Indian Contract Act - Practice Test

[#1126] Two or more persons can be employed to act as agents

(A) Jointly

(B) Severally

(C) Jointly & severally

(D) Either A or B or C

Correct Answer

(D) Either A or B or C

[#1127] Coercion which vitiates free consent under section 15 is

(A) Committing or threatening to commit any act which is forbidden by law

(B) Committing or threatening to commit any act which is forbidden by Indian Penal Code

(C) Unlawful detaining or threatening to detain any property with an intention to causing any person to enter into an agreement

(D) All the above

Correct Answer

(D) All the above

[#1128] Which one of the following statement is correct? A voidable contract is an agreement which is:

(A) Enforceable with the permission of the court

(B) Enforceable by the parties thereto

(C) Enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties thereto, but not at the option of the other or others

(D) Not enforceable by any of the parties thereto

Correct Answer

(C) Enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties thereto, but not at the option of the other or others

[#1129] Consider the following statements: (1) In case of breach of contract generally damages are awarded. (2) In case of breach of contract, remedy of specific performance of contract is always given. (3) In case of breach of contract, fine is also imposed along with the award of damages. (4) In exceptional cases where damages are not adequate compensation, remedy of specific performance can be given. Which of the statements given above are correct?

(A) (1) and (3)

(B) (3) and (4)

(C) (1) and (4)

(D) (2) and (4)

Correct Answer

(A) (1) and (3)

[#1130] A, a ship-owner, contracts with B to convey him from Calcutta to Sydney in A's ship, sailing on the first of January, and B pays to A, by way deposit, one-half of his passage money. The ship does not sail on the first of January and B, after being, in consequence, detained in Calcutta for some time, and thereby put to some expense, proceeds to Sydney in another vessel, and, in consequence, arriving too late in Sydney, loses a sum of money.

(A) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the expense to which he is put by his detention in Calcutta, and the excess, if any, of the passagemoney paid for the second ship over that agreed upon the first

(B) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the expense to which he is put by his detention in Calcutta, and the excess, if any, of the sum of money which B lost by arriving in Sydney too late

(C) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the excess, if any, of the passage-money paid for the second ship over that agreed upon the first, but not the sum of money which B lost by arriving in Sydney too late

(D) None of these

Correct Answer

(A) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the expense to which he is put by his detention in Calcutta, and the excess, if any, of the passagemoney paid for the second ship over that agreed upon the first

Indian Contract Act - Study Mode

[#1126] Two or more persons can be employed to act as agents

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[#1127] Coercion which vitiates free consent under section 15 is

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[#1128] Which one of the following statement is correct? A voidable contract is an agreement which is:

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