. If evidence proves otherwise:
a. Presumption still applies
b. Presumption is rebutted
c. Court ignores evidence
d. Younger always succeeds
67. The rule under Section 21 is:
a. Rule of evidence
b. Rule of succession presumption
c. Rule of contract
d. Rule of procedure
68. Section 21 helps determine:
a. Validity of will
b. Order of death
c. Age of parties
d. Property value
69. Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Right of unborn child
b. Preferential right to acquire property
c. Order of succession
d. Disqualification of heirs
70. Section 22 applies when interest in property devolves upon:
a. Class II heirs
b. Agnates
c. Two or more Class I heirs
d. Cognates
71. Preferential right arises when a co-heir:
a. Dies intestate
b. Refuses inheritance
c. Proposes to transfer his/her interest
d. Demands partition
72. The preferential right is given to:
a. Government
b. Court
c. Other Class I heirs
d. Creditors
73. Section 22 applies to:
a. Only movable property
b. Only immovable property
c. Immovable property and business
d. Only ancestral property
74. If consideration is not agreed upon:
a. Transfer fails
b. Court determines consideration
c. Government fixes price
d. Seller decides
75. If a person refuses to buy at court-determined price:
a. No consequence
b. Loses share
c. Liable to pay costs of application
d. Goes to jail
76. Where multiple heirs want to purchase:
a. Eldest gets preference
b. Equal division is made
c. Highest bidder is preferred
d. Court randomly selects
77. “Court” under Section 22 refers to:
a. Supreme Court only
b. Court where parties reside
c. Court where property is situated or business carried on
d. Any civil court
78. Section 22 aims to:
a. Prevent succession disputes
b. Keep property within family
c. Increase court control
d. Promote sale to outsiders
79. Section 23 was omitted by:
a. 1956 Act itself
b. 1976 Amendment
c. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
d. Supreme Court judgment
80. Section 23 earlier dealt with:
a. Coparcenary property
b. Dwelling houses
c. Testamentary succession
d. Disqualification
81. Section 23 was omitted with effect from:
a. 17-06-1956
b. 01-01-2005
c. 09-09-2005
d. 26-01-1950
82. Section 24 was omitted by:
a. Parliament in 1956
b. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
c. State Government notification
d. Judicial interpretation
83. Section 24 earlier dealt with:
a. Rights of daughters
b. Rights of remarried widows
c. Coparcenary rights
d. Testamentary succession
84. Effect of omission of Sections 23 and 24:
a. They continue partially
b. They are no longer applicable
c. They apply only to old cases
d. They apply only in rural areas
85. Section 25 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that:
a. Murderer can inherit
b. Murderer is disqualified from inheritance
c. Only abettor is disqualified
d. Court decides discretionarily
86. A person who abets murder:
a. Is not affected
b. Can inherit property
c. Is also disqualified from inheritance
d. Is liable only criminally
87. Disqualification under Section 25 applies to:
a. Only property of murdered person
b. Only ancestral property
c. Property of murdered person and related succession
d. Only movable property
88. Section 25 embodies the principle:
a. Equity follows law
b. No one should benefit from his own wrong
c. Equality before law
d. Natural justice
89. Section 26 deals with:
a. Murder disqualification
b. Testamentary succession
c. Convert’s descendants disqualification
d. Coparcenary rights
90. Children born after conversion of a Hindu:
a. Always inherit
b. Never inherit
c. Are disqualified unless they are Hindus at succession
d. Inherit only movable property
91. Descendants of a convert are disqualified when:
a. They are minors
b. They are not Hindus at the time succession opens
c. They reside abroad
d. They are illegitimate
92. Section 26 applies to conversion:
a. Only before commencement of Act
b. Only after commencement of Act
c. Both before and after commencement
d. Only by court order
93. If children of convert reconvert to Hinduism before succession:
a. Still disqualified
b. Eligible to inherit
c. Need court permission
d. Inherit partially
94. Section 26 affects succession to property of:
a. Any person
b. Only Muslim relatives
c. Hindu relatives
d. Government
95. Section 27 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that:
a. Disqualified heir inherits partially
b. Disqualified heir is treated as dead before intestate
c. Disqualified heir gets reduced share
d. Court decides succession
96. Effect of disqualification of an heir is:
a. Property lapses
b. Property goes to Government
c. Succession proceeds as if such heir predeceased
d. Will becomes valid
97. Section 28 states that:
a. Disease disqualifies inheritance
b. Defect disqualifies inheritance
c. No disqualification on ground of disease or deformity
d. Only mental illness disqualifies
98. Disqualification from inheritance can arise:
a. On any moral ground
b. On any physical defect
c. Only as provided under the Act
d. By family decision
99. Section 29 deals with:
a. Testamentary succession
b. Escheat (failure of heirs)
c. Coparcenary rights
d. Disqualification
100. If no qualified heir exists:
a. Property remains ownerless
b. Property goes to relatives
c. Property devolves on Government
d. Court takes possession
101. Government takes property:
a. Absolutely free from liabilities
b. Subject to obligations and liabilities
c. Only movable property
d. Only ancestral property
102. Section 28 abolishes disqualification based on:
a. Religion
b. Gender
c. Disease or deformity
d. Relationship
103. Sections 27–29 collectively deal with:
a. Succession of females
b. Disqualification and failure of heirs
c. Testamentary rules
d. Coparcenary property
104. Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:
a. Intestate succession
b. Testamentary succession
c. Coparcenary rights
d. Disqualification
105. Under Section 30, a Hindu may dispose of property by:
a. Gift only
b. Will or testamentary disposition
c. Partition only
d. Court order only
106. Testamentary disposition must be in accordance with:
a. CPC, 1908
b. Indian Contract Act, 1872
c. Indian Succession Act, 1925
d. Transfer of Property Act, 1882
107. Section 30 applies to:
a. Only male Hindus
b. Only female Hindus
c. Both male and female Hindus
d. Only coparceners
108. Property that can be disposed of under Section 30:
a. Only self-acquired property
b. Only ancestral property
c. Any property capable of being so disposed
d. Only immovable property
109. Interest of a Mitakshara coparcener:
a. Cannot be disposed by will
b. Can be disposed by will
c. Is always joint property
d. Requires consent of family
110. Interest in tarwad, tavazhi, illom, kutumba or kavaru property:
a. Cannot be disposed
b. Is excluded from Act
c. Is deemed capable of testamentary disposition
d. Belongs only to family
111. The Explanation to Section 30:
a. Restricts testamentary power
b. Expands scope of property that can be disposed
c. Applies only to females
d. Applies only to Class I heirs
112. Testamentary succession under Section 30:
a. Overrides all laws
b. Must follow applicable law in force
c. Is invalid without court approval
d. Applies only after partition
113. Section 30 establishes:
a. Mandatory succession rules
b. Right to make a will
c. Disqualification of heirs
d. Order of succession
114. Testamentary succession means:
a. Succession by law
b. Succession by will
c. Succession by court
d. Succession by custom
115. Section 30 allows a Hindu to:
a. Transfer property only after death
b. Dispose property by will
c. Transfer only ancestral property
d. Not transfer property
116. Any Hindu may dispose property:
a. Only male
b. Only female
c. Both male and female
d. Only coparcener
117. Section 30 allows disposal of:
a. Coparcenary interest also
b. Only self-acquired property
c. Only ancestral property
d. Only movable property
118. Section 30 promotes:
a. Intestate succession
b. Freedom of disposition
c. Custom
d. Court control
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