Law Officer -Practice-5

Prepare for the SPSC Law Officer examination with 20 Contract Act, 1872 MCQs covering proposal, acceptance, consent, void agreements, performance, contingent contracts and breach, with answers and explanations.

Practice questions

  1. Under Section 4 of the Contract Act, 1872, when is communication of a proposal complete as against the proposer?
    • When the proposal is written
    • When it is put in a course of transmission to the person to whom it is made
    • When the offeree accepts it
    • When the proposal is registered
  2. Under Section 5, a proposal may generally be revoked:
    • Only after acceptance
    • At any time before communication of acceptance is complete as against the proposer
    • Only with permission of a court
    • Only after the agreement is registered
  3. Which rule governs acceptance under Section 7 of the Contract Act?
    • Acceptance may introduce any new condition
    • Acceptance must be absolute and unqualified
    • Acceptance is valid only if notarised
    • Acceptance must always be registered
  4. Under Section 8, acceptance may be shown by:
    • Remaining silent in every situation
    • Performing the conditions of a proposal or accepting consideration offered with it
    • Merely reading the proposal
    • Filing a civil suit
  5. Which provision recognises promises that are express or implied?
    • Section 7
    • Section 8
    • Section 9
    • Section 11
  6. Under Section 11, which person is generally competent to contract?
    • A person legally disqualified from contracting
    • A person of unsound mind at the time of contracting
    • A person who has attained majority, is of sound mind and is not disqualified by law
    • Every person regardless of legal capacity
  7. Under Section 12, soundness of mind for contracting primarily means that the person can:
    • Read and write fluently
    • Understand the contract and form a rational judgment about its effect on their interests
    • Own immovable property
    • Work as a government employee
  8. Which section defines consent as agreeing upon the same thing in the same sense?
    • Section 12
    • Section 13
    • Section 14
    • Section 19
  9. Where consent is caused by coercion, fraud or misrepresentation, the agreement is generally:
    • Automatically enforceable against both parties
    • Voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so caused, subject to the Act
    • Always criminal
    • Valid only after registration
  10. Under Section 20, an agreement is void where:
    • One party later regrets a fair bargain
    • Both parties are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement
    • The contract is written in English
    • The agreement involves a lawful exchange
  11. Under Section 23, the consideration or object of an agreement is unlawful if it falls within the statutory grounds, including when it:
    • Is commercially profitable
    • Is forbidden by law or would defeat the provisions of any law
    • Is agreed orally
    • Benefits both parties
  12. Which statement about agreements without consideration is correct under Section 25?
    • Every such agreement is enforceable
    • Every such agreement is criminal
    • Such agreements are generally void, subject to statutory exceptions
    • Such agreements are always voidable only
  13. Under Section 27, an agreement restraining a person from exercising a lawful profession, trade or business is generally:
    • Valid in every case
    • Void to the extent of the restraint, subject to statutory exceptions
    • Valid only if oral
    • Automatically a criminal offence
  14. Which provision generally addresses agreements restraining legal proceedings?
    • Section 25
    • Section 27
    • Section 28
    • Section 31
  15. Under Section 29, an agreement whose meaning is neither certain nor capable of being made certain is:
    • Valid in every case
    • Void for uncertainty
    • Automatically enforceable
    • A contract of guarantee
  16. Under Section 31, a contingent contract is a contract to do or not to do something if:
    • A party changes their mind
    • Some event collateral to the contract happens or does not happen
    • The contract is signed by two witnesses
    • A court has already awarded damages
  17. Under Section 37, parties to a contract are generally required to:
    • Perform or offer to perform their respective promises unless excused by the Act or another law
    • Register every promise
    • Pay damages before performance
    • Obtain court permission before performing
  18. Under Section 39, when one party refuses to perform or disables themselves from performing their promise in its entirety, the other party may generally:
    • Treat the contract as void from the beginning in every case
    • Put an end to the contract unless they have signified acquiescence in its continuance
    • Automatically imprison the defaulting party
    • Recover double the contract price in every case
  19. Under Section 56, an agreement to do an act impossible in itself is:
    • Valid if written
    • Void
    • Enforceable after registration
    • Automatically converted into a guarantee
  20. Under Section 75, a party who rightfully rescinds a contract is generally entitled to:
    • Compensation for damage sustained through non-fulfilment of the contract
    • Imprisonment of the other party without trial
    • Automatic ownership of all the other party’s property
    • A penalty unrelated to the contract
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