Top 50 MCQ – Indian Succession Act, 1925

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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