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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 an example of a customary law that hinders gender equality?

  1. The practice of dowry

  2. The right of women to inherit property

  3. The practice of child marriage

  4. The right of women to vote
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The practice of dowry is an example of a customary law that hinders gender equality because it places a financial burden on the bride's family and can lead to discrimination against women.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe a marriage between two people from different clans or lineages?

  1. Exogamy

  2. Endogamy

  3. Polygamy

  4. Monogamy
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Exogamy is the practice of marrying someone from outside one's own clan or lineage.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe a marriage between two people who are closely related, such as cousins?

  1. Exogamy

  2. Endogamy

  3. Polygamy

  4. Monogamy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Endogamy is the practice of marrying someone from within one's own clan or lineage.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe a marriage between one man and two or more women?

  1. Exogamy

  2. Endogamy

  3. Polygamy

  4. Monogamy
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Polygamy is the practice of marrying more than one spouse at the same time.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe a marriage between two people who are not related?

  1. Exogamy

  2. Endogamy

  3. Polygamy

  4. Monogamy
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Exogamy is the practice of marrying someone from outside one's own clan or lineage.

Multiple choice

What is the term used to describe a marriage between one man and one woman?

  1. Exogamy

  2. Endogamy

  3. Polygamy

  4. Monogamy
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Monogamy is the practice of marrying only one spouse at a time.

Multiple choice

What is the legal term for the right of a Hindu widow to inherit the property of her deceased husband?

  1. Stridhan

  2. Dayabhaga

  3. Mitakshara

  4. Maiden
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Stridhan refers to the property owned by a Hindu woman, including gifts, inheritance, and earnings from her own labor.

Multiple choice

What is the legal term for the property inherited by a Hindu male from his wife?

  1. Mitakshara

  2. Dayabhaga

  3. Stridhan

  4. Marital Property
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Marital Property refers to the property inherited by a Hindu male from his wife.

Multiple choice

What is the legal term for the property inherited by a Hindu female from her husband?

  1. Mitakshara

  2. Dayabhaga

  3. Stridhan

  4. Marital Property
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Stridhan refers to the property inherited by a Hindu female from her husband.

Multiple choice

Who is responsible for approving a Parsi adoption?

  1. The Parsi Panchayat

  2. The District Court

  3. The High Court

  4. The Supreme Court
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Parsi Panchayat is responsible for approving Parsi adoptions.

Multiple choice

What is the legal effect of a Parsi adoption?

  1. The child becomes the legal heir of the adoptive parents.

  2. The child's biological parents are no longer responsible for the child.

  3. The child's surname changes to the adoptive parents' surname.

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A Parsi adoption has all of the legal effects listed above.

Multiple choice

What is the difference between a Parsi adoption and a Hindu adoption?

  1. In a Parsi adoption, the child does not become the legal heir of the adoptive parents.

  2. In a Hindu adoption, the child's biological parents are still responsible for the child.

  3. In a Parsi adoption, the child's surname does not change to the adoptive parents' surname.

  4. None of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

There is no difference between a Parsi adoption and a Hindu adoption in terms of the legal effects.

Multiple choice

What are the grounds for revoking a Parsi adoption?

  1. If the adoptive parents are found to be unfit.

  2. If the child is found to be unsuitable for adoption.

  3. If the adoption was obtained through fraud or coercion.

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A Parsi adoption can be revoked on any of the grounds listed above.

Multiple choice

What is the effect of revoking a Parsi adoption?

  1. The child becomes the legal heir of the biological parents again.

  2. The child's surname changes back to the biological parents' surname.

  3. The adoptive parents are no longer responsible for the child.

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Revoking a Parsi adoption has all of the effects listed above.

Multiple choice

In some cultures, it is customary for the groom to pay a bride price to the bride's family. What is the purpose of this payment?

  1. To compensate the bride's family for the loss of her labor

  2. To show the groom's wealth and status

  3. To ensure that the bride is well-provided for

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The bride price serves multiple purposes, including compensating the bride's family for the loss of her labor, demonstrating the groom's wealth and status, and ensuring that the bride is well-provided for.