ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1. Assertion: Karta of a Hindu undivided family enjoys unlimited

powers.
Reason: Karta is the senior most male member of the family

A) A & R are true

B) A is true, R is wrong
C) A is wrong, R is true
D) Both A & R are wrong

2. Which one of the following is/are not the right of coparceners?

A) Right to demand partition
B) Right to alienate
C) Right to possess and enjoy the HJFP
D) Right to represent the HJF in a suit

3. Assertion: Karta is eligible to alienate any HJFP even if it is for

the reason that the property is not profitable.
Reason: Karta has power of alienation for the any legal necessity
of the family/benefit of estate.

A) A & R are true

B) A is true, R is wrong
C) A is wrong, R is true
D) Both A & R are wrong

4. What is “substituted security”?

A) It is a security replaced to the alienee which is not the property
of the coparcener who alienated the same.
B) It is the property given to a coparcener whose property was
incorrectly passed to the alienee in pursuance of the alienation
 C) It is a substitution for Karta’s alienation of property
D) None of the above

5. Son’s pious obligation is enforceable only for –

A) All the debts of the Father
B) The debts which are created by the father alone and not
immoral in nature
C) Debts created by father which are existing in the past in fact &
in time; and not immoral in nature
D) Debts which are incurred by his mother or father or any other
coparcener.

6. Out of the following who all can seek for partition:

A) Mother
B) Granddaughter
C) Nephew
D) Grandfather

7. “If property can be partitioned without destroying the intrinsic

value of the whole property or of the shares such partition
ought to be made…..” This was formulated in the case of –

A) Ashanullah v. Kali, 1884,Cal HC

B) Ramkishore v. Jainarayan, 1913, PC
C) Brij Narayan v. Mangala Prasad , 1924, PC
D) Loganathan v. Ponnuswami,1969, Mad HC

8. Assertion : Entering into a family arrangement by the members

of a HJF is a prima facie evidence that the family wants to
partition the property
 Reason: The family arrangement needs to be compulsorily
registered.

E) A & R are true

F) A is true, R is wrong
G) A is wrong, R is true
H) Both A & R are wrong

9. Mr. Raghu is a coparcener in a HUF. He wants to gift 10 cents of

agricultural land handed down from his forefathers to his family as
a wedding gift to his daughter. Both sons are opposing the same.
Decide
10. Divide the property applying the metes & bound rule for the
following family-

B C D

B1

C1 C2 C3 C4 D1 D2 D3

C21

C11 C12 D11 D12

C111
C41 C42 C43

D11 D12 D13 D14 D15

C421 C422 D131