📘 50 HARD MCQs – TPA, 1882

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🔹 GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. Transfer of property under Section 5 requires:

A. Consideration
B. Written instrument
C. Living persons
D. Registration

✅ Answer: C
👉 Only requirement: transfer between living persons (inter vivos)

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2. Which is NOT transferable under Section 6?

A. Easement
B. Right to future maintenance
C. Leasehold interest
D. Mortgage right

✅ Answer: B
👉 Maintenance right = personal right

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3. Spes successionis means:

A. Right in property
B. Chance of succession
C. Future interest
D. Contingent contract

✅ Answer: B

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4. Absolute restraint on alienation is:

A. Valid
B. Void
C. Voidable
D. Illegal

✅ Answer: B

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5. Partial restraint is:

A. Always void
B. Always valid
C. Valid if reasonable
D. Illegal

✅ Answer: C

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6. Section 7 deals with:

A. Transferability
B. Competency
C. Conditional transfer
D. Sale

✅ Answer: B

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7. Section 8 implies:

A. Only ownership passes
B. Possession passes
C. All interests pass
D. Only title passes

✅ Answer: C

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8. Transfer to an unborn person requires:

A. Absolute interest
B. Prior life interest
C. Registration
D. Court permission

✅ Answer: B

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9. Rule against perpetuity is in:

A. Sec 10
B. Sec 14
C. Sec 52
D. Sec 53

✅ Answer: B

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10. Perpetuity rule invalidates:

A. Present transfer
B. Remote future vesting
C. Lease
D. Mortgage

✅ Answer: B

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🔹 DOCTRINES

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11. Doctrine of Election is under:

A. Sec 43
B. Sec 35
C. Sec 52
D. Sec 53

✅ Answer: B

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12. Lis Pendens applies when:

A. Suit filed
B. Decree passed
C. Appeal pending
D. All of the above

✅ Answer: D

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13. Lis pendens makes transfer:

A. Void
B. Illegal
C. Subordinate to decree
D. Valid absolutely

✅ Answer: C

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14. Section 53 deals with:

A. Mortgage
B. Fraudulent transfer
C. Gift
D. Lease

✅ Answer: B

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15. Doctrine of Part Performance:

A. Creates title
B. Transfers ownership
C. Acts as shield
D. Void

✅ Answer: C

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16. Section 53A requires:

A. Oral agreement
B. Written contract
C. Registered document
D. Consideration not required

✅ Answer: B

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17. Feeding the grant by estoppel:

A. Sec 52
B. Sec 53
C. Sec 43
D. Sec 10

✅ Answer: C

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18. Section 43 applies when:

A. Transferor has title
B. Transferor later acquires title
C. Transfer is void
D. Property destroyed

✅ Answer: B

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19. Election requires:

A. Consent
B. Knowledge
C. Benefit
D. All

✅ Answer: D

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20. Fraudulent transfer is:

A. Void
B. Voidable
C. Illegal
D. Valid

✅ Answer: B

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🔹 SALE

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21. Sale defined under:

A. Sec 52
B. Sec 54
C. Sec 58
D. Sec 105

✅ Answer: B

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22. Sale requires:

A. Price
B. Consideration
C. Gift
D. Rent

✅ Answer: A

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23. Sale of immovable property above ₹100:

A. Oral
B. Registered instrument
C. Possession
D. Agreement

✅ Answer: B

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24. Agreement to sell:

A. Creates interest
B. Transfers ownership
C. No interest created
D. Void

✅ Answer: C

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25. Ownership passes in sale:

A. On agreement
B. On possession
C. On registration
D. On payment

✅ Answer: C

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🔹 MORTGAGE

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26. Mortgage defined under:

A. Sec 54
B. Sec 58
C. Sec 105
D. Sec 122

✅ Answer: B

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27. Mortgage transfers:

A. Ownership
B. Possession
C. Interest
D. Title

✅ Answer: C

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28. Usufructuary mortgage:

A. No possession
B. Possession given
C. No interest
D. Conditional

✅ Answer: B

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29. English mortgage involves:

A. Absolute transfer
B. Conditional transfer
C. No transfer
D. Gift

✅ Answer: A

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30. Right of redemption:

A. Cannot be extinguished
B. Always void
C. Illegal
D. Optional

✅ Answer: A

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🔹 LEASE

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31. Lease defined under:

A. Sec 54
B. Sec 105
C. Sec 58
D. Sec 122

✅ Answer: B

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32. Lease transfers:

A. Ownership
B. Right to enjoy
C. Title
D. Interest permanently

✅ Answer: B

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33. Essential element of lease:

A. Price
B. Rent
C. Gift
D. Mortgage

✅ Answer: B

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34. Lease for more than 1 year:

A. Oral valid
B. Registration required
C. Void
D. Illegal

✅ Answer: B

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35. Lessor retains:

A. Ownership
B. Possession
C. Title
D. Rent

✅ Answer: A

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🔹 GIFT

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36. Gift defined under:

A. Sec 118
B. Sec 122
C. Sec 130
D. Sec 105

✅ Answer: B

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37. Gift must be:

A. With consideration
B. Voluntary
C. Oral always
D. Registered always

✅ Answer: B

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38. Gift requires acceptance:

A. Before death
B. After death
C. Not required
D. Optional

✅ Answer: A

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39. Gift of immovable property requires:

A. Oral
B. Registered instrument
C. Possession
D. Agreement

✅ Answer: B

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40. Gift once accepted:

A. Revocable
B. Irrevocable
C. Void
D. Illegal

✅ Answer: B

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🔹 ACTIONABLE CLAIM

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41. Actionable claim includes:

A. Land
B. Debt
C. Building
D. Easement

✅ Answer: B

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42. Transfer of actionable claim:

A. Oral
B. Written
C. Registered
D. Illegal

✅ Answer: B

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🔹 MISC + ADVANCED

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43. Lis pendens applies to:

A. Movable property
B. Immovable property
C. Both
D. Neither

✅ Answer: B

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44. Transfer by ostensible owner:

A. Sec 41
B. Sec 43
C. Sec 52
D. Sec 53

✅ Answer: A

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45. Ostensible owner requires:

A. Consent of real owner
B. Fraud
C. Court order
D. Gift

✅ Answer: A

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46. Bona fide purchaser protected under:

A. Sec 41
B. Sec 52
C. Sec 53
D. Sec 10

✅ Answer: A

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47. Condition restraining enjoyment:

A. Always valid
B. Void
C. Illegal
D. Optional

✅ Answer: B

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48. Vested interest is:

A. Contingent
B. Certain
C. Conditional
D. Void

✅ Answer: B

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49. Contingent interest depends on:

A. Time
B. Event
C. Ownership
D. Transfer

✅ Answer: B

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50. Transfer during pending litigation:

A. Void
B. Illegal
C. Subject to decree
D. Valid absolutely

✅ Answer: C

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🧠 ULTRA TIP (JUDICIAL EXAM)

👉 Focus high-weight sections:

• 6, 10, 14, 35, 41, 43, 52, 53A
• 54 (Sale), 58 (Mortgage), 105 (Lease), 122 (Gift)