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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 reproduction - the generating system reproductive health of humans need of family planning reproductive health problems cell division in embryo development division for growth and reproduction reproductive health

Which of the following act forbids the practice of child marriages in India?

  1. Sandhya Act

  2. Sonia Act

  3. Sharda Act

  4. Mother Teresa Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 popularly known as the Sarda Act after its sponsor Rai Sahib Harbilas Sarda to the British India Legislature in India was passed on 28 September 1929, fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years which was later amended to 18 for girls and 21 for boys. It came into effect six months later on April 1, 1930 and it applies to all of British India, not just to Hindus. It was a result of social reform movement in India. The legislation was passed by the British Indian Government.

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According to the law, the marriage that takes place between a boy of below _ years and a girl who is below _ years is child Marriage.

  1. 21, 18

  2. 18, 21

  3. 18, 16

  4. 25, 21
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act in India, the legal minimum age for marriage is 21 years for males and 18 years for females. Marriage below these ages is considered child marriage.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry immunity and blood groups blood group blood groups and compatibility advance blood groups and transfusion compatibility of blood groups

Husband and wife should know their Rh factors because the situation can be serious due to biological incompatibility in one of the following cases

  1. $Rh^+$ husband and $Rh^+$ wife
  2. $Rh^-$ husband and $Rh^-$ wife
  3. $Rh^-$ husband and $Rh^+$ wife
  4. $Rh^+$ husband and $Rh^-$ wife.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rh incompatibility occurs when an Rh-negative mother carries an Rh-positive fetus. This can lead to the mother developing antibodies against the Rh antigen, which may affect subsequent pregnancies.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry immunity and blood groups blood group blood groups and compatibility advance blood groups and transfusion compatibility of blood groups

A woman of blood group O' presented a baby of blood groupO' which she claimed as her child. She brought a suit against a man of 'AB' group as the father of the child. 

Which statement is correct as per your judgement

  1. The father and mother claimed are the true persons

  2. Father is true and mother is not the true person

  3. Both the parentage claims are false

  4. Mother is the true person and father claimed is not true
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A mother with blood group O (ii) can only have a child with blood group O if the father provides an i allele. A man with blood group AB (IAIB) does not possess the i allele and therefore cannot be the biological father of an O child.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry immunity and blood groups blood group blood groups and compatibility advance blood groups and transfusion compatibility of blood groups

In a medico-legal case of accidental interchange between two babies in a hospital, the baby of blood group A could not be rightly given to a people

  1. With both husband and wife of group 0

  2. Husband of group 0 and wife of group A

  3. Husband of group A and wife of group 0

  4. Both husband and wife of group A
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A child with blood group A (genotype IAIA or IAi) must have inherited at least one IA allele from a parent. If both parents are group O (ii), they cannot provide an IA allele, making it impossible for them to have a group A child.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Family laws of all religions ________.

  1. Discriminate against men

  2. Protect women

  3. Discriminate against women

  4. Neutral towards gender
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Women’s movement has argued that FAMILY LAWS of all religions discriminate against women. So they have demanded that government should change these laws to make them more equitable. 

Family laws: Those laws that deal with family-related matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, etc. In our country, different family laws apply to followers of different religions.

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The Supreme Court ruled that any person can adopt a child under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 irrespective of religion he or she follows and even if he personal laws of the particular religion does not permit it. Now, consider the following statements:
(i) The Supreme Court ruled that people are free to adopt children irrespective of their religious background.
(ii) The move paved the way for adoption of child by persons hailing from Muslim community even though it is not allowed under their personal law.
(iii) Law entitles adoption by people belonging to any religion and any person, who does not submit himself to personal law, can adopt a child.
(iv) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act is a small step towards the concept of Uniform Civil Code mentioned in Article 44 of the Constitution of India.
Which of the above given statement/s is/ are correct?

  1. Only (i)

  2. Only (i) and (ii)

  3. Only (iii) and (iv)

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

The following can be deduced from the Supreme Court judgements:-

(i) The Supreme Court ruled that people are free to adopt children irrespective of their religious background.
(ii) The move paved the way for adoption of child by persons hailing from Muslim community even though it is not allowed under their personal law.
(iii) Law entitles adoption by people belonging to any religion and any person, who does not submit himself to personal law, can adopt a child.
(iv) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act is a small step towards the concept of Uniform Civil Code mentioned in Article 44 of the Constitution of India.

So all the statements are correct

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A sum of money was agreed to be paid to the father in consideration of his giving his daughter in marriage. agreement is void on grounds of being __________.

  1. restraint of marriage

  2. marriage brokerage contract

  3. restraint of personal liberty

  4. restraint of legal proceedings.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An agreement to pay money to a parent in consideration of giving their daughter in marriage is a marriage brokerage contract, which is against public policy and void.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence partnership 4 - dissolution of a partnership firm meaning of dissolution of partnership firm modes of dissolution of firm dissolution of firm difference between realisation account and revaluation account payment of firm's debts and separate debts, realisation of assets and liabilities

Which of these statement is not correct one?

  1. A Joint Hindu Family is not

  2. As per Income-tax Act, Joint Hindu Family is distinct from its member and is assessed separately

  3. Joint Hindu family business arise by operation of law and not by contract

  4. A joint Hindu Family is dissloved on death of a coparcener
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A joint Hindu Family is a type of organisation in which all the members of a Hindu Undivided Family manage and control the business under the direction of head of the family. In this all the members become coparcener. It comes into existence by operation of Hindu law.  The existence of Joint Hindu Family is not affected by the death of a coparcener because remaining coparcener can continue the business. 

Multiple choice political science understanding laws rural administration evolution and structure of indian judiciary importance of laws

In India laws related to matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc comes under _______.

  1. Social laws

  2. Legal laws

  3. Family laws

  4. Moral laws
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Family law is a part of civil law. Family laws focus on family-related issues. Attorneys can represent their client in family court. Family laws are related to child custody, divorce, right on the paternal property.

Multiple choice current trends of indian history modern indian history general knowledge

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being take in adoption.
Facts Vijay being natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently in December 2013, Sanjay gaveTartm in adoption to Vijay.

  1. Adoption of Tarun by Sanjay is valid

  2. Adoption of Tarun by Vijay is valid

  3. Adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid

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

According to the principle given here, adoption of Tarim by Manoj is valid because all the conditions required to be fulfilled in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 are completed. So, the adoption is valid.

Multiple choice current trends of indian history modern indian history general knowledge

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemnised under the Special MarriageAct 1954 is that at the time of the marriage tht male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteer years. If the said condition is not fulfilled such a marriage is null and void.
Facts 'A', a male aged twenty-two year, proposes to many B', a female aged sixteer years, at Delhi in the month of June 2014 under the Special MarriageAct, 1954.

  1. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' can be legally solemnised under the Special Marriage Act 1954

  2. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' cannot be legally solemnised under the Special Marriage Act, 1954

  3. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' can remain valid for A under the Special Marriage Act, 1954

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

According to the principle given here and the provisions of the Special MarriageAct 1954, essential condition for a marriage between any two persons is that at the time of the marriage the male has completed the age of 21 yr and female the age of 18 yr. However, in this case, the marriage is null and void because the female is 16 yr old, so the marriage cannot be legally solemnized.

Multiple choice current trends of indian history modern indian history general knowledge

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 either the husband or the wife can move a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The term 'desertion' means desertion of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, without reasonable cause and without the consent or against the wish of such party and includes the willful neglect of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage and its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. It is also said that desertion is withdrawal not from a, place but from a state of things.
Facts Rohan, a technocrat, went to US in January 2011 for pursuing his higher studies for a period of three years. In fact, Rohan went to US with the consent of his wife Basanti, who stayed at her parents' home, and with a promise- of his return to India upon the completion of his studies. From US he has quite often been in touch with his wife. Subsequently, Rohan has got a job there in US and he wishes to take his wife. She refuses to go to US and, in the meanwhile, she files a petition for a decree, of divorce on the ground of desertion by her husband.

  1. Rohan's three year stay in US in the above context can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  2. Rohan's three year stay in US in the above context cannot amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  3. Rohan's continued stay after three years can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  4. Basanti's refusal can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the provisions of Hindu marriage Act 1955, either party can file a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion provided that desertion has been committed for a period of not less than 2 yr and without the consent of the other party. In the given case Rohan's stay in US for three years cannot amount to a ground of desertion for divorce because he went to US with the consent of his wife.

Multiple choice

Many Indian marriages, even today are

  1. long distance

  2. short

  3. arranged

  4. invalid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Arranged marriages remain a common cultural practice in India, where families play a significant role in the selection of spouses to ensure compatibility and social alignment.

Multiple choice

If a couple had no children the husband could

  1. adopt a child

  2. divorce his wife

  3. marry an additional wife

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

In historical patriarchal contexts within ancient India, the inability to produce a male heir was often cited as grounds for a man to take another wife to ensure the continuation of his lineage.