Where a Hindu who has a wife living adopts a child, the said wife is called
A. The natural mother of the child
B. The adoptive mother of the child
C. The step mother of the child
D. Either (B) or (C)
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Which of the following is not within the competence of the manager of joint Hindu family
A. Acknowledgement of a debt
B. Relinquishment of a debt
C. To make part payment of debt so as to extend the limitation
D. All the above
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A child of a Hindu Marriage which is null and void or which is annulled by a decree of nullity has the right to inherit the property of:
A. Father only
B. Mother only
C. Neither Father nor mother
D. Father and mother both
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A decree for restitution of conjugal rights enables the aggrieved spouse for
A. Maintenance under section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
B. Maintenance pendente lite under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Either (A) or (B)
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Match
List-I with
List-II and give the correct answer by using the given below:
List I
List II
a. Agnate
1. What was heard
b. Shruti
2. Related wholly through males
c. Cognate
3. What has been remembered
d. Smriti
4. Related not wholly through males
A. a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
B. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
C. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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A partition can be re-opened at the instance of
A. A disqualified coparcener who recovers from his disqualification after the partition
B. An absentee coparcener to whom no share has been allotted
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Only (B) and not (A)
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A male Hindu dies without leaving a Will, the succession of the property will be called:
A. Intestate succession
B. Survivorship succession
C. Testamentary succession
D. Succession by way of representation
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The child born of void and voidable marriage under Hindu Law is
A. Legitimate
B. Illegitimate
C. Illegal
D. None of the above
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A Hindu boy was given in adoption by his parents. Later, he marries his biological father's brother's daughter. The marriage is:
A. Valid, as now he does not belong to this family
B. Voidable
C. Void, as she is her paternal cousin
D. Void, unless protected by custom or usage
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Registration of a Hindu Marriage has been provided under
A. Section 12 of Hindu Marriage Act
B. Section 10 of Hindu Marriage Act
C. Section 8 of Hindu Marriage Act
D. Section 6 of Hindu Marriage Act
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Under which section of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, void marriages has been provided?
A. Section 10
B. Section 8
C. Section 11
D. Section 12
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Two persons are said to be related to each other by what relation when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands?
A. Full blood
B. Half blood
C. Uterine blood
D. Agnate
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Which Section of Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 facilitates a guardian to give his ward in adoption?
A. Section 9(1)
B. Section 9(2)
C. Section 9(3)
D. Section 9(4)
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A Hindu female W dies and is survived by her husband H, one son S and two unmarried daughters D1 and D2. How the property of W will be divided?
A. Into four equal parts
B. 1 /2 to husband and remaining 1 /2 to son and daughters
C. 1 /2 to son and remaining half to husband and daughters
D. 1 /3 to husband, 1 /3 to son and remaining 1 /3 to daughters
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The Supreme Court has recently held in which of the following cases, that under certain circumstances, even when the father is alive, mother can act as a natural guardian:
A. Vandana Shiva v. Jayanata Bandhopadhya
B. Narayan v. Sapurna
C. Jiyabai v. Pathan
D. Both (A) and (C)
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Two persons, who have same father but different mother, they are:
A. Related to each other by full blood
B. Related to each other by utrains blood
C. Related to each other by half blood
D. None of the above
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Give Correct response:
Who is not entitled to inherit under the Hindu succession Act 1956;
A. A son born out of void marriage
B. A daughter born out of void marriage
C. An adopted son or daughter
D. Step son
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Which Section of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 gives preferential right to co-heirs in the property?
A. Section 20
B. Section 22
C. Section 26
D. Section 24
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The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 confers upon a Hindu woman
A. A right to claim partition
B. A right to ownership as coparcener
C. A right of residence and partition in parental dwelling house even after marriage
D. All the above
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Periodical payments of maintenance under section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 are to be for a
A. Term not exceeding one year
B. Term not exceeding two years
C. Term not exceeding three years
D. Term not exceeding the life of the spouse concerned
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