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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

Under the provisions of section 125(4) Criminal Procedure Code, who of the following cannot claim maintenance from her husband?

  1. Wife herself earning money

  2. Wife living separately by mutual consent

  3. Woman, who has been divorced by her husband and has not remarried

  4. Woman, who has obtained divorce from her husband and has not remarried
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Wife living separately by mutual consent cannot claim maintenance from her husband.

Multiple choice

A person commits bigamy if he

  1. marries again when his first wife is dead

  2. marries again when his first divorced wife is alive

  3. marries again when he already has a legal wife

  4. has sexual intercourse with a woman, besides his wife
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A person commits bigamy if he marries again, when he already has a wife living.

Multiple choice

Which is not a ground of divorce under HIndu Law?

  1. Other party has been suffering from leprosy

  2. Other party has been heard of as being alive from a period of seven years

  3. Other party has renounced the world by entering a religious order

  4. Other party has been suffering venereal disease in communicable form
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A divorce petition may be filed by husband or wife if the other party has not been heard of as being alive from a period of seven years. 

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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. 

Multiple choice

Hindu marriage may be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto. Where such rites and ceremonies include the saptapadi, the marriage becomes complete when _________ step is taken.

  1. seventh

  2. third

  3. second

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

As provided under section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Hindu marriage may be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto, where such rites and ceremonies include the saptapadi, the marriage becomes complete when seventh step is taken.

Multiple choice

Widow's right of retention for non-payment of her dower is her

  1. personal right

  2. religious right

  3. old tradition of muslims

  4. right given under Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Right of retention in lieu of unpaid dower is an exclusive right of a widow and this right is available to her only because her dower remains unpaid, i.e. the right to retain the property is her personal right as it is given to her because of her special personality that she is the widow of a deceased husband who could not pay her dower during his life.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

(1) Adoption used to be treated as a family secret to be withheld as long as possible. (A) Parents were often advised against discussing the situation. (B) People believed that once the child's personality was formed, then it could be done. (C) In practice, it seldom worked out well. (D) Almost invariably, a friend or relative spilled out the beans. (6) This often has a degenerating effect on the child.

  1. ADCB

  2. BDCA

  3. CADB

  4. ABCD
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

There are three statements about what people did and why (1AB). The other three (CD6) are about the negative consequences.

Multiple choice

Propositions are (i) A void marriage remains valid until a decree annulling it has been passed by a competent court. (ii) A void marriage is never a valid marriage and there is no necessity of any decree annulling it. (iii) A voidable marriage is regarded as a valid subsisting marriage until a decree annulling it has been passed by a competent court. In respect of the aforesaid propositions which is correct

  1. (i) and (ii) are correct and (iii) is incorrect

  2. (ii) and (iii) are correct and (i) is incorrect

  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) all are correct

  4. (i) and (iii) are incorrect but (ii) is correct
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

All three propositions are correct: (i) Void marriages remain valid until annulled (for limited purposes like legitimacy of children); (ii) Void marriages are inherently invalid (no decree needed); (iii) Voidable marriages are valid until annulled by court decree.

Multiple choice

In the case of McGregor Vs. McGregor, (1888) 21 Q. B.D. 424, the wife withdrew her complaints as the husband entered into an agreement with her on the condition that if she withdrew her complaints and refrained from pledging his credit, he will pay her an allowance.

  1. The agreement is a social agreement and is not binding

  2. The agreement is a family agreement and is not a contract

  3. The agreement is based on love and affection and is binding

  4. Parties had the intention to have a binding contract between them
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In McGregor v McGregor, the agreement between husband and wife to withdraw complaints in exchange for an allowance was held to be a domestic/social agreement not intended to create legal relations. English contract law presumes that agreements made in domestic or family contexts lack the intention to create legally binding obligations unless proven otherwise. This is the classic presumption against legal intention in family arrangements.

Multiple choice

An agreement in restraint of marriage is void, if restraint is:

  1. Absolute

  2. Partial

  3. Absolute or partial

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

Section 26 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 declares every agreement in restraint of marriage void as a matter of public policy. This applies whether the restraint is absolute (complete prohibition) or partial (restrictions like time, place, or manner). The law treats both equally to protect freedom to marry.

Multiple choice

The statement 'while there is no rose which has no thorn but if what you hold is all thorn and no rose, better throw it away, relates to:

  1. Restituation of Conjugal Rights

  2. Judicial Separation

  3. Divorce by Mutual consent

  4. Irretrievable break down of Marriage theory of divocce
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This metaphorical statement about 'all thorn and no rose' describes the 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage' theory of divorce. When a marriage becomes entirely destructive ('all thorn') with no positive elements ('no rose'), this theory allows divorce. It differs from restitution (restoring marriage), judicial separation (living apart but remaining married), or mutual consent (both agree to divorce). Option D is correct.