Land Law Questions and Answers Part-3

1. Who among the following is NOT a revenue officer?
a) Collector
b) Tahsildar
c) Circle Officer & Inspector
d) Inspector General of Police

Answer: d

2. Which is notified as a Revenue Year?
a) 1st April to 31st March
b) 1st January to 31st December
c) 1st August to 31st July
d) None of the above

Answer: c

3. ‘Saza’ means
a) A group of villages in a Taluka
b) Divisional revenue office
c) Sub-divisional office
d) City survey office

Answer: a

4. Who is/are revenue officers in Division?
a) Commissioner
b) Additional Commissioner
c) Assistant Commissioner
d) All the above

Answer: d

5. Appointments of revenue officers are made under which section(s) of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code?
a) section 6
b) section 7
c) section 8
d) all of the above

Answer: d

6. Which is NOT correct about the Superintendent of Land Records?
a) He is a survey officer
b) He is a Revenue officer
c) He is advisor to collector on land records
d) He advises on maintenance of Records of Rights

Answer: b

7. Who is the village accountant Maharashtra Land Revenue Code?
a) Talathi
b) Gram Sewak
c) Kulkarni
d) Circle Inspector

Answer: a

8. Immediate superior of Talathi is
a) Gram Sewak
b) Zilla Parishad President
c) Circle Inspector
d) Tahsildar

Answer: c

9. Which sections of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code deal with provisions relating to encroachment on Government Land?
a) Sections 50-53
b) Sections 40-42
c) Sections 36-40
d) Sections 19-22

Answer: a

10. In _______ the High Court held that under section 50 of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, the Collector is empowered to abate or remove any encroachment made on any land / property vested in State Government.
a) State of Bombay v. Fakir Umar
b) Babamiya Ahmed Shah v. Tahsildar, Beed
c) Yashwant Kulkarni v. State of Maharashtra
d) Popat Moti Rathod v. State of Maharashtra

Answer: b