NATURE OF CONTRACT

Marks
1. Explain the term ‘Contract’. 4

2. Explain “All contracts are agreements, but all agreements are not contract”. 4

3. Explain the ‘Essential elements of a valid contract’ as provided in section 10 of 6

the Indian Contract Act, 1872

4. Difference between:
(i) Agreement and Contract 4
(ii) Void and Voidable Contract 4
(iii) Void Contract and Illegal Agreement 4

5. Define the following terms:

(i) Void Contract 2
(ii) Voidable Contract 2
(iii) Illegal agreement 2
(iv) Unenforceable Contract 2
(v) Tacit Contract 2

6. Explain the types of Contract on the basis of the Performance of the Contract. 4

OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE

Marks

1. Define ‘Offer’ as per the Indian Contract Act, 1872 2

2. Explain the term ‘General Offer’ with a leading case law. 4

3. Explain the Essentials of a Valid offer/ proposal. 8

4. Differentiate ‘Offer’ and ‘Invitation to Offer’ 3

5. Define ‘Acceptance’ as per the Indian Contract Act, 1872 2

6. “Acceptance to an offer is what a lighted match-stick is to a train of gun- 4

powder”. Explain.

7. Explain the ‘Legal rules of a valid acceptance’. 8

8. What are the various modes for Revocation of offer? 6

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 CAPACITY TO CONTRACT
Marks
1. Explain any 8 points for the Law related to Minor’s Agreement. 8

2. Explain the liability of Minor for necessaries supplied to him. 4

3. Explain the term ‘Persons of unsound Mind’. 2

4. What is the legal position of unsound mind person making a contract? 2

5. Who are disqualified from contracting by a law to which they are subject? 2

CONSIDERATION
Marks
1. Explain the term ‘Consideration’. 4

2. What are the ‘Legal rules for Consideration’? 8

3. Explain ‘ex nudo pacto non oritur actio’ with its exception. 8
OR
“An agreement without consideration is void.” Explain with its exception. 8

4. Explain the doctrine of ‘Privity of Contract’ with its exception. 6

OR
“A stranger to a contract cannot sue.” Explain with its exception. 6

FREE CONSENT
Marks
1. Define ‘Free consent’. 4

2. Explain ‘Coercion’. 4

3. Explain ‘Undue Influence’. When a person is said to be in a position to dominate 6

the will of the other?

4. Whether Silence amounts to fraud? Explain with Exception. 6

5. Difference between
‘Coercion’ and ‘Undue Influence’ 4
‘Fraud’ and ‘Misrepresentation’ 4

6. Explain the legal effects of agreement without free consent as laid by section 19 5
of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

7. Explain the effect of Mistake on the validity of a contract. 5