Maintenance of wives, children & parents MCQs with Answers

Section 144(5) of the BNSS

Section 146(2) of the BNSS

Section 146(3) of the BNSS

None of the given options is correct

Where he is, he or his wife resides, or he owns property, but not where his father or mother lives

Where he is, his wife resides, the marriage was registered, or he last lived with his wife

Where the applicant was born, he or his wife resides, or he last lived with the child's mother

Where he is, he or his wife resides, he last lived with his wife or illegitimate child’s mother, or his father or mother resides

Yes, ₹1,000 per month, unless the High Court allows more

Yes, ₹500 per month, as under the original 1973 Code

Yes, ₹2,000 per month for the wife and each child

No; it states no fixed numerical ceiling

Marriage alone automatically proves liability

Neglect or refusal suffices even without the statutory sufficient-means condition

A person with sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain the eligible dependant

Only ownership of agricultural land creates the duty

One year

Two years

Three years

Four years

No; the child may claim maintenance subject to the statutory requirements.

Yes; every child born after the parents’ divorce is excluded.

No; maintenance must be ordered even without neglect or refusal by a person having sufficient means.

Yes; the child’s claim necessarily ends with the mother’s marital status.

An unmarried adult daughter unable to maintain herself because of a physical abnormality

An unmarried adult daughter unable to maintain herself because of a mental abnormality

A married adult daughter unable to maintain herself because of an injury

An unmarried adult daughter unable to maintain herself because of an injury

A woman divorced by her husband who has not remarried.

A woman who obtained divorce from her husband and has not remarried.

A woman who obtained divorce and has remarried.

A woman divorced by mutual consent who has not remarried, solely because the divorce was consensual.

Wife and minor child, with an adult child and the parents left to their personal law

Wife, minor child, every adult child unable to maintain itself including a married daughter, father or mother

Wife, minor child, disabled adult child (not a married daughter) and father; a mother is excluded

Wife, minor child, adult child disabled by abnormality or injury (not a married daughter), father or mother

Only living in adultery; refusal to live together without sufficient reason has no relevance.

Only refusal to live with her husband without sufficient reason; mutual-consent separation has no relevance.

Only separation by mutual consent; living in adultery has no relevance.

Living in adultery, refusing to live with her husband without sufficient reason, or living separately by mutual consent.