CSS Muslim Law and Jurisprudence chapter 2: Family law MCQs with answers

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75 exam-style questions on Family law, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Family law questions with answers

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1. A married man wishes to contract a second marriage. Under Section 6 of the Ordinance he must first

  1. A
    obtain a decree of permission from a Court of Session
  2. B
    give his first wife a written deed of separation
  3. C
    inform the Chairman after the second wedding has taken place
  4. D
    obtain the written permission of the Arbitration Council
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Answer: D. The Council must be satisfied that the proposed marriage is necessary and just, after considering the existing wife's position.

2. A man dies leaving a surviving son and the child of another son who died during his lifetime. Under Section 4 of the Ordinance the grandchild

  1. A
    takes an equal share with the surviving son in all cases
  2. B
    takes only what the grandfather has left to the child by will
  3. C
    takes the share its deceased parent would have received if alive
  4. D
    takes nothing, since the surviving son is nearer in degree
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Answer: C. Section 4 gave the orphaned grandchildren a right of representation, so they take their parent's share per stirpes.

3. A husband dies a week after the nikah, before consummation. Under Hanafi law the specified dower is

  1. A
    payable only if it was deferred
  2. B
    not payable, because there was no consummation
  3. C
    payable in full
  4. D
    payable in half
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Answer: C. Death completes the contract and makes the whole of the specified dower due. Half dower is for divorce before consummation.

4. A husband divorces his wife after the nikah, before consummation or valid retirement. The specified dower was Rs 100,000. How much is she entitled to?

  1. A
    Rs 50,000
  2. B
    Nothing
  3. C
    Rs 25,000
  4. D
    Rs 100,000
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Answer: A. On divorce before consummation the wife is entitled to half of the specified dower, in accordance with the Quran.

5. After receiving a notice of talaq, the Chairman constitutes which body to attempt reconciliation?

  1. A
    An Arbitration Council
  2. B
    A Council of Elders appointed by the High Court
  3. C
    A Family Court
  4. D
    A Qazi bench
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Answer: A. The Chairman forms an Arbitration Council to try to reconcile the parties during the period before the talaq takes effect.

6. Under the Guardians and Wards Act 1890, a guardian appointed by the court who wishes to sell the immovable property of the minor needs

  1. A
    the approval of the Union Council
  2. B
    a notice in a newspaper for thirty days
  3. C
    the consent of the minor's relatives
  4. D
    the prior permission of the court
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Answer: D. The Act forbids a certificated guardian to sell or mortgage the minor's immovable property without the permission of the court.

7. A girl was married by her father at the age of fourteen and the marriage has not been consummated. Under the 1939 Act, she may

  1. A
    repudiate the marriage before she reaches eighteen
  2. B
    not repudiate it at all, because the father arranged it
  3. C
    repudiate it only after she reaches twenty-one
  4. D
    repudiate it only with her father's written consent
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Answer: A. The Act gives the option of puberty: a girl married before fifteen may repudiate before eighteen if the marriage has not been consummated.

8. A dower whose amount is fixed by agreement of the parties at or after the marriage is called

  1. A
    mahr-i-misl (proper dower)
  2. B
    mahr-i-musamma (specified dower)
  3. C
    mahr-i-mu'wajjal (deferred dower)
  4. D
    mahr-i-mu'ajjal (prompt dower)
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Answer: B. Specified dower is the amount named in the contract. Proper dower is fixed by the court when none is named.

9. Under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939, a wife may seek a decree if her husband's whereabouts have been unknown for

  1. A
    one year
  2. B
    two years
  3. C
    seven years
  4. D
    four years
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Answer: D. The 1939 Act lists a husband's absence of four years among the grounds. Two years is the period for failure to maintain.

10. Which of these women is within the prohibited degrees for a man because of fosterage?

  1. A
    His cousin, the daughter of his father's brother
  2. B
    The sister of his wife who has since died
  3. C
    His cousin, the daughter of his mother's sister
  4. D
    A girl nursed in infancy by his own mother
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Answer: D. Fosterage creates the same prohibitions as blood: the girl nursed by his mother is his foster-sister. Cousins are not within the prohibited degrees, nor is the sister of a deceased wife.

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How many Family law MCQs are there?

75, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 5 topics: Marriage (nikah), Dower (mahr), Dissolution of marriage, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 and family courts, Maintenance, legitimacy and guardianship of minors. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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