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(a) Rau Committee and was referred to Select Committee of the Constituent Assembly in 1948
(b) Rau Committee was not referred to Select Committee of Constituent Assembly
(a) sruti
(b) smritis
(c) customs
(a) sacrament
(b) contract
(a) Hindus
(c) Christians
8. Overriding effect to the provision of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 have been
given, by virtue of
(a) Buddhist
(b) Sikh
(c) Jain
10. Who amongst the following is not a Hindu within the meaning of section 2 of
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(a) Christian
(b) Parsi
(c) Jew
(b) if one of his parents is a Hindu & has been brought up as a Hindu
(c) either (a) or (b)
(a) by conversion
(b) by re-conversion
13. Under section 3 of Hindu Marriage Act, a rule can be a 'custom' or usage
(b) Hindus domiciled in India but who are living outside India
18. When two persons are the descendents of a common ancestor but by different
wives, they are said to be related to each other by
19. Two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood
(a) when they are descended from a common ancestress by the same husband
(b) when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands
(c) when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife
(d) when they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives.
21. In the 'Smritis' the spinda relationship extends, in the line of ascent to
(a) three degrees through the mother & five degrees through the father
(b) five degrees through the mother and seven degrees through the father
(c) four degrees through the mother and six degrees through the father
(d) two degrees through the mother and four degrees through the father.
22. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, the spinda relationship extends in the line of
ascent, to
(a) two degrees through the mother and three degrees through the father
(b) three degrees through the mother and four degrees through the father
(c) three degrees through the mother and five degrees through the father
(d) five degrees through the mother and seven degrees through the father.
23. A marriage solemnised between any two Hindus, who are related to each other
in spinda relationship, under section 11 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, shall be
(a) valid
(b) voidable
(c) void
24. A marriage solemnised between any two Hindus who are spindas of each other
shall be valid
(a) if the custom or usage governing each of them permits a marriage between the two
(b) if the custom or usage governing any of them permits a marriage between the two
25. Spinda by
(c) adoption
30. A marriage solemnised between two persons who are related to each other
within the degrees of prohibited relationship shall be
(a) void
(c) valid
(d) invalid.
(a) bridegroom completes the age of 21 years and the bride completes 18 years
(b) bridegroom completes age of 18 years and the bride completes 21 years
(d) bridegroom completes age of 18 years and the bride completes 18 years.
34. Section 5(iii) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, prescribes the age of the parties, at
the time of marriage. It provides the age
(a) for bridegroom to be eighteen years and the bride to be sixteen years
(b) for the bridegroom and the bride both to be eighteen years
(c) for the bridegroom to be twenty one years and for bride to be eighteen years
(d) for the bridegroom and bride both not less than sixteen years.
35. A marriage solemnised between any two Hindus in violation of section 5(iii) of
Hindu Marriage Act as to the requirement of age, shall be
(a) valid
(b) invalid
(c) voidable
(d) void.
(a) monogamy
(b) endogamy
(c) exogamy
(d) all the above.
38. A marriage solemnised between any two Hindus, one of whom is having a
spouse living at the time of marriage, under section 11 and section 17 of Hindu
Marriage Act, shall be
(a) valid
(b) void
(c) voidable
(d) invalid.
41. A party is regarded as not having the mental capacity to solemnise the
marriage, if suffering from
42. A marriage, solemnised between any two Hindus, one of whom is not having
the mental capacity to marry, shall be
(a) void
(b) voidable
(c) invalid
(d) either (a) or (b) or (c).
43. A Marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 must be solemnised in
accordance with the customary rites & ceremonies of
(a) does not prescribe the ceremonies requisite for solemnisation of marriage but leaves it to the
parties to choose a form of ceremonial marriage which is in accordance with any custom or
usage applicable to either party
(b) does not prescribe the ceremonies requisite nor leaves it to the parties to choose
(c) does prescribe the ceremonies and does not leave it to the parties to choose
(d) does prescribe the ceremonies and at the same time leaves it to the parties to choose.
(b) saptapadi
(a) polygamy
(b) polyandry
(a) valid
(b) voidable
(c) void
(a) compulsory
(b) optional
(b) does not invalidate the marriage but calls for imposition of penalty
(c) neither invalidates the marriage nor calls for imposition of penalty
(a) man
(b) woman
59. A marriage is voidable under section 12 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on the
ground of
60. Suppressio veri by a woman, who was pregnant at the time of marriage is a
ground for annulling the marriage as
(a) voidable
(b) void
(a) voidable
(b) void
66. Section 16 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 confers legitimacy on the children of
(c) for marriage between persons falling within the degrees of prohibited relationship
68. Punishment prescribed under section 18 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for child
marriage is
69. Period of imprisonment for child marriage under section 18 of Hindu Marriage
Act, 1955 may extend upto
(a) 15 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 60 days
(d) 90 days.
70. Fine prescribed under section 18 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for child
marriage may extend to
(d) unlimited.
71. Punishment prescribed under section 18 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for
procurement of marriage between two spindas is
(a) 15 days
73. Fine prescribed under section 18 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for procurement
of a marriage between two spindas, may extend to
74. A petition under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be presented before
75. To constitute fraud within the meaning of section 12 of Hindu Marriage Act,
1955 the time which is relevant is
(b) heirs of their parent as well as to others in the family of their parents
(c) neither the heirs of their parents nor to any one else
(c) may or may not be entitled to an interest in which his father is a coparcener
(a) if there is a mistake as to nature of ceremony in the mind of one of the parties to the
marriage
81. A decree for restitution of conjugal rights enables the aggrieved spouse for
(b) maintenance pendente lite under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(a) wife
(b) husband
arrest of the respondent attachment of property and arrest of the respondent both either
attachment of property or by arrest of the respondent.
(a) when there is a withdrawal from the society of other with an excuse
(b) when there is a withdrawal from the society of other without any reasonable cause
(c) when there is a withdrawal from the society of other without any absolute cause
86. Withdrawal from the society of other within the meaning of section 9 of Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955 means
(a) void
(b) voidable
(c) valid
(d) invalid.
(a) void
(b) voidable
(c) valid
(d) invalid.
89. Which of the following is a defence to the petition for restitution of conjugal
rights by the husband
90. Onus to prove a reasonable excuse for withdrawal from society is on the
(a) petitioner
(b) respondent
(a) husband's insistence that the wife must live with his parents
92. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 under section 10, provides for
(b) does not dissolve the marriage & the marriage subsists
(a) reconciliation
(b) divorce
(b) can be rescinded by the court on the application of the either party
(a) obligatory
(c) directory
(a) parties continue to be husband & wife but marital rights and obligations are suspended
(b) parties continue to be husband & wife and the marital rights & obligation remain infact
(c) parties continue to be husband & wife and may suspend or may not suspend the marital
rights & obligations
100. Under section 10 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the grounds for judicial
separation are
(a) the same as the grounds for divorce
(c) neither same nor different from the grounds for divorce
101 . Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, a mother is—
(A) Entitled to live along with her son’s family
(B) Not entitled to live along with her son’s family
(C) Morally entitled to her son’s care
(D) Entitled to have separate accommodation from her son
Ans:-D
102. Which of the following ancient forms of marriages were not approved by
Hindu Law?
1. Gandharva
2. Arsha
3. Prajapatya
4. Asura
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) l and 4
Ans:-D
104. (A) marries ‘B’, the widow of his elder brother. The marriage is—
(A) Valid
(B) Void
(C) Voidable
(D) None of these
Ans:-B
105. An adoption made by a Hindu male without the consent of his wife is—
(A) Void
(B) Voidable
(C) Valid
(D) Invalid
Ans:-A
107. The statement “While there is no rose which has no thorn but if what you hold
is all thorn and no rose, better throw it sway” relates to-
(A) Restitution of conjugal rights
(B) Judicial separation
(C) Divorce by mutual consent
(D) Irretrievable break-down of marriage theory of divorce
Ans:-C
108. Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 a female Hindu has the
capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption if—
(A) She is not married
(B) She is married
(C) She is widow and has no son or daughter but has a widowed daughter-in-law
(D) She cannot adopt at all
Ans:-A
109. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 contains the provision regarding divorce in—
(A) Section 10
(B) Section 11
(C) Section 13
(D) Section 15
Ans:-C
110. Which Section of the Hindu Marriage Act provides for the restitution of
conjugal
Rights?
(A) Section 9
(B) Section 10
(C) Section 12
(D) Section 13
Ans:-A
111. Which one of the following is not included in the term ‘Hindu’ used in the
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955?
(A) Sikhs
(B) Jams
(C) Parsis
(D) Buddhists
Ans:-C
112. A marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 between two persons within
prohibited degrees of relationship is—
(A) Valid
(B) Void
(C) Voidable
(D) Irregular
Ans:-B
119. Which one of the following is not essential for a valid marriage under Muslim
Law?
(A) Offer and acceptance
(B) Competent parties
(C) Fosterage
(D) Free consent
Ans:-C