Mp Land Revenu Act 1959 MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Mp Land Revenu Act 1959 - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 232: Gram Sabha. —

• 'Gram Sabha' means the body constituted under Section 5-A or Section 129-A, as the case may be, of the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avarr Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994) and the 'Gram Kosh' means the fund established under sub-section (1) of Section 7-J of the said Act.

Section 232 (3) : The term of the office of members shall be five years. 

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key PointsSection 173. Relinquishments.—

• Subject to rules made under this Code, a bhumiswami may relinquish his rights, that is, resign them in favour of the State Government, but subject to any rights, tenures, encumbrances or equities lawfully subsisting in favour of any person, other than the State Government or the bhumiswami, by giving notice in writing to the Tahsildar not less than thirty days before the date of commencement of the agricultural year and thereupon he shall cease to be a bhumiswami from the agricultural year next following such date of such order. In case of the relinquishment of only a part of the holding the bhumiswami shall apportion the assessment of the holding in accordance with the rules made under this Code: 

Provided that the relinquishment of a holding or any part of a holding, which is subject to an encumbrance or a charge, shall not be valid. 

Additional Information

• Section 170: Avoidance of transfer in contravention of Section 165.
• Section 171: Right to make improvements.
• Section 172: Diversion of land.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key PointsSection 228. Appointment of substitute patel.—

• Where a patel is temporarily unable to perform his duties the Sub-Divisional Officer may, on his application or otherwise appoint a substitute for a period of not exceeding, six months and the substitute so appointed shall, for all the purposes of this Code, be deemed to be a patel.  

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key PointsSection 192. Devolution of rights of occupancy tenants. —

• The interest of an occupancy tenant in his holding shall, on his death, pass by inheritance or survivorship in accordance with his personal law.

Additional Information

• Section 186: Maximum rent
• Section 185: Occupancy tenants.
• Section 180: Restriction on transfer of trees. 

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 36: Adjournment of hearing.—

• (1) A Revenue Officer may, from time to time, for reasons to be recorded and on such terms as to costs, adjourn the hearing of a case or proceeding before him :

Provided that each party may be granted not more than three adjournments during the entire hearing of the case and each such adjournment should be granted only with cost.

The correct answer is All of the above 

Key Points 224. Duties of patels. — It shall be the
duty of every patel¬
2(a) to collect land revenue and other related taxes and cesses payable through him and such other government dues ordered to be collected through him after deducting the collection charges, as may be determined by the State Government time to time, and pay into the Government treasury; 
 (b) to furnish reports regarding the state of his village at such places and times as the Collector may fix in this behalf;
(c) as far as possible to prevent encroachments on waste land, public paths, and roadways in the villages;
(d) to preserve such stations and boundary marks erected in his village by surveyors in the service of Government as may be made over to his care and to report any damage caused to such marks;
(e) subject to rules made under Section 258, to keep the village in good sanitary condition;
(f) to prevent unauthorised cutting of wood or unauthorised removal of any minerals or other properties belonging to the State Government;
(g) to control and superintend the kotwar, to report his death or absence from his duty and to take such steps as may be necessary to compel him to perform his duties;
(h) to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by rules made under Section 258.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 232: Gram Sabha. —

• 'Gram Sabha' means the body constituted under Section 5-A or Section 129-A, as the case may be, of the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avarr Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994) and the 'Gram Kosh' means the fund established under sub-section (1) of Section 7-J of the said Act.

Section 232 (3) : The term of the office of members shall be five years. 

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key PointsSection 173. Relinquishments.—

• Subject to rules made under this Code, a bhumiswami may relinquish his rights, that is, resign them in favour of the State Government, but subject to any rights, tenures, encumbrances or equities lawfully subsisting in favour of any person, other than the State Government or the bhumiswami, by giving notice in writing to the Tahsildar not less than thirty days before the date of commencement of the agricultural year and thereupon he shall cease to be a bhumiswami from the agricultural year next following such date of such order. In case of the relinquishment of only a part of the holding the bhumiswami shall apportion the assessment of the holding in accordance with the rules made under this Code: 

Provided that the relinquishment of a holding or any part of a holding, which is subject to an encumbrance or a charge, shall not be valid. 

Additional Information

• Section 170: Avoidance of transfer in contravention of Section 165.
• Section 171: Right to make improvements.
• Section 172: Diversion of land.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key PointsSection 228. Appointment of substitute patel.—

• Where a patel is temporarily unable to perform his duties the Sub-Divisional Officer may, on his application or otherwise appoint a substitute for a period of not exceeding, six months and the substitute so appointed shall, for all the purposes of this Code, be deemed to be a patel.  

The correct answer is Option 4.

Key PointsSection 192. Devolution of rights of occupancy tenants. —

• The interest of an occupancy tenant in his holding shall, on his death, pass by inheritance or survivorship in accordance with his personal law.

Additional Information

• Section 186: Maximum rent
• Section 185: Occupancy tenants.
• Section 180: Restriction on transfer of trees. 

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 36: Adjournment of hearing.—

• (1) A Revenue Officer may, from time to time, for reasons to be recorded and on such terms as to costs, adjourn the hearing of a case or proceeding before him :

Provided that each party may be granted not more than three adjournments during the entire hearing of the case and each such adjournment should be granted only with cost.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 156: Recovery of moneys from surety—

• Every person who may have become a surety under any of the provisions of this Code or under any other enactment or any grant, lease or contract where under the sum secured is recoverable from the principal as an arrear of land revenue shall, on failure to pay the amount or any portion thereof which he may have become liable to pay under the terms of his security bond, be liable to be proceeded against under the provisions of this Code in the same manner as for an arrear of land, revenue. 

Additional Information

• Section 155: Moneys recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.
• Section 160: Revocation of exemption from liability for land revenue
• Section 157: Class of tenure

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 79: Fixation of fair assessment.-

• The settlement officer shall fix the assessment on each holding in accordance with the assessment rates approved under section 77 and the provisions of the section 81 such assessment shall be the fair assessment of such holding. 

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key PointsSection 222. Appointment of 'patels.—

• (1) Subject to rules made under Section 258, the Collector may appoint for each village or group of villages one or more patels.
• (2) When there are two or more patels in a village, the Collector may distribute, subject to rules made under Section 258, duties of the office of patel in such manner as he may think fit.
• (3) Where in the Vindhya Pradesh region, patwari has been performing the duties imposed on a under this Code immediately before the commencement of this Code, he shall continue to perform such duties and shall be deemed to be patel for purposes of this Code, until a Patel is appointed under sub-section (1).

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsSection 131: Rights of way and other private easements.—

• (1) In the event of a dispute arising as to the route by which a cultivator shall have access to his fields or to the waste or pasture lands of the village, otherwise than by the recognised roads, paths or common land, including those road and paths recorded in the village Wajib-ul-arz prepared under Section 242 or as to the source from or course by which he may avail himself of water, a Tahsildar may, after local enquiry, decide the matter with reference to the previous custom in each case and with due regard to the conveniences of all the parties concerned. 
• (2) No order passed under this section shall debar any person from establishing such rights of easement as he may claim by a civil suit.