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Property and Trust Law

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Property and trust law covers ownership rights, leases, adverse possession, and the transfer of assets. These legal principles are fundamental for judiciary exams, UPSC, and state PSCs. Practice these questions to understand property rights and related legal procedures thoroughly.

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Property and Trust Law Questions

Multiple choice
  1. A lien on goods for price while he is in possession of the goods

  2. In case of insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods in transit after he has parted with the possession of them

  3. A right of resale

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Subject to the provisions of Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and of any law for the time being in force, notwithstanding that the property in the goods may have passed on to the buyer, the unpaid seller of goods, as such, has by implication of law — (a) a lien on the goods for the price while he is in possession of them; (b) in case of the insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods in transit after he has parted with the possession of them; (c) a right of resale as limited by this Act.

Thus, option (4) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Right of set off

  2. Right of lien

  3. Right of appropriation

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Clayton's Case (1816) established the rule of appropriation in banking - when a customer has multiple debts and makes a payment without specifying which debt it applies to, the bank applies it to the earliest debt chronologically (first in, first out). This principle is fundamental to appropriation of payments.

Multiple choice
  1. Transfer of property to state

  2. Forfeiture of property

  3. Property in wrongful possession

  4. Sale from property wrongfully possessed

  5. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When an individual dies and there is no legal heir and will which relates to his property, then according to the provision of Hindu Succession act, the property is transferred to the state. This is known as escheat.

Multiple choice
  1. Before the delivery of possession

  2. After the delivery of possession

  3. Anytime

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A gift can be revoked by the donor anytime whether before or after the delivery of possession of the gift is made.

Multiple choice
  1. Undivided share in property

  2. Divided share in property

  3. Compensation in lieu of share

  4. Both (2) and (3)

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Under Muslim law, Mushaa means an undivided share in property.

Multiple choice
  1. joint family property

  2. self acquired property

  3. separate property

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is the joint property in Hindu undivided family. Thus (1) is the correct option. It is not the self acquired or separate property.

Multiple choice
  1. Absolutely void

  2. Void but can be ratified by the minor

  3. Voidable

  4. Valid

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A de facto guardian is merely a custodian of the person and property of the minor; he or she has no rights, but only obligations in comparison to rights and duties of a natural or legal guardian. He may alienate the movable property of the minor in case of necessity, but he cannot alienate the immovable property. An alienation of the minor's immovable property without the authority of the court by a de facto guardian is absolutely void.