Practice Test

Q1) Can a promise to pay money to a witness served with a notice be enforced Show Answer

Q2) A gives to B Rs.5,00,000 to be given to C .B informs C that he is holding the money for him .but afterwards B refuses to pay the money .C sues B for the money .B intends that C cannot sue as he was not a party to the contract .Will the contention of B be upheld Show Answer

Q3) R promised to pay a subscription of Rs.5,000 to S for the G.M.Fund . He later change his mind. could the amount be recovered from raj ? Show Answer

Q4) NO CONSIDERATION NO CONTRACT" does not apply to completed gift, i.e. gifts given & accepted. Show Answer

Q5) A find's B's purse & gives it back to him .B promises to give A Rs.50 .this is Show Answer

Q6) There can be a stranger to a consideration but not a stranger to a contract Show Answer

Q7) A writes to B 'I am willing to sell my car as it is today for Rs.75,000'.B replies ,'I can buy it for Rs.65,000'.A keeps quite. subsequently, B writes 'I will buy it for Rs.75,000'.there is a binding promise in this case Show Answer

Q8) A promiser is not normally bound by his promise unless some consideration is offered by the promisee Show Answer

Q9) J married K & left for US , promising to pay K Rs.50,000 p.m till such time J was in US .this case is Show Answer

Q10) Can a contract which is made by a deed (i.e.a contract under seal ) be valid even if it is made without consideration ? Show Answer

Q11) Can a time-barred debt adjust by a creditor, where the debtor makes the payment without indicating the debt to be adjusted ? Show Answer

Q12) Past consideration is no consideration in India Show Answer

Q13) Inadequate of consideration is relevant in determining the question of Show Answer

Q14) Hari owes Rs.1 lakh to Maya, Maya is entitled to recover this amount from Hari.this is called Show Answer

Q15) The general max. of law is that when money is paid ,it is to be applicable according to the expressed will of Show Answer

Q16) A consideration is Show Answer

Q17) Consideration & objects are unlawful when it is Show Answer

Q18) What does the max.'Ex Nudo pacto non oritur actio' ,mean ? Show Answer

Q19) A who is indebted to B ,sells his property to C ,C promises to pay off the debt to B .when C fails top pay B has no right to sue C ,because Show Answer

Q20) X's brother runs away from the house .Y who is an employee of X offers to search for the brother & goes out for the purpose .in the absence of Y ,X offers a reward of Rs.1 lakh to any one who can either find out the brother or give clues enabling X find his brother.Y finds out X's brother & claims therewards even though he did not know about it earlier .in this case- Y is entitled to the reward Show Answer

Q21) Consideration may be also be offered by a person other than the promise Show Answer

Q22) Consideration must be Show Answer

Q23) An essential feature of consideration is that Show Answer

Q24) Adequacy of consideration is to be seen from the view point of Show Answer

Q25) A contracts with B that if A practices as a surgeon within Goa ,he will pay Rs.5,000.A practices as surgeon in Goa.B is entitled to such compensation Show Answer

Q26) M promised to pay N Rs.10,00,000.if N discovers treasures by magic .here consideration is Show Answer

Q27) Consideration in general means Show Answer

Q28) Which of the following is true ? Show Answer

Q29) Which of the following is false ? Consideration Show Answer

Q30) Which of the following is false ? Show Answer

Q31) An act constituting consideration must have been done at the desire of Show Answer

Q32) Which of the following is true ? Show Answer

Q33) A consideration may be Show Answer

Q34) Consideration in simple term means Show Answer

Q35) Which of the following is not an exception to the rule -No consideration ,No contract Show Answer

Q36) As a general rule, an agreement made without consideration is Show Answer

Q37) An agreement made with free consent to which the consideration is lawful but inadequate is Show Answer

Q38) The consideration to an agreement is unlawful if : Show Answer

Q39) A agrees to pay Rs.5 lakh to B if he procures employment for A in Income Tax Department .This agreement is Show Answer

Q40) A agrees to sell his car to B at a price which B may not be able to pay .This agreement is Show Answer

Q41) What is the legal terminology for the doing or not doing of something which the promisor desires to be done or not done ? Show Answer

Q42) Which consideration is not consideration in England? Show Answer

Q43) The consideration should be done at desire of : Show Answer

Q44) There can be a stranger to a/an------------------- Show Answer

Q45) The consideration of a agreement is considered unlawful ,if it is , 1.Forbidden by law, 2. Fraudulent , 3.Immoral , 4. Very expensive Show Answer

Q46) An executory consideration Show Answer

Q47) Benefit to the promiser Show Answer

Q48) Inadequacy of consideration does not make the Show Answer

Q49) Consideration is not valid if it is Show Answer

Q50) Illusory consideration renders the transaction. Show Answer

Q51) The consideration may be Show Answer

Q52) Consideration is defined in Show Answer

Q53) Rishi promises to give Rs. 3,000 per month pocket money to his son Riteish . If Rishi does not give the pocket money. Show Answer

Q54) Consideration must be Show Answer

Q55) Past consideration is not valid under Show Answer

Q56) An essential feature of consideration is that Show Answer

Q57) Quid pro quo means Show Answer

Q58) Case of chinnaya vs. Ramayya deals with Show Answer

Q59) A agrees to sell his house to B for Rs.10,000 Show Answer

Q60) A promises ,for a certain sum paid to him by B ,to make goods to B the value of his ship if its wrecked on a certain voyage Show Answer

Q61) A promises to obtain for B an employment in the public service & B promises to pay Rs.1,000 to A Show Answer

Q62) The consideration or object of an agreement is considered lawful , if it is Show Answer

Q63) A promise ,for no consideration ,to give to B Rs.1,000 Show Answer

Q64) Sam agrees to pay Rs.10,000 to saraswati if he brings a tiger from Sunderbans.this is a Show Answer

Q65) A owes B Rs.1,000 under a contract ,B owes C Rs.1,000 .B orders A to credit C with Rs.1,000 in his books ,but C does not assent to the agreement Show Answer

Q66) A pays B Rs.1,000 , in consideration of B's promising to marry C .A's daughter .C is dead at the time of promise Show Answer

Q67) A stranger to consideration Show Answer

Q68) Under English Law stranger to consideration Show Answer

Q69) Sec.of The Indian Contract Act states that "An agreement made without consideration is void". Show Answer

Q70) Ex Nudo Pacto Non Oritur Action means Show Answer

Q71) A contract made in the form of a deed under seal is ------------ if made without consideration Show Answer

Q72) A promise to pay a time barred debt made in writing and signed by the debtor may be Show Answer

Q73) No consideration is required for a Show Answer

Q74) Time barred debt is a debt which is unpaid for the period of Show Answer

Q75) A Hindu husband by a registered document, after referring to quarrels and disagreements between himself and his wife, promised to pay his wife a sum of money for her maintenance and separate residence. The above contract is void since Show Answer

Q76) The agreement made without consideration under,Sec. 25 (1) exception must be : Show Answer

Q77) Two brothers, on partition of family joint properties agreed to invest in equal shares for their mother's maintenance. There was no separate agreement with the mother.In such case, the mother - Show Answer

Q78) The inadequacy of consideration will be taken into account by court of law Show Answer

Q79) A who was badly in need of money offered to sell his piano worth Rs.8,500 to B for Rs.5,000. B refused to buy. A gradually lowered his price until Rs.2,500 was reached, which B accepted. Before the piano was delivered A received an offer of a lager sum from X and he refused to carry out the contract with B claiming that the consideration was inadequate.; Is A liable to pay damages to B for failure to carry out his part of the contract? Show Answer

Q80) Consideration must be something which the Promisor Show Answer

Q81) Promise without consideration is Show Answer

Q82) A person who is not a party to a contract but has some interest in the consideration of the contract. Show Answer

Q83) A is indebted to B. He sells a trolly to C.C promises to pay all debts of A to B. If C fails to pay, B has no right to sue C because Show Answer

Q84) X receives money from Y for paying it to Z. X admits the receipt of that amount to Z. Z can recover the amount from X, even through the money is due from Y Show Answer

Q85) A Holder in due course is entitled to the amount on a Negotiable Instrument, even through there is no agreement between him and the Marker / Drawee . Show Answer

Q86) The consideration for a valid contract should be : Show Answer

Q87) As long as there is a consideration for a promise it is immaterial who has furnished it. Show Answer

Q88) A promises B to given Rs.50,000, if B met A in their next birth also. The consideration of A is Show Answer

Q89) If A promises B to give her,his house if B met A in their next birth also. The consideration is does at the words of the promisor, it is a Show Answer