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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

In case of mortgaged lease, if the mortgage obtains a renewal of the lease, the mortgagor upon redemption shall

  1. not have the benefit of new lease

  2. have the benefit of new lease

  3. have the benefit of previous lease

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The mortgager will have the benefit of new lease in this case. Thus, (2) is the correct option. The previous lease has already expired. Thus, (3) cannot be the correct option. (1) is incorrect because such benefits are applicable.

Multiple choice

Assertion (A): Ownership subject to condition subsequent is vested ownership. Reason (R): Possession and ownership do not differ in their mode of acquisition.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Ownership, if condition subsequent, is not vested ownership. Possession and ownership differ in their mode of acquisition.

Multiple choice

‘Spes successions’ means

  1. chances of succeeding to hereditary property

  2. chances of succeeding to property of another

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

As per Section 6 of act, it means to have chances of succeeding to hereditary property. It is not the property of another person. Thus option (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

‘A’ by a settlement deed transfers property to ‘P’ for life, then to ‘S’. ‘S’ dies before ‘P’ dies. On the death, ‘P’, the heir of ‘S,’ claims the property. Is the claim valid?

  1. Valid, since ‘S’ interest is heritable

  2. Invalid, since ‘S’'s interest is contingent

  3. Invalid, since settlement deed is vague

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The claim of S is contingent. Its validity depends upon the life of A. Thus (2) is correct option.

Multiple choice

A supplies B, a lunatic, with necessaries suitable to his condition in his life. Is A entitled for reimbursement from the property of B?

  1. No

  2. Yes, if the value of property is more than one lakh

  3. Yes

  4. Yes, if court thinks fit

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Yes, A is entitled for reimbursement from the property of B. Option (2) is incorrect: No such provision Option (3) is correct: Under Section 68 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, if a person incapable of entering into a contract is supplied by another person with necessaries suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnished such supplies is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such an incapable person.

Multiple choice

Under the Transfer of Property Act 1882, where writing is not expressly required by law,

  1. a transfer of property may be made without writing in every case

  2. a transfer of property is subject to only writing

  3. no provision of oral transfer is made

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The property may be transferred without writing in every case where writing is not expressly required by law. Thus (1) is correct. So, option (2) is incorrect which specifies only written transfers. Option (3) is incorrect as there are oral provisions of transfer.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements regarding vested and contingent rights:

  1. A vested right creates an immediate interest and is transferable and heritable.
  2. A contingent right creates an immediate interest and is defeated when the required facts have not occurred.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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A Correct answer
Explanation

When the right, interest, or title to the present or future possession of a legal estate can be transferred to any other party, it is termed as vested interest. A contingent right is a right that depends on a future event or the performance of an action.

Multiple choice

Right in re aliena means a right over

  1. one's own property

  2. a property of someone else

  3. property situated in a foreign country

  4. property situated in one’s own country
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It referred to the rights which one could have over someone else's property.

Multiple choice

Possession is prima facie evidence of title of ownership. Hence,

  1. long adverse possession confers title even to a property which originally belonged to another

  2. in all cases, possession leads to ownership

  3. transfer of possession is not a mode of transferring ownership

  4. long possession does not confer title to the property which originally belonged to government
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When a question of party's possession and control of personal property or its use is in issue, proof of his ownership at the time in question implies that it was in his possession or that he had the right of possession and control.

Multiple choice

Gandhiji was of the opinion that

  1. property is theft

  2. property belongs to individual

  3. property belongs to state

  4. property is a trust
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhiji maintained that all property is a trust. He was of the opinion that all forms of property and human accomplishments are either gift of nature or the product of social living.

Multiple choice

The writer talks about a few hurdles a tenant must face before he actually gets a roof over his head. What is the first hurdle he must cross before he is given a proper hearing by the landlord?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

Tenants are usually the accursed lot. They are forced by the circumstance to live in a house they do not own, for which they have to cough up a sizeable chunk of their hard earned money. But their travail does not end with just paying the rent. In fact, it begins from there. Of course, there are quite a few tenants who give a torrid time to their landlords. But such cases are more an exception than rule. A tenant is always at the mercy of his landlord or landlady. Landlords, it would seem, like to keep their tenants on a tenterhook.
Relation between a tenant and his landlord is rarely, if ever, a very cordial one. It may begin on a cordial note. But certainly does not end on the same note. Sometimes the process gets reversed too. But such occasions are few. For, if it did not begin on a cordial note, the deal would never be struck. The word cordial however is not appropriate here, because cordiality begins with the tenant and ends with him. It is not for him to expect that the landlord would return cordiality. It is the tenant who needs a roof over his head. The landlord can afford to ignore a number of tenants even for an indefinite period of time.
So, a prospective tenant makes a cautious approach to his prospective landlord who subjects him to a grilling interview before deciding to condescend a proper hearing. The prospective tenant answers every question in great trepidation, for he does not know which answer of his may disqualify him. The prospective landlord extracts every bit of information about his hapless victim, but reveals very little about himself. If the prospective tenant crosses the first hurdle successfully and unscathed, he then faces another crucial area of settling the rent. If this hurdle is also crossed successfully and without being bruised, then he faces the most crucial one. That is the area of do’s and don’ts.
These do’s and don’ts are like Ten Commandments. The tenant has no choice but to follow them meticulously. While listing all those do’s and don’ts here may not be desirable, we can afford to take a look at some of the queer conditions that bind a tenant to what may be called a tether post. One of such conditions must relate to rational (it is rationed, actually) use of water. At the time of striking a deal, water would usually not pose any problem at all and would hardly be a matter of discussion then. But once the house is occupied and the advance rent is paid, water becomes a perennial problem which is resolved always at the cost of the poor tenant. The poor tenant has no choice but to acquiesce to whatever arrangement is made, for he cannot afford to change house so quickly yet again. Besides, he can never be sure he will not be meted out the same or worse treatment elsewhere. So he stays put. If he has small children, he is specifically asked to keep them restrained. They must not make noise, nor must they pluck flowers, if there are any in the close vicinity. They must not dare to socialize with the landlord or his family. Landlords are a class apart. They would not approve of too many guests, or of parties. Ceremonies of all kinds are best avoided. Tenants must lead as sedate a life as can be possible.

 

  1. A prospective tenant must reveal everything about himself.

  2. He must accept all conditions without any question.

  3. He must settle the matter of rent beforehand.

  4. He must subject himself to a grilling interview.

  5. He must accept the covenants of do's and don'ts.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is our answer. As the writer says, 'the landlord subjects him to a grilling interview before deciding to condescend a proper hearing.'

Multiple choice

A Hindu joint family property includes

  1. all ancestral property

  2. property acquired at the cost of ancestral property

  3. separate property of a coparcener, which is voluntarily thrown by him into the common stock to such an extent that it cannot be distinguished from joint family property

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

All of the above are the examples of joint family property.