Land Law Questions and Answers Part-1

1. Article 19(1)(f) of the Constitution guaranteed to all citizens the fundamental right to
a) Acquire & hold property
b) Dispose of property
c) Do business in any part of India
d) Both (a) & (b)

Answer: d

2. Article 31 of the Constitution provided that any State acquisition of property must only be
a) upon enactment of a valid law
b) for a public purpose
c) upon payment of compensation
d) all the above

Answer: d

3. The Constitution (Forty-Fourth Amendment) Act 1978, abolished
a) Article 19(1)(f)
b) Article 31
c) Articles 19(1)(f) & Article 31
d) Article 300A

Answer: c

4. The Constitution (Forty-Fourth Amendment) Act 1978 inserted ____ into a new chapter IV of Part XII of the Constitution
a) Article 300A
b) Article 370
c) Article 300
d) Article 31(A)

Answer: a

5. ‘Acquisition and requisitioning of property’ was included as a subject in
a) Residue powers of Central Government
b) State List
c) Central List
d) The Concurrent List

Answer: d

6. _________ Amendment was passed shortly after the decision in the Bela Banerjee case
a) Twenty-Fifth
b) The Fourth
c) Forty Second
d) Forty Fourth

Answer: b

7. _________ Amendment was passed to oust judicial review of the adequacy of compensation.
a) The First
b) The Fourth
c) The Twenty Fourth
d) The Forty Fourth

Answer: b

8. The Supreme Court in ____________ made it clear that the ouster of judicial review on questions of compensation was limited only to cases where the proposed acquisition of land had a connection with a scheme of agrarian or land reform. In all other cases, compensation payable under Article 31(2) should be market value compensation.
a) Thakur Amar Singhji v. State of Rajasthan
b) Ram Narain Medhi v. State of Bombay
c) KK Kochuni v. State of Madras
d) Atma Ram v. State of Punjab

Answer: c

9. Today, Right to property in India is
a) Fundamental Right
b) Constitutional Right
c) Legal Right
d) Human Right

Answer: c

10. After the formation of Maharashtra State uniform land revenue code called as ________ was formulated
a) Maharashtra Land Revenue Code 1966
b) Bombay Land Revenue Code
c) Berar Land Revenue Code
d) Central Provinces Land Revenue Code

Answer: a