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Family and Marriage Law

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Prepare for legal studies with practice questions on family and marriage laws, including the Hindu Marriage Act, dower in Muslim law, and divorce procedures. These questions cover custody, adoption, and domestic violence regulations. They are highly useful for law students and competitive legal exams.

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Family and Marriage Law Questions

Multiple choice

A divorce by khula is

  1. a divorce with the consent and at the instance of the wife, in which she gives or agreed to give a consideration to the husband for her release from the marriage tie

  2. a single irrevocable divorce (talak-i-bain)

  3. divorce by mutual consent

  4. Both (1) and (3)

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A divorce by khula is a divorce with the consent and at the instance of the wife, in which she gives or agrees to give a consideration to the husband for her release from the marriage tie.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not correct?

  1. Joint Hindu Family is governed by law relating to registration of agreements.

  2. Joint Hindu Family is governed by Hindu Law.

  3. Joint Hindu Family is governed by the Civil Procedure Code.

  4. Both (1) and (3)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Joint Hindu Family is primarily governed by Hindu Law, not by registration laws or CPC. Statements A and C are incorrect because JHF is governed by Hindu Law (not registration agreements or CPC). Since both A and C are incorrect, D (both 1 and 3) is the right answer as it correctly identifies the incorrect statements. The question asks 'which is not correct'.

Multiple choice

Marry is an 18 year old girl. She is flabberghasted to see her elder brother's determination towards his religious beliefs. She has been studying about different religions but she certainly hasn't made up her mind about what she believes in. Marry would say that she is in the ________ category of identity formation.

  1. moratorium

  2. foreclosure

  3. diffusion

  4. identity achievement

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

An identity moratorium is one step in the process of finding a sense of self. It is a period of active searching for one's occupational, religious, ethnic or other form of identity. During a moratorium, individuals typically explore many different options - such as visiting different types of churches - and do not feel committed to any one approach. In other words, a person in a moratorium is undergoing an active identity crisis. While this period may feel confusing and difficult to endure, many psychologists believe that an individual must go through a moratorium before he or she can form a true sense of identity (a state called identity achievement).

Multiple choice

Find the mismatch.

  1. Communications during marriage - Section 122

  2. Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him - Section 26

  3. Dumb witness - Section 119

  4. Professional communications - Section 153
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Communications during marriage - Section 122 Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him - Section 26 Dumb witness - Section 119 Professional communications - Section 126  

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose appropriate meaning of the words in bold as per their contextual use.

When a husband and wife get divorced, one of them may choose to relinquish all rights to the family home.

  1. forsake

  2. folklore

  3. forlorn

  4. forgive
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Relinquish means voluntarily give up, surrender, or abandon a right, claim, or possession. In divorce contexts, one party may choose to 'forsake' (give up/abandon) their rights to property. 'Forsake' is a strong synonym for relinquish.

Multiple choice

Its a union between two persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition to live together and share responsibilities for each other. The above statement is describing which state?

  1. Job

  2. Marriage

  3. Education

  4. Adoption

  5. Divorce
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the right answer. Marriage is the union between two persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition to live together and share responsibilities for  each other.

Multiple choice

W, a Hindu girl aged 14 years, marries H, a Hindu boy, by exchanging garlands in a temple. Later on, W finds that H is impotent. W leaves the matrimonial home and marries Z.

Give the best assertion to the facts.

  1. W can be punished for bigamy.

  2. W cannot be punished for bigamy.

  3. W cannot be punished for bigamy because her first marriage was not valid on account of improper solemnisation of marriage.

  4. W cannot be punished for bigamy because her first marriage was not valid on account of impotency of H.

  5. Either (3) or (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is a valid ground for releasing W from the liability of committing bigamious marriage. 

Multiple choice

In case of a Hindu minor unmarried girl, the natural guardian is the

  1. father

  2. mother

  3. father and after him, the mother provided that the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of five years shall ordinarily be with mother

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In case of a Hindu minor unmarried girl, the natural guardian is the father and after him, the mother provided that the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of five years shall ordinarily be with mother.

Multiple choice

Any marriage solemnised between two Hindus is void if at the date of such marriage, either party had a husband or wife living and the provisions of Section(s) ________ of the Indian Penal Code shall apply accordingly.

  1. 494 and 495

  2. 495

  3. 494

  4. 476
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Any marriage solemnised between two Hindus is void if at the date of such marriage, either party had a husband or wife living and the provisions of sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal Code shall apply accordingly.

Multiple choice

In adoption, which of the following conditions must be complied with?

  1. If the adoption is of a son, the adoptive father or mother by whom the adoption is made must not have a Hindu son living at the time of adoption.
  2. If the adoption is of a daughter, the adoptive father or mother by whom the adoption is made must not have a Hindu daughter living at the time of adoption.
  3. If the adoption is by a male and the person to be adopted is a female, the adoptive father must be at least twenty one years older than the person to be adopted.

  1. 1

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 2 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In adoption, the following conditions must be complied with:

  1. If the adoption is of a son, the adoptive father or mother by whom the adoption is made must not have a Hindu son living at the time of adoption.
  2. If the adoption is of a daughter, the adoptive father or mother by whom the adoption is made must not have a Hindu daughter living at the time of adoption.
  3. If the adoption is by a male and the person to be adopted is a female, the adoptive father must be at least twenty one years older than the person to be adopted.