Waqf Act 2025 and the UMEED portal

1. Question 1Answer C

   The UMEED portal's upload window for waqf properties closed on which date?

   • A6 June 2025
   • B5 April 2025
   • CCorrect answer: 6 December 2025
   • D8 April 2025

   Core Trigger: The UMEED upload window closed 6 December 2025: 5,17,040 waqf properties initiated, 2,16,905 approved.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 1

2. Question 2Answer C

   UMEED, the Waqf Act 1995's new name, stands for:

   • AUnified Waqf Monitoring, Enrolment, Efficiency and Digitisation
   • BUniversal Waqf Management, Empowerment, Equity and Development
   • CCorrect answer: Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development
   • DUnited Waqf Mission for Empowerment, Efficiency and Development

   Full Form: UMEED: Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development, the 1995 Act's new name.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 2

3. Question 3Answer D

   Who launched the UMEED portal in New Delhi on 6 June 2025?

   • AAmit Shah
   • BArjun Ram Meghwal
   • CNarendra Modi
   • DCorrect answer: Kiren Rijiju

   Current Head: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the portal in New Delhi on 6 June 2025.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 3

4. Question 4Answer A

   Consider: 1. UMEED holds a geo-tagged inventory with GIS mapping. 2. UMEED has no grievance redress feature. Which is/are correct?

   • ACorrect answer: Only 1
   • BOnly 2
   • CBoth 1 and 2
   • DNeither

   Portal Features: It holds a geo-tagged inventory with GIS mapping, grievance redress and lease tracking.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 4

5. Question 5Answer B

   Which State initiated the most waqf properties (92,830) on UMEED?

   • AWest Bengal
   • BCorrect answer: Uttar Pradesh
   • CMaharashtra
   • DTamil Nadu

   Data Points: Uttar Pradesh initiated most (92,830); West Bengal registered only 716 of 80,480 properties (0.89%).From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 5

6. Question 6Answer D

   Charitable and religious institutions fall in which List, letting Parliament and States legislate on waqf?

   • AUnion List
   • BState List
   • CNinth Schedule
   • DCorrect answer: Concurrent List

   India Link: Charitable and religious institutions are in the Concurrent List, so Parliament and States can legislate on waqf.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 7

7. Question 7Answer A

   The challenge to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 is registered as WP(C) 276/2025 before which court?

   • ACorrect answer: Supreme Court of India
   • BDelhi High Court
   • CAllahabad High Court
   • DWaqf Tribunal

   Venue: The challenge is In Re: The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, WP(C) 276/2025, Supreme Court.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 8

8. Question 8Answer A

   Which bodies did the Waqf law of 1954 create?

   • ACorrect answer: State Waqf Boards
   • BWaqf Tribunals
   • CCentral Waqf Council
   • DMinorities Commission

   Founded: Waqf laws of 1913, 1923 and 1954 preceded the 1995 Act; the 1954 law created State Waqf Boards.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 9

9. Question 9Answer C

   The interim order stayed which requirement in section 3(r) until rules are framed?

   • ATen-year property ownership
   • BMandatory UMEED registration
   • CCorrect answer: Five-year Islamic practice
   • DBoard approval of waqf deeds

   Landmark: The interim order stayed section 3(r)'s five-year Islamic practice requirement until rules are framed.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 10

10. Question 10Answer D

    Consider: 1. The mutawalli creates a waqf. 2. The wakif manages a waqf. Which is/are correct?

    • AOnly 1
    • BOnly 2
    • CBoth 1 and 2
    • DCorrect answer: Neither

    Definition: A waqf is permanent dedication of property for pious purposes; the wakif creates it, the mutawalli manages it.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 042, point 12

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