Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act 1956, has no application
A. Where a female Hindu has alienated the property and parted with possession of the property before the Act came into force
B. Where a female Hindu has no valid possession of the property before the Act came into force
C. Where a female Hindu is in possession of the property but has never acquired the property at all
D. All the above
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According to Hindu sages
A. Only a coparcener can be a karta
B. A female can be a karia but must be the senior most female
C. A mother can be a karta if educated
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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Propositious is:
A. Agnate
B. Descendant
C. Deceased Hindu
D. Sibling
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If a Mitakshara coparcener is given away in adoption, his interest in the joint family property shall
A. Cease to exist on his adoption
B. Continue to rest in him together with any liabilities attached thereto
C. Continue to rest in him but without any liabilities attached thereto
D. Cease to exist on attaining majority
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Under the provlslons of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son of daughter):
A. Upon the heirs referred to in Section 15(1) of the Act
B. Upon the heirs of deceased female Hindu's father
C. Upon the heirs of deceased female Hindu's husband
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following Sections of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 provides conditions of marriage?
A. Section 2
B. Section 3
C. Section 5
D. Section 4
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Prior to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 coming into force, who amongst the following was not Class I heir or male Hindu dying intestate:
A. Mother
B. Widow
C. Daughter
D. None of the above
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Punishment for violation of condition as to age as provided under Section 5(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956, has been provided under which of the following section of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956?
A. Section 18(b)
B. Section 17
C. Section 18(a)
D. None of the above
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Under section 25 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, the amount of maintenance once fixed
A. Cannot be altered
B. Can be altered even if there is no change in the circumstances
C. Can be altered subsequently only if there is a material change in the circumstances
D. The court has the discretion to alter the same irrespective of the attending circumstances
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In which of the following cases, the marriage can be annulled
A. If there is a mistake as to nature of ceremony in the mind of one of the parties to the marriage
B. If there is a fraud played as the ceremony of marriage
C. If there is a mistaken identity of a party to the marriage
D. All the above
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Read both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer by using the given below:
Assertion (A): No person except the father or mother or guardian of a Hindu child has the capacity to give such child in adoption.
Reason (R): No re-adoption may take place under the Hindu Adoptions and maintenance Act, 1956.
A. (A) is correct but (R) is false
B. (A) is false but (R) is correct
C. Both (A) and (R) are correct
D. Both (A) and (R) are false
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A coparcenary comprises:
A. Father - ancestor and his three male lineal ascendants within five degrees
B. Father - ancestor and his three male lineal ascendants within four degrees
C. Father - ancestor and his four male lineal ascendants within four degrees
D. Father - ancestor and his three male lineal descendants not removed from him by more than three degrees
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Section 5(ii) of Hindu Marriage Act provides for
A. Age of the parties to the marriage
B. Mental capacity of the parties to the marriage
C. Spinda relationship
D. Prohibited relationship
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Epilepsy is a ground for
A. Getting the marriage annulled as voidable
B. Judicial separation
C. Divorce
D. All the above
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In "Bipin Chandra v. Prabhavati", AIR 1957 SC 176, the Supreme Court explained-
A. The concept of cruelty.
B. The institution of marriage.
C. The concept of desertion.
D. The concept of adultery, as applicable under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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Under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 in arriving at the quantum of interim maintenance the court must have regard to
A. Petitioner's own income and the income of the respondent
B. Petitioner's own income
C. Income of the respondent
D. Either (B) or (C)
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Restitution of conjugal rights is a remedy having its generis under
A. Jewish Law
B. English Law
C. Indian Law
D. All the above
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Desertion is a
A. Total repudiation of obligation of marriage
B. Partial repudiation of the obligation of marriage
C. Suspension of obligation of marriage
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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Given incorrect response
Who is Class I heir
A. Daughter
B. Son
C. Daughter of predeceased son
D. None of the above
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X died leaving behind three sons A, B and C. B had earlier converted to Islam, then B1 son was born to B. Can B1 inherit property of X?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Cannot Say
D. Both (A) and (B) depending upon ircumstances
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