Multiple choice

Section 19 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act provides that after the death of her husband, a Hindu wife is entitled to be maintained by

  1. father

  2. brother-in-law

  3. father-in-law

  4. sister-in-law

  5. None of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

A Hindu wife shall be entitled to be maintained after the death of her husband by her father-in-law under Section 19 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act and such obligation of father-in-law shall cease on the remarriage of the daughter-in-law.