Section 19 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 provides for the Maintenance of:
A. Wife
B. Parents
C. Widowed daughter-in-law
D. Children
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A Hindu male or female, under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act can have
A. An adopted daughter
B. An adopted son
C. Both an adopted daughter and an adopted son
D. Either an adopted daughter or an adopted son
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The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act bars the giving in adoption
A. The only son
B. The only daughter
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
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Where two or more families agree to live and work together, pool their resources, throw their gains and labour into the joint stock and shoulder the common risk, there comes into existence, a
A. Hindu joint family
B. Composite family
C. Neither (A) nor (B)
D. Only (A) and not (B) as composite family is unknown to Hindu law
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Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 divorce by mutual consent has been provided under
A. Section 13
B. Section 13B
C. Section 13A
D. None of the above
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A Mitakshara joint family consists of the following - F, the father, sons S1 and S2, his daughter D1 and D2, his grandsons S3 and S4, his great grandson S5 by S3 and his great great grandson S6 by S5. Which of the following is not a coparcener:
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Who is eligible to adopt a son?
A. Who has one natural son
B. Who already has one adopted son
C. Who has no son
D. All of the above
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Where a widower or a bachelor adopts a child and subsequently moves, the wife to whom he subsequently marries shall be
A. The adoptive mother of the child
B. The step-mother of the child
C. The natural mother of the child
D. Either (A) or (B)
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Two persons are said to be within the degree of prohibited relationship:
A. If one is a lineal ascendant of the other
B. If one was the wife or husband of a lineal ascendant or descendant of other
C. If one is a lineal descendant of the other
D. If one was the wife of the brother or of the father's or mother's or brother or of the grand father's or grand mother's brother of the other
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A Dayabhaga coparcener, on the death of his ancestor takes a
A. Fluctuation and uncertain interest
B. Specified and fixed share
C. Either (A) or (B) depending on the facts & circumstances
D. Only (A) and not (B)
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Give correct response. Property obtained on partition by a coparcener is:
A. Separate property in respect of other coparceners
B. Joint family property in respect of his sons
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above
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An order under section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be
A. Modified
B. Varied
C. Rescinded
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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If parties to a Hindu Marriage are 'Sapinda' to each other, the marriage is
A. Valid
B. Voidable
C. Void
D. None of above
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Which one of the following sections of the Hindu Marriage Act provides Restitution of Conjugal rights?
A. Section 9
B. Section 10
C. Section 5
D. Section 11
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Provisions of Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 corresponds to
A. Section 36 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954
B. Section 36 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above
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Brother and sister in class II of the Schedule excludes the
A. Brother and sister by full blood
B. Brother and sister by half blood
C. Brother and sister by uterine blood
D. None of the above
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A married Hindu female/woman
A. Can adopt with the implied consent of her husband
B. Can adopt without the consent of her husband
C. Can adopt with the prior permission of the court
D. Neither (A) nor (B) nor (C)
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A decree of nullity of marriage in case of voidable marriages, annuls the marriage
A. From the date of the decree
B. From the date of the petition
C. From the date of marriage
D. From the date as directed by the court
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Under which Section of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the provision relating to registration of marriage is given?
A. Section 8
B. Section 7
C. Section 6
D. Section 5
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Which of the following statements best fill the blanks in following example? If it is shown that the husband and wife, as the case may be, after the fraud was discovered, lived together for . . . . . . . . . as husband and wife with full consent, would be sufficient for rejecting the plea for annulment under section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
A. Period of one year
B. Period of two years
C. Period of six months
D. Whatever period
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