Chapter 4 · MCQ Read Mode

Cadaster, Land use, and Land Management

A cadastre is best described as:

The basic unit of a cadastre is the:

Which of the following is NOT a component of a cadastral system?

The modern parcel-based cadastre originated with the:

In Nepal, the ownership certificate issued to a land owner is called the:

The parcel number used in Nepali cadastral records is known as the:

Transfer of ownership recorded in Nepali land records after a sale or inheritance is called:

Cadastral survey and mapping in Nepal is carried out by the:

A general boundary, as opposed to a fixed boundary, is one that:

The international standard data model for land administration is:

Fit-for-purpose land administration emphasises: quickly

Public display of the cadastral map and field book with a hearing of objections is carried out:

A typical scale for cadastral mapping in dense urban areas is:

Land administration is defined as the processes of recording and disseminating information about:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four functions of land administration?

The main objective of land reform is to:

The Land Act of Nepal that introduced ceilings on land holdings and tenancy rights was enacted in:

The Birta system in Nepal was:

Dual ownership in Nepali land reform refers to the situation where:

Land is considered a good base for taxation mainly because it is:

The tax paid at the time of registering the transfer of a land parcel is the:

A common practical problem of land taxation in developing countries is:

Informal land markets arise mainly where:

Which factor most strongly influences the price of urban land?

Conversion of agricultural land into residential plots on the fringes of Kathmandu is mainly driven by:

A well-functioning formal land market requires above all:

Land tenure refers to:

Guthi land in Nepal is:

The communal tenure historically held by certain ethnic communities in Nepal, later converted to Raikar, was:

Registered tenancy rights in Nepali land law are known as:

Tenure security is important mainly because it:

In a deed registration system, what is recorded is:

The Torrens system is an example of:

The 'mirror principle' of title registration means that the register:

The 'curtain principle' implies that a purchaser:

Compensation to a person who suffers loss because the register was wrong is provided under the:

A major demerit of title registration is that it:

In Nepal, transactions in land are registered at the:

The greatest practical danger to any land registration system is that:

A land information system differs from a general GIS mainly because it is:

The most valuable and expensive component of a land information system is usually the:

The element that links spatial and attribute records in an LIS is the:

Which of the following is a measure of data quality in an LIS?

Information describing the content, quality and lineage of a dataset is called:

Converting existing paper cadastral sheets into the LIS involves:

Maintenance of an LIS should be:

An LIS that is not regularly updated:

Which stakeholder uses land information mainly to assess collateral?

Online search of parcel information and application for mutation are examples of:

A policy issue in disseminating land information is the balance between:

A pilot project is normally carried out before full LIS implementation in order to:

The major institutional challenge for land records in Nepal is:

The difference between land cover and land use is that land use describes:

Land use planning is best described as:

The Act that requires classification of land into land use zones in Nepal is the:

Land consolidation is mainly applied to:

In land pooling (land readjustment), the land owners:

A major advantage of land pooling over compulsory acquisition is that it:

The FAO Voluntary Guidelines (VGGT) of 2012 deal with:

Which is the commonest cause of land disputes between neighbours?

The preferred first approach to resolving a land conflict is usually:

The most widely used method of valuing residential land is the:

The income capitalisation method computes value as:

Mass appraisal (CAMA) is used mainly for:

Compensation for land acquired for a public purpose in Nepal is determined under the:

The legal basis for cadastral survey in Nepal is the:

Ceilings on land holdings and tenancy rights are provided by the:

Registration of land transactions and collection of land revenue are governed by the:

Acquisition of private land for a public purpose with compensation is governed by the:

Restrictions on plotting agricultural land and on changing land use are contained in the:

Management and protection of trust land in Nepal comes under the:

The right to property in Nepal is guaranteed by the:

Damaging or removing a cadastral boundary mark is:

Public display of the cadastral records and an objection period are required because they:

Property tax and building permits in Nepal are mainly the responsibility of:

The umbrella policy dealing with tenure security, land records modernisation and the landless is the:

A land development project may additionally require:

When quoting provisions of Nepali land law in practice, an engineer should: