21
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
C
22
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)
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
C
23
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
C
24
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
D
25
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
B
26
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
D
27
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
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
C
28
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)
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
B
29
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)
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
A
30
Which of the followings will come under Nambudri law as per section 3 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
A)
1 and 2
B)
2 and 3
C)
1 and 3
D)
1 only
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option
C
