Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Human Rights in India

Question:

Assertion: Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 prescribes the marriage age of a girl and a boy as 21 years.

Reasoning: The age limit is prescribed  from preventing minor children from getting married.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Explanation:

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 prescribes the marriage age of a girl as 18 years and that of a boy as 21 years. This restricts a minor from getting married.