All Free Law and Constitution MCQs with Answers
Every Law and Constitution question in the bank, across all chapters, each with the correct answer and a written explanation. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
2,940 questions · page 30 of 147
- A. Promisor
- B. Promisee
- C. Both of above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(c) calls the person to whom a proposal is made the promisee once the proposal is accepted.
Correct answer: Promisee- A. Proposal
- B. Promise
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 2(a) defines a proposal as expressing willingness to do or abstain from doing something in order to obtain the other person's…
Correct answer: Proposal- A. First day of July, 1872
- B. 1st September, 1872
- C. First August, 1872
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 1 provides that the Act came into force on the first day of September 1872. The dates in July and August are therefore incorrect.
Correct answer: 1st September, 1872- A. Effects of the agency upon the agent
- B. Effect of the agency upon the principal
- C. Effects of agency on contracts with third person
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 226 falls under the provisions dealing with the effect of agency on contracts with third persons.
Correct answer: Effects of agency on contracts with third person- A. Section 222, 225
- B. Section 222, 230
- C. Section 222, 235
- D. All of above
Explanation: Sections 222 to 225 set out the principal's duties to indemnify and compensate the agent and to pay the agent's remuneration.
Correct answer: Section 222, 225- A. Sub-agent
- B. His principal
- C. Creditor
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Under section 213, an agent must keep and produce proper accounts of the principal's transactions on demand.
Correct answer: His principal- A. Original liability of The Principal
- B. Vicarious liability
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A principal may be liable for an agent's authorized acts under the doctrine of vicarious liability.
Correct answer: Vicarious liability- A. 193
- B. 192
- C. 191
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 191 defines a sub-agent as a person employed by, and acting under the control of, the original agent in the agency business.
Correct answer: 191- A. Not necessary to create agency
- B. Necessary to create agency
- C. Depends upon type of agency
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 185 expressly states that no consideration is necessary to create an agency.
Correct answer: Not necessary to create agency- A. Principal
- B. Agent
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 184 deals with who may be an agent, providing that any person may become an agent.
Correct answer: Agent- A. 175
- B. 180
- C. None of above
- D. 185
Explanation: Section 182 defines both an agent and a principal, stating that an agent is a person employed to act for another or represent that person…
Correct answer: None of above- A. Servant
- B. Labour
- C. None of above
- D. Agent
Explanation: An agent is employed to do an act for another or to represent that person in dealings with third parties under Section 182 of the Contract…
Correct answer: Agent- A. Pawnor
- B. Pawnee
- C. Pledger
- D. None of above
Explanation: In a pledge, the person who receives possession of the goods as security is the pawnee.
Correct answer: Pawnee- A. Both (a) and (b)
- B. Pawnee
- C. Pawnor
- D. None of above
Explanation: A pledge is a special type of bailment, so the bailor is specifically called the pawnor. The person receiving the goods is the pawnee.
Correct answer: Pawnor- A. None of above
- B. B is not responsible to A for the injury
- C. No one is responsible to each other
- D. B is responsible to A for the injury
Explanation: When goods are bailed for hire, the bailor is responsible for defects that cause injury even if the bailor was unaware of them.
Correct answer: B is responsible to A for the injury- A. Bailee
- B. Bailor
- C. Both A and B
- D. None
Explanation: The person who delivers goods under a contract of bailment is the bailor, while the person to whom they are delivered is the bailee.
Correct answer: Bailee- A. Indemnity
- B. Contingent Contract
- C. Bailment
- D. None of above
Explanation: Bailment involves delivery of goods for a specific purpose, with an obligation to return them or deal with them according to the bailor’s…
Correct answer: Bailment- A. Surety
- B. None of above
- C. Both A and B
- D. Co-sureties
Explanation: Section 146 concerns the liability of co-sureties to contribute equally, unless their contracts provide otherwise.
Correct answer: Co-sureties- A. 133, 139
- B. 130, 133
- C. 139, 144
- D. None of above
Explanation: Sections 133 to 139 deal with circumstances in which a surety may be discharged, including variation of the contract, release of the…
Correct answer: 133, 139600. In contract of guarantee the person at whose place guarantee given is called __________________?
- A. Surety holder
- B. Both (a) and (b)
- C. Principal debtor
- D. None of above
Explanation: A guarantee is given in respect of the default of the principal debtor, whose promise or liability the surety undertakes to perform or…
Correct answer: Principal debtor