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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

Which of the following is/are incorrect in relation to the dower?

  1. Absolute right of a wife

  2. Nuptial gift

  3. Integral part of marriage

  4. Payable on divorce

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A claim of dower arises on the confirmation of dower which takes place on valid requirement or on the death of either party. No such provision is there in Muslim law that dower is payable on divorce.

Multiple choice

If a marriage is contracted on the express condition that the wife should not claim any dower, the wife is entitled to

  1. prompt dower

  2. proper dower

  3. dower as per husband’s discretion

  4. no dower

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

If nothing is said about the dower at the time of marriage or even when the marriage was contracted on the express condition that the wife should not claim any dower, the wife is still entitled to the dower called proper dower.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are correct about iddat?

  1. Demand of dowry

  2. Proper age to marry

  3. Period of seclusion

  4. Both 2 and 3

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

Iddat is the period a woman must observe after the death of her spouse or after a divorce during which she may not marry another man. Its purpose is to ensure the male parentage of an offspring produced after the cessation of nikah.

Multiple choice

Who among the following has/have a preferential right to contract his/her/their minor child into marriage?

  1. Father

  2. Mother

  3. Father and mother

  4. Minor child himself

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

Under the sunni law, the order of guardianship for the purpose of marriage is as to father, paternal grandfather, brother and other relatives, in the same order as for inheritance, mother, other maternal relations and the last government. The father has a preferential right to contract his minor child into marriage.

Multiple choice

To which of the following people does the right to custody of a male child and of a female child belong in the first place?

  1. Father

  2. Mother

  3. Both father and mother

  4. Grandfather

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

The right to custody of a male child (till the age of 7 years; in case of shia) is 2 years and of a female child (till she attains puberty; in case of shia, it is 7 years) belongs in the first place to the mother. Mother's right to custody is known as hizanat.

Multiple choice

In which of the following cases does a mother lose her right to the custody of a minor child?

  1. When she is divorced

  2. When she relinquishes Islam

  3. When she is not residing with her husband

  4. When she marries again

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The right of the mother to the custody of a minor child is forfeited if she marries another man. Therefore, the custody belongs to the father, unless her remarriage is dissolved by death or divorce.

Multiple choice

Against whom can the mother's right of hizanat be enforced?

  1. Husband only

  2. Uncle only

  3. Grandfather only

  4. Any person

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

The mother has the right of custody so long as she is not disqualified. This right of hizanat can be enforced against the father or any other person.