Female Infanticide, Female Foeticide and Child Marriage

Q. Which among the following acts was passed to ban female infanticide?

1. Bengal Regulatory Act XXI of 1795
2. Regulating Act of 1802
3. Female Infanticide Act of 1870
4. Hindu Marriage Act

Q. What do you mean by female infanticide?

1. It is the deliberate killing of girl babies.
2. It is the deliberate killing of girls of age 10.
3. It is the voluntary killing of girl babies.
4. It is the deliberate killing of girl babies before birth.

Q. According to the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, the minimum age for marriage was changed to 16 for girls and 18 for boys.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following regulations/Acts does not deal with female infanticide?

1. Bengal Regulatory Act XXI of 1795
2. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
3. Regulating Act of 1802
4. Female Infanticide Act of 1870

Q. What was the minimum age for marriage for a woman in 1846?

1. 15 years
2. 17 years
3. 21 years
4. 10 years

Q. Match the following Acts to the years they were introduced in.

X- Rai Saheb Harbilas Sarada’s Child Marriage Bill

1. 1947
2. 1930
3. 1795
4. 1870

Q. What is the practice of marrying children, sometimes as young as 7 or 8 years old, called?

1. Child marriage
2. Widow remarriage
3. Youth marriage
4. Infant marriage