Intestate succession (non-Hindu, non-Muslim) MCQs with Answers

When a person dies intestate

A Christian lady dies survived by her husband, her mother and no child. What share of her property will her husband inherit ?

Rules of intestate succession under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 do not apply to the properties of any:

Where an inter-religious marriage is solemnised under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, succession to the property of the parties will be governed by-

Read two statements below and choose the correct answer from the options.
Statement I: In Maneka Gandhi v. Indira Gandhi, the estate of late Shri Sanjay Gandhi was governed by the rules of succession under the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
Statement II: Late Sanjay Gandhi was born to a Parsi father and a Hindu mother and brought up as a Parsi.

A, a Christian whose succession is governed by Part V of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, dies without having made any will at all. How does section 30 of the Act describe his position?

A, a Christian whose succession is governed by Part V of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, has left a will by which he appoints B his executor, but the will contains no other provision. What is the legal position as to his property?

A, a Christian whose succession is governed by Part V of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, has bequeathed his whole property for an illegal purpose. How is his property to be distributed?

A, a Christian whose succession is governed by Part V of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, bequeaths 1,000 rupees to B and 1,000 rupees to the eldest son of C, and makes no other bequest. A dies leaving 2,000 rupees and no other property. C had died before A without ever having had a son. What is the legal position?

A, a Christian widower whose succession is governed by Part V of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, had three children, John, Mary and Henry. All three died before A, John leaving two children, Mary three and Henry four. A then dies intestate, leaving these nine grandchildren and no descendant of any deceased grandchild. What share does each of Henry's four children take?