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Under section 20 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, which choice gives the most complete…

Section 20 covers legitimate or illegitimate minor children, aged or infirm parents and an unmarried daughter. The duty toward an aged or infirm parent or an unmarried…

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Under section 20 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, which choice gives the most complete account of the people a Hindu is obliged to maintain?

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Section 20 covers legitimate or illegitimate minor children, aged or infirm parents and an unmarried daughter. The duty toward an aged or infirm parent or an unmarried daughter applies to the extent that the person cannot maintain themselves from their own earnings or other property. The Explanation includes a childless stepmother within “parent.”

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Option A

A minor child is covered. This choice gives only the child category.

Option B

An aged or infirm parent unable to maintain themselves from their own earnings or property is covered. This choice gives only the parent category.

Option C

An unmarried daughter unable to maintain herself from her own earnings or property is covered. This choice gives only the daughter category.

Option D

Each listed category is covered, subject to the conditions in section 20.

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