The contingencies in which the wife is entitled to live separately and entitled to maintenance from her husband, have been provided under
A. Section 18(3) of Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
B. Section 18(1) of Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
C. Section 18(2) of Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
D. Both (A) and (C) above
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A paternal grand mother is entitled to a share on partition taking place between
A. Her grandsons, her son being dead
B. Her sons and sons of a pre-deceased son
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Only (B) and not (A)
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Punishment prescribed under section 18 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for procurement of marriage between two spindas is
A. Imprisonment only
B. Fine only
C. Imprisonment or fine or both
D. Imprisonmetn and fine both
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The property of a Hindu woman dying intestate shall devolve firstly upon
A. Heirs of mother
B. Heirs of father
C. Heirs of husband
D. Sons and daughters and the husband
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Where there are more than one wife, on partition between their husband and his sons
A. They are entitled to a share equal to that of a son, as a whole and then divide amongst themselves
B. Each wife shall take a share equal to that of a son
C. Each wife shall take a share half of that of a son
D. Each wife shall take a share one-fourth of that of a son
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In which of the following contingencies, the guardian of a child has a right to give the child in adoption
A. Where both the parents have finally and completely renounced the world
B. Where both the parents have been declared of unsound mind by the court of competent jurisdiction
C. Where the parents have abandoned the child
D. All the above
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A dies intestate leaving behind two sons and wife. The wife was pregnant at the time of A's death. The wife gives birth to a male child after seven months of A 'death'.
A. The child will not inherit any property of A as he was not born at the time of A's death
B. The child inherits a share in the undivided property that is available for partition on the date of his birth
C. The child inherits with effect from the date of A's death
D. The child gets the entire property to the exclusion of his mother and two brothers
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A petitioner shall be entitled to a decree of restitution
A. On admission of the respondent spouse that he or she is living separate
B. On establishing that he or she has a desire to resume matrimonial co-habitation and to perform all matrimonial obligation
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
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The reversions who can maintain a suit challenging an alienation by a widow before the Act came into force are
A. Those who would be the heirs of the husband, at the time of death of the widow, according to the law in force at such date
B. Those who would have been the heirs of the husband at the time of his death according to the law in force at that date
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Which of the followings will come under Nambudri law as per section 3 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
1. Those who would have been governed by The Madras Nambudri Act, 1932
2. Those who would have been governed by The Travancore Kshatriya Act of 1108
3. Those who would have been governed by The Travancore Malaya Brahmin Act of 1106
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1 only
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Which of the following is not a ground of divorce available to wife under section 13(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955?
A. Pre-Act bigamy of the husband
B. Repudiation of marriage
C. Cruelty by the husband
D. Husband is guilty of rape, sodomy and bestiality
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Enumerated heirs are also called:
A. Agnates
B. Co-agnates
C. Class I and Class II heirs
D. None of the above
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Jactitation of marriage is a cause of action which arises
A. When a person marries, having a spouse living & the remedy sought is annulment of marriage
B. When a person falsely alleges that he or she is married to petitioner and remedy sought is a perpetual injunction against the respondent to cease making such allegations
C. When a person is guilty of adultery and the remedy sought is divorce
D. All the above
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Class I heirs specified in the schedule include
A. Four females and eight males
B. Six females and six males
C. Five females and seven males
D. Eight females and four males
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For availing right under section 13(2)(i) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 at the time of commencement of the Act, the petitioner wife
A. Must be living separately from the husband
B. Must be living together with the husband
C. Must be living together with the other wife & the husband
D. It is immaterial whether the petitioner wife is living with the husband or living elsewhere separately
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Under section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, a female Hindu is made absolute owner of the property
A. In which she has acquired some kind of title
B. In which she has no title but which is in her possession
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. All the properties in her possession irrespective of whether she has any kind of title in them or not
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Which of the following is not a joint family property
A. Ancestral property lost by the family and recovered by a member without the assistance of joint family property
B. Property granted by Government to a member of the joint family
C. Neither (A) nor (B)
D. Both (A) and (B)
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The general rules of succession of a Hindu male dying intestate are contained in Section . . . . . . . . of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
A. Section 7
B. Section 8
C. Section 14
D. Section 15
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A defence of nullity of marriage in case of voidable marriage, annuls the marriage from the:
A. Date of the decree
B. Date of the petition
C. Date of the marriage
D. Date as directed by the Court
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Section 13(2)(ii) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is applicable
A. When the husband is guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality
B. When the husband is guilty of attempt to rape, sodomy or bestiality
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
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