Free Civil Law MCQs with Answers
912 Civil Law MCQs from Law and Constitution, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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. Ordinary goods
- B. Specified goods
- C. Scheduled goods
- D. None of above
Explanation: Goods identified and agreed upon when the sale contract is made are termed specific goods under the Sale of Goods Act.
Correct answer: Specified goods- A. Goods
- B. Future goods
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(7) defines goods as every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money.
Correct answer: Goods- A. Transfer
- B. Change of possession
- C. Delivery
- D. None of above
Explanation: Delivery means the voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another.
Correct answer: Delivery- A. Principles
- B. Definitions
- C. Exceptions
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2 of the Sale of Goods Act contains the statutory definitions of important terms such as buyer, seller, goods, delivery, and…
Correct answer: Definitions- A. 66 Sections
- B. 68 Sections
- C. 70 Sections
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 is numbered through section 66, making 66 sections in total.
Correct answer: 66 Sections- A. 15th, February, 1930
- B. 15th, March, 1930
- C. 15th, April, 1930
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 received assent on 15 March 1930. That date is commonly tested as the enactment date of the Act.
Correct answer: 15th, March, 1930- A. High Court
- B. Supreme Court
- C. Appropriate Government
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 35 of the Court Fees Act empowers the appropriate Government to reduce or remit court fees.
Correct answer: Appropriate Government- A. Civil Cases
- B. Criminal cases
- C. Family cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 33 concerns the admission in criminal cases of documents on which the proper court fee has not been paid.
Correct answer: Criminal cases- A. Cancellation of stamp
- B. Renewal of stamp
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 30 deals with cancellation of stamps, preventing a stamp already used for a document from being reused.
Correct answer: Cancellation of stamp470. Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps are provided in_________________?
- A. Section 26, of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- B. Section 27, of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- C. Section 28, of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 27 authorizes rules concerning the supply, number, renewal and accounting of court-fee stamps.
Correct answer: Section 27, of the Court Fees Act, 1870- A. Courts
- B. Revenue Court
- C. Criminal Courts
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 23 specifically concerns the number of peons in Revenue Courts. It does not deal generally with criminal courts or all courts.
Correct answer: Revenue Court- A. Local language
- B. Roman language
- C. English language
- D. None of these
Explanation: “Vernacular language” means the local or commonly spoken language of the area, not Roman or English.
Correct answer: Local language- A. Privincial Government
- B. High Court
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 20 empowers the High Court to make rules regarding the costs of processes issued by it or by subordinate courts.
Correct answer: High Court- A. Section 18
- B. Section 19
- C. Section 19A
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 19 lists documents that are exempt from court fees. Section 18 concerns a different procedural matter and is not the exemption…
Correct answer: Section 19- A. Section 14-A of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- B. Section 15 of the Court Fees Act
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 15 requires refund of the fee where a court reverses or modifies its former decision because of a mistake.
Correct answer: Section 15 of the Court Fees Act- A. Section 12, of the Court Fees Act
- B. Section 13, of the Court Fees Act
- C. Section 14, of the Court Fees Act
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 13 deals with refund of the fee paid on a memorandum of appeal.
Correct answer: Section 13, of the Court Fees Act- A. 10
- B. 11
- C. 12
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 10 provides the procedure where the net profits or market value has been wrongly estimated and additional court fee may be…
Correct answer: 10- A. According to amount of consideration
- B. According desires of plaintiff
- C. Upon discretion of Court
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under section 7(x), a specific-performance suit relating to a contract of sale is valued according to the consideration stated in the…
Correct answer: According to amount of consideration- A. According to the amount awarded
- B. According to the amount claimed
- C. According to the difference between the amount awarded and amount claimed by the appellant
- D. None of these
Explanation: For an appeal concerning compensation awarded for compulsory acquisition, the fee is based on the amount in dispute.
Correct answer: According to the difference between the amount awarded and amount claimed by the appellant- A. 7 (iv) of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- B. 7 (v) of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- C. 7 (vi) of the Court Fees Act, 1870
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 7(iv) covers suits for movable property whose subject matter has no market value, with the fee based on the value assigned to the…
Correct answer: 7 (iv) of the Court Fees Act, 1870