MCQ 21 February 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (21 February 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- Doctrine of valid retirement applies
  • (a) Where there is a prolonged and continuous cohabitation
  • (b) Where a man acknowledges the woman to be his wife
  • (c) Where a man acknowledges the issues as legitimate
  • (d) Where the husband and wife are alone together under circumstances which present no legal, moral or physical impediment to martial intercourse
Answer is D is correct. Doctrine of valid retirement applies where the husband and wife are alone together under circumstances which present no legal, moral or physical impediment to martial intercourse. A valid retirement in Sunnu law has same effect as that of actual consummation. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Allowance of kharch-e-pandan
  • (a) Is a personal allowance to the wife which has to be spent at the advice and instance of the husband
  • (b) Is a personal allowance to the wife which belongs absolutely to the wife and the husband has no control over it
  • (c) Is a mutual allowance to be spent by both on common needs and with the consent of both
  • (d) Either (a) or (c)
Answer is B is correct. Kharch-e-pandan is a personal allowance to the wife which belongs absolutely to the wife and the husband has no control over it. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question3:- In Islamic law ‘Faskh’ means
  • (a) Restitution of conjugal rights
  • (b) Judicial separation
  • (c) Dissolution or recession of the contract of marriage by judicial decree the instance of the husband
  • (d) Dissolution or recession of the contract of marriage by judicial decree the instance of the wife
Answer is D is correct. Faskh means Dissolution or recession of the contract of marriage by judicial decree the instance of the wife. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question4:- A Muslim husband is not entitled to a decree of restitution of conjugal rights
  • (a) If the marriage, though consummated was an irregular marriage during the period of iddat
  • (b) If the marriage took place during minority of the wife and has been validly repudiated
  • (c) If the husband has been made an outcaste by his community
  • (d) All the above
Answer is D is correct. A Muslim husband is not entitled to a decree of restitution of conjugal rights if the marriage, though consummated was an irregular marriage during the period of iddat, if the marriage took place during minority of the wife and has been validly repudiated and if the husband has been made an outcaste by his community. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question5:- On divorce, when the marriage has not been consummated
  • (a) Full dower is payable
  • (b) Half the dower is payable
  • (c) No dower is payable
  • (d) Payment of dower depends on the discretion of the husband
Answer is B is correct. If on divorce marriage is not consummated then only half of the dower is payable by the husband to his wife. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Reconciliation between Muslim spouses can take place
  • (a) When there have been one or two declaration in the approved form, but the period of iddat has not expired
  • (b) When there have been one or two declaration in the approved form, but the period of iddat has expired
  • (c) Where there have three declarations
  • (d) All of the above
Answer is A is correct. Reconciliation between Muslim spouses can take place when there have been one or two declaration in the approved form, but the period of iddat has not expired. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Husband suffering from leprosy is a ground for divorce for the wife under
  • (a) Section 2(ix) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
  • (b) Section 2(viii) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
  • (c) Section 2(vii) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
  • (d) Section 2(vi) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
Answer is D is correct. Section 2(vi) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 makes leprosy as a ground for divorce for a wife from her husband. On the other hand leprosy is not a ground for divorce for a Hindu wife. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.