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1. Under the Explanation to Section 27(1)(e), “mental disorder” includes:
a. Physical disability
b. Schizophrenia
c. Blindness
d. Temporary illness
2. Under the Explanation to Section 27(1)(e)(b), psychopathic disorder means:
a. Temporary mental stress
b. Persistent disorder resulting in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct
c. Physical incapacity
d. Ordinary depression
3. Under Section 27(1)(f), divorce may be sought where respondent suffers from:
a. Tuberculosis
b. Venereal disease in communicable form
c. Physical deformity
d. Paralysis
4. Under Section 27(1)(g), divorce may be sought where respondent suffers from:
a. Schizophrenia
b. Venereal disease
c. Leprosy not contracted from petitioner
d. Temporary illness
5. Under Section 27(1)(h), divorce may be sought where respondent has not been heard of as alive for:
a. Two years
b. Three years
c. Five years
d. Seven years or more
6. Under the Explanation to Section 27(1), desertion includes:
a. Mutual separation
b. Willful neglect of petitioner
c. Temporary absence
d. Judicial separation
7. Under the Explanation to Section 27(1), desertion means withdrawal:
a. With consent of petitioner
b. Without reasonable cause and without consent or against wish of petitioner
c. By decree of court
d. Pursuant to agreement
8. Under Section 27(1)(e), mental disorder may be:
a. Continuous only
b. Intermittent only
c. Continuous or intermittent
d. Temporary only
9. Under Section 27(1)(e), the mental disorder must be of such kind and extent that:
a. Respondent cannot work
b. Petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with respondent
c. Marriage becomes automatically void
d. Registration stands cancelled
10. Section 27(1A) provides additional grounds of divorce available to:
a. Husband
b. Either spouse
c. Wife
d. Marriage Officer
11. Under Section 27(1A)(i), divorce may be sought where husband has been guilty of:
a. Cruelty only
b. Desertion
c. Adultery only
d. Rape, sodomy or bestiality
12. Under Section 27(1A)(i), the acts of rape, sodomy or bestiality must have occurred:
a. Before marriage
b. Since solemnization of marriage
c. Before engagement
d. After judicial separation only
13. Under Section 27(1A)(ii), maintenance decree or order may be passed under:
a. Section 18 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
b. Section 125 CrPC, 1973
c. Corresponding Section 488 CrPC, 1898
d. All of the above
14. Under Section 27(1A)(ii), maintenance must have been awarded:
a. Only if wife was residing with husband
b. Notwithstanding that wife was living apart
c. Only after judicial separation
d. Only after divorce proceedings
15. Under Section 27(1A)(ii), divorce may be sought if cohabitation has not been resumed for:
a. Six months
b. One year or upwards
c. Two years
d. Seven years
16. The period under Section 27(1A)(ii) is calculated from:
a. Date of marriage
b. Date of filing petition
c. Passing of decree or order awarding maintenance
d. Date of separation
17. Section 27(2) applies to marriages solemnized:
a. After commencement of Amendment Act, 1970 only
b. Before commencement of Amendment Act, 1970 only
c. Before or after commencement of Amendment Act, 1970
d. Outside India only
18. Under Section 27(2), petition for divorce may be presented by:
a. Wife only
b. Husband only
c. Marriage Officer
d. Either party to the marriage
19. Under Section 27(2)(i), divorce may be sought where there has been no resumption of:
a. Maintenance
b. Cohabitation
c. Custody
d. Succession
20. Under Section 27(2)(i), no resumption of cohabitation must continue for:
a. Six months
b. One year or upwards
c. Two years
d. Three years
21. Under Section 27(2)(i), decree for judicial separation must have been passed in:
a. Any proceeding
b. Criminal proceeding
c. Proceeding to which parties were parties
d. Arbitration proceeding
22. Under Section 27(2)(ii), divorce may be sought where there has been no:
a. Registration of marriage
b. Restitution of conjugal rights
c. Maintenance order
d. Judicial custody
23. Under Section 27(2)(ii), the period of non-restitution required is:
a. Thirty days
b. Six months
c. One year or upwards
d. Five years
24. Under Section 27(2)(ii), decree for restitution of conjugal rights must have been passed in:
a. Proceeding to which parties were parties
b. Revenue proceeding
c. Criminal proceeding only
d. Executive proceeding
25. Section 27A of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Divorce by mutual consent
b. Judicial separation
c. Alternative relief in divorce proceedings
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
26. Section 27A applies in proceedings on a petition for:
a. Restitution of conjugal rights
b. Registration of marriage
c. Judicial separation only
d. Dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce
27. Under Section 27A, the court may pass instead:
a. Decree of nullity
b. Decree for judicial separation
c. Maintenance order
d. Registration order
28. Under Section 27A, the court may grant alternative relief if:
a. Parties consent
b. State Government approves
c. It considers it just having regard to circumstances of the case
d. Marriage Officer recommends it
29. Section 27A does not apply where petition is founded on the ground mentioned in:
a. Section 27(1)(a)
b. Section 27(1)(d)
c. Section 27(1)(e)
d. Section 27(1)(h)
30. The excluded ground under Section 27A relates to:
a. Cruelty
b. Desertion
c. Respondent not heard of as alive for seven years or more
d. Venereal disease
31. Under Section 27A, the alternative decree that may be passed is:
a. Divorce
b. Annulment
c. Judicial separation
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
32. Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Judicial separation
b. Divorce by mutual consent
c. Voidable marriages
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
33. Under Section 28(1), petition for divorce may be presented by:
a. Either spouse individually
b. Marriage Officer
c. Both parties together
d. District Judge
34. Under Section 28(1), the petition is presented to:
a. Marriage Officer
b. High Court
c. Family council
d. District court
35. Under Section 28(1), parties must have been living separately for:
a. Six months
b. One year or more
c. Two years
d. Seven years
36. Under Section 28(1), one ground for mutual consent divorce is that:
a. Marriage was not consummated
b. Parties have not been able to live together
c. One spouse is imprisoned
d. Marriage is void
37. Under Section 28(1), parties must have:
a. Mutually agreed that marriage should be dissolved
b. Obtained consent of relatives
c. Secured permission of State Government
d. Lived apart for seven years
38. Under Section 28(2), motion may be made not earlier than:
a. Thirty days after petition
b. Three months after petition
c. Six months after petition
d. One year after petition
39. Under Section 28(2), motion must be made not later than:
a. Twelve months after petition
b. Eighteen months after petition
c. Twenty-four months after petition
d. Thirty months after petition
40. Under Section 28(2), decree shall not be passed if:
a. Marriage was consummated
b. Parties belong to same religion
c. Petition has been withdrawn
d. Parties are residing together
41. Before granting decree under Section 28(2), the district court shall:
a. Hear the parties and make inquiry as it thinks fit
b. Refer matter to Marriage Officer
c. Obtain approval of State Government
d. Publish notice in Official Gazette
42. Under Section 28(2), the district court must be satisfied that:
a. Marriage has been solemnized under this Act
b. Averments in petition are true
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Parties belong to same community
43. Under Section 28(2), decree passed by district court declares:
a. Marriage void
b. Marriage annulled
c. Marriage registered
d. Marriage dissolved
44. Under Section 28(2), dissolution takes effect from:
a. Date of petition
b. Date of separation
c. Date of decree
d. Date of registration
45. Section 29 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Divorce by mutual consent
b. Restriction on petitions for divorce during first one year after marriage
c. Judicial separation
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
46. Under Section 29(1), no petition for divorce shall be presented unless:
a. Six months have passed
b. One year has passed since entry of certificate in Marriage Certificate Book
c. Two years have passed from solemnization
d. Marriage has been consummated
47. Under Section 29(1), the one-year period is calculated from:
a. Date of solemnization
b. Date of petition
c. Date of entry of certificate in Marriage Certificate Book
d. Date of cohabitation
48. Under the proviso to Section 29(1), district court may allow petition before one year on ground of:
a. Ordinary hardship
b. Financial difficulty
c. Exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity
d. Mutual consent only
49. Exceptional hardship under the proviso to Section 29(1) must be suffered by:
a. Marriage Officer
b. Petitioner
c. Witnesses
d. State Government
50. Under the proviso to Section 29(1), exceptional depravity must be on the part of:
a. Petitioner
b. Witnesses
c. Respondent
d. Marriage Officer
51. Under the proviso to Section 29(1), if leave was obtained by misrepresentation or concealment:
a. Petition automatically succeeds
b. District court loses jurisdiction
c. Marriage becomes void
d. District court may postpone decree or dismiss petition
52. Under the proviso to Section 29(1), the district court may direct that decree shall not take effect until:
a. Six months after decree
b. Expiry of one year from date of marriage
c. Two years after petition
d. Appeal period expires
53. Dismissal of petition under the proviso to Section 29(1) is:
a. Final bar to future petition
b. Without prejudice to petition after expiration of one year
c. Equivalent to decree of divorce
d. Subject to approval of State Government
54. Fresh petition after dismissal under proviso to Section 29(1) may be brought on:
a. Entirely new facts only
b. Same or substantially same facts
c. Criminal grounds only
d. Grounds approved by district court
55. Under Section 29(2), district court shall consider interests of:
a. State Government
b. Marriage Officer
c. Children of marriage
d. Witnesses
56. Under Section 29(2), district court shall consider whether there is reasonable probability of:
a. Adoption
b. Reconciliation between parties
c. Registration of marriage
d. Criminal prosecution
57. Section 29(2) applies to applications for leave to present petition before:
a. Expiration of one year from marriage
b. Completion of judicial separation
c. Grant of maintenance
d. Registration of marriage
58. Section 30 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Divorce by mutual consent
b. Judicial separation
c. Remarriage of divorced persons
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
59. Under Section 30, remarriage is permitted where marriage has been dissolved by:
a. Decree of nullity
b. Decree of judicial separation
c. Mutual agreement only
d. Decree of divorce
60. Under Section 30, remarriage is permitted where:
a. There is no right of appeal against the decree
b. Time for appeal has expired without appeal
c. Appeal presented has been dismissed
d. All of the above
61. Under Section 30, if there is a right of appeal, remarriage is permitted when:
a. Appeal is filed
b. Time for appealing has expired without appeal
c. Notice of appeal is issued
d. Appeal is pending
62. Under Section 30, remarriage is permitted if appeal presented has been:
a. Admitted
b. Stayed
c. Dismissed
d. Reserved for judgment
63. Under Section 30, who may marry again?
a. Husband only
b. Wife only
c. Marriage Officer
d. Either party to the marriage
64. Under Section 30, remarriage is connected with:
a. Registration of marriage
b. Dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce
c. Judicial separation
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
65. Section 31 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Appeals from decrees
b. Court to which petition should be made
c. Divorce by mutual consent
d. Judicial separation
66. Section 31(1) applies to petitions under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
67. Under Section 31(1), petition shall be presented to:
a. Marriage Officer
b. High Court
c. Supreme Court
d. District court
68. Under Section 31(1)(i), jurisdiction exists where:
a. Respondent works
b. Marriage was solemnized
c. Marriage was registered
d. Petition was drafted
69. Under Section 31(1)(ii), jurisdiction exists where:
a. Petitioner resides
b. Marriage Officer resides
c. Respondent resides at time of presentation
d. Parties married abroad
70. Under Section 31(1)(iii), jurisdiction exists where:
a. Parties last resided together
b. Marriage certificate was issued
c. Petition was verified
d. Parties first met
71. Section 31(1)(iiia) provides additional jurisdiction where:
a. Husband is petitioner
b. Wife is petitioner and residing on date of presentation
c. Parties reside together
d. Marriage was solemnized abroad
72. Under Section 31(1)(iv), petitioner’s residence confers jurisdiction where respondent:
a. Resides within same district
b. Resides outside territories to which Act extends
c. Is temporarily absent
d. Has filed written statement
73. Under Section 31(1)(iv), jurisdiction also exists where respondent has not been heard of as alive for:
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Five years
d. Seven years
74. Under Section 31(2), petition may be entertained by district court for:
a. Registration of marriage
b. Restitution of conjugal rights
c. Nullity of marriage or divorce
d. Maintenance only
75. Under Section 31(2), the petitioner must be:
a. Husband domiciled in India
b. Wife domiciled in territories to which Act extends
c. Marriage Officer
d. Any aggrieved person
76. Under Section 31(2), wife must have been ordinarily resident for:
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Three years immediately preceding petition
d. Five years
77. Under Section 31(2), additional condition is that husband:
a. Must consent to petition
b. Is not resident in the said territories
c. Must be imprisoned
d. Must be living separately
78. Section 31(2) operates:
a. In derogation of Section 31(1)
b. Subject to State Government approval
c. Without prejudice to jurisdiction under Section 31(1)
d. Only after appeal
79. Section 32 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Jurisdiction of district court
b. Contents and verification of petitions
c. Divorce by mutual consent
d. Appeals from decrees
80. Section 32(1) applies to petitions under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
81. Under Section 32(1), every petition shall state:
a. Opinion of witnesses
b. Facts on which claim to relief is founded
c. Only grounds of appeal
d. Contents of marriage certificate
82. Under Section 32(1), facts shall be stated:
a. Briefly without particulars
b. As distinctly as nature of case permits
c. Only through affidavits
d. In prescribed tabular form
83. Under Section 32(1), petition must also state:
a. That parties belong to same religion
b. That marriage was consummated
c. That there is no collusion between parties
d. That petition is filed within limitation
84. Under Section 32(2), statements in petition may be verified by:
a. Marriage Officer only
b. Petitioner or some other competent person
c. District Judge only
d. Witnesses only
85. Verification under Section 32(2) shall be made in manner required by law for verification of:
a. Written statements
b. Appeals
c. Plaints
d. Affidavits only
86. Under Section 32(2), verified statements may at the hearing be referred to as:
a. Pleadings only
b. Admissions
c. Documentary exhibits
d. Evidence
87. Under Section 32(1), the statement regarding collusion is between:
a. Petitioner and witnesses
b. Petitioner and Marriage Officer
c. Petitioner and other party to marriage
d. Petitioner and district court
88. Section 33 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Verification of petitions
b. Proceedings to be in camera and may not be printed or published
c. Jurisdiction of courts
d. Divorce by mutual consent
89. Under Section 33(1), every proceeding under this Act shall be conducted:
a. Publicly
b. Through written submissions only
c. In camera
d. Before jury
90. Under Section 33(1), it shall not be lawful to:
a. File petitions
b. Appeal against decree
c. Conduct proceedings in district court
d. Print or publish matter relating to proceedings
91. Under Section 33(1), exception is provided for printing or publication of:
a. Marriage certificates
b. Pleadings
c. Judgments of High Court or Supreme Court
d. Affidavits
92. Under Section 33(1), judgments may be printed or published only with:
a. Consent of parties
b. Previous permission of the Court
c. Approval of State Government
d. Leave of Marriage Officer
93. Which courts are specifically mentioned in the exception under Section 33(1)?
a. District Court and Family Court
b. Supreme Court and Sessions Court
c. High Court and Supreme Court
d. Civil Court and Revenue Court
94. Under Section 33(2), contravention of Section 33(1) is punishable with:
a. Imprisonment only
b. Fine only
c. Imprisonment and fine compulsorily
d. Community service
95. Under Section 33(2), fine may extend to:
a. Five hundred rupees
b. One thousand rupees
c. Five thousand rupees
d. Ten thousand rupees
96. Punishment under Section 33(2) applies where person:
a. Files false petition
b. Withdraws petition
c. Prints or publishes matter in contravention of Section 33(1)
d. Refuses cohabitation
97. Section 34 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Jurisdiction of courts
b. Duty of court in passing decrees
c. Appeals against decrees
d. Divorce by mutual consent
98. Section 34(1) applies to proceedings under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
99. Under Section 34(1)(a), the court must be satisfied that:
a. Any ground for granting relief exists
b. Parties belong to same religion
c. Marriage is registered
d. Petition is uncontested
100. Under Section 34(1)(b), in petitions under Section 27(1)(a), petitioner must not have:
a. Filed appeal
b. Delayed proceedings
c. Been accessory to, connived at or condoned the act
d. Sought maintenance
101. Under Section 34(1)(b), where cruelty is the ground, petitioner must not have:
a. Withdrawn petition
b. Condoned the cruelty
c. Filed criminal case
d. Resided separately
102. Under Section 34(1)(c), in mutual consent divorce, consent must not be obtained by:
a. Promise only
b. Force, fraud or undue influence
c. Family pressure only
d. Written agreement
103. Under Section 34(1)(d), petition must not be:
a. Verified
b. Presented or prosecuted in collusion with respondent
c. Filed within limitation
d. Presented jointly
104. Under Section 34(1)(e), the court must ensure there has not been:
a. Delay in registration
b. Improper solemnization
c. Unnecessary or improper delay in instituting proceedings
d. Delay in appeal only
105. Under Section 34(1)(f), relief shall not be granted if:
a. Marriage was consummated
b. There exists another legal ground against relief
c. Petition is verified
d. Parties are residing separately
106. Under Section 34(2), before granting relief, court shall endeavor to:
a. Punish respondent
b. Register marriage
c. Bring about reconciliation
d. Refer matter to High Court
107. Under the proviso to Section 34(2), reconciliation efforts are not required in proceedings under Section 27(1):
a. Clauses (a) and (b)
b. Clauses (c), (e), (f), (g) and (h)
c. Clauses (d) only
d. All clauses
108. Under Section 34(3), proceedings may be adjourned for reconciliation for maximum:
a. Seven days
b. Ten days
c. Fifteen days
d. Thirty days
109. Under Section 34(3), matter may be referred to:
a. Person named by parties or nominated by court
b. Marriage Officer only
c. State Government only
d. Police authority only
110. Under Section 34(3), the report shall relate to:
a. Registration of marriage
b. Property disputes
c. Whether reconciliation can be and has been effected
d. Criminal liability
111. Under Section 34(4), where marriage is dissolved by decree of divorce:
a. Certified copy is issued on payment of fee
b. Court shall give copy free of cost to each party
c. Only petitioner receives copy
d. Copy is issued by Marriage Officer
112. Section 35 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Duty of court in passing decrees
b. Relief for respondent in divorce and other proceedings
c. Jurisdiction of district court
d. Appeals against decrees
113. Section 35 applies to proceedings for:
a. Divorce, judicial separation or restitution of conjugal rights
b. Registration of marriage only
c. Succession disputes only
d. Criminal prosecution only
114. Under Section 35, respondent may oppose relief on the ground of petitioner’s:
a. Financial incapacity only
b. Adultery, cruelty or desertion
c. Unsoundness of mind only
d. Minority
115. Under Section 35, respondent may also:
a. Seek transfer of proceedings
b. Appeal to High Court directly
c. Make counter-claim for relief under the Act
d. Demand registration of marriage
116. Under Section 35, counter-claim may be based on petitioner’s:
a. Adultery, cruelty or desertion
b. Imprisonment only
c. Unsoundness of mind only
d. Leprosy only
117. Under Section 35, the court may grant relief to respondent if petitioner’s misconduct is:
a. Alleged only
b. Published in newspaper
c. Admitted by witnesses
d. Proved
118. Under Section 35, respondent may obtain:
a. Any relief under this Act to which he or she would have been entitled
b. Criminal compensation only
c. Relief under Indian Penal Code only
d. Automatic decree of divorce
119. Under Section 35, respondent becomes entitled to relief as if:
a. Marriage Officer recommended it
b. Separate appeal had been filed
c. Respondent had presented a petition seeking such relief
d. Parties mutually agreed
120. Under Section 35, respondent may seek relief through:
a. Revision petition only
b. Counter-claim
c. Criminal complaint only
d. Administrative application
121. Section 36 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Permanent alimony
b. Alimony pendente lite
c. Judicial separation
d. Restitution of conjugal rights
122. Section 36 applies to proceedings under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
123. Under Section 36, relief may be granted where wife has:
a. Independent income sufficient for support
b. No independent income sufficient for support and expenses
c. Temporary employment only
d. Property in joint family
124. Under Section 36, application may be made by:
a. Husband
b. Marriage Officer
c. Wife
d. Any relative
125. Under Section 36, district court may order husband to pay:
a. Litigation expenses only
b. Weekly or monthly sum only
c. Expenses of proceeding and weekly or monthly sum
d. Compensation only
126. Under Section 36, periodic payment may be:
a. Daily
b. Weekly or monthly
c. Quarterly only
d. Annually
127. While fixing amount under Section 36, court shall have regard to:
a. Wife’s relatives
b. Value of marriage gifts
c. Husband’s income
d. Number of witnesses
128. Under Section 36, the amount ordered must appear to the court to be:
a. Punitive
b. Nominal
c. Reasonable
d. Temporary only
129. Under Section 36, periodic payment continues:
a. For lifetime
b. During the proceeding
c. Till remarriage only
d. For one year
130. Under the proviso to Section 36, applications should as far as possible be disposed of within:
a. Thirty days
b. Forty-five days
c. Sixty days
d. Ninety days
131. The sixty-day period under the proviso to Section 36 is calculated from:
a. Date of filing petition
b. Date of marriage
c. Date of hearing
d. Date of service of notice on husband
132. The proviso to Section 36 applies to applications for:
a. Registration of marriage
b. Payment of expenses and weekly or monthly sum
c. Judicial separation only
d. Criminal prosecution
133. Section 37 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Alimony pendente lite
b. Permanent alimony and maintenance
c. Restitution of conjugal rights
d. Judicial separation
134. Under Section 37(1), powers may be exercised by:
a. Marriage Officer
b. Any court exercising jurisdiction under Chapter V or Chapter VI
c. State Government
d. High Court only
135. Under Section 37(1), order may be passed:
a. Only before decree
b. Only after decree
c. At the time of decree or any time subsequent thereto
d. Only during appeal
136. Under Section 37(1), court acts on:
a. Suo motu only
b. Application made for the purpose
c. Recommendation of Marriage Officer
d. Police report
137. Under Section 37(1), the husband may be ordered to secure:
a. Costs of litigation only
b. Wife’s inheritance
c. Maintenance and support of wife
d. Custody expenses only
138. Under Section 37(1), maintenance may if necessary be secured by:
a. Government guarantee
b. Charge on husband’s property
c. Bank deposit only
d. Security bond by relatives
139. Under Section 37(1), court may order:
a. Gross sum
b. Monthly or periodical payment
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Criminal compensation only
140. Under Section 37(1), periodical payment may be ordered for:
a. Lifetime of husband
b. Unlimited duration
c. Term not exceeding wife’s life
d. Ten years only
141. Under Section 37(1), court shall consider:
a. Wife’s property
b. Husband’s property and ability
c. Conduct of parties and circumstances of case
d. All of the above
142. Under Section 37(2), district court may act where there is:
a. Change in circumstances of either party
b. Change in religion
c. Transfer of property only
d. Change of domicile only
143. Under Section 37(2), district court may:
a. Review criminal conviction
b. Vary, modify or rescind the order
c. Register fresh marriage
d. Dissolve marriage automatically
144. Under Section 37(2), application may be made by:
a. Wife only
b. Husband only
c. Marriage Officer
d. Either party
145. Under Section 37(3), district court may act if wife:
a. Has remarried
b. Is not leading a chaste life
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Has changed religion
146. Under Section 37(3), the court may act at the instance of:
a. Wife
b. Marriage Officer
c. State Government
d. Husband
147. Under Section 37(3), the court may:
a. Vary, modify or rescind the order
b. Register marriage afresh
c. Pass decree of nullity automatically
d. Punish wife criminally
148. Section 38 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Permanent alimony
b. Custody of children
c. Divorce by mutual consent
d. Judicial separation
149. Section 38 applies to proceedings under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
150. Under Section 38, district court may pass:
a. Criminal orders
b. Interim orders regarding minor children
c. Revenue orders
d. Succession certificates
151. Under Section 38, orders may relate to:
a. Adoption only
b. Guardianship only
c. Custody, maintenance and education of minor children
d. Property disputes only
152. Under Section 38, orders must appear to the court to be:
a. Punitive
b. Just and proper
c. Temporary only
d. Mandatory under all circumstances
153. Under Section 38, the wishes to be considered wherever possible are those of:
a. Husband
b. Wife
c. Marriage Officer
d. Minor children
154. Under Section 38, after decree the district court may:
a. Lose jurisdiction permanently
b. Make, revoke, suspend or vary orders
c. Only modify decree once
d. Refer matter to Marriage Officer
155. Post-decree powers under Section 38 may be exercised:
a. Suo motu only
b. Upon application by petition
c. Only on appeal
d. Only by High Court
156. Under Section 38, post-decree orders may concern:
a. Custody, maintenance and education of children
b. Criminal liability
c. Registration of marriage
d. Succession certificate
157. Under Section 38, orders after decree may be passed as if:
a. Appeal were pending
b. Marriage was void
c. Proceedings for obtaining decree were still pending
d. Parties had remarried
158. Under the proviso to Section 38, applications regarding maintenance and education of minor children should as far as possible be disposed of within:
a. Thirty days
b. Forty-five days
c. Sixty days
d. Ninety days
159. The sixty-day period under the proviso to Section 38 is calculated from:
a. Date of decree
b. Date of filing petition
c. Date of marriage
d. Date of service of notice on respondent
160. The proviso to Section 38 applies during proceedings under:
a. Chapter I only
b. Chapter III only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
161. Section 39 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 deals with:
a. Jurisdiction of district court
b. Appeals from decrees and orders
c. Custody of children
d. Permanent alimony
162. Under Section 39(1), appealable decrees are those made in proceedings under:
a. Chapter III only
b. Chapter IV only
c. Chapter V or Chapter VI
d. Chapter VII only
163. Under Section 39(1), decrees are appealable as decrees made in exercise of:
a. Criminal jurisdiction
b. Revenue jurisdiction
c. Original civil jurisdiction
d. Appellate jurisdiction
164. Under Section 39(1), appeal lies to:
a. Marriage Officer
b. Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from original civil jurisdiction
c. State Government
d. Supreme Court directly
165. Under Section 39(2), appealable orders include orders under:
a. Section 37 or Section 38
b. Section 5 only
c. Section 11 only
d. Section 19 only
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