Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Mercantile Law Mcqs
Mercantile Law Mcqs
Mercantile Law Mcqs
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including Question No.8 which is Compulsory. All
questions carry equal marks.
1. What are the various kinds of shares? Briefly give distinctive features of each.
4. (a) Explain 'consideration' as an element in a valid contract. State the exceptions to the rule
that an agreement without consideration is void.
5. State the various modes in which a contract may be discharged and the modes in which a man
may be discharged from the obligations of a contract.
6. (a) Explain the position and rights of a minor under the law of partnership.
7. Explain the general rule that no one can give a better title than he himself possesses. Discuss
and illustrate the exceptions to this rule.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(a) Its bearer (b) Only to a person specified therein (c) None of these.
(2) How a cheque is treated by a banker among the following when the balance at credit of
drawer is found insufficient"
(a) On receiving the value thereof. (b) Without receiving the value thereof.
(c) None of these.
(4) Which of the following is correct:
(a) A Provincial Government can constitute a Corporate Law Authority. (b) The minimum
number of members of the Corporate Law Authority is five (c) None of these.
(a) Any member of a Public limited Company can appoint more than one proxy to attend any
meeting. (b) A proxy must be member of the company (c) None of these.
(a) can be sold separately from other property of a firm. (b) cannot be sold separately. (c) is not
saleable commodity.
(7.) When undue influence is used in a contract by one party against the other, the contract
becomes:
(a) The bailee can mix the goods of the bailor with his own goods under the law: (b) cannot mix
(c) The buyer should be aware of the suitability of goods for his purpose.
(13) If the seller of immovable property has effected a fire insurance policy in respect of the
property, the purchaser, of the property:
(a) cannot claim any benefit of it. (b) can claim benefit as transferee of the property.
(c) to accept the terms of the policy by the insurer. (d) none of these.
(15) The grace period for every instrument payable at a specified period after date or after sight
is:
(16) Special Resolution is passed at a general meeting of a Public Company when not less than
the following notice has been given:
(18) A company shall be eligible for registration as a Modaraba Company if its paid-up capital is
not less than:
(a) 2 million rupees. (b) 3 million rupees. (c) 2.5 million rupees.
(19) A and B are partners. A buys land with partnership moneys for his sole benefit. Thereafter,
A debits himself in the firm books and becomes a debtor to the firm for the amount of the
purchase money. The purchased property is:
(20) Whether a partner has got power to assign his partnership interest to any other person so as
to make him a partner in the business?