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  • A. Thirty days, from the death of defendant or respondent
  • B. Ninety days, from the death of defendant or respondent
  • C. None of above
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to bring the deceased defendant's or respondent's legal representative on record must generally be filed within 90 days of…

Correct answer: Ninety days, from the death of defendant or respondent
  • A. Sixty days, from the date of decree appealed from
  • B. Ninety days, from the date of decree appealed from
  • C. One hundred and twenty day's, from the date of decree appealed from
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court under the CPC must be filed within 90 days from the date of the decree appealed…

Correct answer: Ninety days, from the date of decree appealed from
  • A. Fifteen days,
  • B. Sixteen days,
  • C. Ninety days,
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The limitation period for an application to review a judgment, outside the special cases covered by Articles 161 and 162, is 90 days.

Correct answer: Ninety days,
  • A. Thirty days, from the date of the decree appealed from
  • B. Sixty days, from the date of the decree appealed from
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application for leave to appeal as an indigent or pauper person must be filed within 30 days from the date of the decree appealed…

Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of the decree appealed from
  • A. Twenty days, from the date of resistance
  • B. Thirty days, from the date of resistance
  • C. Sixty days, from the dte of resistance
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The limitation is 30 days from the date of resistance or obstruction to delivery of possession.

Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of resistance
  • A. Thirty days, from the date of dispossession
  • B. Fiftty days, from the date of dispossession
  • C. Sixty days, from the date of dispossession
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A person dispossessed while disputing the decree-holder’s or purchaser’s right must apply within 30 days of dispossession.

Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of dispossession
  • A. Thirty days, from the date of the decision sought to be revised
  • B. Sixty days, from the date of decision sought to be revised
  • C. Ninety days, from the date of decision sought to be revised
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application for revision under section 115 CPC must generally be filed within 90 days from the decision sought to be revised.

Correct answer: Ninety days, from the date of decision sought to be revised
  • A. Seven days, from the day when the application for review is rejected
  • B. Ten days, from the day when the application of review is rejected
  • C. Fifteen days, from the date when the application for review is rejected
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to restore a review petition dismissed for non-appearance must be made within 15 days from the date of dismissal.

Correct answer: Fifteen days, from the date when the application for review is rejected
  • A. Thirty days, from the date of service of filing the award
  • B. Sixty days, from the date of service of the notice of filing of the award
  • C. Ninety days, from the date of service of the notice of filing the award
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to set aside an award or have it remitted must be filed within 30 days from service of notice that the award has been…

Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of service of filing the award
  • A. Ten days,
  • B. Twenty days,
  • C. Thirty days,
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An appeal from a decree or order of a High Court exercising original jurisdiction carries a 20-day limitation period.

Correct answer: Twenty days,
  • A. One year from the time when contract broken
  • B. Two years from the time when contract broken
  • C. Three years from the time when the contract broken
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A suit for breach of contract must generally be brought within three years from the date the contract is broken.

Correct answer: Three years from the time when the contract broken
  • A. Ten years
  • B. Fifteen years
  • C. Twenty years
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The statutory period for acquiring an easement by prescription is generally 20 years of uninterrupted enjoyment.

Correct answer: Twenty years
  • A. 13
  • B. 14
  • C. 15
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 14 of the Limitation Act excludes time spent pursuing a matter bona fide in a court that could not entertain it because of want of…

Correct answer: 14
  • A. Shall be excluded
  • B. Shall be included
  • C. Both (A) and (B)
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 12 excludes the first day from the computation of limitation because the period begins on the following day.

Correct answer: Shall be excluded
  • A. 9
  • B. 9-A
  • C. 10
  • D. 10-A

Explanation: Section 10 removes limitation for suits against express trustees and their representatives concerning trust property.

Correct answer: 10
  • A. Extension of time
  • B. Legal disability
  • C. Special exception
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 8 is titled ‘Special exceptions’ and limits the benefit otherwise available under the provisions dealing with legal disability.

Correct answer: Special exception
  • A. X death
  • B. His attaining majority
  • C. Both A. and B.
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Where the deceased person’s disability continues until death, the legal representative receives the benefit of the disability rules.

Correct answer: His attaining majority
  • A. Insaneness
  • B. Minority
  • C. Idiotness
  • D. All of above

Explanation: Section 6 covers legal disability, including minority and unsoundness of mind, with ‘idiotness’ reflecting the Act’s older terminology.

Correct answer: All of above
  • A. Bar upon institution of suits
  • B. Bar upon institution of appeals
  • C. Extension of limitation period in certain cases
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 5 permits a court to admit certain appeals and applications after limitation if sufficient cause for delay is shown.

Correct answer: Extension of limitation period in certain cases
  • A. Would be accepted
  • B. Would be dismissed
  • C. None of above
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 3 makes dismissal mandatory when a suit, appeal, or application is filed after the prescribed period, subject to statutory…

Correct answer: Would be dismissed