1. "It is the act, not the motive for the act, that must be regarded, If the act apart from motive gives rise merely to damage without legal injury, the motive however reprehensible it may be, will not supply that element," Who made this observation ?
(1) Lord Camden
(2) Lord Watson
(3) Lord Denning
(4) Lord Macnaughten
(5) Louis Brandeis
ANS: (4)
2. "The forms of action are dead but their ghosts stall haunt us from their graves. In their life they were powers evil and even in their death, they have not ceased from troubling us" who made this comment?
(1) Winfield (2) Salmond
(3) Holms (4) Fraser
(5) Bacon
ANS: (2)
3. Which one of the following cases is related to strict liability?
(1) Donoghue v Stevenson (2) Derry v Peek
(3) Rylands v Fletcher (4) Re Polemis case
(5) Dred Scott v. Sandford
ANS: (3)
4. In case of tort of defamation publication of statement means:
(1) It must be published in a newspaper
(2) It must be published in a book
(3) It must be published through pamphlets
(4) It must be communicated to a person other than the plaintiff
(5) It must be communicated to the plaintiff directly at a lonely place
ANS: (4)
5. In which of the following cases principle of absolute liability was propounded by the Supreme Court of India?
(1) State of U.P. v Kasturilal
(2) Vidyawati v state of Rajasthan
(3) Shyam Sunder v state of Rajasthan
(4) M.C. Mehta v Union of India
(5) Bhanu Pratap v state of Uttar Pradesh
ANS: (4)
6. Which one of the following is not a defence in an action for defamation?
(1) Justification or truth (2) Fair Comment (3) Compulsion (4) Privilege (5) Slogan
ANS: (3)
7. Which one of the following cases is related to contributory negligence?
(1) Butterfield v Forester
(2) Rylanda v Fletcher
(3) Grant v Australian Knitting Mills
(4) Vidyawati v State of Rajasthan
(5) Bhanunmati and Others v state of Uttar Pradesh
ANS: (1)
8. To which tort out of the following the case of Hollywood Silver Fox Farm ltd vs Emmet is related?
(1) Negligence (2) Nuisance (3) Defamation (4) Strict liability (5) Violation of rights
ANS: (2)
9. Which of the following cases is not related to dominium sine injuria?
(1) Bradford corporation v Pickles
(2) Alien v Flood
(3) Moghul steam ship v Mr Gregor & Co.
(4) Ashby v White
(5) Miranda v. Arizona
ANS: (4)
10. Which one out of the fallowing statements about joint tort feasors is incorrect?
(1) Liability of joint tort feasors is joint as well as several
(2) Release of one joint tort feasors is release of all from liability
(3) If one joint tort feasors pays full compensation he cannot sue other joint tort feasors for contribution
(4) If one joint tort feasors pays compensation, he can sue the others for contribution.
(5) Other than these options
ANS: (3)
