The doctrine of 'privity of consideration' means:
A. Consideration may move from any other person with prior permission of the state
B. Consideration may move from any other person except the promisee
C. Consideration may move from the promisee or any other person
D. Consideration must move from the promisee alone
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A, a sixteen year old boy travelling alone in a railway train, gets down at a station and asked a vendor the rate of samosas the vendor offer Rs. 20/- a plate, the boy takes a plate. After eating samosas he refuses to pay on ground that a minor's contract is not binding. Decide the validity of contract.
A. Not binding
B. Binding
C. Binding only if the guardian of the boy authorised him to buy samosas
D. Binding only if the boy has money
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Under Indian Law of Contract "consensus ad idem" means
A. To agree on the same thing in the same sense
B. No agreement can have more than one meaning
C. To agree in the same way
D. To agree on different things in the same sense
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A contract creates
A. Rights and obligations of the parties to it
B. Obligations of the parties to it
C. Mutual understanding between the parties to it
D. Mutual lawful rights and obligations of the parties to it
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Which of the following deals with agent's duty to pay sums received for principal in the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
A. Section 211
B. Section 219
C. Section 218
D. Section 210
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A contract to perform the promise or discharge the liability of third person in case of his default is known as:
A. Contract of indemnity
B. Contract of bailment
C. Contract of guarantee
D. Contract of agency
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Section 41 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 deals with:
A. Effect of accepting performance from third person
B. Person by whom promise is to be performed
C. Tender to perform a promise
D. Effect of refusal of party to perform promise wholly
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Which of the followingis not a quasi-contract?
A. Obligation of a person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act
B. Responsibility of finder of goods
C. Quantum meriut
D. Novation
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Under Section 19 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the consent caused by coercion is:
A. Voidable
B. Valid
C. Illegal
D. None of these
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A and B agree that A shall pay B 1,000 rupee, for which B shall afterwards deliver to A either rice or smuggled opium.
A. It is a contract
B. It is a void agreement
C. Either (A) or (B)
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Which of the following is not true about a warranty?
A. An assurance that the facts specified in the product are true
B. It is generally written
C. It is applicable to service only
D. There is no assurance of money back
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Section 40 of Indian Contract Act deals
A. About persons by whom promise is to be performed
B. About compensation on non performance of promise
C. About violability of agreement
D. About legality of contract
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Which of the following deals with "when agent cannot delegate" in the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
A. Section 190
B. Section 191
C. Section 185
D. Section 181
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In Indian Law, a wagering contract is
A. Treated as voidable
B. Treated as void
C. Treated against public policy
D. Treated as valid
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A sells his car to B. A has a right to recover the price of the car from B. This right is a
A. Right is rem
B. Right is personam
C. Right in rem as well as right in personam
D. Moral right
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Which one of the following statements is true?
A. Offer and acceptance are revocable
B. Offer and acceptance are irrevocable
C. An offer can be revoked but acceptance cannot
D. An offer cannot be revoked but acceptance can be
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Which of the following statement is correct in relation to sub-agent?
A. He is employed by the principal in the business of the agency
B. He is employed by the original agent in the business of the agency
C. He acts under the control of the principal
D. The agent is not responsible to the principal for acts of the sub-agent
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Which is not the Private Right
A. Rights of property
B. Right of freedom
C. Rights to Education
D. All the above
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Which of the following sections deals with specific performance of a part of a contract:
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Is a suit filed by an agent under a general contract of agency maintainable at his instance?
A. Yes
B. No
C. It will depend upon the facts of the case
D. The premise is incorrect
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