Which of the following theories is the outcome of a fundamental shift in the policy discernible from the judicial recognition of the view that the purpose of divorce law was not to punish the guilty but to protect the innocent spouse:
A. Fault theory
B. Consent theory
C. Breakdown theory
D. Both (B) and (C)
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Where the wife files a petition for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on whom lies the burden of proving "reasonable excuse for withdrawal from the society"?
A. Petitioner wife
B. Respondent husband
C. Family members of the wife
D. Family members of the husband
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Which one of the following is not a ground for divorce?
A. Desertion
B. Mental Cruelty
C. Adultery
D. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage
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In a proceedings for divorce, under section 13A of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the court has the power to grant the relief of
A. Judicial separation
B. Restitution of conjugal rights
C. Any other order which the court deems fit & proper to preserve the institution of marriage
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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Match
List-I and
List-II and select the correct answer using the given below the lists-
List I List II
a. Marriage between parties within degrees of prohibited relationship
1. Viodable
b. Impotency
2. Void
c. Marriage between two sapindas of each other
3. Voidable
d. Pregnancy of wife at the time of marriage by some person other than the petitioner
4. Void
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
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Maintenance pending suit or an order for periodical payments is a
A. Personal allowance to be paid by one spouse to the other
B. Property of the spouse
C. Debt due from the spouse
D. All the above
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Who amongst the following is not placed in entry (a) of section 15(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956
A. Sons and daughters
B. Children of a pre-deceased son
C. Children of a pre-deceased daughter
D. Neither (A) nor (B) nor (C)
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Who among the following under Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, will be the natural guardian of minor wife's person?
A. Husband
B. Her father
C. Her mother
D. Her father-in-law
E. None of the above
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Divorced persons can marry again under the provision of Section 15 of the Act if the marriage has been dissolved by a decree of divorce in case-
A. The time period for preferring an appeal against the decree of divorce has expired without preferring the appeal
B. The appeal which was presented against the decree of divorce has been dismissed
C. The appeal preferred against the decree of divorce is pending
D. There is no right of appeal against the decree of divorce
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Which of the following prerequisite is not a ground for judicial separation of a Marriage:
A. Cruelty
B. Bigamy
C. Suffering from venereal disease
D. Demand for dowry
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Recently the Supreme court in Anil Kumar Jain v. Maya Jain has held that the requirement of six months waiting period in cases of divorce by mutual consent in Hindu law can be relaxed by:
A. High Court only
B. Supreme Court only
C. High Court and the Supreme Court
D. Any Court
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A man is prohibited to marry his daughter on the ground of
A. Affinity
B. Consanguinity
C. Fosterage
D. None of the above
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Which of the following Section of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 provides as to registration of marriage?
A. Section 13A
B. Section 8
C. Section 13B
D. None of the above
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A petition under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be presented before
A. District Court
B. High Court
C. Supreme Court
D. District Court and the High Court
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A' married 'B' on 15th December, 1978. B alleged that her husband A treated her with cruelty and she filed a petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty under Sec. 13(i)(I-a)of Hindu Marriage Act in the Court of District Judge on 31st March, 1979. Can B Succeed?
A. B will succeed as the act of A amounts cruelty
B. B will not succeed as the petition was filed within one year of the marriage
C. Cannot say
D. None
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A right under section 13(1)(ii) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be exercised by a party
A. Who continues to be a Hindu
B. Who ceases to be a Hindu
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Either (A) or (B)
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Conversion to another religion is a ground for
A. Judicial separation
B. Divorce
C. Both judicial separation and divorce
D. Only divorce & not judicial separation
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Who amongst the following cannot be given and taken in adoption
A. A person who is deaf and dumb
B. A person suffering from any defect, disease or deformity
C. A person of unsound mind
D. None of the above
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Under section 3 of Hindu Marriage Act, a rule can be a 'custom' or usage
A. If it is certain & not unreasonable
B. If it is not certain but reasonable
C. If it is neither certain nor reasonable
D. If it is either certain or reasonable
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Punishment for violation of Clause III of Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act has been provided in which of the following Sections?
A. Section 5
B. Section 8
C. Section 18(a)
D. Section 18(b)
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