MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RELATED TO – LAWS RELATING TO INHERITANCE/SUCCESSION

What is the primary legislation governing inheritance and succession in India?
a) Indian Penal Code
b) Indian Contract Act
c) Hindu Succession Act
d) Indian Evidence Act
Answer: c) Hindu Succession Act

Which of the following is not a mode of succession under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
a) Testamentary Succession
b) Intestate Succession
c) Survivorship
d) Easementary Succession
Answer: d) Easementary Succession

Under Hindu law, who inherits property in case of intestate succession of a male Hindu?
a) Parents
b) Wife and children
c) Only sons
d) Brothers and sisters
Answer: b) Wife and children

Which of the following is not a coparcenary property under Hindu law?
a) Ancestral property
b) Property acquired by a male Hindu by inheritance from his father
c) Property acquired by a female Hindu by inheritance from her father
d) Property acquired by a male Hindu by partition of joint family property
Answer: c) Property acquired by a female Hindu by inheritance from her father

The Muslim law of inheritance is primarily based on:
a) Quranic injunctions
b) Customs prevalent in Arab society
c) The Hanafi school of thought
d) The Shafi’i school of thought
Answer: a) Quranic injunctions

Who has the first right to inherit in Sunni Muslim law?
a) Husband
b) Wife
c) Children
d) Parents
Answer: c) Children

Which of the following is not a class I heir under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
a) Son
b) Daughter
c) Mother
d) Daughter-in-law
Answer: d) Daughter-in-law

Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, which of the following is a mode of testamentary succession?
a) Escheat
b) Intestate succession
c) Bequest
d) Survivorship
Answer: c) Bequest

What is the term used to describe the concept of inheritance among Muslims where the shares of legal heirs are fixed proportions?
a) Wasiyat
b) Hibah
c) Takaful
d) Faraid
Answer: d) Faraid

Which of the following Acts governs the laws of inheritance among Christians in India?
a) Indian Succession Act, 1925
b) Hindu Succession Act, 1956
c) Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
d) Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
Answer: a) Indian Succession Act, 1925

Who among the following is not considered a Class II heir under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
a) Father
b) Daughter’s son
c) Brother
d) Daughter-in-law
Answer: d) Daughter-in-law

In Hindu law, what happens to the share of a deceased coparcener if he leaves behind no male heirs but only female heirs?
a) It lapses and reverts to the ancestral property
b) It devolves upon the surviving coparceners
c) It is divided among the female heirs equally
d) It goes to the government
Answer: c) It is divided among the female heirs equally

Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, who is entitled to a preferential right to obtain letters of administration to the estate of an intestate?
a) Wife
b) Son
c) Daughter
d) Brother
Answer: a) Wife

According to the Muslim law of inheritance, what is the share of the wife if the deceased husband has left behind children?
a) 1/2
b) 1/3
c) 1/4
d) 1/8
Answer: b) 1/3

Who has the right to adopt a child under Hindu law?
a) Father
b) Mother
c) Both parents jointly
d) Any person of sound mind
Answer: c) Both parents jointly

What is the term used to describe the property received by a Hindu female from her husband or her husband’s relatives during marriage?
a) Streedhan
b) Stridhana
c) Dowry
d) Inheritance
Answer: b) Stridhana

Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, what happens if a person dies intestate leaving behind no heirs, spouse, or kindred?
a) The property escheats to the government
b) The property is divided among the creditors
c) The property is auctioned off to the highest bidder
d) The property is distributed among the residents of the locality
Answer: a) The property escheats to the government

In Muslim law, what is the term for a gift made by a living person to another living person out of affection and without any consideration?
a) Waqf
b) Hibah
c) Wasiyat
d) Talaq
Answer: b) Hibah

Which of the following is a ground for disinheritance of a child under Hindu law?
a) Religion conversion
b) Mental illness
c) Marriage to a person of a different caste
d) Act of disobedience or disrespect towards parents
Answer: d) Act of disobedience or disrespect towards parents

According to the Indian Succession Act, 1925, who is considered the legal representative of a deceased person?
a) Executor
b) Administrator
c) Successor
d) Heir
Answer: b) Administrator

Under Hindu law, what happens to the property of a Hindu female dying intestate and without any heirs?
a) It goes to her husband’s family
b) It is distributed among her husband’s male relatives
c) It goes to the state government
d) It devolves upon the heirs of her father
Answer: d) It devolves upon the heirs of her father

According to Muslim law, what is the term used for a will made during a person’s lifetime, disposing of their property after death?
a) Wasaya
b) Wasiyat
c) Nama
d) Faraiz
Answer: b) Wasiyat

Who has the right to succeed to the property of a Hindu widow if she dies intestate?
a) Her husband’s relatives
b) Her children
c) Her parents
d) Her husband’s coparceners
Answer: c) Her parents

In which of the following circumstances can a Hindu woman succeed to the property of her husband?
a) When he dies intestate
b) When he leaves a will in her favor
c) When she has not been divorced
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

According to the Indian Succession Act, 1925, what is the term used to describe a document that allows a person to nominate an executor for their estate?
a) Will
b) Codicil
c) Letter of administration
d) Probate
Answer: b) Codicil

Who among the following is not considered a legal heir under the Indian Succession Act, 1925?
a) Son
b) Daughter
c) Grandson
d) Granddaughter-in-law
Answer: d) Granddaughter-in-law

What is the term used in Muslim law for a gift made by a person in contemplation of death?
a) Waqf
b) Hibah
c) Wasiyat
d) Talaq
Answer: c) Wasiyat

Under Hindu law, what is the term used for the property that is inherited by a person from any of his/her three immediate paternal ancestors?
a) Self-acquired property
b) Ancestral property
c) Separate property
d) Coparcenary property
Answer: b) Ancestral property

Which of the following is not a mode of acquiring property under Muslim law?
a) Inheritance
b) Bequest
c) Sale
d) Eminent domain
Answer: d) Eminent domain

According to the Indian Succession Act, 1925, who is entitled to succeed to the property of a deceased Hindu if he dies intestate and without any heirs?
a) His parents
b) His siblings
c) His spouse’s relatives
d) The government
Answer: d) The government

Under Muslim law, what is the term used for the property that a person is legally bound to distribute among his heirs during his lifetime?
a) Wasaya
b) Hibah
c) Wasiyat
d) Faraid
Answer: b) Hibah

According to Hindu law, who is considered the owner of the property during the lifetime of the father?
a) Father
b) Sons
c) Grandsons
d) Coparceners
Answer: a) Father

What is the term used for the property that a person is deemed to have owned and enjoyed since time immemorial?
a) Self-acquired property
b) Ancestral property
c) Separate property
d) Joint family property
Answer: b) Ancestral property

Who among the following is entitled to succeed to the property of a deceased Hindu under Class I of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
a) Granddaughter
b) Son-in-law
c) Brother
d) Father
Answer: d) Father

In which of the following circumstances can a Hindu person make a will?
a) Only when he is terminally ill
b) Only when he has no legal heirs
c) Only when he is of sound mind
d) Only when he has the consent of his family
Answer: c) Only when he is of sound mind

Under Muslim law, who is entitled to succeed to the property of a deceased person in the absence of any near relatives?
a) Distant relatives
b) Orphans
c) The state government
d) The person’s neighbors
Answer: c) The state government

According to Hindu law, what is the term used for the property that is inherited by a Hindu from his mother, father, or husband?
a) Stridhana
b) Streedhan
c) Ancestral property
d) Coparcenary property
Answer: a) Stridhana

What is the term used for the property that a person has acquired by his own exertions or by other means, not inherited from ancestors?
a) Self-acquired property
b) Ancestral property
c) Joint family property
d) Coparcenary property
Answer: a) Self-acquired property

Under Hindu law, who is entitled to maintain a Hindu woman who has no independent income or property?
a) Her husband
b) Her father-in-law
c) Her brothers
d) Her sons
Answer: a) Her husband

According to the Indian Succession Act, 1925, what is the term used for the legal process of proving the genuineness of a will before the court?
a) Probate
b) Inheritance
c) Codicil
d) Escheat
Answer: a) Probate

According to Hindu law, who has the right to ask for partition of the joint family property?
a) Father
b) Eldest son
c) Any coparcener
d) Mother
Answer: c) Any coparcener

Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, what is the term used to describe a person who dies without leaving a valid will?
a) Testator
b) Legatee
c) Intestate
d) Executor
Answer: c) Intestate

In Muslim law, who among the following is entitled to inherit from the estate of a deceased person?
a) Illegitimate child
b) Adopted child
c) Stepchild
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

What is the term used for the legal document that revokes or alters the terms of an existing will?
a) Testament
b) Codicil
c) Probate
d) Bequest
Answer: b) Codicil

According to Hindu law, what happens to the property of a Hindu female dying intestate and leaving behind a son?
a) It goes to her husband’s family
b) It is distributed among her husband’s male relatives
c) It devolves upon her son
d) It goes to the state government
Answer: c) It devolves upon her son

Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, who is legally entitled to apply for probate of a will?
a) Any interested person
b) The executor named in the will
c) The legal heir of the deceased
d) The court clerk
Answer: b) The executor named in the will

According to Muslim law, what is the share of the husband if the deceased wife has left behind children?
a) 1/4
b) 1/3
c) 1/2
d) 1/8
Answer: b) 1/3

What is the term used for the property left behind by a deceased person?
a) Estate
b) Bequest
c) Codicil
d) Testament
Answer: a) Estate

In Hindu law, who has the right to make an adoption?
a) Any Hindu male
b) Any Hindu female
c) Only childless Hindus
d) Only widows
Answer: a) Any Hindu male

According to the Indian Succession Act, 1925, what is the term used for the legal process of distributing the assets of a deceased person among the rightful heirs?
a) Probate
b) Inheritance
c) Administration
d) Escheat
Answer: c) Administration