{"id":92896,"date":"2025-06-01T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92896"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:34:45","slug":"under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or taking dowry shall be<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”voidable at the behest of the bride.” option2=”void.” option3=”valid only to the extent that it is beneficial to the bride.” option4=”valid only if executed within 3 months of the marriage.” correct=”option2″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n
UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Download PDF<\/a>Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe correct answer is B.
\n<\/section>\n
\nSection 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: “Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void.”
\n<\/section>\n
\nThis provision renders any contract or agreement related to giving or taking dowry legally null and void from the beginning, regardless of the parties involved or conditions attached. This makes options A, C, and D incorrect.
\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or taking dowry shall be [amp_mcq option1=”voidable at the behest of the bride.” option2=”void.” option3=”valid only to the extent that it is beneficial to the bride.” option4=”valid only if executed within 3 months of the marriage.” correct=”option2″] This question was previously asked in UPSC CISF-AC-EXE … <\/p>\n

Detailed SolutionUnder the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[1288,1185,1184],"class_list":["post-92896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cisf-ac-exe","tag-1288","tag-human-development","tag-social-development","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\nUnder the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is B. Section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: "Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The correct answer is B. Section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: "Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T11:34:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak","description":"The correct answer is B. Section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: \"Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak","og_description":"The correct answer is B. Section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: \"Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T11:34:45+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/","name":"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T11:34:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T11:34:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"The correct answer is B. Section 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 explicitly states: \"Any agreement for the giving or taking of dowry shall be void.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/under-the-dowry-prohibition-act-1961-any-agreement-for-giving-or-tak\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CISF-AC-EXE","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-cisf-ac-exe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, any agreement for giving or tak"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}