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Legal Principles and Remedies

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This hub provides practice questions on tort liability, professional negligence, and compensatory damages. It covers key legal principles related to contracts, product liability, and defenses like comparative negligence. These topics are vital for law students and candidates preparing for judiciary examinations.

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Legal Principles and Remedies Questions

Multiple choice

In law of tort, duty is

  1. primarily fixed by the law

  2. ordinarily fixed by the law

  3. naturally fixed by the law

  4. definitely fixed by the law
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is correct: In law, tortous liability arises from the breach of duty primarily fixed by the law.

Multiple choice

When an injury is intentional and sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature and death follows, the offence is

  1. attempt to murder

  2. culpable homicide, not amounting to murder

  3. murder

  4. grievous hurt
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: It is not an offence of attempt to murder.

Option (2) is incorrect: It is a culpable homicide amounting to murder.

Option (3) is correct: U/s 300 of IPC, Culpable homicide is murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death. Option (4) is incorrect: Death is not a grievous hurt.
Multiple choice

'Penalties for unlawful environmental damage' is classified as

  1. provision

  2. contingent liabilities

  3. contingent asset

  4. reserve
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Environmental penalties are contingent liabilities because their existence depends on a future uncertain event (legal proceedings or damage assessment). They're not provisions (no present obligation) or reserves.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. The liability of the surety is co-extensive with that of the principal debtor.

  2. A suit against the surety without even impending the principal debtor is maintainable.

  3. It is not open to the surety to place a limit upon his liability.

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In the contract of gurantee, the surety, who put his steps into the shoes of principal debtor, cannot place a limit upon his liability.

Multiple choice

Doctrine of proportionality is a concept relating to

  1. Administrative Law

  2. Law of Partition

  3. Workman Compensation Law

  4. Accident Claim Compensation Law
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion of fairness and justice in statutory interpretation processes. Doctrine of proportionality is a concept relating to Administrative Law. 

Multiple choice

In a tort of conspiracy, it is necessary to

  1. form an agreement

  2. cause damage

  3. do an illegal act

  4. do a legal act
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is correct: Damage is an essential element of liability in the tort of conspiracy for the tort.

Multiple choice

Claim on the basis of 'No Fault Liability' can be made under

  1. law of torts

  2. Motor Vehicles Act

  3. contract between carrier and passenger

  4. motor vehicle taxation law

  5. law of torts or Motor Vehicles Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) Claim on the basis of 'No Fault Liability' can be made under the Motor Vehicles Act.

Multiple choice

The National Environment Tribunal Act provides for compensation on the basis of no fault liability in the cases of

I. death of any person II. injury to any person III. death and injury to workman IV. damage to any property

  1. I and II

  2. II and III

  3. IV only

  4. I, II and IV

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The National Environment Tribunal Act provides for compensation on the basis of no fault liability in the cases of death of any person, injury to any person and damage to any property.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Negligence as a tort is the breach of legal duty to take care which results in damage. Reason (R): In the tort of negligence, the law takes cognizance of carelessness only if it is supported by the legal duty to care.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Negligence is the failure to take care that a responsible person usually takes and lack of normal care or attention. In the tort of negligence, the law takes cognizance of carelessness only if it is supported by the legal duty to care.

Multiple choice

In the tort of slander, it is essential that some special damage has been resulted from the use of word by the defendant. In which of the following cases may an action of slander be maintained, without proof of special damage?

I. Words imputing criminal offence to the plaintiff. II. Words imputing to the plaintiff that he has an infectious disease. III. Words prejudice the plaintiff in his office, profession, etc. IV. Words imputing unchastity to a woman.

  1. I and II

  2. I, II and III

  3. I, II and IV

  4. I, II, III and IV
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In all these cases, an action of slander may be maintained, without proof of special damage.

Multiple choice

The owner of a bus instructed the driver not to race and compete with other omnibuses on a particular route. The driver still tried to obstruct a rival omnibus and caused an accident. What shall be the nature of liability?

  1. The driver shall be liable for the accident because he did not follow the instructions of his owner.

  2. It shall be the liability of the owner of the bus because he has no authority to give instruction to his driver and his act was totally wrong.

  3. The owner of the bus shall be vicariously liable for the accident committed by his driver during the course of employment.

  4. Neither owner nor driver shall be liable.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The owner of the bus shall be vicariously liable for the accident committed by his driver during the course of employment.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following statements and give the correct explanation with the help of the codes given below.

Assertion (A): A wooden chair, while being used by a guest, caused an injury to him due to defective manufacture. The guest is entitled to claim damages from the manufacturer. Reason (R): The manufacturer owes a duty to take care only towards the lawful buyer under the Consumer Protection Act.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The guest will succeed in recovering the damages. Manufacturer is duty bound to take care of the ultimate user.