Questions on Maintenance under Muslim Law

a. Wife

b. Young Children

c. Necessitous relations

d. All the above

Ans. d

2. The wife’s right to be maintained by Muslim husband is

a. absolute

b. contingent

c. partial

d. no maintenance is allowed

Ans. a

3. Muslim husband is not bound to maintain the wife of

a. valid marriage

b. void marriage

c. irregular marriage due to want of witness

d. all the above

Ans. b

4. The husband’s obligation to maintain his wife exists only so long as

a. he has the capacity to maintain

b. wife discharges her matrimonial obligation

c. both a and b

d. none of the above

Ans. b

5. If the consummation is not possible due to wife’s own ill health or old age or faulty organ then can she claim maintenance?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Partially

d. only if she has disclosed this fact before marriage

Ans. a

6. Can under Muslim law arrears of maintenance be claimed?

a. Yes any person can claim it

b. No it is not allowed

c. Yes but only wife can claim it

d. Yes if relatives of wife ask for it

Ans. c

7. A Muslim wife, who lives separately due to her husband’s second marriage, is entitled  to claim maintenance allowance under

a. Muslim Personal law

b. Shari-at Act

c. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

d. All the above

Ans. c

8. A divorced wife can claim maintenance from the former husband

a. when she is observing iddat

b. after iddat period is over

c. both a and b

d. none of the above

Ans. a

9. The order of maintenance in favour of a divorced wife shall be cancelled if

a. divorced woman has remarried

b. such woman has received the whole sum due to her on divorce under any customary or personal law

c. the woman after obtaining a divorce from her husband has voluntarily surrendered the right to maintenance

d. all the above

Ans. d

10. In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court upheld the validity of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act,1986?

a. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum

b. A. Yousuf v. Sowramma

c. Danial Latifi and others v. Union Of India

d. Begum Subanu alias Saira Banu v. A.M Abdool Gafoor

Ans. c