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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

Hindu male of 28 years of age adopts a female child of 13 years of age. The adoption is

  1. valid

  2. voidable

  3. illegal

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

Option (1) is incorrect: It is not a valid adoption.

Option (2) is incorrect: It is not voidable being void ab initio.

Option (3) is incorrect: The adoption is void being against the provisions of law. Option (4) is correct: For a valid adoption, if the adoption is by a male and the person to be adopted is a female, the adoptive father should be at least 21 years older than the person to be adopted.
Multiple choice

Mother's right to have the custody of a minor child is known as

  1. Hizanat

  2. Hazina

  3. Khula

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

Option (1) is correct: Mother's right to have the custody of minor child is known as hizanat.

Option (2) is incorrect: Hazina is a female who is entitled to the custody of a minor child.

Option (3) is incorrect: Khula is the right of a woman to seek a divorce from her husband in Islam for compensation paid back to the husband from the wife. Option (4) is incorrect: Ahula is not a term of any kind under Muslim Law.
Multiple choice

The renunciation of Islam by a married Muslim women or her conversion to a faith other than Islam

  1. shall not by itself dissolve the marriage

  2. shall by itself dissolve the marriage

  3. may by itself dissolve the marriage

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

Option (1) is correct: Under Section 4 of Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939, the renunciation of Islam by a married Muslim woman or her conversion to a faith other than Islam shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage.

Option (2) is incorrect: Shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage.

Option (3) is incorrect: Shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage. Option (4) is incorrect: Option (1) is correct.
Multiple choice

If a child is born within _____ days after the dissolution of a valid marriage, it is a conclusive proof of the legitimacy of the child.

  1. 270

  2. 275

  3. 280

  4. 285
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: No such provision of 270 days is there under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Option (2) is incorrect: No such provision of 275 days is there under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Option (3) is correct: Under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, if a child is born within 280 days after the dissolution of a valid marriage, it is a conclusive proof of the legitimacy of the child. Option (4) is incorrect: No such provision of 285 days is there under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. 

Multiple choice

Sharada Act deals with:

  1. widow remarriage

  2. child marriage

  3. intercaste marriage

  4. polygamy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, popularly known as the Sharada Act after its sponsor Harbilas Sharada, fixed the minimum age of marriage for girls at 14 and boys at 18. It deals with child marriage, not widow remarriage (Widow Remarriage Act 1856), intercaste marriage, or polygamy.

Multiple choice

A typical problem in many marriages occurs when spouses stray due to boredom and blasé and lose the trust positioned in them by their partner.

  1. occurs when spouses stray due to boredom and blasé and lose the trust positioned in them by their partner

  2. occurs when spouses stray due to boredom and blasé, and lose the trust positioned in them by their partners

  3. occurs when spouses stray due to boredom and blasé, and it causes them to lose the trust positioned in them by their partners

  4. occurs when spouses stray due to boredom and blasé, and thereby lose the trust positioned in them by their partners

  5. occurs when spouses strays due to boredom and blasé, and thereby lose the trust positioned in their partners
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; removes the error of punctuation by placing a comma to separate the two clauses and establishes a clear cause and effect relationship between the two clauses.

Multiple choice

No wife shall be entitled to receive maintenance from her husband under Sec. 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure if she

  1. has obtained a divorce from her husband and has not remarried

  2. is unable to maintain herself

  3. refused to live with her husband on the ground that he keeps a mistress

  4. is living in adultery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Under CrPC Section 125(4), a wife is NOT entitled to maintenance if she refuses to live with her husband without sufficient cause, OR if she is living in adultery. Living in adultery is a complete bar to maintenance. Options (1), (2), and (3) describe situations where she WOULD be entitled to maintenance (divorced but not remarried, unable to maintain herself, or husband keeps mistress). Option (4) correctly states the legal bar.

Multiple choice

‘G’, a 17 years old girl, was married to ‘H’. ‘H’ during the subsistence of the said marriage entered into another marriage with ‘P’. The court may take cognizance for the offence of bigamy, if the complaint is brought by

  1. her father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister

  2. any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption, with the leave of the court

  3. some other person on her behalf, with leave of court, but where there is a guardian appointed in her respect, then only after such guardian has been heard

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

Section 198 CrPC specifies who may file bigamy complaints: the wife, or her father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or paternal relatives. All categories listed in options A, B, and C are valid complainants under different circumstances.

Multiple choice

'A' Prosecutes 'B' for adultery with 'C', wife of 'A'. 'B' contested by denying the allegation. 'B' was found guilty and convicted in said case. Subsequently, 'C' was prosecuted on charge of bigamy on allegations that she had married 'B' during subsistence of her marriage with 'A'. 'C' contested by denying that she was ever married to 'A'. In the case against 'C', the judgment in the first case against 'B' is

  1. relevant

  2. irrelevant

  3. binding

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

The Hindu Succession Act bases its rule of succession on the Mitakshara principle of preference of heirs on the basis of proximity of relationship. Which of the following is also known as proximity of relationship?

  1. Rule of survivorship

  2. Rule of representation

  3. Rule of propinquity

  4. Per capita, per stripes rule

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

The Hindu Succession Act bases its rule of succession on the basic Mitakshara principle of propinquity (preference of heirs on the basis of proximity of relationship).

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are not a valid mode of partition?

  1. Spoken words

  2. Renunciation by coparcener

  3. Conversion to another religion

  4. Death of coparcener

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

Death is not a mode of partition of joint family property under the Hindu law. Even after the death of a coparcener, his status can never severe from the joint family.

Multiple choice

Under Section 15(2), when a Hindu female dies intestate without leaving any son or daughter and leaves behind property inherited from her father or mother, such a property shall devolve upon which of the following?

  1. Husband

  2. Heirs of husband

  3. Heirs of father

  4. Heirs of mother

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

If a female dies without leaving any children, her property will go to the heirs of the father. This is in respect of property inherited by her from her father or mother.