Top 50 MCQ – Indian Succession Act, 1925
1.
The Indian Succession Act, 1925 mainly deals with:
A) Transfer of property
B) Succession and inheritance of property
C) Criminal liability
D) Marriage laws
Answer: B
2.
The Indian Succession Act came into force in:
A) 1865
B) 1872
C) 1925
D) 1937
Answer: C
3.
The Act applies primarily to:
A) Hindus
B) Muslims
C) Christians and others unless excluded
D) Only Parsis
Answer: C
4.
Testamentary succession means:
A) Succession without will
B) Succession through a will
C) Succession through gift
D) Succession through contract
Answer: B
5.
Intestate succession means:
A) Succession without a will
B) Succession by will
C) Court succession
D) Government succession
Answer: A
6.
A person who makes a will is called:
A) Executor
B) Legatee
C) Testator
D) Administrator
Answer: C
7.
A will becomes operative:
A) When signed
B) When registered
C) After death of testator
D) When witnessed
Answer: C
8.
Minimum age for making a will:
A) 16
B) 17
C) 18 years
D) 21 years
Answer: C
9.
A will must be attested by minimum:
A) One witness
B) Two witnesses
C) Three witnesses
D) Four witnesses
Answer: B
10.
Section dealing with execution of unprivileged will:
A) Section 59
B) Section 63
C) Section 70
D) Section 75
Answer: B
11.
Who cannot make a will:
A) Minor
B) Person of unsound mind
C) Drunken person without understanding
D) All of the above
Answer: D
12.
Privileged wills may be made by:
A) Advocate
B) Doctor
C) Soldier or airman engaged in warfare
D) Teacher
Answer: C
13.
Section for persons capable of making wills:
A) Section 59
B) Section 63
C) Section 70
D) Section 74
Answer: A
14.
A will can be revoked by:
A) Marriage
B) Another will
C) Destruction
D) All of the above
Answer: D
15.
Revocation of will is covered under:
A) Section 70
B) Section 59
C) Section 63
D) Section 74
Answer: A
16.
Executor of will is appointed by:
A) Court
B) Testator
C) Collector
D) Registrar
Answer: B
17.
A person receiving property under will is called:
A) Executor
B) Administrator
C) Legatee
D) Trustee
Answer: C
18.
Probate means:
A) Court certificate confirming will
B) Cancellation of will
C) Registration of will
D) Transfer deed
Answer: A
19.
Probate can be granted only by:
A) Collector
B) Competent court
C) Registrar
D) Police officer
Answer: B
20.
Letter of Administration is granted when:
A) No executor appointed in will
B) Executor available
C) Will registered
D) Will cancelled
Answer: A
21.
Codicil means:
A) New will
B) Supplement to a will
C) Revocation of will
D) Gift deed
Answer: B
22.
Administrator is appointed by:
A) Testator
B) Court
C) Collector
D) Government
Answer: B
23.
Legacy means:
A) Loan
B) Trust
C) Gift by will
D) Mortgage
Answer: C
24.
Residuary legatee receives:
A) Entire property
B) Specific property
C) Remaining estate after specific legacies
D) No property
Answer: C
25.
Executor derives authority from:
A) Court order
B) Will itself
C) Government
D) Registrar
Answer: B
26.
Probate is compulsory mainly for wills made in:
A) Gujarat
B) Delhi
C) Presidency towns (Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata)
D) Rajasthan
Answer: C
27.
Intestate succession for Christians is governed by:
A) Hindu Succession Act
B) Muslim Personal Law
C) Indian Succession Act
D) Transfer of Property Act
Answer: C
28.
A will may be written on:
A) Stamp paper
B) Plain paper
C) Any paper
D) Government form
Answer: C
29.
Registration of will is:
A) Compulsory
B) Optional
C) Mandatory in all cases
D) Mandatory for property
Answer: B
30.
Oral will is valid for:
A) Everyone
B) Privileged persons
C) Advocates
D) Judges
Answer: B
31.
Will can be altered by:
A) New will
B) Codicil
C) Destruction
D) All of the above
Answer: D
32.
Testator must sign the will:
A) Anywhere
B) At the end of will
C) On stamp paper
D) In court
Answer: B
33.
Witness must:
A) Read the will
B) See the testator sign
C) Register the will
D) Approve contents
Answer: B
34.
Witness should be:
A) Minor
B) Major
C) Illiterate
D) Any person
Answer: B
35.
Attesting witness should sign:
A) Anywhere
B) In presence of testator
C) In court
D) Before registrar
Answer: B
36.
Joint will means:
A) One person will
B) Will made by two or more persons together
C) Court will
D) Secret will
Answer: B
37.
Mutual wills are:
A) Reciprocal wills by two persons
B) Separate wills
C) Court wills
D) Conditional wills
Answer: A
38.
Conditional will operates when:
A) Specified condition occurs
B) Always
C) Never
D) Court orders
Answer: A
39.
Secret will means:
A) Registered will
B) Contents not disclosed to witnesses
C) Court will
D) Invalid will
Answer: B
40.
Holograph will means:
A) Typed will
B) Handwritten by testator
C) Registered will
D) Printed will
Answer: B
41.
Executor may refuse to act by:
A) Resignation
B) Renunciation
C) Revocation
D) Probate
Answer: B
42.
Legacy lapses when:
A) Property sold
B) Legatee dies before testator
C) Executor refuses
D) Witness dies
Answer: B
43.
Demonstrative legacy means:
A) Specific property
B) Money payable from particular fund
C) Land gift
D) Conditional legacy
Answer: B
44.
Specific legacy refers to:
A) Money
B) Specific identifiable property
C) Gift
D) Mortgage
Answer: B
45.
Abatement means:
A) Increase of legacy
B) Reduction of legacy due to insufficient estate
C) Transfer of legacy
D) Revocation
Answer: B
46.
Probate proceedings are:
A) Criminal
B) Civil proceedings
C) Administrative
D) Revenue
Answer: B
47.
A will is generally:
A) Revocable
B) Revocable during lifetime of testator
C) Permanent
D) Court controlled
Answer: B
48.
Estate of intestate person is administered by:
A) Executor
B) Administrator
C) Collector
D) Registrar
Answer: B
49.
Doctrine of lapse applies when:
A) Executor dies
B) Witness dies
C) Legatee dies before testator
D) Testator dies
Answer: C
50.
The main object of the Indian Succession Act is:
A) Criminal punishment
B) Regulation of succession and inheritance
C) Property transfer
D) Registration of property
Answer: B