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Question 1

1. According to Section 99(3) of The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, the order of the _____________ on any such reference shall be conclusive as against persons who are not parties to the suits as well as against persons who are parties thereto.

Answer

Board of Revenue

Answer

District Court

Answer

High Court

Answer

None of these

Question 2

2. According to Section 58 of The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, ‘a tenant having a right of occupancy in land may sublet a land or any part thereof for a term not exceeding _____________.’

Answer

None of these

Question 3

3. According to Section 85 of The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, the __________ may make rules for regulating the procedure of Revenue Officers.

Answer

Provincial Government

Answer

Federal Government

Answer

Board of Revenue

Answer

None of these

Question 4

4. According to Section 4(12) of The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, _________ means any cess, contribution or due which is customarily leviable from land owners and non-land owners.

Answer

Village cess

Answer

None of these

Question 5

5. What is the limitation for suit by a landlord for arrears of rent under the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887?

Answer

Six years from the day rent becomes due

Answer

Four years from the day rent becomes due

Answer

Two years from the day rent becomes due

Answer

One year from the day rent becomes due

Question 6

6. According to Section 60, any transfer made of a right of occupancy in contravention of the foregoing provisions shall be ___________ at the instance of the landlord.

Answer

None of these

Question 7

7. Under Section 63, ‘a tenant having right of occupancy is entitled to make improvements on his ___________.’

Question 8

8. Under Section 103, when a Collector dies or is disabled, the officer who succeeds him temporarily under orders issued by the _____________ shall be deemed to be a Collector under this Act.

Answer

Provincial Government

Answer

Federal Government

Answer

Board of Revenue

Answer

None of these

Question 9

9. According to Section 53, ‘a tenant having right of occupancy under Section 5 may transfer that right by sale, gift of _______________.’

Answer

None of these

Question 10

10. Which section deals with ‘Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review’?

Answer

Section 83

Answer

Section 52

Answer

Section 80

Answer

Section 81

Question 11

11. Under Section 9, ‘no __________ shall acquire a right of occupancy by mere lapse of time’.

Answer

None of these

Question 12

12. According to Section 4(6), ________ means a person under whom a tenant holds land, and to whom the tenant is liable to pay rent.

Answer

Land owner

Question 13

13. Which section deals with ‘conferment of powers of revenue officers or revenue court by the Provincial Government’?

Answer

Section 80

Answer

Section 90

Answer

Section 100

Answer

Section 105

Question 14

14. According to Section 47, ‘a decree or order for the ejectment of a tenant shall not be executed at any other time than between ________________________’.

Answer

1st May and 15th June

Answer

1st April and 15th September

Answer

1st July and 15th August

Answer

None of these

Question 15

15. According to Section 4(3), ‘__________ means whatever is payable to a landlord in money, kind or service by a tenant’.

Answer

Land revenue

Answer

Compensation

Question 16

16. Which section deals with ‘power to deposit rent in certain cases with Revenue Officer’?

Answer

Section 31

Answer

Section 32

Answer

Section 45

Answer

Section 21

Question 17

17. Which section deals with appeals?

Answer

Section 60

Answer

Section 80

Answer

Section 70

Answer

Section 90

Question 18

18. Which section deals with ‘Application to Revenue Officer for ejectment’?

Answer

Section 40

Answer

Section 43

Answer

Section 39

Answer

Section 30

Question 19

19. Which section deals with ‘succession to right of occupancy’?

Answer

Section 58

Answer

Section 58-A

Answer

Section 59

Answer

Section 60

Question 20

20. According to Section 4(8), ‘__________ means a parcel of land held by a tenant under one lease or set of conditions.’

Question 21

21. Section 13 deals with _______________________.

Answer

Collection of rents of undivided property

Answer

Appointment of referee for division or appraisement

Answer

Commutation and alteration of rent

Answer

None of these

Question 22

22. According to Section 59, when a Muslim tenant with occupancy right dies, the right devolves on his heirs in accordance with ____________.

Answer

The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887

Answer

The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967

Answer

Muslim Personal Law

Answer

None of these

Question 23

23. Which section deals with enhancement of produce rents of occupancy tenants?

Answer

Section 19

Answer

Section 20

Answer

Section 21

Answer

Section 18

Question 24

24. Which section deals with procedure after division or appraisement?

Answer

Section 19

Answer

Section 20

Answer

Section 21

Answer

Section 18

Question 25

25. Which section deals with appointment of assessors and procedure of referee?

Answer

Section 17

Answer

Section 19

Answer

Section 18

Answer

Section 20

Question 26

26. Section 17 of the Punjab Tenancy Act deals with:

Answer

Matter to be considered and neglected

Answer

Collection of rents of undivided property

Answer

Appointment of referee for division or appraisement

Question 27

27. Section 16 contains:

Answer

Presumption with respect to produce removed before division or appraisement

Answer

Matter to be considered and neglected

Answer

Collection of rents of undivided property

Answer

Assessing the value of land

Question 28

28. Section 15 deals with:

Answer

Collection of rents of undivided property

Answer

Matter to be considered and neglected

Answer

Assessing the value of land

Answer

Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord

Question 29

29. Section 14 deals with:

Answer

Payments for land occupied without consent of landlord

Answer

Assessing the value of land

Answer

Matter to be considered and neglected

Answer

None of these

Question 30

30. Section 13 deals with:

Answer

Commutation and alteration of rent

Answer

Respective rights of landlord and tenant to produce

Answer

Assessing the value of land

Answer

None of these

Question 31

31. Section 12 contains:

Answer

Respective rights of landlord and tenant to produce

Answer

Assessing the value of land

Answer

Matter to be considered and neglected

Answer

None of these

Question 32

32. In which section is “Continuance of existing occupancy rights” provided?

Answer

Section 11

Answer

Section 12

Answer

Section 13

Answer

Section 10

Question 33

33. Section 10 contains:

Answer

Right of occupancy not to be acquired by joint owner in land held in joint ownership

Answer

The collector shall then cause public notice

Answer

Notice to the occupier

Answer

None of these

Question 34

34. Right of occupancy not to be acquired by mere lapse of time is mentioned in which section?

Question 35

35. Establishment of right of occupancy on grounds other than those expressly stated in the Act is in which section?

Question 36

36. Right of occupancy in land taken in exchange is in which section?

Answer

Section 10

Question 37

37. Right of occupancy of other tenants recorded before passing of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1868, is in which section?

Question 38

38. “Tenants having right of occupancy” is covered in:

Question 39

39. “____” means any person who holds land in Attock or Rawalpindi and was recorded as muqarraridar before or after the Punjab Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1952.

Answer

Muqarraridar

Answer

None of these

Question 40

40. “____” means with reference to a tenancy, any work adding value to the tenancy consistent with its conditions.

Answer

Rehabilitation

Answer

Superstructure

Answer

Improvement

Answer

None of these

Question 41

41. “___” means a notification published by the Provincial Government or Board of Revenue in the Official Gazette.

Answer

Notification

Answer

None of these

Question 42

42. “____” means the year commencing on 16th June or another date appointed by Provincial Government.

Answer

Agricultural month

Answer

Agricultural decade

Answer

Agricultural year

Answer

None of these

Question 43

43. “____” means any legal practitioner under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879, except a mukhtar.

Answer

Legal practitioner

Answer

None of these

Question 44

44. “______” includes any person, other than a village servant, assigned land revenue of any land.

Answer

None of these

Question 45

45. “___” or “Revenue Court” means a Revenue Officer or Revenue Court authorised under this Act.

Answer

District Officer

Answer

Revenue Officer

Question 46

46. “___” means a chief headman, headman or Patwari.

Answer

Village Officer

Answer

None of these

Question 47

47. “____” means rates and cesses primarily payable by landowners.

Answer

Rates and cesses

Answer

Net Assets

Question 48

48. “____” means land revenue assessed or assessable under the Punjab Land Revenue Act.

Answer

Land revenue

Answer

Net assets

Answer

None of these

Question 49

49. “______”, “land-owner” and “holding” have the meanings assigned in the Punjab Land Revenue Act.

Answer

None of these

Question 50

50. “___” means a parcel of land held by a tenant of a landlord under one lease or set of conditions.

Answer

None of these

Question 51

51. “___” means a person under whom a tenant holds land and to whom the tenant is liable to pay rent.

Answer

Land holder

Answer

None of these

Question 52

52. ___ means rent which remains unpaid after the date it becomes payable.

Answer

Arrears of rent

Question 53

53. The ___ means whatever is payable to a landlord in money, kind or service by a tenant for use or occupation of land, excluding cesses or free services.

Question 54

54. The ___ with its grammatical variations includes, when used with reference to rent, “deliver” and “render”.

Answer

None of these

Question 55

55. The ___ means land not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village, used for agriculture, pasture, or related purposes.

Question 56

56. When was the Punjab Tenancy Act enforced?

Answer

3rd September 1885

Answer

3rd September 1886

Answer

3rd September 1887

Answer

3rd September 1889

Question 57

57. According to Section 1, to which area does the Act extend?

Answer

Only Lahore Division

Answer

Whole of Punjab

Answer

Punjab & Sindh

Answer

Whole of Pakistan

Question 58

58. Under the Act, “rent” refers to payment made by a tenant to the landlord in what forms?

Answer

Money only

Answer

Money, kind, or service

Answer

Money and kind only

Answer

Service only

Question 59

59. Which section defines “tenant” under the Act?

Answer

Section 4(5)

Question 60

60. What is the minimum continuous occupation period for presumption of occupancy right under Section 5(2)?

Question 61

61. Which section states that right of occupancy cannot be acquired by mere lapse of time?

Answer

Section 10

Question 62

62. When rent is taken by division of produce, who has exclusive possession until division?

Answer

Revenue Officer

Answer

Village Headman

Question 63

63. In case of abandonment by an occupancy tenant, after how long is the right extinguished?

Question 64

64. Which body has the power to make rules under the ejectment provisions?

Answer

Provincial Assembly

Answer

Board of Revenue

Answer

Supreme Court

Answer

Local Government

Answer 156

Section 53

Answer 157

Section 58

Answer 158

Section 60

Answer 159

Section 47

Answer 160

Customary Law

Answer 161

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)

Answer 162

British Common Law

Answer 163

Revenue Law

Answer 164

Section 10

Answer 165

Rights of landlords

Answer 166

Definitions of important terms

Answer 167

Ejectment procedure

Answer 168

Rules of appeal

Answer 169

Only landowners

Answer 170

Person who cultivates land of another

Answer 171

Government officials

Answer 172

Revenue officers

Answer 173

Ordinary tenant

Answer 174

Occupancy tenant

Answer 175

Sub-tenant

Answer 176

Sharecropper

Answer 177

Section 10

Answer 178

Section 15

Answer 179

Civil Courts only

Answer 180

Revenue Officers and Revenue Courts

Answer 181

Police Officers

Answer 182

Local Government

Answer 183

Section 10

Answer 184

Section 12

Answer 185

Section 15

Answer 186

Yes, always

Answer 187

Only with landlord’s or Government’s permission

Answer 188

Only by will

Answer 189

Section 10

Answer 190

Section 14

Answer 191

Section 10

Answer 192

Section 12

Answer 193

Section 14

Answer 194

Section 20

Answer 195

Civil Court

Answer 196

Revenue Officer

Answer 197

Landlord only

Answer 198

Tenant only

Answer 199

He cannot claim compensation

Answer 200

He can still claim compensation if allowed under Act

Answer 201

He loses tenancy rights

Answer 202

He pays penalty

Answer 203

Section 14

Answer 204

Section 15

Answer 205

Section 18

Answer 206

Section 20

Answer 207

Tenant himself

Answer 208

Revenue Officer

Answer 209

Local Police

Answer 210

Section 16

Answer 211

Section 17

Answer 212

Section 18

Answer 213

Section 20

Answer 214

File complaint before police

Answer 215

Apply to Revenue Officer or Revenue Court

Answer 216

Stop paying rent

Answer 217

Succession rights

Answer 218

Sub-letting

Answer 219

Resumption of land by landlord for personal cultivation

Answer 220

Tenant’s right to compensation

Answer 221

Section 21

Answer 222

Section 22

Answer 223

Section 25

Answer 224

Section 30

Answer 225

Just because landlord wishes

Answer 226

Improvement in productive power of land or rise in market rates

Answer 227

Death of tenant

Answer 228

Change of ownership of land

Answer 229

Section 22

Answer 230

Section 23

Answer 231

Section 24

Answer 232

Section 26

Answer 233

Landlord himself

Answer 234

Revenue Officer or Revenue Court

Answer 235

Civil Judge

Answer 236

Immediately

Answer 237

After one month

Answer 238

From the start of the next agricultural year

Answer 239

After approval of landlord

Answer 240

From the date of decree specified by the court

Answer 241

Immediately

Answer 242

Next year automatically

Answer 243

From the date tenant applies

Answer 244

Section 25

Answer 245

Section 27

Answer 246

Section 28

Answer 247

Section 30

Answer 248

Faisalabad

Answer 249

Section 28

Answer 250

Section 29

Answer 251

Section 30

Answer 252

Section 31

Answer 253

Tenant himself

Answer 254

Landlord only

Answer 255

Revenue Officer

Answer 256

Civil Court

Answer 257

Section 31

Answer 258

Section 33

Answer 259

Section 34

Answer 260

Section 36

Answer 261

They can resist physically

Answer 262

They can file complaint in police station

Answer 263

They cannot be ejected except as per Act provisions

Answer 264

They cannot be tenants again

Answer 265

Section 35

Answer 266

Section 36

Answer 267

Section 37

Answer 268

Section 40

Answer 269

He is punished with fine

Answer 270

He can return anytime

Answer 271

The landlord may take back possession with Revenue Officer’s permission

Answer 272

Nothing happens

Answer 273

Section 36

Answer 274

Section 37

Answer 275

Section 38

Answer 276

Section 39

Answer 277

Only if Revenue Officer allows

Answer 278

Only by Court decree

Answer 279

Section 37

Answer 280

Section 38

Answer 281

Section 39

Answer 282

Section 40

Answer 283

Civil Court

Answer 284

Revenue Officer

Answer 285

Local police

Answer 286

Section 38

Answer 287

Section 39

Answer 288

Section 40

Answer 289

Section 41

Answer 290

Sub-letting of tenancy

Answer 291

Abandonment of tenancy

Answer 292

Execution of ejectment decrees

Answer 293

Limitation for ejectment suits

Answer 294

Only the landlord

Answer 295

Only the tenant

Answer 296

Landlord or his legal representative

Answer 297

Revenue Officer

Answer 298

No limitation

Answer 299

Section 53

Answer 300

Section 54

Answer 301

Section 55

Answer 302

Section 56

Answer 303

Recovery through distress

Answer 304

Criminal case

Answer 305

Confiscation of land

Answer 306

Landlord directly

Answer 307

Civil Judge

Answer 308

Revenue Officer

Answer 309

Section 55

Answer 310

Section 56

Answer 311

Section 57

Answer 312

Section 60

Answer 313

Promise of future payment

Answer 314

Filing appeal

Answer 315

Payment of arrears before decree is executed

Answer 316

Transfer of tenancy

Answer 317

Section 57

Answer 318

Section 58

Answer 319

Section 59

Answer 320

Section 60

Answer 321

No payment

Answer 322

Valid payment of rent

Answer 323

Civil Judge

Answer 324

Revenue Officer

Answer 325

District Collector only

Answer 326

Section 59

Answer 327

Section 60

Answer 328

Section 61

Answer 329

Section 62

Answer 330

Movables belonging to tenant

Answer 331

Tools of husbandry and implements

Answer 332

Crops standing on tenancy

Answer 333

Produce of the land

Answer 334

Section 60

Answer 335

Section 61

Answer 336

Section 62

Answer 337

Section 65

Answer 338

Section 65

Answer 339

Section 66

Answer 340

Section 67

Answer 341

Section 68

Answer 342

Section 68

Answer 343

Section 69

Answer 344

Section 70

Answer 345

Section 72

Answer 346

Civil Judge

Answer 347

Collector or Commissioner

Answer 348

High Court directly

Answer 349

Section 80

Answer 350

Section 81

Answer 351

Section 84

Answer 352

Section 85

Answer 353

Civil Judge

Answer 354

Commissioner

Answer 355

High Court

Answer 356

Section 86

Answer 357

Section 87

Answer 358

Section 88

Answer 359

Section 90

Answer 360

Section 90

Answer 361

Section 91

Answer 362

Section 92

Answer 363

Section 93

Answer 364

Board of Revenue

Answer 365

State Government

Answer 366

High Court

Answer 367

Section 93

Answer 368

Section 94

Answer 369

Section 95

Answer 370

Section 96

Answer 371

Appeal process

Answer 372

Power to make rules

Answer 373

Power to delegate functions

Answer 374

Deposit of rent

Answer 375

Section 95

Answer 376

Section 96

Answer 377

Section 97

Answer 378

Section 98

Answer 379

Directly to Government Treasury

Answer 380

To the landlord

Answer 381

To the Collector

Answer 382

To the tenant

Answer 383

Section 97

Answer 384

Section 98

Answer 385

Section 99

Answer 386

Section 100

Answer 387

Protection to tenants

Answer 388

Saving of certain enactments

Answer 389

Power of Civil Court

Answer 390

Exemption to landlords

Answer 391

Section 99

Answer 392

Section 100

Answer 393

Section 101

Answer 394

Section 102

Answer 395

Board of Revenue

Answer 396

High Court

Answer 397

State Government

Answer 398

Section 101

Answer 399

Section 102

Answer 400

Section 103

Answer 401

Section 104

Answer 402

Limitation of suits

Answer 403

Recovery of arrears

Answer 404

Repeal of inconsistent provisions

Answer 405

Power to remove difficulties

Answer 406

Section 103

Answer 407

Section 104

Answer 408

Section 105

Answer 409

Section 106

Answer 410

Recovery of rent

Answer 411

Court fees

Answer 412

Savings of rights acquired under repealed Acts

Answer 413

Rule-making power

Answer 414

Section 105

Answer 415

Section 106

Answer 416

Section 107

Answer 417

Section 108

Answer 418

Limitation of suits

Answer 419

Appeal procedure

Answer 420

Service of notices

Answer 421

Saving clause

Answer 422

Section 107

Answer 423

Section 108

Answer 424

Section 109

Answer 425

Section 110

Answer 426

Only by handwriting experts

Answer 427

Only by oral evidence

Answer 428

In the same way as in Civil Courts

Answer 429

Not required

Answer 430

Section 109

Answer 431

Section 110

Answer 432

Section 111

Answer 433

Section 112

Answer 434

Right of tenant to appeal

Answer 435

Use of prescribed forms

Answer 436

Recovery of arrears

Answer 437

Execution of decrees

Answer 438

Section 111

Answer 439

Section 112

Answer 440

Section 113

Answer 441

Section 114

Answer 442

Protection of tenants

Answer 443

Saving of rules under repealed Acts

Answer 444

Appointment of officers

Answer 445

Powers of Collector

Answer 446

Section 113

Answer 447

Section 114

Answer 448

Section 115

Answer 449

Section 116

Answer 450

Rights of occupancy tenants

Answer 451

Saving of enactments

Answer 452

Penalties for false evidence

Answer 453

Execution of decrees

Answer 454

Section 115

Answer 455

Section 116

Answer 456

Section 117

Answer 457

Section 118

Answer 458

Procedure of Revenue Courts

Answer 459

Execution of orders

Answer 460

Protection of occupancy tenants

Answer 461

Recovery of arrears

Answer 462

Section 117

Answer 463

Section 118

Answer 464

Section 119

Answer 465

Section 120

Answer 466

Repeal of the Act

Answer 467

Extension of the Act

Answer 468

Saving of previous rights and liabilities

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