Punjab Land Revenue Acts MCQs

Below are MCQs from three different revenue laws that are enforced in Punjab. These laws include the Land Acquisition Act 1894, the Punjab Revenue Act 1967, and the Punjab Tenancy Act 1887.

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Q 26: _____________ means a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, and includes the Court of any Additional District Judge and any Civil Judge whom the Provincial Government may appoint, by name or by virtue of his office, to perform concurrently with any such principal Civil Court, all or any of the functions of the Court under this Act

A) Court
B) any officer specially appointed by the Board of Revenue
C) Executive District Officer (Revenue)
D) All of above

Q 27: ________ means a Company registered under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 or under the (English) Companies Acts, 1862 to 1890 or Incorporated by an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom] or by a Pakistan law], or by Royal Charter or Letters Patent and includes a society registered under the Societies Registration Act.

A) Corporation
B) Cooperative Society
C) Company
D) All of above

Q 28: __________ includes the provision! of village-sites in districts in which the [Provincial Government] shah have declared by notification in the official Gazette that it is customary for the Government to make such provision:

A) Company
B) Court
C) Land
D) Public purpose

Q 29: _________ for other persons beneficially interested shall be deemed the persons entitled to act with reference to any such case, and that to the same extent as the persons beneficially interested could have acted if free from disability

A) Trustee
B) Company
C) Acquisition
D) None of these

Q 30: _______________ in cases to which the English law is applicable, shall be deemed the person so entitled to act, and whether of full age or not, to the same extent as if she were unmarried and of full age.

A) A married woman
B) Company
C) Acquisition
D) None of these

Q 31: __________ of minors and the committees or managers of lunatics or idiots shall be deemed respectively the persons so entitled to act, to the same extent as the minors, lunatics or idiots themselves, if free from disability, could have acted.

A) The guardians
B) Parents
C) Relatives
D) Convenient places in the said locality

Q 32: No person shall be deemed ________ whose interest In the subject-matter shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Collector or Court to be adverse to the interest of the person interested for whom he would otherwise be entitled to act.

A) Acquisition
B) Entitled to act
C) Relative
D) Guardians

Q 33: In every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend or, in default of his appearance by a _________ as the case may be, shall appoint a guardian for the case to act on his behalf in the conduct thereof.

A) Next friend
B) The Collector
C) Court
D) All of these

Q 34: The provisions o f Chapter XXXI o f ________ the shall mutatis mutandis, apply in the case o f persons interested appearing before a Collector or Court by a next friend, or by a guardian for the case, in proceedings under this Act _________________.

A) Acquisition Act
B) Convenient places in the said locality
C) Code of Civil Procedure
D) None of these

Q 35: Part II of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Company
B) Acquisition
C) Distribution
D) Court

Q 36: Publication of preliminary notification and powers of officers thereupon:

A) 4
B) 7
C) 63
D) 75

Q 37: Thereupon it shall be lawful for any officer, either generally or specially authorized by the Collector Of the District in this behalf, and for his servants and workmen,

A) to enter upon and survey and take levels of any |and in such locality;
B) to dig or bore into the subsoil;
C) to do all other acts necessary to ascertain whether the land is adapted for such purpose;
D) All of above

Q 38: Where otherwise the ___________ cannot be completed and the levels taken and the boundaries and lines marked, to cut down and clear away any part of any standing crop, fence or jungle:

A) Convenient places in the said locality
B) Survey
C) Acquisition
D) All of above

Q 39: Punjab land revenue act, 1967 (West Pakistan act xvii of 1967) was enforced on:

A) 7th December 1967
B) 8th December 1967
C) 9th December 1967
D) 4th December 1967

Q 40: Section 7 of the Land Acquisition Act 1984 deals with:

A) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Convenient places in the said locality
D) After declaration Collection to take order for acquisition

Q 41: Section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Land to be marked out, measured and planned
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Convenient places in the said locality
D) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

Q 42: Section 9 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Notice to persons interested
D) Convenient places in the said locality

Q 43: The Collector shall also serve notice of the enquiry to be held under section:

A) 11
B) 12
C) 13
D) 15

Q 44: Section 10 of the Land Acquisition Act 1984 deals with:

A) Convenient places in the said locality
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Powers to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests
D) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

Q 45: Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Land to be marked out, measured and planned
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Enquiry and award by Collector
D) Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests

Q 46: Section 12 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
D) Award of Collector when to be final

Q 47: Section 12A of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Correction of mistake
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests
D) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

Q 48: Section 13 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Special power in cases of urgency
B) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
C) Adjournment of enquiry
D) Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests

Q 49: Section 14 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 deals with:

A) Land to be marked out, measured and planned
B) Special power in cases of urgency
C) Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
D) Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests

Q 50: The collector may, for any cause he thinks fit, from time to time, adjourn the enquiry to a day to be fixed by him under:

A) Section 13
B) Section 14
C) Section 15
D) Section 16

The Land Acquisition Act 1894, the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967, and the Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 are basic pillars of the land administration system in Punjab. Any job, including Tehsildar, for the Revenue Department of Punjab requires candidates to attempt a 100-mark MCQ paper of these laws. The Land Acquisition Act 1894 lays down the legal procedure for the compulsory acquisition of land by the government for public purposes and compensation to landowners.  The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 governs the structure and operation of the land revenue system in the province, defining the roles of revenue officers such as Patwari, Qanungo, Tehsildar, and Collector. The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 also includes critical processes such as land mutation, demarcation, partition, and record-keeping through documents like Jamabandi, Khasra, and Girdawari. Understanding the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 is crucial for mastering questions related to revenue courts, appeals, and revisions. Similarly, the Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 deals with the tenants and landowners. This page contains MCQs from all these three laws for the post of Tehsildar and others.