Report of Select Committee published in Gazette of:
Correct answer is: B. 1911 & 1912
Committee report came in these years.
Colonization of Government Lands Act 1912 MCQs
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Chapter on “Provisions Relating to Proprietors” is:
Correct answer is: C. III
Proprietors covered under Chapter III.
Chapter on “Supplementary Provisions” covers:
Correct answer is: B. Penalties & re-entry
Supplementary provisions dealt with penalties.
Conditions in Schedule II primarily reserve rights for:
Correct answer is: B. Govt
Govt retained certain rights.
Compensation to outgoing tenant on resumption recoverable from:
Correct answer is: C. Incoming tenant
New tenant reimburses old tenant’s improvements.
Collector may impose penalty under Sec 24 only after:
Correct answer is: B. Hearing tenant
Opportunity of hearing required.
Amended fine for unauthorized cultivation is now:
Correct answer is: D. 200k
Maximum fine raised to Rs. 200,000.
Act bars jurisdiction of:
Correct answer is: B. Civil Courts
Civil courts excluded where Collector empowered.
Tenant must construct & maintain boundary marks to satisfaction of:
Correct answer is: C. Collector
Collector ensured boundary maintenance.
Primary focus of Act is:
Correct answer is: B. Agricultural colonization & land admin
Purpose was agricultural settlement of govt lands.
Preamble states expedient for colonization & administration of govt lands?
Correct answer is: A. TRUE
Aim was better colonization and administration.
Act indemnifies ___ for acts in good faith:
Correct answer is: B. Public servants
Officers protected from lawsuits for good faith acts.
Govt reserves right to all ___ in/under lands:
Correct answer is: B. Mines & minerals
Minerals always remained govt property.
“Original tenant” specifically includes:
Correct answer is: D. Both b & c
Covers both male allottee and male transferee.
Penalty for false info to become tenant imposed under:
Correct answer is: B. Section 16
Section 16 specifically covers false info.
Succession to tenancy allotted to female devolves on nominee from her issue or male agnates of person based on whose ___ tenancy allotted:
Correct answer is: B. Services
Tenancy linked to services rendered.
Tenant can be ejected if transferee obtains possession after void transfer:
Correct answer is: B. Collector order
Collector had authority to eject.
Right to use thoroughfares reserved for:
Correct answer is: C. Public
Public right of way was protected.
1951 amendment introduced:
Correct answer is: B. Muslim Law for Muslim tenants
Succession law changed in 1951.
Value of trees destroyed under Sec 33(c) assessed by:
Correct answer is: C. Collector
Collector had authority to assess damage.
1944 amendment addressed rights of:
Correct answer is: B. Female proprietors
It clarified female proprietors’ alienation rights.
Max imprisonment for offence under Sec 33:
Correct answer is: B. 6 months
Section 33 allowed up to 6 months imprisonment.