Reasoning Based Short Answer Questions
Q1: State whether a contract is created in the following cases; say yes' or 'no'
giving reasons in brit not exceeding 3 or 4 sentences:
. Ajay puts a rupee coin in a public telephone booth.
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. Shyam invites Mohan to an academic event as a guest speaker. Mohan accepts the
invitation.
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. Hari boards a D.T.C. bus for Aligarh.
. X agrees to lend his scooter to Y.
. Tiger promises to pay ₹5,00,000 to Kalia for murdering Pathaan
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. Raju agrees with Ramesh to achieve his love by magic
. Ali purchasing clothes from Myntra after placing order successfully
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. X engages Y to smuggle watches into India.
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Q2: Give Reasons
. X agrees to marry Y, Y dies before the marriage takes place. What happens to the
contract?
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. X promises to give a ring to his friend Y at the time of his marriage. He fails to give the ring
when marriage takes place. Can Y claim the ring?
. Atul invites Vimal to stay with him during Dussera yacations. Vimal accepts the invitation
And writes to Atul accordingly. When Vimal travels down to Atuls house, he finds it locked.
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are is then compelled to stay in a hotel suitable to his status and pays 7 250 as staying
charges. Can Vimal claim the amount from Atul?
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. Ajay, a minor, borrowed 7 1,000 from Dinesh and agreed to repay it within three months.
He failed to return the amount after stipulated period of time. Can Dinesh realise his
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money from Ajay through a court of law?
. X agrees to sell his Ambassador car to Y for ₹ 8,00,000 or ₹7 90,000. Is a contract created
between the two parties?
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. X cleans Y's car without being asked by Y to do so. Y does not object to it. Is Y bound to
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make payment to X?
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. X offers to sell his photocopying machine to Y for ₹15,000. Y agrees to pay ₹14,000 for it.
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X refuses to sell at this price. Y then agrees to pay ₹15,000. But then X refuses to sell the
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machine. Can Y take legal action against X?
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. R writes to S, "I am ready to sell my horse as it is today for ₹ 5,000". S replies, I can buy it
for ₹4,500". Is it a binding promise?
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. A's brother ran away from the house. A announced a reward of ₹500 by circulating
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handbills. B's friend showed one such handbill to him. After some time, B could find A's
brother. He brought him to A and asked for a reward. A refused to pay the reward money.
Can B realise it through court of law?
. X sends a written proposal to Y by post. Y became insane before accepting the proposal.
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Y's legal representative accepts the proposal. Is this acceptance valid?
. J offered to sell his cottage to K for ₹10,000. K accepts the offer by a letter enclosing a
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cheque for ₹2,000 with a promise to pay the balance after three months. Does a contract
take place?
. X proposes by a letter sent by post to sell a TV set to Y at a certain price. Y accepts the
proposal by a letter sent by post. Y sends a telegram next day revoking his acceptance.
The telegram reaches X before the letter of acceptance. Is the revocation of acceptance
legal?
. R intends to make an offer to N. He tells about his intention to M who informs N about the
intended offer. However, R does not send the offer to N. Then, N accepts the offer and
communicates his acceptance to R. Is there a valid contract between R and N?
. A agrees to sell his watch worth ₹1,000 for ₹100 to B. A's consent to the agreement was
freely given. Is this agreement valid?
. X promises to pay a subscription to Shyam Lal Charitable Trust. Then suddenly he
changed his mind. Can the amount be recovered from X?
. Ram finds Rahim's son in a trouble. Out of courtesy, he helped him. Can Ram claim for his
services?
. X promised to pay an additional amount of ₹1,000 to his lawyer if he got success for him in
the suit. The suit was successful. But X refused to pay ₹1,000. Can the lawyer claim the
amount through court?
. A dealer purchased tyres from the Dunlop Company and sold them to a retail shopkeeper
with the condition that he shall not sell the tyres below the company's listed price and if
this condition is violated the shopkeeper will be penalised with ₹100 for each tyre sold
below the listed price. But the shopkeeper did not observe this condition in one case and
sold the tyre below the listed price. Dunlop Company sued the shopkeeper for breach of
contract. Can it succeed?
. X promised to pay money to a police officer to investigate into a crime. But after the
investigation was over, X refused to pay the amount. Can the police officer claim it?
. X threatens to shoot Y if he does not sell his car to him for ₹2,00,000. Y signs the
necessary documents for sale of car. Later on, Y wants to avoid the contract. Will he
succeed? If so, why?
Answers:
Q1:
. Yes
. No
. Yes
. No
. No
. No
. Yes
. No
Q2:
. The contract becomes void.
. No, the promise does not create a legal relation in this case.
. No, the agreement in this case does not create a legal relation between the parties.
. No, this agreement with minor is void because he is not capable of making a valid
contract.
. No, because the agreement is uncertain.
. Yes, Y is bound to pay reasonable charges to X because Y has accepted the offer by his
conduct.
. No, X is not bound to sell his machine. His original offer came to an end when a counter-
offer for ₹14,000 was made by Y.
. No, because R's original offer lapsed by the counter-offer of S.
. Yes, B can legally realise the reward money because he has the knowledge of it and thus
there was a valid contract created when he handed over A's brother to him.
. No, because the acceptance here is not valid as it is a specific offer to T and cannot be
accepted by any one else except Y.
. No, this is a conditional acceptance which is not valid.
. Yes, because the acceptor can revoke acceptance before his letter of acceptance reaches
the offerer.
. No, because offer to be effective must be communicated to the person to whom it is
made.
. Yes, as the concent was free.
. No, promise for a gift is not enforceable.
. No.
. No, void agreement because consideration is illusory.
. No, Dunlop company being stranger to contract between the dealer and the shopkeeper,
cannot sue on the contract.
. No, illusory consideration, police officer is under his duty to investigate a crime.
. Y can avoid the contract on the ground of coercion.
