Indian Contract Act - Practice Test

[#956] A employs B to beat C and agree to indemnify him against all consequences of the Act. B thereupon beats C and pays damages to C for so doing.

(A) A is liable to indemnify B for these damages

(B) A is partially liable to indemnify to those damages

(C) A is not liable to indemnify B for these damages

(D) None of these

Correct Answer

(C) A is not liable to indemnify B for these damages

[#957] Under the contract of guarantee, a creditor:

(A) Has to avail his remedies first against the principal debtor

(B) Can avail his remedies against the principal debtor as well as the surety

(C) Can avail his remedy against the surety alone

(D) Both B and C

Correct Answer

(A) Has to avail his remedies first against the principal debtor

[#958] A saves B's property from fire. The circumstances indicated that he had done so gratuitously. Is A entitled to compensation from B?

(A) Yes

(B) No

(C) Not from B but from government

(D) Not from B but from his heirs

Correct Answer

(B) No

[#959] X duly posts a letter of acceptance to Y. But the letter is lost in transit by the negligence of the post office.

(A) There is no contract concluded, because the acceptance has not reached the proposer

(B) There is no contract concluded, because the proposer had not received the letter

(C) The contract is concluded, because the acceptance is complete, from the date of dispatch, not with standing any delay or miscarriage in its arrival from causes not within the acceptor's control

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer

(C) The contract is concluded, because the acceptance is complete, from the date of dispatch, not with standing any delay or miscarriage in its arrival from causes not within the acceptor's control

[#960] A' and 'B' contract that 'A' shall build a house for 'B' at a fixed price. The order in which reciprocal promises are to be performed was not fixed. What shall be the order of performance?

(A) A's promise to build the house must be performed before B's promise to pay for the house

(B) B's promise to pay for the house must be performed before A's promise to build the house

(C) A & B should perform their promise Simultaneously

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer

(A) A's promise to build the house must be performed before B's promise to pay for the house

Indian Contract Act - Study Mode

[#956] A employs B to beat C and agree to indemnify him against all consequences of the Act. B thereupon beats C and pays damages to C for so doing.

Correct Answer

[#957] Under the contract of guarantee, a creditor:

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[#958] A saves B's property from fire. The circumstances indicated that he had done so gratuitously. Is A entitled to compensation from B?

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[#959] X duly posts a letter of acceptance to Y. But the letter is lost in transit by the negligence of the post office.

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[#960] A' and 'B' contract that 'A' shall build a house for 'B' at a fixed price. The order in which reciprocal promises are to be performed was not fixed. What shall be the order of performance?

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