Under Section 4(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 minor means a person who has not…

Incorrect. Fifteen years is the maximum age before which an adoptee must be adopted under Section 10(iv) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (unless custom permits), not the definition of 'minor' under Section 4(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.

Incorrect. Sixteen years is not the age of majority under Section 4(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.

Correct. Section 4(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 expressly defines 'minor' as a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years.

Incorrect. Section 4(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 prescribes eighteen years, not twenty-one years, as the uniform age below which a person is a minor.