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Fundamentals of Laws and Ethics | Set 1

1. The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Correct : D. All the above

2. An agreement & contract are one and same thing.

Correct : B. False

3. The source of the law of contract is

Correct : D. All the above

4. Law of contract

Correct : C. Deals with only such legal obligation which arise from agreement

5. Social agreements are

Correct : B. Not enforceable in the courts

6. All contracts

Correct : A. Are agreements

7. Mercantile Law

Correct : B. Is applicable to everybody

8. A contract consist of

Correct : A. Mutual promises or agreement enforceable by law

9. An agreement to create legal liability

Correct : C. Is enforceable by law

10. Obligation between parties that form contract

Correct : B. Are legal obligation which spring from agreements

11. A contract means an agreement

Correct : A. Which is enforceable by law

12. A contract or an obligation to perform a promise could arise in the following ways

Correct : A. By agreement and contract

13. The Indian Contract law is based on

Correct : A. English law

14. Section 2(b) defines, "When the person to whom the proposal is made, signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal when accepted becomes a/an

Correct : C. Promise

15. When the consent of a party to a contract has been obtained by undue influence, fraud or misrepresentation, the contract is

Correct : B. Voidable

16. All contracts

Correct : D. none of the above

17. A foreigner

Correct : A. is competent to enter into contract if he fulfils the conditions of section 11.

18. Voidable contract

Correct : A. are enforceable by law if they are not avoided

19. The terms of agreement

Correct : D. all the above

20. A contract is a contract

Correct : A. from the time it is made

21. In an executed contract

Correct : C. both the parties have fulfilled their promises

22. All illegal agreements

Correct : C. are void

23. A void agreement

Correct : C. may or may not be illegal

24. All kinds of obligations between the parties form part of the contract. This statement is

Correct : B. False

25. A contract is made where:

Correct : A. A buys a book from a shop

26. Right in rem implies:

Correct : A. a right available against the whole world

27. A void contract

Correct : B. is valid in the beginning but becomes void later on

28. A void agreement is one

Correct : C. which is not enforceable by law

29. An agreement created by words spoken or written is called

Correct : A. express agreement

30. An agreement consists of reciprocal promises between the

Correct : D. Two parties

31. Which of the following statements is false

Correct : A. Law of contract is the whole law of obligations

32. Parol contracts are also know as

Correct : A. Simple Contract

33. Which of the following contracts are not recognized by Indian Contract Act, 1872?

Correct : D. All the above

34. Which of the following statements is false in respect of formal contract?

Correct : C. It should have consideration

35. Under the English law which of the following are recognized as formal contract

Correct : D. Both (a) and (b)

36. An offer made by words spoken or written is called:

Correct : B. Express offer

37. Partial acceptance of offer result in

Correct : A. counter offer

38. A tender is

Correct : A. an offer

39. Acceptance is to offer what a lighted match is to a train of gun powder. This statement indicates

Correct : A. Once an offer is accepted it results in binding contract

40. An offer comes to an end by

Correct : C. revocation

41. Death or insanity of the proposer will revoke the proposal

Correct : B. If the fact of the death or insanity is known to the offeree

42. An offer stands revoked

Correct : D. All the above

43. Cross offer do not constitute a contract because

Correct : A. there is no acceptance

44. A proposal can be revoked

Correct : A. Before posting of letter of acceptance by the acceptor

45. Communication of acceptance is not necessary

Correct : D. All the above

46. When counter offer is given, the original offer

Correct : A. Lapses

47. A counter offer proposing different terms and conditions

Correct : B. Amount to rejection of the offer

48. Which of the following statements is false?

Correct : A. A response to invitation to treat lead to an agreement

49. When the promisee does not accept the offer of performance, the promisor is not responsible for nonperformance

Correct : A. True

50. For an acceptance to be valid, it must be

Correct : B. Absolute & unqualified

51. Acceptance takes place as against the proposer, when

Correct : A. When the letter of acceptance is posted by the acceptor

52. An advertisement for sale goods by auction

Correct : A. Amounts to an invitation to offer

53. Communication of offer is complete when

Correct : A. It comes to the knowledge of the offeree

54. Performance of conditions of a proposal is an acceptance to the proposal

Correct : A. True

55. An acceptance will be revoked at any time before the communication of acceptance is complete against the acceptor, but not afterwards

Correct : A. True

56. An offer need not be made to a ascertained person

Correct : D. Either (a) or (c)

57. An agreement to agree in future upon terms to be settled afterwards between the parties is

Correct : B. Not valid

58. Acceptance once given cannot be revoked

Correct : A. True

59. A tender and a bid at an auction sale are

Correct : B. Offers

60. A quotation is

Correct : D. Invitation to offer

61. A contract is formed when the acceptor

Correct : A. has done something to signify his intention

62. If the offeree does not accept the offer according to the mode prescribed, then

Correct : A. The offeror may accept or reject such acceptance

63. When the mode of acceptance is prescribed in the proposal then

Correct : B. It should be accepted in that manner

64. A proposal when accepted becomes a

Correct : A. Promise

65. Acceptance takes place when and where the message is received

Correct : A. True

66. Mental acceptance is

Correct : A. No acceptance at all

67. The term 'proposal' used in the Indian Contract Act is synonymous with the term

Correct : B. Offer

68. The term 'Proposal or offer' has been defined in section

Correct : A. Section 2(a)

69. A bid at an auction sale is

Correct : B. An express offer to buy

70. A price list hanging outside the shop is meant for

Correct : B. An advertisement of goods and meaningless from legal point of view

71. The communication of a proposal is complete when it comes to

Correct : A. The knowledge of that person

72. When the offers made by two persons to each other containing similar terms of bargain cross each other in post, they are known as

Correct : A. Cross offers

73. General offers open for world at large can be accepted by

Correct : A. Any person in the world

74. When the proposal or acceptance is made other wise than words, the promise is said to be

Correct : B. Implied

75. In order to convert a proposal into a promise, the acceptance must

Correct : D. Be absolute and unqualified

76. The communication of an acceptance is com plete as against the acceptor

Correct : C. When it comes to the knowledge of the proposer

77. If the communication is made by an unauthorised person, it does not result in a/an

Correct : B. Agreement

78. Which section, of Indian Contract Act defines "performance of the conditions of a proposal is an acceptance of the proposal"?

Correct : C. Section 8

79. Various modes of revocation of offer have been described in

Correct : C. Section 6

80. Which section of Law of Contract defines, "A proposal may be revoked at anytime, before the communication of its acceptance is complete as against the proposer, but not afterwards."

Correct : A. Section 5

81. According to Indian Contract Act, a promise is

Correct : B. A proposal which has been accepted

82. When parties enter into a contract on telephone the contract becomes complete at the place where acceptance is heard by the proposer. This has been provided

Correct : A. In no section of Indian Contract Act but so decided by the Supreme Court

83. An advertisement inviting tender is

Correct : C. An invitation for proposal

84. Goods displayed in a shop window with a price label will amount to

Correct : B. Invitation to offer

85. A promisee is

Correct : C. A person to whom the promise is made

86. The person making the proposal is called

Correct : A. Promisor

87. A mere passing utterance will

Correct : B. Not amount to a proposal

88. Which of the following is an invitation for offer?

Correct : D. A catalogue of goods for sale

89. Which of the following is an offer?

Correct : D. Bids in an auction sale

90. Acceptance in ignorance of the offer is

Correct : B. Invalid

91. An offer or its acceptance or both may be made

Correct : C. Either by words or by conduct

92. When a proposal and its acceptance are made by words, they are known as

Correct : A. Expressed

93. In cases, where a proposal and its acceptance are not made by words and are inferred from the conduct of the parties. They are known as

Correct : A. Implied offers

94. Express offers and acceptances may be proved by the agreement between the parties but implied offers can be proved only by

Correct : D. Both (b)&(c)

95. An offer which is allowed to remain offer for acceptance over a period of time is known as a

Correct : A. Standing offer

96. Voidable contract is one

Correct : C. Which is valid so long it is not avoided by the party entitled to do so

97. A contract is said to be executed when it has been performed wholly on

Correct : B. Two sides

98. When the contract is perfectly valid in its substance but which cannot be enforced because of certain technical defects. This is called a

Correct : C. Unenforceable contract

99. The difference between an advertisement for sale and a proposal is

Correct : B. That a proposal becomes a promise as soon as the party to whom it is made accepts it but an advertisement does not

100. In a Book depot a catalogue of book enlisting the price of each book and specifying the place where the particular book is available is

Correct : A. An invitation to offer