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In the chapter on marriage and divorce in Modern Hindu Law, which motive did Paras Diwan suggest…

In Modern Hindu Law, Paras Diwan suggested that the desire to know who fathered children helped shape the institution of marriage. He presented this as a historical…

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In the chapter on marriage and divorce in Modern Hindu Law, which motive did Paras Diwan suggest contributed to the historical emergence of marriage?

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In Modern Hindu Law, Paras Diwan suggested that the desire to know who fathered children helped shape the institution of marriage.

He presented this as a historical conjecture.

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Option A

Diwan distinguished maternity, which he treated as already knowable, from the uncertainty he identified.

Option B

Diwan suggested that the desire to know children’s paternity helped drive the emergence of marriage.

Option C

Diwan identifies the desire to know children’s paternity as the motive in this conjecture.

Option D

Diwan discusses identifying children’s fathers in this conjecture and gives no role to a naming system.

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