Indian Contract Act - Practice Test

[#1346] Which of the following agreements is not void?

(A) A' agrees to sell two hundred tons of oil to 'B'

(B) An agreement in restraint of legal proceedings

(C) An agreement if restraint of marriage of any person

(D) A finds B's purse and gives it to him. B promises to give 'A' Rs. 100

Correct Answer

(D) A finds B's purse and gives it to him. B promises to give 'A' Rs. 100

[#1347] Which of the following acts cannot be ratified

(A) Lawful or unlawful acts capable of being done by the agent

(B) Where knowledge of facts to the ratifying person is defective

(C) Act which ane unauthorised at the time of its being done

(D) All the above

Correct Answer

(B) Where knowledge of facts to the ratifying person is defective

[#1348] A promisor agrees to sell his loved cow only because of financial difficulty. Whether it is a free consent under The Contract Act?

(A) No

(B) Yes

(C) Court has discretion to decide

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer

(B) Yes

[#1349] An employer asks his employee/servant to sell his servant's goods at a price for less than the market price/fair price. Servant can avoid the contract on the ground

(A) Undue influence

(B) Coercion

(C) Mistake

(D) Fraud

Correct Answer

(A) Undue influence

[#1350] Which of the following statements with regard to contract is not correct?

(A) The acceptance should be made in the manner prescribed in the proposal. But a departure from that manner does not itself invalidate the acceptance. A duty is cast on the offerer to reject such acceptance within reasonable time and if he fails to do so, the contract is clinched on him and he becomes bound by the acceptance

(B) An acceptance containing additions, limitations or other modifications shall amount to rejection of the offer and shall constitute a counter offer

(C) It is not open to an offeror to stipulate against an unwilling offeree that latter's silence will be regarded as equivalent to acceptance. He cannot force him to take a positive course of action under penalty of being contractually bound if he does not

(D) An offerer would not be bound by a contract, if the letter of acceptance posted by the offeree is lost in transit and thus is not received by the offerer

Correct Answer

(D) An offerer would not be bound by a contract, if the letter of acceptance posted by the offeree is lost in transit and thus is not received by the offerer

Indian Contract Act - Study Mode

[#1346] Which of the following agreements is not void?

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[#1347] Which of the following acts cannot be ratified

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[#1348] A promisor agrees to sell his loved cow only because of financial difficulty. Whether it is a free consent under The Contract Act?

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[#1349] An employer asks his employee/servant to sell his servant's goods at a price for less than the market price/fair price. Servant can avoid the contract on the ground

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[#1350] Which of the following statements with regard to contract is not correct?

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