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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

Assertion (A): A bigamous marriage is void under the Hindu law. Reason (R): A child born out of a void marriage is the legitimate child of his parent.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 has declared bigamous marriage, i.e. second marriage ‘void’ during the subsistence of the first one, but the child born out of a void marriage is the legitimate child of his/her parent.

Multiple choice

Which country has similar situation like ours?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. Malaysia

  2. Brunei

  3. Western countries

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

The last line of the passage gives the answer.

Multiple choice

Can people surely have a child of their own choice with modern techniques?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. Yes

  2. Not necessarily

  3. Certainly not

  4. No, it is only by God’s Grace
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

“After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny.”

Multiple choice

What is the meaning of 'progeny'?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. offspring

  2. male child

  3. chromosome

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

As discussed in this passage, progeny means offspring or a descendent or child.

Multiple choice

Why are female children welcome in Malaysia and Brunei?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. A Muslim can have many marriages.

  2. Female population is relatively small.

  3. People do not practice dowry.

  4. The population is literate.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In Muslim countries, there is no practice of dowry.

Multiple choice

Why is sex determination prevalent in India?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. Female child is disliked.

  2. Fear of unhappy marriage of their daughter in future

  3. Girls are not safe in India.

  4. Female child is considered a liability.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, couples believe that they have to give dowry to their female child. So, female child is considered to be a liability.

Multiple choice

What is the main theme of the passage?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Why do couples hanker after male progeny? They believe that the female child will be a liability, that they will have to provide dowry for her. A male child on the other hand, they believe, will look after them in their old age. If the government takes care of these two aspects of the problem, the issue of sex determination will automatically disappear. In Muslim countries like Malaysia and Brunei, which I have visited, I found female children were welcome. This is perfectly understandable. They don’t practice dowry. On the contrary, they take ‘bride price’ for their girls.

I think the hue and cry over pre-selection is unnecessary. After all, there is no 100 percent foolproof technique to ensure male progeny. It is only conception with the Y chromosome or male factor gaining ascendancy during fertilisation which allows the possibility of a male offspring. Couples who would like to exercise the option and try their luck should be allowed to do so.

In western countries, they don’t face this problem because they do not have to confront issues like dowry. Of course, in eastern countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the situation is somewhat similar to ours.

  1. Couples should have the right to choose their child.

  2. Couples should not have the right to choose their child.

  3. Science decides the sex of the child.

  4. Why couples hanker after male progeny
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is explained with reasons why everyone wants a male child especially in some countries.

Multiple choice

Pick a false reason why the Queen of the Heaven was mad about their marriage.

  1. Their marriage was illegal without parents' permission.

  2. Zhinv was a fairy and not allowed to marry a human.

  3. They had kids before marriage.

  4. Niulang was too poor to give a good life to Zhinv.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the traditional legend, the Queen of Heaven (or the Goddess) was angry because Zhinv was a celestial being who married a mortal without permission, not because they had children.

Multiple choice sociology social institutions concepts of social institutions study of sociology sociology : what? why?

Which of the following are the functions of marriage ?

  1. Social sanction for a man and woman to live together

  2. Is the base of the family

  3. Provides a legal sanctity in relationship

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

Marriage is an important social institution. It provides social sanction for a man and a woman to live together. It gives legal sanctity to the relation of man and woman and legitimizes the children born out of the wedlock. It is the base for the creation of family. Nourishment, procreation, and socialization occur in the family.

Multiple choice commerce discharge and breach of a contract discharge of contract performance, discharge, breach and remedies of contract business law and contract act

Which of these are not opposed to Public Policy?

  1. Champerty & Maintenance

  2. Agreements in restraint of parental rights

  3. Agreements in restraint of marriage

  4. Agreements to refer disputes to arbitration
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Agreements to refer disputes to arbitration are generally considered valid and are not opposed to public policy. In contrast, agreements in restraint of marriage or parental rights are typically void as against public policy.

Multiple choice history traders to rulers (ii) dalhousie's policy of expansion and subsidiary alliance system the policy of subsidiary alliance and doctrine of lapse the subsidiary alliance anddoctrine of lapse

What was the "doctrine of lapse"?

  1. States were allowed to adopt son as an heir

  2. States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir

  3. According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army

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

The Doctrine of Lapse was a policy under which the British East India Company annexed any Indian princely state where the ruler died without a natural heir, prohibiting the adoption of an heir.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management joint hindu family business and cooperative society cooperative organisation features, organisation, advantages and disadvantages of cooperative organisation introduction to huf

Hindu Undivided family is formed or created in accordance with the __________.

  1. Indian Companies Act

  2. Indian Partnership Act

  3. Hindu Law

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

An HUF is created by the operation of Hindu Law, as it is a family-based entity rather than a contract-based one.

Multiple choice commerce discharge and breach of a contract remedies for breach of contract performance, discharge, breach and remedies of contract business law and contract act

A contracts to marry B. Before the agreed date of marriage, A marries C. Here, B is entitled to sue A for ___________.

  1. actual breach in an express manner

  2. anticipatory breach in an express manner

  3. actual breach in an implied manner

  4. anticipatory breach in an implied manner
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

An anticipatory breach occurs when a party repudiates their obligation before the due date. Since A married someone else, they have made performance impossible, which is an implied act of repudiation.