Land Law Questions and Answers Part-8

1. Acquiring land without payment of compensation would have been arbitrary, violating
a) Article 14
b) Article 15
c) Article 19
d) Article 21

Answer: a

2. The SC in __________ held that The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 provides for the assessment and payment of compensation
a) Ali Hassan v. Lt. Governor
b) Ram Jiyaman v. State of Uttar Pradesh
c) Waman Rao v. Union of India
d) Somawati v. State of Punjab

Answer: b

3. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is a
a) Central Act
b) State Act
c) Both Central & State Act
d) neither Central nor State Act

Answer: a

4. In Somawati v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court held that object of the Land Acquisition Act was to empower the government to acquire land
a) Only for public purposesr
b) For a company
c) If for a company, the purpose of the company should be directly connected with or for the construction of some work which is likely to prove directly useful to the public land
d) all the above

Answer: d

5. Who can enact law relating to acquisition of property?
a) Union Government
b) State Government
c) Both Union & State Government
d) Neither Union nor State Government

Answer: c

6. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was replaced by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act in
a) 2012
b) 2013
c) 2014
d) 2015

Answer: b

7. Under the Land Acquisition Act, the process of acquisition begins with a preliminary notification on signaling the need to acquire the land
a) Notification is issued in the official gazette only
b) Notification is issued in two daily newspapers circulated in the concerned locality
c) Notification is issued both in official gazette as well as in two daily newspapers circulated in the concerned locality of which at least one shall be in the regional language.
d) both (a) & (b)

Answer: c

8. The notification puts forward
a) The intention of the government to acquire land
b) Entitles the government officials to investigate and ascertain whether the land is suitable for the purposes
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None of these

Answer: c

9. An award of a collector is an offer of compensation made on behalf of the government.
a) Claimant may not accept the award or accept it with protest
b) Person not accepting the award or accepting with protest has a right make an application to the Collector to refer the matter to the Civil Court for determination of market value of the land acquired
c) both (a) & (b) are correct statements
d) only (b) is correct statement

Answer: c

10. Provision of Housing units in case of Displacement include
a) If a house is lost in rural areas, a constructed house shall be provided as per the Indira Awas Yojana specifications. If any affected family in rural areas so prefers, the equivalent cost of the house may be offered in lieu of the constructed house.
b) If a house is lost in urban areas, not less than 50 sq mts in plint area a constructed house shall be given. If any such family in urban areas opts not take the house offered, may get one lakh fifty thousand rupees as a one-time financial assistance
c) Both (a) & (b) are correct statement
d) Both (a) & (b) are partially correct statement

Answer: c