🧠 50 MCQs ON ADVERSE POSSESSION

(With Answers & Case Laws)

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1. Adverse possession results in extinction of title under which provision?

A. Section 24 Limitation Act
B. Section 25 Limitation Act
C. Section 27 Limitation Act
D. Section 34 CPC

✅ Answer: C
📚 Karnataka Board of Wakf v. Govt. of India (2004)

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2. Statutory period for adverse possession against a private individual is:

A. 6 years
B. 12 years
C. 30 years
D. 60 years

✅ Answer: B
📚 Article 65, Limitation Act

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3. Possession must be hostile, open and continuous. This principle was laid down in:

A. Hemaji Waghaji Jat
B. Karnataka Board of Wakf
C. Gurudwara Sahib
D. Mukesh Kumar

✅ Answer: B

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4. Animus possidendi means:

A. Possession by force
B. Possession under mistake
C. Intention to possess as owner
D. Temporary possession

✅ Answer: C
📚 P.T. Munichikkanna Reddy v. Revamma (2007)

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5. Burden of proving adverse possession lies on:

A. True owner
B. Court
C. Government
D. Person claiming it

✅ Answer: D
📚 Hemaji Waghaji Jat v. Bhikhabhai (2009)

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6. Mere long possession is sufficient to claim adverse possession.

A. True
B. False

✅ Answer: B
📚 Karnataka Board of Wakf (2004)

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7. Permissive possession becomes adverse when:

A. Time passes
B. Mutation is done
C. Clear hostile repudiation is made
D. Rent is unpaid

✅ Answer: C
📚 Thakur Kishan Singh v. Arvind Kumar (1994)

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8. Limitation in permissive possession begins from:

A. Date of entry
B. Date of mutation
C. Date of repudiation
D. Date of suit

✅ Answer: C
📚 Saroop Singh v. Banto (2005)

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9. Tenant claiming adverse possession must:

A. Remain silent
B. Pay rent
C. Deny landlord’s title openly
D. File mutation

✅ Answer: C
📚 Mohan Lal v. Mirza Abdul Gaffar (1996)

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10. Mutation entries:

A. Confer title
B. Prove adverse possession
C. Are only for fiscal purposes
D. Override title deeds

✅ Answer: C
📚 Balwant Singh v. Daulat Singh (1997)

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11. Possession of one co-owner is presumed to be:

A. Adverse
B. Illegal
C. Exclusive
D. On behalf of all

✅ Answer: D
📚 P. Lakshmi Reddy v. L. Lakshmi Reddy (1957)

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12. Ouster means:

A. Physical eviction
B. Sale of property
C. Open denial of co-owner’s rights
D. Partition

✅ Answer: C

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13. Adverse possession against State is:

A. Impossible
B. Illegal
C. Legally permissible with strict proof
D. Automatic

✅ Answer: C
📚 State of Haryana v. Mukesh Kumar (2011)

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14. A person cannot file a suit claiming ownership solely on adverse possession.

A. False
B. True

✅ Answer: B
📚 Gurudwara Sahib v. Gram Panchayat (2014)

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15. Adverse possession is a mixed question of:

A. Law only
B. Fact only
C. Law and fact
D. Equity

✅ Answer: C

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16. Possession must be:

A. Secret
B. Temporary
C. Open and notorious
D. Joint

✅ Answer: C

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17. Hostility means:

A. Personal enmity
B. Use of force
C. Denial of true owner’s title
D. Litigation

✅ Answer: C

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18. Which is NOT an ingredient of adverse possession?

A. Hostility
B. Continuity
C. Good faith
D. Exclusivity

✅ Answer: C

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19. Possession under void sale deed can mature into adverse possession.

A. False
B. True

✅ Answer: B
📚 Nair Service Society v. K.C. Alexander (1968)

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20. Silence of true owner alone proves adverse possession.

A. True
B. False

✅ Answer: B

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21. Which Article governs adverse possession suits for immovable property?

A. Article 64
B. Article 65
C. Article 58
D. Article 113

✅ Answer: B

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22. Article 64 applies when:

A. Title is admitted
B. Suit is based on previous possession
C. Government is party
D. Mutation is done

✅ Answer: B

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23. Possession must be peaceful. This excludes:

A. Trespass
B. Intermittent possession
C. Continuous possession
D. Open possession

✅ Answer: B

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24. Which maxim applies to adverse possession?

A. Actus non facit reum
B. Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt
C. Delay defeats equity
D. Res ipsa loquitur

✅ Answer: B

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25. Adverse possession is governed by:

A. CPC
B. Transfer of Property Act
C. Limitation Act
D. Evidence Act

✅ Answer: C

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26. Possession must be exclusive. This means:

A. With permission
B. With public
C. Excluding true owner
D. Joint ownership

✅ Answer: C

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27. Payment of tax alone proves adverse possession.

A. True
B. False

✅ Answer: B

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28. Plea of adverse possession must be:

A. Presumed
B. Implied
C. Specifically pleaded
D. Ignored

✅ Answer: C

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29. Which case criticised doctrine of adverse possession?

A. Wakf Board
B. Gurudwara Sahib
C. Hemaji Waghaji Jat
D. Saroop Singh

✅ Answer: C

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30. Possession becomes adverse when it is:

A. Friendly
B. Secret
C. Hostile to owner’s title
D. Temporary

✅ Answer: C

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31. Possession of licensee is:

A. Adverse
B. Illegal
C. Permissive
D. Hostile

✅ Answer: C

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32. Adverse possession extinguishes:

A. Possession
B. Enjoyment
C. Title of true owner
D. Lease

✅ Answer: C

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33. A plea of adverse possession implies:

A. Denial of possession
B. Admission of owner’s title
C. Admission of tenancy
D. Neutral claim

✅ Answer: B
📚 Mohan Lal v. Mirza Abdul Gaffar

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34. Possession shared with owner can be adverse.

A. True
B. False

✅ Answer: B

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35. Adverse possession is a right created by:

A. Equity
B. Custom
C. Statute
D. Contract

✅ Answer: C

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36. In co-ownership, limitation starts when:

A. Possession begins
B. Mutation occurs
C. Ouster is proved
D. Rent stops

✅ Answer: C

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37. Possession must be continuous. Temporary gaps will:

A. Help claimant
B. Not matter
C. Break limitation
D. Extend time

✅ Answer: C

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38. Which is NOT hostile act?

A. Sale of land
B. Construction
C. Filing suit as owner
D. Requesting permission

✅ Answer: D

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39. Adverse possession can be used as:

A. Only sword
B. Only shield
C. Shield, not sword
D. Neither

✅ Answer: C
📚 Gurudwara Sahib

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40. Which Court emphasised strict proof?

A. Wakf Board
B. Hemaji Waghaji Jat
C. Nair Service Society
D. Balwant Singh

✅ Answer: B

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41. Hostile possession must be to knowledge of:

A. Court
B. Public
C. True owner
D. Government

✅ Answer: C

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42. Possession by mistake can be adverse if:

A. Short
B. Secret
C. Hostile and open
D. Permissive

✅ Answer: C

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43. Which case allows adverse possession under void title?

A. Wakf Board
B. Nair Service Society
C. Gurudwara Sahib
D. Mukesh Kumar

✅ Answer: B

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44. Adverse possession is against:

A. Possession
B. Contract
C. Title
D. Easement

✅ Answer: C

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45. Limitation Act bars remedy but also extinguishes title under:

A. Section 3
B. Section 14
C. Section 27
D. Section 34

✅ Answer: C

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46. Possession must be nec vi, nec clam, nec precario means:

A. With force
B. Secret
C. Permissive
D. Without force, secrecy or permission

✅ Answer: D

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47. Which is the weakest evidence of adverse possession?

A. Sale deed
B. Construction
C. Mutation entry
D. Refusal of rent

✅ Answer: C

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48. Adverse possession is discouraged but:

A. Abolished
B. Unconstitutional
C. Still recognised in law
D. Repealed

✅ Answer: C

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49. Possession must be exclusive. This excludes:

A. Owner
B. Stranger
C. Public at large
D. Tenant

✅ Answer: C

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50. Best single test of adverse possession is:

A. Length of time
B. Mutation
C. Payment of tax
D. Hostile animus + continuity

✅ Answer: D

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