Muslim Family Laws and Family Courts MCQs 2026

Procedure in Family Courts is governed by

1. Athe Criminal Procedure Code primarily✓
2. Bthe Arbitration Act exclusively✓
3. Cthe Family Courts Act and Family Courts Rules✓
4. Dthe Companies Act✓

The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 (MFLO) was enacted to

1. Aabolish all Islamic law✓
2. Breform Muslim personal law on marriage, divorce and inheritance in Pakistan✓
3. Creplace the Constitution✓
4. Destablish civil courts only✓

Under MFLO Section 5, a man intending to contract another marriage during the subsistence of an existing marriage must

1. Amarry without notice✓
2. Bobtain only the first wife's oral consent without notice✓
3. Cregister divorce first always✓
4. Dapply in writing to the Chairman of the Union Council and obtain permission after notice✓

The notice of polygamy under MFLO is delivered to

1. Athe High Court directly✓
2. Bthe Supreme Court✓
3. Cthe foreign embassy only✓
4. Dthe Chairman of the Union Council of the wife's residence✓

After polygamy notice, the Chairman forms an Arbitration Council which

1. Aimposes criminal imprisonment immediately✓
2. Bdissolves the first marriage automatically✓
3. Ctransfers property to the state✓
4. Dattempts reconciliation and may grant or withhold permission✓

Marriage under MFLO must be registered under

1. Athe Contract Act only✓
2. Bthe Penal Code✓
3. Cthe Muslim Family Laws Ordinance and applicable rules✓
4. Dthe Arbitration Act exclusively✓

Talaq under MFLO Section 7 becomes effective after

1. Aimmediate pronouncement without notice✓
2. Bthe expiry of 90 days from the date the notice is delivered to the Chairman✓
3. C7 days only✓
4. Done year without notice✓

Notice of talaq must be given by the husband to

1. Aonly the wife without Chairman✓
2. Bthe Sessions Court✓
3. Cthe Chairman of the Union Council✓
4. Dthe Federal Shariat Court in every case✓

During the iddat period after talaq notice, the Chairman constitutes

1. Aan Arbitration Council for reconciliation✓
2. Ba criminal court✓
3. Ca military tribunal✓
4. Dan international tribunal✓

Talaq-e-Tafweez (delegated divorce) allows

1. Aonly husband to divorce without procedure✓
2. Bthe wife to divorce herself on happening of a specified event if delegated by husband✓
3. Conly court to divorce without notice✓
4. Dautomatic divorce on marriage✓

Khula is

1. Ahusband's unilateral talaq without notice✓
2. Bcriminal prosecution of wife✓
3. Cdissolution of marriage at the wife's instance with return of consideration or compensation✓
4. Dadoption procedure✓

Mubarat is

1. Aunilateral talaq only✓
2. Bpolygamy permission✓
3. Cinheritance distribution by state✓
4. Dmutual dissolution of marriage by agreement of both spouses✓

A daughter's share in inheritance when there is a son under classical rules applied in Pakistan is generally

1. Ahalf the share of a son✓
2. Bequal to the son always✓
3. Cdouble the son's share✓
4. Dexcluded entirely✓

A wife's share when there are children is generally

1. Aone-half always✓
2. Bone-third always✓
3. Cexcluded from inheritance✓
4. Done-eighth of the estate✓

A husband's share when there are children is generally

1. Aone-half always✓
2. Bone-eighth always✓
3. Cnothing✓
4. Done-fourth of the estate✓

If a person dies leaving no children but parents and spouse, the wife's share is generally

1. Aone-eighth✓
2. Bone-fourth✓
3. Cone-half✓
4. Done-third✓

The residuary (asaba) heirs take

1. Anothing ever✓
2. Bfixed shares only like sharers✓
3. Conly in non-Muslim estates✓
4. Dwhat remains after sharers receive their fixed shares✓

MFLO Section 4 provides that children of a predeceased son or daughter inherit

1. Anothing✓
2. Bthe share their parent would have received (representation)✓
3. Conly the estate of their grandparent always✓
4. Donly if male✓

Dower (mahr) is

1. Acriminal fine on husband✓
2. Bstate tax✓
3. Ca sum or property promised to the wife upon marriage✓
4. Darbitration fee✓

Prompt dower is payable

1. Aon demand anytime after marriage✓
2. Bonly after death✓
3. Conly after divorce without demand✓
4. Donly after 10 years✓

Deferred dower is payable

1. Abefore marriage✓
2. Bon first demand always✓
3. Cto the Union Council✓
4. Don dissolution of marriage by death or divorce✓

The Family Courts Act 1964 establishes

1. Acriminal sessions courts✓
2. BFamily Courts for speedy disposal of family disputes✓
3. Crevenue courts only✓
4. Dmilitary courts✓

Family Courts have exclusive jurisdiction over

1. Aall civil suits of any value✓
2. Bmatters specified in the Schedule to the Family Courts Act✓
3. Cmurder trials✓
4. Dtax appeals✓

Matters in the Schedule include

1. Amurder and robbery✓
2. Bincome tax appeals✓
3. Cdissolution of marriage, dower, maintenance, restitution of conjugal rights and guardianship✓
4. Dland revenue only✓

Family Courts are presided over by

1. AFamily Court judges appointed under the Act✓
2. BUnion Council Chairmen in all cases✓
3. Carbitrators without judicial appointment✓
4. DSessions Judges exclusively✓

Appeals from Family Court decrees lie to

1. Athe Supreme Court directly in every case✓
2. Bthe District Judge as per the Family Courts Act✓
3. Cthe Union Council✓
4. Dthe High Court in first instance✓

Family Courts aim to

1. Adispose of cases expeditiously with minimal formality✓
2. Bdelay proceedings for years✓
3. Capply only criminal law✓
4. Dbar all evidence✓

Maintenance (nafaqah) claims can be filed in

1. ASessions Court for murder✓
2. BFamily Court✓
3. CRevenue Court✓
4. DAnti-Terrorism Court✓

Restitution of conjugal rights is

1. Acriminal prosecution for zina✓
2. Ba suit to compel a spouse to resume cohabitation when unjustifiably withdrawn✓
3. Cpolygamy permission✓
4. Dinheritance mutation only✓

Dissolution of marriage on ground of cruelty may be sought in

1. ABanking Court✓
2. BLabour Court✓
3. CAnti-Corruption Court✓
4. DFamily Court✓

MFLO applies to

1. Aonly non-Muslims✓
2. Bonly foreigners✓
3. CMuslim citizens of Pakistan in matters it covers✓
4. Donly government servants exclusively✓

A marriage solemnized under Muslim law without registration under MFLO is

1. Avoid ab initio always✓
2. Ba criminal offence only without validity question✓
3. Cstill valid but registration is legally required✓
4. Dvalid only if polygamous✓

Arbitration Council under MFLO differs from Family Court in that it

1. Ahandles pre-divorce reconciliation and polygamy permission administratively✓
2. Btries murder cases✓
3. Cissues land revenue orders✓
4. Dconducts Senate elections✓

Hizanat (mother's custody) principles in Pakistan generally favour

1. Afather always regardless of age✓
2. Bstate orphanage always✓
3. Cmother for young children subject to rules and welfare of child✓
4. Dgrandfather exclusively✓

Guardians and Wards Act matters relating to minors are triable in

1. AAnti-Terrorism Court✓
2. BFamily Court under the Schedule✓
3. CAccountability Court✓
4. DCustoms Court✓

Legitimacy of children born during valid marriage is

1. Apresumed under law✓
2. Bdenied always✓
3. Cproved only by DNA in all cases without presumption✓
4. Dirrelevant to inheritance✓

MFLO Section 9 deals with

1. Apolygamy notice only✓
2. Bmaintenance of wives and children✓
3. Ccriminal procedure✓
4. Dland acquisition✓

A wife may sue for past maintenance in

1. ASessions Court exclusively✓
2. BFamily Court✓
3. CSupreme Court in first instance✓
4. DLabour Court✓

Option of puberty (khiyar-ul-bulugh) allows

1. Apermanent polygamy✓
2. Bcriminal appeal✓
3. Ca minor given in marriage to repudiate on attaining puberty in certain cases✓
4. Darbitration award enforcement✓

Inheritance mutation is recorded by

1. AFamily Court decree alone without revenue process✓
2. Bpolice station✓
3. Crevenue authorities after determination of heirs✓
4. Dpassport office✓

Family Court may pass interim order for maintenance

1. Aduring pendency of suit✓
2. Bonly after 10 years✓
3. Cnever before evidence✓
4. Donly in criminal cases✓

MFLO reforms on polygamy aim to

1. Aencourage unlimited marriages secretly✓
2. Babolish marriage✓
3. Ctransfer divorce to criminal courts✓
4. Dprotect existing wife and ensure accountability through notice and permission✓

Talaq pronounced in violation of MFLO notice procedure is

1. Aineffective under the Ordinance though debate exists on Islamic validity✓
2. Bautomatically valid without notice✓
3. Ca criminal murder✓
4. Dregistered as marriage✓

Family Courts Act excludes certain forums from trying scheduled matters to

1. Aavoid multiplicity of proceedings and forum shopping✓
2. Bincrease delays✓
3. Cbar all appeals✓
4. Dabolish dower✓

Suit for jactitation of marriage is triable in

1. AFamily Court✓
2. BBanking Court✓
3. CHigh Court in original civil jurisdiction always✓
4. DAnti-Terrorism Court✓

The Chairman of the Union Council in MFLO procedures is

1. Aa Supreme Court judge✓
2. Ba Sessions Judge✓
3. Ca local administrative official facilitating family law notices✓
4. Dan arbitrator under the Arbitration Act only✓

Succession to property of a Muslim dying intestate is governed by

1. AMuslim personal law (sharia) as applicable in Pakistan with MFLO modifications✓
2. Bthe Contract Act only✓
3. Cthe Penal Code✓
4. Dthe Companies Ordinance✓

Family Court evidence rules allow

1. Arecording of evidence with less rigidity than ordinary civil courts✓
2. Bno evidence at all✓
3. Conly documentary evidence✓
4. Dcriminal standard of beyond reasonable doubt✓

An order of Family Court for maintenance is

1. Aonly a moral recommendation✓
2. Bonly after Supreme Court approval✓
3. Cnot binding on parties✓
4. Denforceable as a decree✓

Nikah Khawan or marriage registrar under MFLO is required to

1. Agrant polygamy permission alone✓
2. Bconduct arbitration awards✓
3. Cissue succession certificates✓
4. Dregister the marriage and report solemnization as prescribed✓