8 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: Family Law
This subject carries 8 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the heaviest on the syllabus. Section 45 has 32 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- BNSS, Chapter X
- DMMA 1939
- Guardians and Wards Act
- HAMA, Chapter II
- HMA, Chapter I
- HMA, Chapter II
- HMA, Chapter III
- HMA, Chapter IV
- HMA, Chapter V
- HMGA
- HSA, Chapter II
- HSA, Schedule
Provisions that recur
- § 5(iii) HMA
- § 3(f) HMA
- § 11 HMA
- § 12 HMA
- § 13(1)(ib) HMA
- § 13B HMA
- § 9 HMA
- § 24 HMA
- § 6 HSA
- § 8 HSA
- § 8, Schedule, HSA
- § 14 HSA
- § 11 HAMA
- § 6 HMGA
- Muslim Personal Law
- § 2 DMMA 1939
- MWPRM Act 2019
- § 3 MWPRD Act 1986
- Indian Divorce Act 1869
- § 6, § 7 SMA
- § 17 GWA 1890
- § 18–22 PWDVA
- § 17 PWDVA
- § 2(f) PWDVA
Sample questions
Three of the 32, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the minimum age for the bridegroom and bride respectively is:
- 21 and 21 years
- 21 and 18 years
- 18 and 21 years
- 18 and 18 years
Answer & explanation
21 and 18 years
Section 5(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act. Contravention does not by itself render the marriage void or voidable, but attracts punishment under Section 18 and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
Sapinda relationship as a bar to marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act extends to how many generations through the father?
- Seven
- Five
- Three
- Four
Answer & explanation
Five
Section 3(f) provides that sapinda relationship extends to the third generation in the line of ascent through the mother and the fifth through the father, inclusive of the person concerned.
A marriage in contravention of the condition as to monogamy under Section 5(i) of the Hindu Marriage Act is:
- Voidable
- Void
- Irregular
- Valid
Answer & explanation
Void
Section 11 declares marriages contravening clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of Section 5 to be null and void. Section 12 lists the grounds on which a marriage is voidable.
Practise
Ten questions in Family Law free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise Family Law