The Sapinda relationship on the line of ascent under the Hindu Law extends
A. Three degree through the father and two degree through the mother
B. Four degree through the father and three degree through the mother
C. Five degree through the father and three degree through the mother
D. Seven degree through the father and five degree through the mother
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A lender to a manager of a joint Hindu family is
A. To make bona fide enquiries as to the existence of a legal necessity of the family
B. To bound to see the actual application of the money for that necessity
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Either (A) or (B)
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When, during partition in a family or it is agreed as family arrangement to maintain the mother then his contract is:
A. Void and not enforceable
B. Voidable but enforceable
C. Valid and enforceable
D. Null and void
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The statutory bar (no petition to be presented within one year of marriage) under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is imposed on petitions for
A. Divorce
B. Judicial separation
C. Annulment of marriage
D. Both (A) and (B)
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A male Hindu died leaving behind no heirs under all the four categories i.e. Class I, Class II, Agnates and coagnates, then his property shall devolve to:
A. Any person who is claiming to be his next friend
B. Any religious institution
C. Government shall take his property as heir subject to all the applications of liability of propositus
D. None
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Adoption can be made by a major Hindu male of a sound mind if he is a
A. Bachelor
B. Widower or divorcee
C. Married person
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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Section 10 of the Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956 provides for
A. Persons capable of giving in adoption
B. Persons capable of being taken in adoption
C. Conditions which are to be complied with in every adoption
D. Effects of adoption
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If there has been no restitution of conjugal rights as between the parties to the marriage for a period of one year after the passing of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights in proceedings to which they were parties, the marriage:
A. Automatically comes to an end
B. Can be dissolved on a petition for divorce by the original petitioner only
C. Can be dissolved on a petition for divorce by the innocent party only
D. Can be dissolved on a petition for divorce by either party
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Under section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the number of grounds which are exclusively available to the wife, is
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Which one of the following is not the ground of voidable marriage under Hindu Marriage Act?
A. Impotency
B. Unsoundness of mind
C. Force or fraud
D. Bigamy
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Presently the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 recognizes the following theories of divorce:
A. Fault and Mutual Consent
B. Mutual Consent and Breakdown of Marriage
C. Fault, Breakdown of Marriage, Mutual Consent and Customary
D. Fault, Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage and Mutual Consent
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Divorce by Mutual Consent has been provided in Section . . . . . . . . of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
A. Section 13A
B. Section 13(1)
C. Section 13B
D. None of the above
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Non-compliance with the decree of restitution for conjugal rights is a ground for divorce under section 13(1A)(ii) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the non-restitution of conjugal rights must be for a minimum period of
A. Two years
B. Eighteen months
C. One year
D. Six months
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Under which of the following Sections of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, husband and wife may file a petition of divorce by mutual consent?
A. Section 10
B. Section 11
C. Section 9
D. Section 13B
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Existence of whom of the following is a bar to the adoption of a daughter by a Hindu
A. An adopted daughter
B. An adopted daughter of a son
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Either (A) or (B)
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Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths under Section 21 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is that
A. Younger survived the elder
B. Elder survived the younger
C. No one is survived
D. Either (A) or (C)
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Section 26 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 provides
A. Priority of the claims of the dependants for maintenance over the debts contracted by the deceased
B. Priority to the debts contracted/payable by the deceased over the claim of the dependants for maintenance
C. The debts contracted/payable by the deceased shall stand on the same footing as the claim of dependants for maintenance
D. Only the secured debts shall have priority over the claim of the dependants for maintenance
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Which of the following provisions deals with judicial separation under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955?
A. Section 12
B. Section 13-B
C. Section 10
D. Section 9
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In which case did the Supreme Court observed that 'A sound mind is a key to a happy married life'
A. Amina v. Hassan Koya
B. Muthummal v. Shanmuga Sundaran
C. Sharda v. Dharampal
D. Chelan Dass v. Kamala Deoi
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Under section 13 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, on adoption
A. The adoptive parents are deprived of their right/power to dispose of their property by transfer intervivos
B. The adoptive parents are deprived of their rights/power to dispose of their property by will
C. The adoptive parents are not deprived of their rights to dispose of their property by transfer inter-vivos or by will but the same is subject to an agreement to the contrary between the adoptive parents and the natural parents
D. Both (A) and (B)
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