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Civil law governs disputes involving private rights, including contracts, property, family relations, torts and compensation. The subject explains breach of duty, civil liability, damages, specific relief, injunctions and other remedies, while distinguishing private claims between individuals from criminal proceedings brought to punish offences against the state.
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- 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. First August, 1872
- C. 1st September, 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. His principal
- B. Sub-agent
- 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. Vicarious liability
- B. Original liability of The Principal
- 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. 191
- B. 192
- C. 193
- 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. Necessary to create agency
- B. Not 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. 185
- D. None of above
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. Agent
- D. None of above
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. Pawnor
- B. Pawnee
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- 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. B is responsible to A for the injury
- B. B is not responsible to A for the injury
- C. No one is responsible to each other
- D. None of above
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. Bailor
- B. Bailee
- 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. Bailment
- C. Contingent Contract
- 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. Co-sureties
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 146 concerns the liability of co-sureties to contribute equally, unless their contracts provide otherwise.
Correct answer: Co-sureties- A. 130, 133
- B. 133, 139
- 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, 139360. In contract of guarantee the person at whose place guarantee given is called __________________?
- A. Surety holder
- B. Principal debtor
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- 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