MOCK TEST – HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956

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 Here’s a Mock Test for the Judicial Services Preliminary Examination based on The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

🔹 MOCK TEST – HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956

📍 Total Questions: 25
📍 Time Limit: 30 minutes
📍 Marking Scheme: +1 for each correct answer, no negative marking

🔹 SECTION 1: BASIC CONCEPTS (1-5)

1. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applies to:
a) Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs
b) Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Parsis
c) Only Hindus following Mitakshara Law
d) All Indian citizens

✅ Answer: a) Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs

2. What is the overriding effect of the Hindu Succession Act under Section 4?
a) It does not override any Hindu law
b) It applies only in cases of intestate succession
c) It overrides all customs and usages inconsistent with the Act
d) It only applies to testamentary succession

✅ Answer: c) It overrides all customs and usages inconsistent with the Act

3. Which of the following cannot inherit property under the Act?
a) A minor son
b) A person convicted of murdering the deceased
c) A person suffering from a disability
d) A person converted to Buddhism

✅ Answer: b) A person convicted of murdering the deceased

4. The property of a Hindu male dying intestate devolves first to:
a) Class I heirs
b) Class II heirs
c) Agnates
d) Cognates

✅ Answer: a) Class I heirs

5. Who among the following is a Class I heir?
a) Brother
b) Widow of a predeceased son
c) Father
d) Sister’s daughter

✅ Answer: b) Widow of a predeceased son

🔹 SECTION 2: FEMALE SUCCESSION & COPARCENARY PROPERTY (6-10)

6. As per Section 14, a Hindu woman has absolute ownership over:
a) Only movable property
b) Only immovable property
c) All property she possesses, regardless of how she acquired it
d) Only self-earned property

✅ Answer: c) All property she possesses, regardless of how she acquired it

7. The 2005 Amendment to the Hindu Succession Act gave daughters:
a) The right to inherit only self-acquired property
b) No rights in ancestral property
c) Equal coparcenary rights as sons
d) The right to inherit only after marriage

✅ Answer: c) Equal coparcenary rights as sons

8. A Hindu female dies intestate. Who will inherit first?
a) Her husband, sons, and daughters
b) Her father and mother
c) Her brothers and sisters
d) The Government

✅ Answer: a) Her husband, sons, and daughters

9. What happens to the property of a female Hindu inherited from her father if she dies intestate without children?
a) It goes to her husband’s family
b) It escheats to the Government
c) It goes back to her father’s heirs
d) It is divided equally between her husband and in-laws

✅ Answer: c) It goes back to her father’s heirs

10. What is the significance of the case Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020)?
a) Sons were given greater rights in coparcenary property
b) Daughters were given equal rights in ancestral property, even if the father died before 2005
c) Only married daughters could inherit property
d) The Hindu Succession Act was repealed

✅ Answer: b) Daughters were given equal rights in ancestral property, even if the father died before 2005

🔹 SECTION 3: EXCEPTIONS & DISQUALIFICATIONS (11-15)

11. Under Section 25, who is disqualified from inheritance?
a) A person who commits murder of the deceased
b) A person who converts to Islam
c) A widow who remarries
d) A person who is adopted

✅ Answer: a) A person who commits murder of the deceased

12. A converted Hindu’s descendants are disqualified from inheriting unless:
a) They were born before conversion
b) They are minors
c) They reconvert to Hinduism before the succession opens
d) They marry a Hindu

✅ Answer: c) They reconvert to Hinduism before the succession opens

13. Under Section 21, if a father and son die together in an accident and it is unclear who died first:
a) The son is presumed to have survived
b) The father is presumed to have survived
c) Both are deemed to have died simultaneously
d) The property escheats to the Government

✅ Answer: b) The father is presumed to have survived

14. A widow is not disqualified from inheriting under the Act even if she:
a) Commits murder
b) Converts to Islam
c) Remarries
d) Has no children

✅ Answer: c) Remarries

15. If an heir is disqualified from inheriting, what happens to their share?
a) It goes to the Government
b) It is equally divided among other heirs
c) It is transferred to the next eligible heir as if they predeceased the intestate
d) It remains unclaimed

✅ Answer: c) It is transferred to the next eligible heir as if they predeceased the intestate

🔹 SECTION 4: PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS & PROCEDURE (16-20)

16. Under Section 22, if multiple heirs inherit an immovable property, what right do they have?
a) Right to immediately sell it to an outsider
b) Preferential right to acquire the share of another heir
c) Right to claim full ownership
d) No special rights

✅ Answer: b) Preferential right to acquire the share of another heir

17. The Government takes possession of a Hindu's property under Section 29 when:
a) The deceased has no legal heirs
b) The deceased has only female heirs
c) The property is self-acquired
d) The deceased leaves a will

✅ Answer: a) The deceased has no legal heirs

18. The doctrine of per stirpes means:
a) Equal distribution among all heirs
b) Distribution as per the family branch of the deceased
c) Property goes to the Government
d) Only the eldest son inherits

✅ Answer: b) Distribution as per the family branch of the deceased

🔹 SECTION 5: TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION (21-25)

19. A Hindu can dispose of property through a will under which section?
a) Section 5
b) Section 14
c) Section 30
d) Section 25

✅ Answer: c) Section 30

20. A Hindu CANNOT will away:
a) Self-acquired property
b) Coparcenary property before partition
c) Property inherited from the mother
d) Agricultural land

✅ Answer: b) Coparcenary property before partition

21. Who has the power to execute a Hindu's will?
a) The Court
b) The Executor named in the will
c) The eldest son
d) The Government

✅ Answer: b) The Executor named in the will

🔹 END OF TEST

📊 Scoring Guide:
🔹 21-25 Correct: Excellent 🎯
🔹 16-20 Correct: Good 👍
🔹 11-15 Correct: Needs Revision 📚
🔹 Below 10: Revise Thoroughly 🚀

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