Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a qualification of a female Hindu to take in adoption?

  1. She should be of sound mind.

  2. She should not be a minor.

  3. She should be married.

  4. All of the above

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Section 8 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 states capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption. Any female Hindu (a) who is of sound mind, (b) who is not a minor, and (c) who is not married, or if married, whose marriage has been dissolved or whose husband is dead or has completely and finally renounced the world or has ceased to be a Hindu or has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be of unsound mind, has the capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption.