Multiple choice

A Hindu woman, aged twenty, adopts a Hindu boy who is twenty-years-old. The adoption is

  1. void

  2. voidable at the instance of the boy

  3. immoral and enforceable

  4. valid, if taken with leave of the court
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Explanation

Option (1) is correct: For a valid adoption, if the adoption is by a female and the person to be adopted is a male, the adoptive mother should be at least 21 years older than the person to be adopted.

Option (2) is incorrect: The adoption is not voidable at the instance of boy.

Option (3) is incorrect: The adoption is immoral and not enforceable. Option (4) is incorrect: Completely void.

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