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[#1161] A farmer whose crop is partially destroyed every year by crickets reads an advertisement addressed to farmers to save their crop from the menace of crickets, asking them to send rupees five thousand for a machine to effectively kill crickets. A sends rupees five thousand and receivesby mail one wooden block and a hammer with the instructions 'put a cricket on one block and hammer it and it will certainly die, repeat the performance till all the crickets are destroyed'. A rightly alleges that the contract is not binding on him as his consent to purchase the machine was obtained through

(A) Fraud

(B) Misrepresentation

(C) Mistakeof fact

(D) Undue influence

Correct Answer

(A) Fraud

[#1162] Provision for the prevention of unjust enrichment of a person is contained in:

(A) Section 69 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

(B) Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

(C) Section 71 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

(D) Section 72 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

Correct Answer

(D) Section 72 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

[#1163] Voidable contract is one

(A) Which is lawful

(B) Which is invalid

(C) Which is valid as long as it is not avoided by the party entitled to do so

(D) Which is unlawful

Correct Answer

(C) Which is valid as long as it is not avoided by the party entitled to do so

[#1164] When the agreement is caused by coercion, fraud or misrepresentation the agreement is

(A) Illegal

(B) Unenforceable

(C) Void

(D) Voidable

Correct Answer

(D) Voidable

[#1165] Which Section of the Contract Act makes the agreements, the meaning of which is not certain or capable of being made certain, as void

(A) 26

(B) 27

(C) 28

(D) 29

Correct Answer

(D) 29