Under the Hindu Maintenance and Adoption Act, 1956, which of the both following circumstances can a dependent enforce his right to maintenance against a transferee of an estate out of which he has a right to receive maintenance:

Under section 10 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the grounds for judicial separation are

Assertion (A): A bigamous marriage is void Under Hindu Law
Reason (R): A Child born out of valid marriage is legitimate child of his parents:

Under the Codified Hindu Law, the institution of marriage is:

The relief of restitution of conjugal rights is not available under the . . . . . . . .

A decree of judicial separation is a

The matrimonial guilt of desertion under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
1. commences when the fact of separation and the animus deserendi co-exist.
2. is a valid ground for divorce if the period of desertion is one year.
3. requires withdrawal from state of things as well as from place of residence.
4. is not complete but inchoate, until a suit is instituted.
Choose the correct option from below:

A decree of nullity of marriage in case of voidable marriages, annuls the marriage

Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applies to

In which of the following decisions, the constitutional validity of section-9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, was upheld by the Supreme Court?

Give Correct Response
In Gautam Kundu vs. State of West Bengal, the Supreme Court laid down the principles in regard to:

Rule 3 of section 10 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 incorporates

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 Hindu wife is not entitled to separate residence and maintenance from her husband if she is

A respondent can be ordered to take up residence with the spouse

Give the correct Response

A married Hindu female/woman

Which of the following is not adultery

Bigamous marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is

In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that “the demand of dowry, which is prohibited under law amounts to cruelty and also a ground for dissolution of marriage”?

Section 22 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in its operation

Which one of the following sections of the Hindu Marriage Act provides Restitution of Conjugal rights?

Give Incorrect Response

A Coparcenary :

A compromise or agreement between the husband and the wife before the commencement of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

A petition for divorce can not be presented in any court before the expiry of the period of

An order under section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be

Dayabhaga school does not recognise

Give correct Response.
Two persons are said to be within the degree of prohibited relationship:

A Hindu male or female, under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act can have

In regard to a Hindu marriage, ‘Sapinda relationship’ of any person is counted upto

Maintenance application under Section 18(2) of HAMA is filed in:

Section 7 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, provides for

Desertion means

Doctrine of blending cannot be involved in regard to

If parties to a Hindu Marriage are ‘Sapinda’ to each other, the marriage is

General rule of succession to a female Hindu, under section 15(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is

Provisions of Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 corresponds to

According to the Hindu Marriage Act, a marriage is

Section 10 of Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act prohibits adoption of

The pecuniary jurisdiction of Family Court is

F executed a will and bequeathed 1/3rd share of his property to his unmarried daughter ‘D’ for a limited right. After the death of ‘F’ in 1976, ‘D’ executed a Will of this property in favour of her nephew ‘X’ in 1987. Is the ‘D’ became absolute owner?

Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, was upheld as not violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India in:

Which of the following statements is incorrect in reference to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?

Who among the following is not a class-I heir?

Section 14 Hindu Succession Act applies to property of a

While examining the amplitude of cruelty for the purposes of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in which of the following cases, laid down broad parameters which may be relevant in dealing with the case of mental cruelty:

The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act bars the giving in adoption

Brother and sister in class II of the Schedule excludes the

Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 divorce by mutual consent has been provided under

Maintenance under section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is

Geeta Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India, case is related to the matter of

Supreme Court in Chandrashekhra v. Kulandaivelu has laid down that the validity of an adoption is to be determined

The statement, “while there is no rose which has not thorn but if what you hold is all thorn and no rose, better throw it away”, relates to:

A female Hindu who is major and is of sound mind is legally capable to take in adoption, a son or a daughter, if

The ‘Dayabhaga’ school of Hindu Law fundamentally differ from ‘Mitakshra’ school of law in the matter of

Under the Hindu law

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:

Under which Section of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the provision relating to registration of marriage is given?

A wife is entitled to a share on partition taking place between her husband and

Each son acquires at his birth an equal interest with his father in all ancestral property held by the father under

Expression have been living separately under section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 refers to

A Dayabhaga coparcener, on the death of his ancestor takes a

Match the cases mentioned in List I with legal issues mentioned in List II and select the correct answer using the given below:

List I
List II

a. Tulasamma v. Sesha Reddy
1. Right of a daughter to reopen the partition is valid

b. John Vallamatom v. UOI
2. A Hindu having a daughter under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956

c. R. Kantha v. UOI
3. Limited estate of a woman becomes absolute estate

d. Sandhya v. Union of India
4. Section 118 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 is unconstitutional

A married male can adopt:
(1) Only with his wife’s consent
(2) Only with his wife’s consent, when she is living with him
(3) If he has more than one wife, consent of all the wives is necessary
(4) If marriage is void, the wife’s consent is not necessary
(5) In the case of voidable marriage, the Wife’s consent is necessary

In states where compulsory registration of marriage is required non-registration of marriage will

Adultery is a ground for

Which one of the following is not a ground for divorce provided by the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955?

Chandra v. Suresh, AIR 1971 Delhi 208 deals with

Where a widower or a bachelor adopts a child and subsequently moves, the wife to whom he subsequently marries shall be

Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, adoption is a

A married B but the marriage was void for being within the prohibited degrees of relationship. After sometime A married C while B was still living with him. A’s marriage to C is:

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

Where a joint family consists of brothers, and a partition takes place between them

A female Hindu inherited property from her husband. She died intestate. The said property shall, in the absence of any children or grand children of the deceased, devolve upon:

If a Hindu husband converts himself as Mohammedan, on conversion

Mother is:

Which Law Commission Report has proposed to amend Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in case a female dies intestate leaving her self acquired property with no heirs?

Under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 a female Hindu has the capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption if-

The Supreme Court in Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India laid down that on conversion of a Hindu husband to Islam

A Hindu ceases to be a Hindu by

A coparcenery consisting exclusively of females, is possible under the

Section 15 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 groups the heirs of a female Hindu dying intestate into

The standard of proof required for adultery is

Give correct response. Property obtained on partition by a coparcener is:

The constitutional validity of Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was tested in:

What is the consequence when the age of a Hindu girl at her time of marriage under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is less than 18 years:

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the given below the lists:

List I
List II

a. Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India
1. Adoption

b. Kartar Singh through Bachan Singh v. Surjan Singh
2. Guardianship

c. Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli
3. Cruelty explained

d. A. Jaychandra v. Aneel Kaur
4. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage recommended

The principles in the case of Jijabai Vithalrao Gajre v. Pathan Khan (AIR 1971 SC 315) are related with:

A decree of judicial separation passed by a competent Court between the parties to a marriage

Community of ownership in a Mitakshara coparcenery in terms of individual ownership, can be expressed as

Widowed daughter-in-law shall be entitled, under Section 19 of the Act, to obtain maintenance from-

Which one of following statement is not correct? Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 applies to

A definite and uniform scheme of succession to the property of a female Hindu dying intestate after the commencement of the Act has been propounded under

Periodical payments of alimony, under an order of the court inmatrimonial proceedings can be

Section 19 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 provides for the Maintenance of:

The convert’s descendents under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 will be

Who is eligible to adopt a son?

Under the Dayabhaga law, who amongst the following does not have a right to partition

Undivided share in joint family can be disposed by will as per section . . . . . . . . of Hindu Succession Act