FAMILY LAW PYQs

2MARKS

1.Who is a Hindu ?

2.What are the modern sources of Hindu law ?

3.What is conjugal rights ?

4.What is meant by Void Marriages ?

5.What is Stridhan ?

6.What is the Doctrine of Pious Obligation ?

7.Who can give adoption under the Adoption & Maintenance Act , 1986?

8.Who is a Natural Guardian ?

9.What are ‘Mitakshara’and ‘Dayabhaga’ school ?

10.Define the term ‘Dharmashastra’.

11.What is section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act ?

12.Define Sapinda Relationship ?

13.What is the doctrine of ‘Factum Valet’?

14.What is Alimony ?

15.What is ‘Ádoption’?

16.How is Ádultery’ defined in the Family Law ?

17.What are the different types of marriage recognized in India ?

18.What is the concept of ‘Dowry’ in Indian Family Law ?

19.What is meant by Half Blood & Full Blood ?

20.When the Hindu Succession Act was passed ?

21.Define the degrees of Prohibited Relationship .

22.Who appoints the judge of a Family Court ?

23.Define ‘Maintenance’.

24.What do you mean by ‘Saptapadi’?

25.Write any 3 powers of Natural Guardian .

26.Define Judicial Separation.

27.What is Testamentary Succession ?

28.What are ‘Srutis’?

6MARKS:-

1.Discuss ‘Custom’ as a source of Hindu personal law in brief.

2.State and enlight the grounds of ‘Voidable’ marriage under Hindu

Marriage Act , 1955.

3.Write a brief note on restitution of conjugal rights under Hindu personal

law in recent times with the help of decided cases.

4.Discuss the general rules of succession in case of the property of female

Hindu dying intestate according to the Hindu Succession Act , 1956.

5.Briefly discuss the provision regarding maintenance of wife under the

Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956.

6.Explain the source of Hindu Law in brief.

7.What is ‘Dowry’? Enlight the offences related to dowry and its remedy
provided in respective statutes.

8.What is ‘Partition’? What are its modes? Discuss.

9.Write a note on the ceremonies of Adoption.

10.What is ‘Guardianship’? Enlight the salient features of Hindu Adoption

& Maintenance Act,1956.
11.What do you think , ‘ ‘Hindu Marriage is sacrament or contract’’? Write a
note having historical aspects.

12.Discuss the power & functions of Family Courts.

13.Discuss the importance of ‘ ‘Custom as a source of Ancient Hindu Law’’.

14.How a children and aged parents be maintained under the Hindu

adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956.

15.What are the general rules for succession in case of female Hindus?

16.What are the grounds of Judicial Separation under the Hindu Marriage
Act , 1955?

17.Explain the conditions of a valid marriage as per the Hindu

Marriage Act , 1955.

10MARKS

1.Discuss the grounds of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

2.Explain the rules of succession under the Hindu Succession Act , 1956.

3.What are the conditions to be fulfilled for a valid adoption under the
Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act , 1956.

4.Discuss the powers of testamentary guardians under the Hindu Minority

and Guardianship Act , 1956.

5.Discuss the modern source of Hindu Law in detail.

6.What do you mean by Stridhan . Explain how it is different from Dowry .

7.Writte an essay on Hindu under Codified & Uncodified Law having

special reference on application of Hindu Law in general.

8.What is concept of ‘Restitution of Conjugal Rights’. What is the law

relating to the same in the relevant statute and prove that Indian Judiciary
has contributed a lot in order to maintain the Restitution in Conjugal
Rights?
9.Discuss the law relating to the succession to a Hindu Male .

10.Write a note on the maintenance of Wife in the Hindu Adoption and

Maintenance Act , 1956 including the landmark judicial decisions in this
regard.

11.Enlight the law relating to divorce under Special Marriage Act, 1955.

12.Write down the different types of guardians and their power and duties
in respect of a minor.

13. ‘’The nature of marriage whether a sacrament or a contract’’-----

Analyze this statement in details.

14.Discuss the law relating to Divorce by mutual consent, under Hindu

Marriage Act , 1955.

15.What are the grounds on which a petition of divorce can be filed under
the Hindu Marriage Act , 1955.