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Indian Registration Act, 1908 Set -2

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1. A document executed outside India may be accepted for registration if it is presented within:

a. Two months of execution

b. Four months of execution

c. Four months after its arrival in India

d. Six months after execution

2. Before accepting such a document for registration, the registering officer must be satisfied that:

a. The document was executed outside India

b. The document is notarized

c. The document is certified by a court

d. The document is approved by the State Government

3. If the conditions under Section 26 are satisfied, the registering officer may accept the document for registration on payment of:

a. Court fee

b. Stamp duty only

c. Proper registration fee

d. Penalty amount

4. Section 27 of the Registration Act, 1908 deals with:

a. Compulsory registration of wills

b. Time for presenting wills

c. Registration of sale deeds

d. Delay in registration

5. A will under the Registration Act may be presented for registration:

a. Within four months of execution

b. Within one year of execution

c. At any time

d. Only after the death of the testator

6. According to Section 27, a will may also be:

a. Deposited with the registering officer

b. Registered only by the court

c. Executed only before a magistrate

d. Approved by the State Government

7. Documents relating to immovable property under Section 28 shall be presented for registration in the office of the:

a. District Court

b. Registrar-General

c. Sub-Registrar

d. High Court

8. Such documents must be presented in the office of the Sub-Registrar within whose sub-district:

a. The parties reside

b. The document was written

c. The whole or some portion of the property is situated

d. The court is located

9. Section 28 applies to documents mentioned in:

a. Sections 17 and 18 relating to immovable property

b. Only Section 17

c. Only Section 18

d. Sections 23 and 24

10. Documents not referred to in Section 28 may be presented for registration in the office of the Sub-Registrar:

a. Where the property is situated

b. Where the document was executed

c. Where the parties reside

d. Where the court is located

11. Such documents may also be presented for registration in the office of any other Sub-Registrar if:

a. The Registrar permits it

b. The State Government orders it

c. All persons executing and claiming under the document desire it

d. The document is notarized

12. A copy of a decree or order may be presented for registration in the office of the Sub-Registrar:

a. Where the original decree or order was made

b. Where the parties reside

c. Where the document was written

d. Where the Registrar directs

13. Where a decree or order does not affect immovable property, its copy may be presented for registration:

a. Only in the High Court

b. In any Sub-Registrar’s office under the State Government where the persons claiming under it desire

c. Only in the district where it was executed

d. Only in the Registrar’s office

14. Under Section 30 of the Registration Act, 1908, a Registrar may:

a. Register only wills

b. Receive and register documents which could be registered by a Sub-Registrar subordinate to him

c. Register documents only after court approval

d. Register documents only relating to movable property

15. The power of the Registrar under Section 30 to receive and register such documents is:

a. Mandatory

b. Discretionary

c. Judicial

d. Automatic

16. In ordinary cases, registration or deposit of documents under the Registration Act shall be made:

a. At the residence of the executant

b. At the office of the officer authorised to accept them

c. At the District Court

d. At any convenient place

17. The authorised officer may attend the residence of a person for registration or deposit of a document:

a. In every case

b. Only when directed by the court

c. On special cause being shown

d. When requested by witnesses

18. At a private residence, the authorised officer may accept for registration or deposit:

a. Only deeds relating to immovable property

b. Only contracts

c. Any document for registration or a will for deposit

d. Only government documents

19. Except in cases mentioned in sections 31, 88 and 89, every document to be registered shall be presented at the:

a. District Court

b. Proper registration office

c. High Court

d. Revenue office

20. A document may be presented for registration by:

a. Any witness to the document

b. A person executing or claiming under the document

c. The Registrar only

d. The District Judge

21. A document may also be presented for registration by the:

a. Neighbour of the executant

b. Representative or assign of the person executing or claiming under the document

c. Revenue officer

d. Government servant

22. An agent may present a document for registration if he is:

a. A relative of the executant

b. A government officer

c. Duly authorised by a power of attorney executed and authenticated as prescribed

d. A witness to the document

23. Section 32A requires that every person presenting a document for registration shall affix:

a. Signature only

b. Passport size photograph and fingerprints

c. Thumb impression only

d. Identity proof only

24. The requirement under Section 32A applies to persons presenting documents under:

a. Section 17

b. Section 21

c. Section 32

d. Section 34

25. In case of transfer of ownership of immovable property, whose photographs and fingerprints must be affixed?

a. Only buyer

b. Only seller

c. Both buyer and seller

d. Witnesses only

26. The photograph required under Section 32A must be:

a. Stamp size

b. Passport size

c. Any size

d. Digital only

27. The requirement of affixing photographs and fingerprints is:

a. Optional

b. Mandatory

c. Applicable only to companies

d. Applicable only to government documents

28. Section 33 of the Registration Act deals with:

a. Registration of wills

b. Recognition of power-of-attorney for presenting documents

c. Deposit of documents

d. Delay in registration

29. When the principal resides in a part of India where the Registration Act is in force, the power-of-attorney must be executed before and authenticated by:

a. Any advocate

b. Registrar or Sub-Registrar within whose district or sub-district the principal resides

c. District Court

d. Police officer

30. When the principal resides in a part of India where the Act is not in force, the power-of-attorney must be executed before and authenticated by:

a. Registrar

b. Notary Public

c. Magistrate

d. District Collector

31. If the principal resides outside India, the power-of-attorney must be executed before and authenticated by:

a. Any lawyer

b. Notary Public, Court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul or Vice-Consul

c. Only a District Court

d. Only a Registrar

32. Persons who are unable to attend the registration office due to bodily infirmity:

a. Must still appear personally

b. Are exempt from personal attendance for executing such power-of-attorney

c. Must appear through witnesses

d. Must obtain court permission

33. Persons in jail under civil or criminal process are:

a. Required to attend registration office

b. Exempt from personal attendance for executing the power-of-attorney

c. Required to execute documents only through courts

d. Not allowed to execute power-of-attorney

34. If satisfied that the power-of-attorney was voluntarily executed, the Registrar, Sub-Registrar or Magistrate may:

a. Reject it

b. Attest it without requiring personal attendance

c. Send it to the High Court

d. Cancel it

35. To verify voluntary execution, the Registrar, Sub-Registrar or Magistrate may:

a. Demand written proof only

b. Personally visit the house or jail of the principal or issue a commission

c. Ask the police to verify

d. Refer the matter to the State Government

36. A power-of-attorney executed and authenticated as required under Section 33 may be proved by:

a. Calling witnesses

b. Producing the document itself without further proof

c. Court certification

d. Government verification

37. Under Section 34, a document shall not be registered unless the persons executing it appear before the:

a. District Court

b. Registrar-General

c. Registering officer

d. Revenue officer

38. The persons required to appear before the registering officer may include:

a. Only the executants

b. Executants, their representatives, assigns or authorised agents

c. Only government officers

d. Only witnesses

39. Such persons must appear before the registering officer within the time allowed for presentation under sections:

a. 20, 21, 22 and 23

b. 23, 24, 25 and 26

c. 17, 18, 19 and 20

d. 28, 29, 30 and 31

40. If all persons do not appear due to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, the Registrar may allow registration if the delay does not exceed:

a. Two months

b. Three months

c. Four months

d. Six months

41. In such cases, registration may be permitted on payment of a fine not exceeding:

a. Five times the registration fee

b. Ten times the registration fee

c. Twenty times the registration fee

d. Double the registration fee

42. The appearances of persons before the registering officer may be:

a. Only simultaneous

b. Only separate

c. Simultaneous or at different times

d. Only through representatives

43. The registering officer must enquire whether the document was executed by:

a. Any witness

b. The persons by whom it purports to have been executed

c. The Registrar

d. The government authority

44. The registering officer must also satisfy himself about the:

a. Market value of property

b. Identity of the persons appearing before him

c. Stamp duty paid

d. Tax records

45. If a person appears as a representative, assign or agent, the registering officer must verify:

a. His residence

b. His right to appear in that capacity

c. His tax records

d. His citizenship

46. An application seeking direction under the proviso to Section 34(1) may be lodged with the:

a. District Court

b. Inspector-General

c. Sub-Registrar

d. High Court

47. The Sub-Registrar receiving such application shall:

a. Decide it himself

b. Reject it

c. Forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate

d. Send it to the State Government

48. The provisions of Section 34 do not apply to:

a. Lease deeds

b. Gift deeds

c. Copies of decrees or orders

d. Mortgage deeds

49. Under the Gujarat amendment to Section 34, the registering officer may refuse to accept non-testamentary documents relating to immovable property if they are not accompanied by:

a. Stamp duty certificate only

b. Proofs of identity of executing and claiming parties and witnesses

c. Revenue record only

d. Court decree

50. According to the Gujarat amendment, when the executant or claimant is represented by an agent, the document must be accompanied by:

a. Proof of residence

b. Proof of authorization of such representative or agent

c. A municipal certificate

d. A tax receipt

51. Under the Gujarat amendment, each page of the deed submitted for registration must bear:

a. Only the signature of witnesses

b. Signature or thumb impression/fingerprint of one person from both executing and claiming parties

c. Signature of the Registrar

d. Seal of the court

52. When a document is executed by a power of attorney holder on behalf of the principal, the registering officer may require:

a. Proof of payment of tax

b. Proof that the principal is alive

c. Approval from the court

d. A government notification

53. According to the Explanation added by the Gujarat amendment, the term “document” includes:

a. Only paper documents

b. Documents presented by electronic means

c. Only notarized documents

d. Only court decrees

54. The amendment inserting sub-section (1A) and the Explanation in Section 34 was enacted by:

a. Gujarat Act 16 of 2016

b. Gujarat Act 4 of 2020

c. Gujarat Act 12 of 2018

d. Gujarat Act 7 of 2019

55. If all persons executing a document appear before the registering officer and admit its execution, the officer shall:

a. Reject the document

b. Register the document

c. Send it to the court

d. Return it to the parties

56. The registering officer must be satisfied that the persons appearing before him are:

a. Government officials

b. The persons they represent themselves to be

c. Witnesses to the document

d. Owners of the property

57. If a person appears through a representative, assign or agent, the document may be registered when:

a. The representative admits the execution

b. The representative produces witnesses

c. The representative files an affidavit

d. The representative pays extra fees

58. If the executant of the document is dead, registration may proceed if:

a. The Registrar permits it

b. The representative or assign appears and admits execution

c. The District Court orders it

d. The document is notarized

59. The registering officer may examine any person present in his office to:

a. Verify stamp duty

b. Determine market value

c. Satisfy himself about identity or other matters under the Act

d. Record evidence for court

60. The registering officer shall refuse to register a document if the executant:

a. Produces insufficient stamp paper

b. Denies execution of the document

c. Fails to bring witnesses

d. Submits the document late

61. Registration shall also be refused if the executant appears to be:

a. A government officer

b. A minor, an idiot or a lunatic

c. A foreign national

d. A witness

62. If the executant is dead and his representative or assign denies execution, the registering officer shall:

a. Register the document

b. Send it to the court

c. Refuse to register the document

d. Suspend registration

63. When the registering officer refusing registration under this section is a Registrar, he shall follow the procedure prescribed in:

a. Part X

b. Part XI

c. Part XII

d. Part XIII

64. The State Government may notify that a Sub-Registrar shall be deemed to be a Registrar for the purposes of:

a. Section 30 only

b. Section 35(3) and Part XII

c. Section 21 only

d. Section 17 only

65. Under the Gujarat amendment to Section 35, the term “document” includes a document presented:

a. Through postal service

b. By electronic means

c. Through court order

d. Only in physical form

66. The Explanation including documents presented by electronic means in Section 35 was inserted by:

a. Gujarat Act 16 of 2016

b. Gujarat Act 4 of 2020

c. Gujarat Act 12 of 2018

d. Gujarat Act 7 of 2019

67. Section 36 applies when a person presenting a document for registration desires the appearance of:

a. Only the Registrar

b. Any person whose presence or testimony is necessary for registration

c. Only government officials

d. Only witnesses of the court

68. In such cases, the registering officer may:

a. Reject the document

b. Issue the summons himself

c. Call upon an officer or court directed by the State Government to issue a summons

d. Refer the matter to the High Court

69. The summons issued under Section 36 may require the person to appear:

a. Only personally

b. Only through a lawyer

c. Either personally or through a duly authorised agent

d. Only through a court order

70. The summons shall require the person to appear at:

a. The District Court

b. The High Court

c. The registration office

d. The police station

71. Under Section 37, the officer or Court shall issue the summons after receiving:

a. Court fee

b. Registration fee

c. Peon's fee payable in such cases

d. Stamp duty

72. After issuing the summons, the officer or Court shall:

a. Send it to the Registrar

b. Cause it to be served upon the person whose appearance is required

c. Return it to the Sub-Registrar

d. Keep it on record

73. The summons under Section 37 is issued for requiring a person:

a. To produce property documents

b. To appear for the purpose of registration proceedings

c. To pay stamp duty

d. To testify in court proceedings

74. A person who cannot appear at the registration office due to bodily infirmity:

a. Must still appear personally

b. Is exempt from personal appearance

c. Must send a written statement

d. Must appear through witnesses only

75. A person in jail under civil or criminal process:

a. Must be brought to the registration office

b. Is exempt from appearing at the registration office

c. Cannot execute documents

d. Must appear through an advocate

76. Persons exempt by law from personal appearance in Court are:

a. Required to appear at the registration office

b. Exempt from appearing at the registration office

c. Required to send a written affidavit

d. Required to appoint an agent

77. In such cases, the registering officer shall:

a. Reject the document

b. Send the matter to the court

c. Go to the person’s house or jail or issue a commission for examination

d. Cancel the registration process

78. Section 39 provides that the law relating to summonses, commissions and attendance of witnesses shall be the same as that applicable in:

a. Criminal Courts

b. Revenue Courts

c. Civil Courts

d. Administrative Tribunals

79. The provisions relating to summonses and commissions under this Act apply:

a. Only exactly as in Civil Courts

b. Mutatis mutandis as in Civil Court proceedings

c. Only when ordered by the High Court

d. Only in criminal matters

80. The law applicable under Section 39 also governs:

a. Transfer of property

b. Payment of stamp duty

c. Remuneration of witnesses

d. Registration fees

81. The provisions regarding summonses and commissions apply to:

a. Only government officials

b. Any person summoned to appear under this Act

c. Only executants of documents

d. Only witnesses in criminal cases

82. Under Section 40, a will may be presented for registration by:

a. Only the Registrar

b. The testator

c. Any witness

d. Only the court

83. After the death of the testator, a will may be presented for registration by:

a. Only the District Judge

b. Any person claiming as executor or otherwise under the will

c. Only the Sub-Registrar

d. Any government officer

84. An authority to adopt may be presented for registration by the donor or after his death by:

a. Only the court

b. The donee or the adoptive son

c. Any witness

d. The Registrar

85. A will or authority to adopt may be presented for registration to:

a. Only the Registrar

b. Only the Sub-Registrar

c. Any Registrar or Sub-Registrar

d. Only the District Court

86. A will or authority to adopt presented for registration by the testator or donor may be registered:

a. Only after court approval

b. In the same manner as any other document

c. Only after the death of the testator

d. Only through a Registrar

87. If a will or authority to adopt is presented by a person other than the testator or donor, registration may be allowed when the registering officer is satisfied that:

a. The document is notarized

b. The will or authority was executed by the testator or donor

c. The document has witnesses

d. The document is approved by the court

88. The registering officer must also be satisfied that:

a. The testator or donor is dead

b. The document is written in English

c. The document is stamped

d. The property value is verified

89. In such cases, the registering officer must verify that the person presenting the will or authority is:

a. A witness

b. Entitled to present it under Section 40

c. A government officer

d. A court official

90. Under Section 42, a will may be deposited with the:

a. Sub-Registrar

b. District Court

c. Registrar

d. Inspector-General

91. A testator may deposit his will:

a. Only personally

b. Only through a lawyer

c. Either personally or through a duly authorised agent

d. Only through a court order

92. The will deposited under Section 42 must be:

a. Open and signed

b. In a sealed cover

c. Registered beforehand

d. Notarized

93. The sealed cover containing the will must be superscribed with:

a. Only the name of the Registrar

b. Only the date of execution

c. The name of the testator and his agent (if any)

d. The name of witnesses

94. The sealed cover must also contain:

a. A statement of the nature of the document

b. Stamp duty receipt

c. Court approval

d. Property description

95. When a sealed cover containing a will is presented for deposit, the Registrar must first satisfy himself that the person presenting it is:

a. A witness

b. The testator or his agent

c. A lawyer

d. A government officer

96. Upon receiving the sealed cover, the Registrar shall transcribe the superscription in:

a. Register-book No. 1

b. Register-book No. 3

c. Register-book No. 5

d. Register-book No. 7

97. The Registrar shall record in the register-book the:

a. Stamp duty paid

b. Year, month, day and hour of presentation and receipt

c. Market value of the property

d. Number of witnesses

98. The Registrar shall also note the names of persons who testify to the identity of:

a. The witnesses

b. The Registrar

c. The testator or his agent

d. The Sub-Registrar

99. After completing the entries, the Registrar shall place and retain the sealed cover containing the will in:

a. A government locker

b. A court record room

c. A fire-proof box

d. A sealed envelope in the office

100. A sealed cover containing a will deposited under Section 42 may be withdrawn by:

a. Any heir of the testator

b. The testator

c. The Sub-Registrar

d. The District Court

101. The testator may apply for withdrawal of the sealed cover:

a. Only personally

b. Only through a lawyer

c. Either personally or through a duly authorised agent

d. Only through the court

102. The application for withdrawal must be made to:

a. Any Registrar

b. The Registrar who holds the cover in deposit

c. The Sub-Registrar

d. The District Court

103. The Registrar shall deliver the sealed cover if he is satisfied that the applicant is:

a. A legal heir

b. Actually the testator or his authorised agent

c. A witness to the will

d. A government officer

104. When a testator who deposited a sealed cover under Section 42 dies, an application to open the cover must be made to:

a. The Sub-Registrar

b. The Registrar who holds it in deposit

c. The District Court

d. The Inspector-General

105. Before opening the sealed cover, the Registrar must be satisfied that:

a. The will is genuine

b. The applicant is a legal heir

c. The testator is dead

d. The will is registered

106. When the cover is opened, the Registrar shall cause the contents of the will to be copied into:

a. Book No. 1

b. Book No. 2

c. Book No. 3

d. Book No. 5

107. The copying of the contents of the will shall be done:

a. At government expense

b. At the applicant's expense

c. At the Registrar's expense

d. Without any expense

108. After the copy is made, the Registrar shall:

a. Destroy the original will

b. Return the will to the applicant

c. Re-deposit the original will

d. Send the will to the court

109. Section 46 provides that nothing in the Registration Act shall affect the provisions of:

a. Transfer of Property Act, 1882

b. Indian Succession Act, 1865

c. Indian Contract Act, 1872

d. Evidence Act, 1872

110. Section 46 also saves the provisions of:

a. Specific Relief Act, 1963

b. Probate and Administration Act, 1881

c. Civil Procedure Code, 1908

d. Limitation Act, 1963

111. Section 46 preserves the power of any Court to:

a. Register documents

b. Cancel wills

c. Compel the production of any will

d. Execute documents

112. When a Court orders production of a will deposited with the Registrar, the Registrar shall:

a. Destroy the sealed cover

b. Send the will without record

c. Open the cover and copy the will into Book No. 3

d. Return the will to the testator

113. After copying the will under Section 46, the Registrar shall note that:

a. The will is invalid

b. The original has been removed into Court pursuant to the order

c. The will is cancelled

d. The will is permanently deposited

114. According to Section 47 of the Registration Act, a registered document operates from:

a. The date of its registration

b. The date of its execution

c. The date of presentation

d. The date of verification

115.Section 47 provides that registration of a document affects its operation:

a. From the date of registration

b. From the time it would have commenced to operate if registration had not been required

c. From the date of stamp duty payment

d. From the date of court approval

116. The principle laid down in Section 47 means that registration:

a. Postpones the operation of the document

b. Has retrospective effect to the date of execution

c. Cancels the document

d. Changes the nature of the document

117. Section 48 provides that registered non-testamentary documents relating to property shall take effect against:

a. Written agreements only

b. Oral agreements or declarations relating to such property

c. Government notifications

d. Court decrees

118. A registered document will not prevail over an oral agreement if:

a. The oral agreement is notarized

b. The oral agreement is witnessed

c. The oral agreement is accompanied or followed by delivery of possession and constitutes a valid transfer under law

d. The oral agreement is recorded in writing

119. The proviso to Section 48 refers to a mortgage by deposit of title-deeds defined under:

a. Section 55 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

b. Section 58 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

c. Section 60 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

d. Section 65 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882

120. According to the proviso, a mortgage by deposit of title-deeds shall take effect against:

a. Any earlier mortgage deed

b. Any subsequent mortgage-deed relating to the same property

c. Only oral mortgages

d. Only unregistered mortgages

121. Section 49 deals with the:

a. Effect of registration of documents

b. Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered

c. Optional registration of documents

d. Time for presentation of documents

122. A document required to be registered under Section 17 or the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, if not registered, shall:

a. Affect immovable property

b. Not affect immovable property comprised therein

c. Automatically become void

d. Be enforceable in court

123. An unregistered document required to be registered cannot:

a. Be notarized

b. Confer any power to adopt

c. Be signed by witnesses

d. Be executed by an agent

124. Such an unregistered document shall not be received as evidence of:

a. Any transaction affecting immovable property

b. Any agreement relating to movable property

c. Any government order

d. Any tax payment

125. According to the proviso to Section 49, an unregistered document affecting immovable property may still be received as evidence in:

a. A criminal proceeding

b. A suit for specific performance

c. A tax proceeding

d. A probate proceeding

126. The suit for specific performance referred to in the proviso is under:

a. The Civil Procedure Code

b. The Specific Relief Act

c. The Indian Contract Act

d. The Transfer of Property Act

127. An unregistered document may also be admitted as evidence of:

a. Ownership of property

b. Any collateral transaction not required to be effected by registered instrument

c. Transfer of title

d. Mortgage of property

128. Section 50 provides that certain registered documents relating to land shall take effect against:

a. Oral agreements

b. Unregistered documents relating to the same property

c. Government orders

d. Court decrees

129. The rule under Section 50 applies to documents mentioned in Section 17(1) clauses:

a. (a), (b), (c) and (d)

b. (a), (c), (d) and (e)

c. (b), (c), (d) and (e)

d. (a), (b), (d) and (e)

130. Section 50 also applies to documents mentioned in Section 18 clauses:

a. (c) and (d)

b. (a) and (b)

c. (e) and (f)

d. (b) and (c)

131. A registered document shall prevail over an unregistered document relating to the same property even if:

a. The unregistered document is earlier in time

b. The unregistered document is of a different nature

c. The unregistered document is written on stamp paper

d. The unregistered document is witnessed

132. The provisions of Section 50 do not apply to:

a. Lease deeds exceeding one year

b. Leases exempted under the proviso to Section 17(1)

c. Registered sale deeds

d. Gift deeds

133. Section 50 also does not apply to documents mentioned in:

a. Section 17(2)

b. Section 18(1)

c. Section 20

d. Section 21

134. According to the Explanation to Section 50, the meaning of “unregistered” depends on:

a. The Registration Act applicable at the time and place of execution

b. The value of the property

c. The nature of the document

d. The stamp duty paid

135. According to Section 51, the following books shall be kept in registration offices:

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