Limitation Act 1908 Part 2 MCQs

1. Question 1 of 52

   A minor's right to sue for recovery of movable property accrues on his 10th birthday. He attains majority (under the Majority Act) at 18. Under Sections 6 and 8, by when must he generally institute the suit, at the latest?

   A He permanently loses the right to sue once he was a minor when it accrued B Within the ordinarily prescribed period after attaining majority, but never later than 3 years after the disability ceases C Within 10 years of the right first accruing, regardless of his age at majority D Immediately upon turning 18, with no further grace period at all
2. Question 2 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for a suit for the wages of a household servant, artisan, or labourer?

   A Three years B One year C Six months D Ninety days
3. Question 3 of 52

   Under Section 26(1), for how many years must access and use of light or air to a building be peaceably enjoyed as an easement, without interruption, for the right to become absolute and indefeasible?

   A 30 years B 10 years C 12 years D 20 years
4. Question 4 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for obstructing a way or watercourse?

   A Six years B One year C Three years D Two years
5. Question 5 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for slander (where the words are actionable in themselves)?

   A Two years B One year C Ninety days D Three years
6. Question 6 of 52

   Under Section 23, in the case of a continuing breach of contract or a continuing wrong independent of contract, when does a fresh limitation period begin to run?

   A Only once, from the very first moment the breach or wrong began B At every moment of the time during which the breach or wrong continues C Continuing breaches and wrongs are entirely excluded from limitation under this Act D Only from the date the breach or wrong is formally reported to a court
7. Question 7 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period to set aside a sale in execution of a decree of a Civil Court?

   A Three years B Six years C One year D Thirty days
8. Question 8 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money deposited under an agreement that it shall be payable on demand (including a customer's money in a banker's hands)?

   A Six years B Three years C One year D Two years
9. Question 9 of 52

   Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period under the Legal Representatives' Suits Act, 1855, against an executor?

   A Twelve years B Two years C Three years D One year
10. Question 10 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for libel?

    A Three years B Ninety days C One year D Six months
11. Question 11 of 52

    Under Section 27, in whose favour is an exclusion made regarding land held under a life interest or a term of years exceeding three years, when an easement claim arises?

    A The Government, regardless of the underlying tenure B The reversioner of the servient tenement C The person currently enjoying the easement D The original grantor of the life interest, regardless of successors
12. Question 12 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for infringing copyright or any other exclusive privilege?

    A Two years B One year C Six years D Three years
13. Question 13 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for malicious prosecution?

    A Two years B Three years C One year D Ninety days
14. Question 14 of 52

    A trustee holds property in trust for a specific charitable purpose. The beneficiary seeks to recover the property 40 years after the trust was created, well beyond any period listed in the First Schedule for ordinary property suits. Under Section 10, is this suit time-barred?

    A Yes, it is barred after thirty years, the standard long-limitation period B Yes, it is barred after sixty years, the longest period the Act allows C No, a suit against an express trustee to follow trust property is not barred by any length of time D Yes, it is barred after twelve years like most immovable property suits
15. Question 15 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for specific movable property lost or acquired by theft, dishonest misappropriation, or conversion?

    A Three years B Thirty years C One year D Two years
16. Question 16 of 52

    Under Section 29(1), does anything in the Limitation Act, 1908 affect Section 25 of the Contract Act, 1872 (agreements without consideration)?

    A No, nothing in this Act affects that section B Yes, it overrides Section 25 of the Contract Act entirely C Yes, but only for agreements exceeding Rs.10,000 D Yes, but only for written and registered agreements
17. Question 17 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period against one who, having a right to use property for specific purposes, perverts it to other purposes?

    A Six years B Two years C Three years D One year
18. Question 18 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for breach of a promise to do something at a specified time or upon a specified contingency?

    A Three years B Two years C One year D Six years
19. Question 19 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for the price of goods sold and delivered, where no fixed period of credit is agreed upon?

    A Six years B One year C Three years D Two years
20. Question 20 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period to alter or set aside a decision or order of a Civil Court in a proceeding other than a suit?

    A One year B Twelve years C Three years D Ninety days
21. Question 21 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for the hire of animals, vehicles, boats, or household furniture?

    A Six years B Two years C Three years D One year
22. Question 22 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for doing or omitting an act alleged to be in pursuance of any enactment in force in Pakistan?

    A Six months B One year C Ninety days D Thirty days
23. Question 23 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for the price of work done by the plaintiff for the defendant at his request, where no time has been fixed for payment?

    A Two years B Twelve years C One year D Three years
24. Question 24 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for trespass upon immovable property?

    A Three years B Twelve years C Two years D One year
25. Question 25 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period against a carrier for compensation for non-delivery of, or delay in delivering, goods?

    A Ninety days B Six months C One year D Three years
26. Question 26 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for the price of goods sold and delivered, to be paid for after a fixed period of credit?

    A Six years B Three years C One year D Two years
27. Question 27 of 52

    Under Section 26(2), where the property over which an easement right is claimed belongs to the Government, what period is substituted for the ordinary 20 years?

    A 50 years B 60 years C 30 years D 40 years
28. Question 28 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, from when does time run for a suit under Specific Relief Act Section 9 to recover possession of immovable property?

    A When the defendant takes actual title B When the dispossession occurs C When notice is served on the defendant D When the suit is filed
29. Question 29 of 52

    Under Section 26's Explanation, what is required for something to count as an 'interruption' of an easement's peaceable enjoyment?

    A Only an obstruction lasting more than five years B Any brief, temporary hindrance, regardless of duration or the claimant's response C Only a formal written objection lodged with a court D An actual discontinuance of possession or enjoyment due to an obstruction by another person, submitted to or acquiesced in for one year after the claimant has notice of it
30. Question 30 of 52

    Under Section 25, for the purposes of this Act, all instruments are deemed to be made with reference to which calendar?

    A The Gregorian calendar B The Bikrami (Vikram Samvat) calendar C The Hijri (Islamic lunar) calendar D Whichever calendar the instrument itself specifies, with no default rule
31. Question 31 of 52

    Under Section 24, for a suit for compensation for an act that gives rise to a cause of action only when specific injury actually results, from when is the limitation period computed?

    A From the date a medical or expert report confirms the injury B From the time when the injury results C From the date the plaintiff first suspected potential injury D From the date of the act itself, regardless of when injury results
32. Question 32 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money payable for interest on money due from the defendant to the plaintiff?

    A Two years B Six years C One year D Three years
33. Question 33 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money due on accounts stated in writing between the parties?

    A One year B Two years C Twelve years D Three years
34. Question 34 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period by a ward who has attained majority to set aside a transfer of property by his guardian?

    A Six years B Twelve years C One year D Three years
35. Question 35 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period against the Government for compensation for land acquired for public purposes?

    A Twelve years B One year C Ninety days D Three years
36. Question 36 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period to restrain waste?

    A Twelve years B Two years C One year D Three years
37. Question 37 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for false imprisonment?

    A Six months B Three years C Two years D One year
38. Question 38 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period to enforce a right of pre-emption (whether founded on law, general usage, or special contract)?

    A Three years B Twelve years C One year D Thirty days
39. Question 39 of 52

    Under Section 29(2)(a), for suits/appeals/applications governed by a special or local law's own limitation period, to what extent do Sections 4, 9-18, and 22 of this Act apply?

    A Only Section 4 applies; Sections 9-18 and 22 are always excluded B They never apply to special or local laws under any circumstance C Only insofar as they are not expressly excluded by that special or local law D They apply fully and automatically in every case, with no possible exclusion
40. Question 40 of 52

    A creditor lends money to a debtor on 1 January 2020, repayable on demand. The debtor makes a partial payment on 1 June 2022, before the original three-year period (Article 59) would have expired. Under Section 20, when does a fresh limitation period begin?

    A From 1 June 2022, the date of the part-payment B Part-payment has no effect on limitation under the Act C From 1 January 2020 only, unaffected by the payment D From 1 January 2023 (three years after the original loan date), regardless of the payment
41. Question 41 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for a suit under the Specific Relief Act, 1877, Section 9, to recover possession of immovable property?

    A Six months B Three years C One year D Thirty days
42. Question 42 of 52

    Under Section 29(3), does the Limitation Act, 1908 apply to suits under the Divorce Act?

    A Yes, but only for suits filed by the wife B Yes, but only regarding property settlements C No, nothing in this Act applies to suits under the Divorce Act D Yes, fully and without exception
43. Question 43 of 52

    A plaintiff sues a defendant in a court that, after two years of litigation, turns out to have lacked jurisdiction over the subject-matter. The plaintiff immediately refiles in the correct court. Under Section 14, how is that two-year period treated for limitation purposes?

    A It is excluded only if the plaintiff wins the first suit before it is dismissed for want of jurisdiction B It counts fully against the plaintiff, with no exclusion available C Section 14 applies only to criminal proceedings, not civil suits D It is excluded from the limitation period, provided the first suit was prosecuted with due diligence and in good faith
44. Question 44 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for compensation for malfeasance, misfeasance, or non-feasance independent of contract, not otherwise specially provided for?

    A Three years B Six years C One year D Two years
45. Question 45 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money payable by the defendant for money received by him for the plaintiff's use?

    A One year B Two years C Three years D Twelve years
46. Question 46 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money payable for money paid for the defendant (at his request)?

    A Three years B Two years C One year D Six years
47. Question 47 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money payable for money lent?

    A Two years B One year C Three years D Six years
48. Question 48 of 52

    Under Section 29(2), where a special or local law prescribes a different limitation period than the First Schedule, how does Section 3 apply?

    A Section 3 does not apply at all to special or local laws B Only the shorter of the two periods applies, automatically C As if that different period were prescribed in the First Schedule itself D The special or local law's period is always disregarded in favour of the First Schedule
49. Question 49 of 52

    A person discovers on 1 March 2025 that he was defrauded of property in 2015, the fraud having been actively concealed from him the entire time. Under Section 18, from when does his limitation period to sue the fraudster begin?

    A From 2015, the date of the original fraudulent act, regardless of concealment B From 1 March 2025, when the fraud first became known to him C The claim is permanently time-barred once ten years have passed from the fraud, regardless of concealment D Section 18 does not apply to any claim arising from fraud
50. Question 50 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period against a carrier for compensation for losing or injuring goods?

    A Three years B Ninety days C Two years D One year
51. Question 51 of 52

    Under Section 22(2), does Section 22(1) apply to a case where a party is added or substituted owing to an assignment or devolution of interest during the pendency of a suit?

    A Yes, but only in suits for immovable property B Yes, it applies identically in every circumstance of party substitution C No, it does not apply in that circumstance D Yes, but only for devolution by death, not by assignment
52. Question 52 of 52

    Under the First Schedule, what is the limitation period for money lent under an agreement that it shall be payable on demand?

    A Twelve years B Two years C One year D Three years

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