Tag: discharge and breach of a contract

Questions Related to discharge and breach of a contract

Which of these are not opposed to Public Policy?

  1. Champerty & Maintenance

  2. Agreements in restraint of parental rights

  3. Agreements in restraint of marriage

  4. Agreements to refer disputes to arbitration


Correct Option: D

A contractors to sell his car to B for Rs. 4,00,000 and B agrees to pay on delivery. Once the car is delivered to B and B pays Rs. 4,00,000, contract comes to an end. This is called __________

  1. waiver of a Contract

  2. breach of a Contract

  3. rescission of a Contract

  4. discharge of a Contract


Correct Option: D

When an inferior right accruing to a party in a contract merges into a superior right accruing to the same party, then________.

  1. the contract conferring the inferior right is discharged

  2. the contract conferring the superior right is discharged

  3. both contracts are discharged

  4. both contracts are not discharged


Correct Option: A

A holds a house on lease. After that he buys the house and became owner. the contract is discharged by __________ .

  1. rescission

  2. merger

  3. waiver

  4. remission


Correct Option: B

A contract can be discharged by __________.

  1. frustration of the contract

  2. performance of the contract

  3. both (a) & (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: C

_________ signifies that the parties are not further bound under the contract.

  1. Waiver of a Contract

  2. Breach of a Contract

  3. Rescission of a Contract

  4. Discharge of a Contract


Correct Option: D

When both the parties have decided to cancel the contract, it is known as _______ .

  1. remission

  2. novation

  3. rescission

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

X & Y entered into an agreement to buy an imported car for Rs. 30,000. Later on they cancelled the agreement. This is known as ______ .

  1. recission

  2. merger

  3. waiver

  4. remission


Correct Option: A

Rescission of a Voidable Contract may also be revoked and the parties can get back on the original contract.

  1. True

  2. Partly true

  3. False

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Damages which an aggrieved party claims, besides general damages for any loss he has suffered owing to special circumstances known to both the parties at the time of signing the contract are called ________.

  1. vindictive damages

  2. nominal damages

  3. general damages

  4. special damages


Correct Option: D