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- A. The contractor
- B. Stranger
- C. None of above
- D. Third person
Explanation: Under Section 126, a guarantee is an undertaking to perform the promise or discharge the liability of a third person if that person…
Correct answer: Third person- A. Invalid
- B. Valid
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 143 of the Contract Act makes a guarantee invalid when the creditor's misrepresentation, or his knowledge and assent to it…
Correct answer: Invalid- A. Continuing guarantee
- B. Restricted guarantee
- C. Limited guarantee
- D. None of above
Explanation: This is a continuing guarantee because it covers the repeated collection and payment of rents by C, rather than one isolated transaction.
Correct answer: Continuing guarantee- A. Contracts of indemnity
- B. Contracts of guarantee
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Sections 124 and 125 concern indemnity, while sections 126 to 147 concern guarantees.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Surety contract
- B. Simple contract
- C. None of above
- D. Contract of indemnity
Explanation: Section 124 defines indemnity as a promise to save another from loss caused by the promisor or by another person.
Correct answer: Contract of indemnity- A. VI
- B. VII
- C. VIII
- D. None of above
Explanation: Chapter VI of the Contract Act, comprising sections 73 to 75, deals with compensation and other consequences arising from breach of…
Correct answer: VI- A. Reciprocal promisor
- B. Reciprocal Promisee
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 51 concerns reciprocal promises performed simultaneously: one party need not perform unless the other is ready and willing to…
Correct answer: Reciprocal Promisee- A. 32
- B. None of above
- C. 34
- D. 33
Explanation: Section 33 governs enforcement of contingent contracts dependent on an event not happening.
Correct answer: 33- A. Unless and until C dies in A's life time
- B. Unless and until A dies in C's life time
- C. Both A and C dies
- D. None of above
Explanation: A's survival of C means that C must die while A is still alive; only then does the specified event become certain.
Correct answer: Unless and until C dies in A's life time- A. Voidable
- B. Void
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under section 36, a contingent agreement based on an impossible event is void from the outset.
Correct answer: Void- A. Possible but not assured
- B. Doubtful or uncertain
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Contingent describes something dependent on an uncertain event, so it is possible but not assured and therefore doubtful.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Contingent contract
- B. Complex contract
- C. Simple contract
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under Section 31 of the Contract Act, a contract whose performance depends on the happening or non-happening of a collateral uncertain…
Correct answer: Contingent contract- A. Voidable
- B. Void
- C. Valid
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 25 makes an agreement without consideration void, subject to specific statutory exceptions such as a written promise based on…
Correct answer: Void614. Where both the parties are under mistake as to matter of fact the agreement is_________________?
- A. Valid
- B. Voidable
- C. Void
- D. None of above
Explanation: When both parties share a mistake about an essential matter of fact, Section 20 treats the agreement as void because there is no genuine…
Correct answer: Void- A. The Court can accept the suit
- B. None of above
- C. Both A and B
- D. The Court may set aside the bonds
Explanation: Obtaining A's bond by threatening prosecution in connection with the forged note amounts to coercion where the threat unlawfully pressures…
Correct answer: The Court may set aside the bonds- A. Void of the option of the party whose consent was caused
- B. Voidable on the option of the party whose consent so caused
- C. Valid for both sides
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under Section 19, consent caused by coercion, fraud, or misrepresentation makes the contract voidable at the option of the party whose…
Correct answer: Voidable on the option of the party whose consent so caused- A. Cheating
- B. Misrepresentation
- C. Fraud
- D. None of above
Explanation: Knowingly stating an untrue fact or actively concealing a material fact falls within the statutory definition of fraud under Section 17.
Correct answer: Fraud- A. 15
- B. 16
- C. None of above
- D. 17
Explanation: Section 17 of the Contract Act defines fraud, while Section 18 deals with misrepresentation and Section 16 with undue influence.
Correct answer: 17- A. Any
- B. None of above
- C. Unlawful
- D. Lawful
Explanation: Under section 10 of the Contract Act, an agreement becomes a contract only when it has free consent, competent parties, and a lawful…
Correct answer: Lawful- A. Before the rejection of its communication
- B. Before the communication of its acceptance
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 5 permits revocation of a proposal before communication of its acceptance is complete against the proposer.
Correct answer: Before the communication of its acceptance