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Rizwan HaiderLast Updated: August 18, 2025

The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 is a key legislation that governs the administration of land revenue in Punjab. It lays down the framework for land records, assessment, collection of revenue, partition of holdings, settlement operations, and rights of landowners and tenants. The Act also defines the powers and duties of revenue officers, ensuring proper management of agricultural land and providing a legal basis for resolving land-related disputes in the province.

Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 MCQs With Answers

Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 Test Online

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Time Allowed:	90 Minutes
Total Marks:	134
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1. The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 was enacted on:

5 January 1968

7 December 1967

1 July 1967

15 August 1967

2. The Act extends to:

The whole of Pakistan

The whole of Punjab, including Tribal Areas

The whole of Punjab, except Tribal Areas

Only urban areas of Punjab

3. Under Section 1(3), the Act comes into operation:

Immediately upon passing

On the date specified in Gazette Notification

At the start of the agricultural year

On 1st January each year

4. Who can except any area from provisions unsuited thereto?

Commissioner

Collector

Government

Patwari

5. “Agricultural year” means the year commencing on:

1st January

1st July

1st April

1st October

6. Which authority can change the date of agricultural year?

Collector

Board of Revenue with Government approval

Commissioner

Patwari

7. “Arrears of land revenue” means:

Land revenue due next year

Land revenue unpaid after the due date

Land revenue payable in installments

Voluntary payment to Government

8. An “assessment circle” is:

A group of Tehsils

A group of estates with similar conditions

A village revenue boundary

A Patwar Circle

9. Which Act establishes the Board of Revenue?

Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967

Punjab Board of Revenue Act, 1957

Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887

Punjab Revenue Courts Act

10. “Boundary mark” can be:

Natural or artificial

Only a stone

Only a hedge

Only man-made

11. “Defaulter” means:

A person who owns land

A person liable for arrear of land revenue

A tenant

A Patwari

12. “Encumbrance” means:

A Government order

A charge or claim against land

A boundary line

A record of crops

13. “Estate” can be declared by:

Patwari

Collector

Board of Revenue

Tehsildar

14. “Holding” means:

The whole estate

A share or portion of an estate held by one or more landowners

A group of Tehsils

Revenue records

15. “Irrigated land” includes land irrigated by:

Canal

Tubewell

Well

All of the above

16. “Land-lord” means:

A person under whom a tenant holds land

A person with no tenants

Only Government

Only a Lambardar

17. “Land-owner” does NOT include:

A person to whom holding is transferred

A tenant

A person enjoying profits of an estate

A person letting land in farm for arrears recovery

18. “Land-revenue” includes:

Rent in cash

Any rates due to irrigation value increase

Only fixed annual payments

Only voluntary contributions

19. “Net assets” means:

Gross produce without deductions

Surplus after deducting cultivation expenses

Cash rent only

All income including loans

20. “Patwari” includes:

Tapedar

Commissioner

Collector

Tehsildar

21. “Rates and cesses” are:

Taxes on urban property

Local rates and village expenses payable by landowners

Only water charges

Only cess on markets

22. “Rent” excludes:

Cash rent

Free personal service

Kind rent

Land-use payments

23. “Revenue Court” is constituted under:

Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967

Tenancy law

Civil Procedure Code

Board of Revenue Rules

24. “Survey mark” is set up by:

Patwari

Survey of Pakistan

Collector

Tehsildar

25. “Tenant” excludes:

Mortgagee of landowner’s rights

Leaseholder paying rent

Successor of tenant

Person holding under a landlord

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26. “Village Officer” includes:

Kanungo

Patwari

Lambardar

All of the above

27. Government may create Divisions:

By Board of Revenue order

By notification

By Collector order

By Tehsildar approval

28. A Division shall consist of:

One or more Districts

Two or more Districts

One Tehsil

Several villages only

29. Districts may be divided into:

Villages

Sub-Divisions/Tehsils

Estates only

Kanungo circles

30. Classes of Revenue Officers include:

Board of Revenue

Commissioner

Collector

All of the above

31. Additional Commissioners are appointed by:

Board of Revenue

Government

Collector

Patwari

32. Chief officer of a Tehsil is called:

Patwari

Kanungo

Tehsildar

Collector

33. Appointment of Revenue Officers must be:

Approved by Patwari

By notification

Done secretly

Without records

34. Board of Revenue is subject to control of:

Government

Commissioner

Collector

High Court

35. Power to withdraw and transfer cases lies with:

Board of Revenue

Patwari

Lambardar

Village Officer

36. Government may appoint same person to:

Only one office

Two or more offices

No offices simultaneously

Private role

37. Government may confer Commissioner/Collector powers by:

Gazette Notification

Patwari report

Court order

Village resolution

38. Revenue Officer continues powers on transfer unless:

He resigns

Government directs otherwise

Patwari objects

Case is pending

39. Revenue Officer must follow directions of:

Subordinate

Officer to whom he is subordinate

Patwari

Village Officer

40. Rules for procedure of Revenue Officers are made by:

Government

Board of Revenue with Government approval

Collector alone

Commissioner

41. Parties may appear before Revenue Officer:

Personally

Through authorised agent

Through legal practitioner

All of the above

42. Revenue Officer can summon:

Any person necessary for case

Only landowners

Only tenants

Only Government servants

43. Summons must be:

Oral

Written, signed and sealed

Only telephonic

Informal notice

44. Service of summons is preferably:

By post

Personal service

By beat of drum

By radio announcement

45. Proclamations are made by:

Affixing only

Beat of drum and affixing

Sending letters

SMS

46. Inquiries under the Act are deemed:

Civil proceedings

Judicial proceedings

Criminal cases

Informal hearings

47. Arrest of defaulter is made upon:

Verbal order

Warrant

Court summons

Village resolution

48. Revenue Officer may enter land for measurement:

Anytime

Never without Court

Only at harvest time

Only on owner’s death

49. Village Officers’ cess rate not exceeding:

10%

50. Record-of-rights includes:

Statement of landowners and tenants

Estate map

Statement of customs

All of the above

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51. Special revision of record-of-rights may be ordered by:

Collector

Board of Revenue

Patwari

Commissioner

52. Periodical records are prepared by:

Tehsildar

Patwari

Commissioner

Board of Revenue

53. Computerized records are prepared under:

Punjab Land Records Authority Act 2017

Civil Procedure Code

Punjab Tenancy Act

Local Government Act

54. Mutation report must be made within:

6 months

3 months

1 month

12 months

55. If Patwari fails to record mutation, person may report to:

Union Nazim

Patwari’s assistant

Police

Court

56. Mutation fees are fixed by:

Patwari

Board of Revenue

Union Council

Tehsildar

57. Rights of Government in mines and minerals belong to:

Landowner

Government

Patwari

Tehsildar

58. Presumption in favour of entries in records remains until:

Patwari changes it

Contrary is proved

Village disputes it

Collector objects

59. All land is liable to land revenue except:

Village sites

Cantonment areas

Urban taxed property

All of the above

60. Land-revenue is assessed:

In cash

In kind only

In both forms

By barter

61. Limit of assessment:

One-fourth of net assets

One-half of gross produce

One-third of net produce

Unlimited

62. Government sanction is required for:

General assessment

Mutation

Partition

Appeal

63. Assessment announcement includes:

Rate

Date of effect

Both A & B

Only Tehsil name

64. Duration of assessment generally:

10 years

25 years

5 years

15 years

65. If landowner refuses assessment, Collector may:

Ignore it

Take possession

Reduce rate

Cancel revenue

66. Special assessment may be made when:

Form of assessment changes

Land is sold by Government

Waste land becomes cultivable

All of the above

67. For land revenue exemption, irrigated ≤ 2½ acres means:

Exempt

Double rate

No exemption

Pay cess only

68. Landowner includes:

Allottee or grantee

Mortgagor

Person with permanent rights

All of the above

69. Land revenue is first charge upon:

Crops

Movable property only

Buildings only

Urban property

70. Collector may recover arrears by:

Arrest

Sale of land

Distress of movables

All of the above

71. Notice of demand can be issued:

After arrear accrues

Before arrear accrues

Only at year-end

Only after court order

72. Female defaulter can be:

Arrested

Not arrested

Arrested without warrant

Detained for 1 day

73. Certain produce of defaulter is exempt from sale for:

Seed grain and subsistence

All crops

Cash crops only

Perishable goods

74. Transfer of holding for arrears is made to:

Any landowner in estate

Outsider only

Tenant

Patwari

75. Attachment of holding means:

Collector manages land

Land sold immediately

Landowner jailed

Patwari cultivates it

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76. Annulment of assessment is ordered by:

Board of Revenue

Tehsildar

Patwari

Village Officer

77. Sale of holding requires:

Sanction of Board of Revenue

Only Collector’s wish

Patwari’s approval

Tehsil Council

78. Land sold under section 88 is:

With encumbrances

Free of encumbrances

With prior debts

With existing contracts

79. Proclamation of sale must specify:

Date, time, place

Property to be sold

Amount due

All of the above

80. Sale cannot take place until:

30 days after proclamation

10 days after proclamation

Immediate effect

15 days after proclamation

81. Sale cannot be on:

Friday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

82. Sale may be stayed if arrears are:

Paid before bidding ends

Paid after sale deed signed

Paid after auction

Paid anytime

83. Highest bidder must deposit:

10%

25%

50%

100% immediately

84. Failure to pay deposit results in:

Re-auction

Cancellation without re-auction

Reduction in price

Waiver

85. Full payment of purchase money is due within:

7 days

30 days

60 days

90 days

86. Patwari is responsible for:

Mutation register

Court cases

Only tax collection

Police duties

87. Union Nazim receives:

Copy of mutation report

Revenue demand list

Land map

Boundary order

88. Mutation in computerized records is handled by:

Arazi Record Centre

Court

Patwari alone

Union Council clerk

89. Penalty for failure to report acquisition of right:

Fine up to Rs. 500

Rs. 5,000

Rs. 1,000

Imprisonment only

90. Rights in mines relating to nuclear energy belong to:

Provincial Government

Federal Government

Local Government

Board of Revenue

91. Presumption as to forests in records before 18 Nov 1871:

Belong to landowners

Belong to Government

Belong to tenants

Belong to Patwari

92. Compensation for infringement of third-party rights is based on:

Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Civil Procedure Code

Penal Code

Tenancy Act

93. Suit for declaratory decree can be filed under:

Specific Relief Act, 1877

Civil Procedure Code

Punjab Tenancy Act

Registration Act

94. Assessment is based on:

Average gross produce value

Net produce only

Current market price only

Landowner’s declaration

95. Petition for reconsideration of assessment must be filed within:

30 days

60 days

15 days

90 days

96. Appeal from Collector’s order on assessment lies to:

Commissioner

Patwari

Tehsildar

Board of Revenue directly

97. In case of enhanced assessment proposal, landowners get:

15 days’ notice

Reasonable notice via proclamation

No notice

Oral intimation only

98. Waste land becomes liable to land revenue when:

After cultivation

After 6 years barren

After sale

After mortgage

99. Government may issue executive instructions for:

Guidance of Revenue Officers

Political matters

Judicial decisions

Patwari transfers

100. Costs of recovery processes are:

Part of arrear

Separate fine

Paid by Patwari

Paid by Tehsildar

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101. A lambardar’s main function is:

Collect land revenue

Maintain maps

Record mutations

Decide disputes

102. A Kanungo supervises:

Lambardars

Patwaris

Commissioners

Tehsildars

103. Agricultural income records are maintained by:

Patwari

Kanungo

Tehsildar

Commissioner

104. Government may exempt land revenue for:

Public purposes

Political reasons only

Military only

None

105. Revision powers are with:

Board of Revenue

Patwari

Collector only

Tehsildar

106. Interim orders are passed by:

Any Revenue Officer

Only High Court

Only Commissioner

Only Board of Revenue

107. Penalty for tampering with boundary marks is:

Fine

Imprisonment

Both fine and imprisonment

None

108. Appeals from Tehsildar lie to:

Collector

Patwari

Commissioner directly

Board of Revenue

109. Appeals from Collector lie to:

Commissioner

Patwari

Board of Revenue directly

Government

110. Appeals from Commissioner lie to:

Board of Revenue

Collector

Government

Tehsildar

111. Period for filing appeal is generally:

30 days

60 days

15 days

90 days

112. Limitation period for review application is:

90 days

60 days

30 days

120 days

113. Review can be filed before:

Same officer who passed order

Any officer

Only Commissioner

Only Board of Revenue

114. Costs in proceedings are:

At discretion of Revenue Officer

Fixed by law always

Paid by Government

Paid by Patwari

115. Court fees on petitions are:

As prescribed by rules

Always fixed

Decided by Patwari

Not applicable

116. Compensation for wrongful attachment is paid by:

Government

Patwari

Tehsildar

Collector personally

117. Service of notices can be by:

Personal delivery

Registered post

Affixing in conspicuous place

All of the above

118. Records are open for:

Public inspection

Only landowners

Only Government officers

Only Patwaris

119. Certified copies of records are issued by:

Revenue Officer

Patwari

Commissioner only

High Court

120. Power to frame rules under the Act rests with:

Board of Revenue with Government approval

Collector

Commissioner

Patwari

121. Final authority under the Act is:

Board of Revenue

Government always

Commissioner

Collector

122. The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 came into force on:

1 July 1967

7 December 1967

5 January 1968

1 August 1967

123. Rights in mines relating to nuclear energy belong to:

Provincial Government

Federal Government

Local Government

Board of Revenue

124. Presumption as to forests in records before 18 Nov 1871:

Belong to landowners

Belong to Government

Belong to tenants

Belong to Patwari

125. Compensation for infringement of third-party rights is based on:

Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Civil Procedure Code

Penal Code

Tenancy Act

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126. Suit for declaratory decree can be filed under:

Specific Relief Act, 1877

Civil Procedure Code

Punjab Tenancy Act

Registration Act

127. Assessment is based on:

Average gross produce value

Net produce only

Current market price only

Landowner’s declaration

128. Petition for reconsideration of assessment must be filed within:

30 days

60 days

15 days

90 days

129. Appeal from Collector’s order on assessment lies to:

Commissioner

Patwari

Tehsildar

Board of Revenue directly

130. Mutation in computerized records is handled by:

Arazi Record Centre

Court

Patwari alone

Union Council clerk

131. Penalty for failure to report acquisition of right:

Fine up to Rs. 500

Rs. 5,000

Rs. 1,000

Imprisonment only

132. Patwari is responsible for:

Mutation register

Court cases

Only tax collection

Police duties

133. Union Nazim receives:

Copy of mutation report

Revenue demand list

Land map

Boundary order

134. Proclamation of sale must specify:

Date, time, place

Property to be sold

Amount due

All of the above

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