Direction (Qs.1 to 10): Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Both Houses of Parliament have passed a Bill making instant triple talaq a criminal offence, amidst persistent doubts whether it ought to be treated as a crime or just a civil case. (A) It is true that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, is a (1) diluted version of the Bill as it was originally (2) motion. Earlier, it did not (3) specify who could set the law in (4) conceived. Now the offence is …(B)… only if the affected wife, or one related to her by blood or marriage, files a police complaint. A man arrested under this law may get bail, after the Magistrate grants a hearing to the wife. Thirdly, the offence is compoundable, that is, the parties may arrive at a compromise. The government says its main objective is to give effect to the Supreme Court’s 2017 verdict declaring instant triple talaq illegal. It claims that despite the court ruling, several instances have been reported. (C) Making it an offence, the government says, will deter further resort to triple talaq, and provide redress for women in the form of a subsistence allowance and custody of children, besides getting the erring husband arrested. However, the core question regarding the necessity to criminalise the practice of talaqe-biddat has not been convincingly answered.
In the light of the Supreme Court ruling on its validity, there is really no need to declare instant triple talaq a criminal offence. The practice has no approval in Islamic tenets, and is indeed considered abhorrent. Secondly, once it has been declared illegal, pronouncing talaq obviously does not have the effect of “instantaneous and (D) irrevocable divorce” as this Bill claims in its definition of ‘talaq’. The provisions that allow a woman to claim a (E) subsistence allowance from the man and seek custody of her children can be implemented in the event of the husband abandoning her, even without the man’s arrest. If triple talaq, in any form, is void, how the questions of children’s custody and subsistence allowance arise while the marriage subsists, is not clear. And then, there is the practical question of how a man can provide a subsistence allowance while he is imprisoned. It has been argued by the Bill’s (F) proponents that dowry harassment and cruelty towards wives are treated as criminal offences even while the marriage subsists. It is a patently wrong comparison, as those acts involve …(G)… and cruelty and are rightly treated as criminal offences. The same cannot be said of a man involving a prohibited form of divorce. The BJP projects the passage of the Bill as a historic milestone in the quest for gender justice. …(H)… there is a non-sectarian law that addresses abandonment and desertion of spouses as a common problem instead of focusing on a practice, which is no more legally valid, among Muslims.
Question No : 1
The sentence given in (A) has four words in bold. Amongst the given bold words which of the following must replace each other to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.
(1) (2)-(4)
(2) (1)-(3)
(3) (2)-(3)
(4) (1)-(4)
(5) (1)-(2)
Question No : 2
Which of the following words given in the options should come at the place marked (B) in the above article to make it grammatically correct and meaningful?
(1) Cognizable
(2) Clamber
(3) Vilified
(4) Malediction
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
In the passage given, a sentence (C) is given in bold. There may or may not be an error in one part of the sentence. Choose the part which has an error in it as your answer. If there is no error then choose option (5) as your answer.
(1) Making it an offence, the government says, will deter
(2) further resort to triple talaq, and provide redress for women
(3) in the form of a subsistence allowance and custody of
(4) children, besides getting the erring husband arrested
(5) No errorQuestion No : 4
What is the central theme of the passage?
(1) Triple talaq: a boon or bane
(2) The Muslim woman of 21st century: how independent is she?
(3) Atrocities on Muslim women
(4) Beyond talaq: On Muslim divorce bill
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 5
Which of the following replace the words marked (D) to make it contextually correct and meaningful? If no replacement is required, mark option (5).
(1) Irreparable
(2) Haphazard
(3) Holistic
(4) Unrelenting
(5) No replacement required
Question No : 6
Choose the option which is most SIMILAR to the word marked (E) in the passage.
(1) Alimony
(2) Adversity
(3) Ascendant
(4) Tribulation
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
Choose the option which is most OPPOSITE to the word marked (F) in the passage.
(1) Partisan
(2) Salient
(3) Defender
(4) Opponent
(5) None of these
Question No : 8
Which of the following is/are correct according to the passage?
(I) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2016, is a diluted version of the Bill as it was originally formulated.
(II) The bill passed by both Houses of Parliament, making instant triple talaq a criminal offence is perceptible only if the affected wife, or one related to her by blood or marriage, files a police complaint.
(III) The BJP projects that the passage of the Bill is a historic milestone in the quest for gender justice.
(1) Only (II)
(2) (II) and (III)
(3) (I) and (III)
(4) (I), (II) and (III)
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
Which of the following words given in the options should come at the place marked as (G) in the above paragraph to make it grammatically correct and meaningful. Also, the word should fill in the blanks given in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful.
(I) _____ and command weren't second nature to the Queen; they were her first.
(II) Duncan’s _____ gave Cassius the opportunity of taking active steps to preserve the peace in the state.
(1) Commemorate
(2) Violence
(3) Perseverance
(4) Thought
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
Which of the following phrases should fill the blank in (H) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?
(1) Such a claim will be valid only if
(2) The bill is controversial with respect to
(3) Desertion of spouse will be punishable
(4) Various claims have been made to
(5) None of these