Marriage or Marketplace? Satyamev Jayate Quiz - 3

1. What is the theme line of third episode of the show Satyamev Jayate?
[A]Daughters are precious
[B]Marriage or Marketplace?
[C]Dowry Harassment in India
[D]Break the Silence


2. What is the tradition called in which single men are forcibly married to local women at gunpoint?
[A]Pakadva Shaadi
[B]Bahubali Shaadi
[C]LokKalyan Marriage
[D]Bandooki Shadi


3. Which community has the believes in “No band, no baaja, no baraat” and stand by the thought that marriages should be simple.
[A]Tanzeem Khuddam-E-Jamat
[B]Tanzeem Millat
[C]Tanzeem Khuddam
[D]Tanzeem Khuddam-E-Millat


4. Which girl from Mumbai, dared her prospective husband and in-laws by video-taping their dowry demands and showing it to the public with the help of media.
[A]Rani Tripathi
[B]Mithu Khurana
[C]Komal Sethi
[D]Parminder Kaur


5. When was the payment of a dowry was prohibited in India under Indian civil law?
[A]1947
[B]1951
[C]1959
[D]1961


6. Which sections of the Indian Penal Code were enacted to make it easier for the wife to seek redress from potential harassment by the husband's family?
[A]Sections 307 and 498A
[B]Sections 307 and 302
[C]Sections 304B and 498A
[D]Sections 406 and 302


7. According to the men's rights movements in India, which law is commonly misused by unscrupulous women to extort money and harass their husband's entire extended family?
[A]304B
[B]498A
[C]406
[D]307


8. According to a research report by "The Centre for Social Research", what percentage of the studied cases of 498A were falsified?
[A]6.5
[B]10.5
[C]15
[D]20


9. Which section is usually applied in investigation of stridhan recovery from the husband and his family and is applied for offences related to Criminal Breach of Trust?
[A]IPC Section 406
[B]IPC Section 304B
[C]IPC Section 498A
[D]IPC Section 304


10. This Section of the Indian Penal Code was inserted by a 1986 amendment and deals with Dowry Death.
[A]IPC Section 406
[B]IPC Section 304B
[C]IPC Section 498A
[D]IPC Section 304


11. When was Section 498A inserted into the Indian Penal Code via an amendment?
[A]1980
[B]1983
[C]1990
[D]1993


12. Which part of India does not have the ill practice of Dowry System?
[A]South
[B]North
[C]North East
[D]West


13. Which Indian matrimonial portal has launched “Angry Brides,” an online game modeled on the hugely successful “Angry Birds.”?
[A]Jeevansathi.com
[B]Shaadi.com
[C]BharatMatrimony.com
[D]VivahaBandhan.com


14. Which act was brought into force by the Indian government from October 26, 2006 for the help of Indian Women?
[A]Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
[B]The 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act
[C]The 1983 Dowry Prohibition Act
[D]Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2006


15. As per the data from The Indian National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), how many dowry death cases registered in India in 2008, a number increased by 14.4 per cent over 1998 level?
[A]7467
[B]8172
[C]9723
[D]6574