In a contract not specifying the time for performance, the promisor can perform the contract

B is A’s daughter. A and B enter into a contract. A has private information of a change in price which would affect B’s willingness to proceed with the contract. A did not give this information to B. State whether the contract

Consider the following statements:
1. A shopkeeper’s catalogue of price is not an offer.
2. An auctioneer’s announcement that specified goods will be sold by auction on a certain day is not an offer to hold the auction.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the given below the lists:

List-I
List-II

a. Doctrine of frustration
1. Taylor v. Caldwell

b. Special damages
2. Hochester v. Dela Tour

c. Anticipatory breach of contract
3. Tinn v. Hoffman & Co.

d. Cross-offer
4. Hadley v. Baxendale

Two persons have the capacity to contract under section 11

The principle of agency of necessity is

Under Section 20 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 in case both the parties are under mistake as to matter of fact, the contract:

“A” enters into a contract with ‘B’ to buy his colour T.V., provided be obtains bank loan. This contract is called:

Consider the following statements with regard to the consequences of breach of contract.
1. In case of breach of contract, the party who suffers is entitled to receive compensation for any loss or damage caused to him thereby, which the parties knew, when they made the contract, to be likely to result from the breach of it.
2. Such compensation is to be given for any remote and indirect loss or damage sustained by reason of the breach.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

An agreement in connection with horse racing under Section 30 is

A farmer whose crop is partially destroyed every year by crickets reads an advertisement addressed to farmers to save their crop from the menace of crickets, asking them to send rupees five thousand for a machine to effectively kill crickets. A sends rupees five thousand and receivesby mail one wooden block and a hammer with the instructions ‘put a cricket on one block and hammer it and it will certainly die, repeat the performance till all the crickets are destroyed’. A rightly alleges that the contract is not binding on him as his consent to purchase the machine was obtained through

A’ makes a contract with ‘B’ to buy his house for Rs. 50,000 if he is able to secure a bank loan for that amount contract is:

A’, a tradesman leaves his goods at B’s house by mistake. ‘B’ uses the goods as his own. Then:

A void contract is a contract which

Contract Forbidden by Law are

Assertion (A): An agreement the object of which is opposed to the law, is void.
Reason (R): A valid contract requires that parties must contract for a lawful object.
Select the correct answer from the given below:

A guarantee

Which Article of the Constitution of India provides for “Equal Justice and Free Legal Aid”?

Under Section 18 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, misrepresentation falls under:

The leading case of Harvey v. Facey relates to which one of the following

Which one of the following agreements is held to be opposed to public policy?

An acceptance containing additions, limitations or other modifications shall amount to

Match the items of List I with the items of List II and choose the correct answer from the given below.

List I (Section of Indian Contract Act 1872)
List II (Definition)

a. Section 2(f)
1. Proposal

b. Section 2(e)
2. Promisor and Promisee

c. Section 2(a)
3. Reciprocal Promises

d. Section 2(c)
4. Agreement

In which of the following cases was the legality of contract over telephone decided?

A contract of guarantee has been defined

In which of the following types of contract, consideration is not necessary?

A leaves a cow in the custody of B to be taken care of. The cow has a calf. In the absence of any contract to the contrary-

Extent of surety’s liability has been provided under contract Act in:-

When a party to a contract fails to perform a contract within the fixed time:

Which of the following is an exception to the rule or doctrine of privity of contract that a stranger to a contract cannot sue?

The Contract Act, 1872 consists . . . . . . . . sections

Quasi contractual obligations are based on the theory propounded by whom?

“Consideration is the recompense given by the party contracting to the other”: Above definition is attributed to . . . . . . . .

A, a singer, enters into a contract with B, the manager of a theatre, to sing at his theatre two nights every week during the following two months, and B agrees to pay Rs. 100 for each night’s performance. On the sixth night A wilfully absents herself from the theatre.

Whether release of one co-surety discharge the others

The law relating to appropriation of payment under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 has been provided in which of the following Sections?

A proposes, by letter sent by post, to sell his house to B. The proposal of A is accepted by B by letter sent by post. When can A revoke his proposal?

“Continuing Guarantee” has been defined

An executed consideration

As a general rule, an agreement made without consideration is

‘X’, a Delhi merchant & native of Delhi entered into contract with ‘Y’, a Jabalpur merchant for the purchase of 50 quintals of Sitaphal. In Delhi Sitaphal is a vegetable, while in Jabalpur it is a fruit

Which contract is specifically enforceable?

An agreement is valid

A gratuitous bailment is terminated:-

Consider the following statements:
1. An agreement to agree in the future is void, for there is no certainty whether the parties will be able to agree.
2. Where only a part or a clause of the contract is uncertain, but the rest is capable of bearing a reasonably certain meaning, the contract will be void.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following Sections of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines ‘Consideration’?

Under Indian Contract Act, when does an agreement becomes a contract?

X’ on 1st July, 2018 agrees to sell his house to ‘Y’ for a price of Rs. 1 crore, if the entire price is paid on or before 31st July, 2018 and for the price of Rs. 1,25,00,000/- after 31st July, 2018 but before 30th September, 2018. It was further agreed that if the entire price is not paid by 30th September, 2018, ‘Y’ shall not be entitled to purchase the house and the earnest money paid by ‘Y’ to ‘X’ shall stand forfeited. Such an agreement:

Promises which form the consideration or part of the consideration for each other are called

Surender’s dog is lost. He advertises in a newspaper – “Anyone who finds the dog will get a reward of Rs. 20,000.” This advertisement is:

Which of the following is not an essential of a contract of guarantee

The loss or damage arising from a breach of contract has to be ascertained

Quasi contract emerged from:

A contract which is valid initially however, ceases to be enforceable subsequently, the contract-

To convert a proposal into a promise the acceptance must be:

In case of death of a joint promisor(s) the promisee

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 became operative from the date of

Indian Contract Act:- A ‘contract of insurance’ is a contract of-

On which of the following grounds a party to a contract cannot be discharged from performing it?

An agreement to ‘sale of goodwill’ for a specified area, to which the purchaser agreed is . . . . . . . .

Which of the statements given below is/are correct?
1. An agreement, without consideration, in writing and registered, made on account of natural love and affection between parties standing in a near relation, is a valid contract.
2. If any part of a single consideration for one or more objects, is unlawful, the agreement is a voidable contract.

A, who is B’s ‘mukhtar’, promises to exercise his influence, as such, with B in favour of C, and C promises to pay Rs. 20,000 to A. The agreement is

Indian Contract Act:- Two parties entered into contract. They later realized that there was a mistake in their understanding of law as applicable in India. This make their contract

Wagering Agreement are

Agent is a

Under Indian Contract Act, 1872 “an agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void”, which one of the following agreements, is not void?

A finder of goods is

Nudum Pactum means

Hadley v. Baxendale, (1854) 9 Exch 34 deals with:

A person is deemed to be in a position to dominate the will of another by undue influence if the mental capacity is affected temporarily or permanently by

The rule enunciated by Section 65 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 is applicable to agreements which are discovered void by

A servant is engaged by the master under . . . . . . . .

Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens . . . . . . .

An agreement without consideration is

A contracts to pay B a sum of money when B marries C. C dies without being married to B.

Change of the nature of the obligation in a contract is known as:

What is reasonable time for performance of a contract

Which of the following sections of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 imposes on a person, who sues for damages, a duty to mitigate the loss consequent upon the breach of contract?

If the co-sureties are bound in different sums, they are liable to pay

An agreement made by mistake is

When the promisor offers to perform his obligation to the promisee, it is called

Which of the following statements are correct?
(1) A minor fraudulently misrepresenting his age is not stopped from denying the truth of his statement.
(2) A minor fraudulently misrepresenting his age is stopped from denying the truth of his statement.
(3) Estoppel does not operate to render a statute ineffective and so minor’s agreement is always void.
Choose the correct answer from the given below:

Unlawful consideration and object have been mentioned under which section of the Indian Contract Act, 1872?

The intimation under Section 59 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

A contract between an insurance company and vehicle owner to save the later from consequences of a vehicular accident is a contract of

Provision for the prevention of unjust enrichment of a person is contained in:

The Indian Contract (Amendment) Act, 1997 has amended:

Consider the following statements:
1. An auctioneer’s announcement to sell an artifact through auction on a certain day is not an offer but only an invitation to offer.
2. The highest bid in an auction is merely an offer which an auctioneer mayor may not accept.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

While determining damages for breach of contract, which of the following are taken into account?

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

Bank of India v. O. P. Swarankar, AIR 2003 SC 858 is an important judgment on the following issue:

In which of the following cases it was held that the “Liability of guarantor is coextensive with that of principal debtors”?

Who can appoint an agent

A minor’s agreement

“Coercion” under Indian Law is also known as

Section 73 of the Contract Act applies to contract

A can tracts to sell and deliver 50 maunds of saltpetre to B, at a certain price to be paid on delivery. A breaks his promise.

Bailment involves

In which of the following sections, the Indian Contract Act embodies the rule of Clayton’s case relating to appropriation of payments?

Finder of lost goods under Indian Contract Act, 1872 is a: