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Tort
Tort
Tort is a:
(a) Civil wrong (b) Criminal wrong (c) Civil as well as criminal wrong
(d) None of the above
4. Who said, “Tortious liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily
fixed by the law, this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is
redressable by an action for unliquidated damages”?
(a) Lord Atkin (b) Winfield (c) John Salmond (d) Fraser
11. The maxim injuria sine damno has been explained in:
(a) Danoghue v. Stevenson (b) Winterbottom v. Wright
(c) Ashby v. White (d) Lumley v. Gye.
13. Where the plaintiff in action sues for a pre-determined and inelastic
sum of money, he is said to have claimed:
(a) Unliquidated damages (b) Confined damages
(c) Liquidated damages d) Unlimited damages
15. Who among the following holds that there is no law of tort but there
is Law of Torts ?
(a) Winfield (b) Salmond
(c) Austin (d) Blackstone
16. The main supporter of the theory that it is a law of Tort and ‘not law
of Torts is
(a) Winfield (b) Salmond
(c) Fleming (d) Heuston
17. Gloucester Grammer School case explains:
(a) injuria sine damno (b) damnum sine injuria
(c) respondents superior (d) remoteness of damages.
29. When two or more persons commit some tort against the
same person they are:
(a) independent tort feasors (b) joint tort feasors
(c) either independent tort feasors or joint tort feasors
(d) neither (a) nor (b).
34. If the same act, done by a person results in two wrongs-a crime
as well as tort at the same time, in such a case
(a) Civil remedy would be available (b) Criminal remedy would be available
C) Both (a) & (b) are correct (d) None of the above
35. Whether a man may lawfully shoot his neighbor ‘s tamed pigeon, if
they are found damaging the crops?
(a) Yes (b) No
C) Depends on the circumstances d) None of the above
43. According to the English law, libel and slander are two
important factors of defamation. Libel is addressed to the eye, slander to
the:
(a) Mind (b) Body
(c) Ear (d) None of the above
Ans.B
47. For ‘false imprisonment there should be:
(a) total restraint on the liberty of a person
Ans.A
48. Defamation is divided into libel and slander under:
(a) English law only
Ans.A
49. For defamation
(a) intention to defame is not necessary
Ans.A
50. Action for defamation can be brought by:
(a) an individual
(c) a company
Ans.D