Questions
A Hindu widow could be divested of her property inherited by her from her husband if she
- becomes unchaste
- remarries
- converts to another religion
- None of these
Under Hindu Marriage Act, ‘Condonation’ applies to the matrimonial offence of
- adultery
- cruelty
- desertion
- Both (1) and (2)
Which of the following theories is/are the outcome of a fundamental shift in the policy discernible from the judicial recognition of the view that the purpose of divorce law was not to punish the guilty, but to protect the innocent spouse?
- Fault theory
- Consent theory
- Breakdown theory
- Both (2) and (3)
Under Hindu law, a person cannot be adopted if he is
- Hindu
- unmarried
- above fifteen years of age
- not already adopted
Under Hindu law, a mother in the absence of her son's father sells her minor son's immovable property. The minor son on attaining majority can challenge this transaction
- on the ground of not taking permission from the court
- as the transaction was not done by his father
- as no such transaction can be done for minor son
- but he will be unsuccessful because the transaction is valid
Which of the following is not a ground of divorce?
- If one party has been suffering from leprosy
- If one party has been heard of as being alive from a period of seven years
- If one party has renounced the world by entering by religious order
- If one party has been suffering from veneral disease in communicable form
If a Hindu boy marries a Hindu girl of the same gotra under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the marriage is
- void
- voidable
- valid
- unenforceable under law
Under pious obligation, a son is obliged to pay a debt contracted by his father
- before partition
- after partition 32
- either before or after partition
- for immoral purpose before partition
A prosecutes B for adultery with C, who is A s wife, B denies that C is A s wife. But, the court convicts B for adultery. Thereafter, C is prosecuted for bigamy for marrying B during A s lifetime. C says that she was never A s wife. The judgment against B is
- irrelevant against C
- relevant against B
- not relevant against B and C
- relevant against C
The provisions of Section 498 A I.P.C, which punish the husband or any of his relative for harassing the married woman for dowry, were introduced in IPC by
- Act 46 of 1983
- Act 43 of 1986
- Act 42 of 1993
- Act 24 of 1995
Which of the following is not grounds for dissolution of a Muslim marriage under the dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939?
- Whereabouts of the husband are not known for four years
- Option of puberty
- Non-maintenance of the wife by the husband for two years
- Non-payment of mahr
In Modern Hindu law, marriage has become
- monogamous
- an indissoluble union
- a sacramental union
- a contract
Who is not a class I heir under Hindu Succession Act?
- Mother
- Father
- Son
- Wife
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 contains the minimum period of desertion for filing a suit for judicial separation of
- three years
- five years
- two years
- seven years
A married male can adopt
(I) only with his wife’s consent
(II) only with his wife’s consent, when she is living with him
(III) if he has more than one wife, consent of all the wives is necessary
(IV) if marriage is void, the wife’s consent is not necessary
(V) in the case of voidable marriage, the wife’s consent is necessary
- (I), (III), (IV) and (V)
- (II), (III), (IV) and (V)
- (I), (IV) and (V)
- (II), (III) and (IV)