Freshers’ Moot Court Competition “NAVODIT” – 2024

Researcher’s Test

Candidate Detail:

Name: ……………………………………………… Team Code: …………………….

Time: 30 Minutes Max Marks: 100

Instructions:

 All mobile phones must be placed on the table during the examination.
 No extra time will be allotted under any circumstances.
 All participants must bring their own utensils for the examination.
 Each question carries 4 marks, and it is mandatory to attempt all questions.
 Maintain academic integrity throughout the test.
 Any form of cheating or plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
 Ensure clarity and conciseness in your writing.

The Moot Court Committee has absolute authority to make any changes at its own discretion.

Objective Type Questions

Q. Select the Correct Option.
1. Contractual Rights generally
a) May be assigned
b) May be delegated
c) May be assigned only to a creditor or donee
d) May not be assigned or delegated

2. A contract with or by a minor is a

a) Valid Contract
b) Void Contract
c) Voidable Contract
d) Voidable at the option of either party

3. Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by

a) Coercion
b) undue influence
c) fraud or misrepresentation
d) All of the above
4. Under section 2(c) promisor is the
a) person who makes the proposal
b) person who accepts the proposal
c) person who makes the promise
d) person to whom the proposal is made

5. _______ does not affect the free consent of the parties.

a) Undue-influence
b) Incompetency of parties
c) Coercion
d) Fraud

6. A lunatic person means

a) Alien enemy
b) Person disqualified by law
c) Person of unsound mind
d) Insolvent person

7. Proposal may be
a) Implied or Express
b) Specific
c) Generic
d) Any of the above

8. An agreement enforceable at law is a

a) enforceable acceptance
b) accepted offer
c) approved promise
d) Contract under section 2(h)

9. An offer made without any words spoken or written is

a) Counter offer
b) Implied offer
c) Cross offer
d) Special offer

10. The Decision in Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose was delivered by:
a) Sir Ford North
b) Sir Arthur Wilson
c) Lord Davey
d) Lord Lindley

11. A sues B for a breach of contract due to failure in delivering goods worth 1.5 crore
within the stipulated time as mentioned in the contract. In which court A should file
his suit?
a) High Court
 b) Supreme Court
c) District Court
d) Court of Small Causes

12. Goods displayed in a shop with a price tag is an

a) Offer
b) invitation to offer
c) counter offer
d) none of the above.

13. The parties to the contract agree to substitute the existing contract with new contract.
This is
a) Alteration
b) Recession
c) Novation
d) None of the above

14. As per the Moot Proposition, Sidd Malhar misrepresented himself as a major during
the tendering process. This misrepresentation could affect the contract's validity
based on the principle of:
a) Coercion
b) Principle of Undue Influence
c) Principle of Misrepresentation
d) Fraud

15. Which one of the following is a void contract?

a) Unilateral Contract
b) A Contract which ceases to be enforceable by law
c) Implied Contract
d) All of the Above

16. An agreement enforceable by law at the instance of one party & not of other party
under section 2(i) is called
a) Void contract
b) Voidable contract
c) Neither (a) or (b)
d) None of the above

17. Which contract depends upon happening or non-happening of future uncertain event?
a) Voidable contract
b) Void agreement
c) Wagering agreement
d) Contingent contract

18. An Agreement becomes a contract when

a) Consideration
 b) Parties are competent to Contract
c) Consent is free and object is lawful
d) All of the above

19. PWD refused to release the payment to a contractor unless he gave up his claim for
extra rate, amounted to
a) Fraud
b) undue influence
c) coercion
d) None of the above

20. Rescission of contract means

a) Minor changes
b) Alteration of terms
c) Cancellation of contract with the consent of both parties
d) All of the above

21. A contract may be discharged

a) by performance
b) By impossibility of performance
c) By Breach
d) All of the above

22. The doctrine of frustration come in the play

a) where the performance is physically cut off
b) where the object of the contract is failed
c) either (a) or (b)
d) none of the above

23. Which one is the correct sequence implied in the Indian Contract Act 1872?
A. Offer of Proposal, B. Contract, C. Promise, D. Agreement, E. Acceptance
a) (C), (E), (A), (D), (B)
b) (D), (B), (C), (A), (E)
c) (B), (D), (C), (E), (A)
d) (A), (E), (C), (D), (B)

24. An agreement to remain unmarried is

a) Unenforceable
b) Void
c) Voidable
d) Valid

25. ‘Consensus ad idem’, means

a) Contract caused by mistake of one party as to matter of fact
b) Both the parties to an agreement are under a mistake
c) An agreement upon the same thing in the same sense
d) None of the above