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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

Who may claim for maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC?

  1. Wife who has her own source of income

  2. Illegitimate minor child

  3. Stepson or daughter

  4. Brother and sister
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Wife who has her own source of income cannot claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC. Option (2) is correct: Under Section 125(1)(b), a legitimate or illegitimate minor child, whether married or not, and unable to maintain himself/herself, can claim maintenance. Option (3) is incorrect: Stepson or daughter cannot claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC. Option (4) is incorrect: Brother and sister cannot claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.

Multiple choice

Under Hindu law, a mother in the absence of her son's father sells her minor son's immovable property. The minor son on attaining majority can challenge this transaction

  1. on the ground of not taking permission from the court

  2. as the transaction was not done by his father

  3. as no such transaction can be done for minor son

  4. but he will be unsuccessful because the transaction is valid
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A Correct answer
Explanation

He can challenge this transaction on the ground of not taking permission from the court.

Multiple choice

No wife shall be entitled to receive maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the CrPC 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
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Under Section 125 of the CrPC, a divorced wife and can claim maintenance. Option (2) is incorrect: If a wife is unable to maintain herself, she can claim maintenance under Section 125. Option (3) is incorrect: If a wife refused to live with her husband on the ground that he keeps a mistress, she can claim maintenance under Section 125. Option (4) is correct: Under Section 125(5) of the CrPC, no wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance for the maintenance from her husband under this Section if she is living in adultery.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a ground of divorce?

  1. If one party has been suffering from leprosy

  2. If one party has been heard of as being alive from a period of seven years

  3. If one party has renounced the world by entering by religious order

  4. If one party has been suffering from veneral disease in communicable form
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

If a party has been heard of as being alive from a period of seven years then it is not a ground to obtain divorce under the Hindu Law.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option for the given statements. Assertion (A): 'Option of puberty' is an easy process to repudiate the marriage under the Hindu Law. Reason (R): 'Option of puberty' is not an easy process to repudiate the marriage under the Muslim Law.

  1. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.

  2. (A) and (R) both are correct.

  3. (R) is correct, but (A) is incorrect.

  4. (A) and (R) both are incorrect.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Option of puberty' is also termed 'Khyar-ul-Bulugh'. When a marriage of a minor has been contracted by any guardian, other than the father or father’s father, the minor has the option to repudiate marriage on attaining puberty. This is called the 'option of puberty'. 'Option of puberty' is not an easy process to repudiate the marriage under the Muslim Law. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option for the given statements. Assertion (A): The Muslim Women (Protection of Divorce Rights) Act, 1986 brought changes like limit the period of maintenance to Muslim divorcee till ‘iddat’ period and in case of no relatives, the liability on Wakf Boards. Reason (R): The changes were brought under Muslim’s pressure.

  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.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Muslim Women (Protection of Divorce Rights) Act, 1986 brought changes like limit the period of maintenance to Muslim divorcee till ‘iddat’ period and in case of no relatives, the liability on Wakf Boards due to Muslim Pressure.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option for the given statements. Assertion (A) : The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 brought different grounds for dissolution of marriage and is based on Maliki schools. Reason (R) : The DMM Act, 1939 is brought on the opinion of Ulema (Ijma).

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

  2. (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
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 brought different grounds for dissolution of marriage and is based on Maliki schools. Ijma is an Arabic term referring to the consensus or agreement of the Muslim community basically on religious issues.

Multiple choice

Assertion (A): Nikah is a regular and permanent form of marriage among Muslims. Reason (R): Muta is contractual form of marriage and is most uncommon in India.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are correct.

  2. (A) is correct but (R) is false.

  3. (R) is correct but (A) is wrong.

  4. Neither (A) nor (R) is correct.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Nikah, an Arabic word, literally means to collect and bind together. It is the first and most common form of marriage for Muslims. Muta marriage is a private contract, in a verbal or written format, in form of temporary marriage,wherein a woman marries a man according to an agreed upon pre-fixed amount of dowry and duration of time.

Multiple choice

Early marriage causes a lot of problems for the young mothers as well as for the baby. Which of the following is/are the problems brought about by early marriage in girls leading to early motherhood?

  1. Girls younger than 18 years of age are not prepared physically or mentally for motherhood.

  2. Early marriage and motherhood reduces the chance of higher education for girls.

  3. Early marriage and motherhood causes agony to the girl.

  4. Early marriage and motherhood causes health problems to the mother and child.

  5. All of the above
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as all of the above are the problems brought about by early marriage in girls leading to early motherhood.