Question 1

A promise made without the intention of performing it amounts to _______________.

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Question 2

A contracts to pay to B Rs. 1,000 if Bs house is burnt. This is a _____________.

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Question 3

Promises forming consideration for each other are known as ________________.

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Question 4

Legal Principle: Agreements purely social and domestic in nature are not enforceable at law.Factual Situation: A invites B to dinner. B accepts the invitation but does not turn up at the dinner.Issue: Can A sue B for the loss he has suffered?

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Question 5

Who is known as the father of international law?

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Question 6

Consideration must move at the desire of _______________.

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Question 7

'A' agrees to pay Rs.5,000 to 'B' if it rains, and 'B; promises to pay a like amount to 'A' if it does not rain, this agreement is called ____________.

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Question 8

A promise to give money or moneys worth upon the determination or ascertainment of an uncertain events is called a __________.

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Question 9

Legal Principle: When, at the desire of the promisee or, any other person has done or abstained from doing, or does or abstains from doing, or promises to do or to abstain from doing, something,such act or abstinence or promise, is called a consideration   for the promise.Factual Situation: A and B are friends. B treats A during A's illness. B does not accept payment from A for the treatment and A promises B's son X to pay him Rs.1,000. A, being in poor financial circumstances is unable to pay. X sues A for money.Issue: Can X recover?

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Question 10

Legal Principle: A minor is not competent to enter into a contract and the law will assume that the contract never happened and everything will be restored to its original position.Factual Situation: A minor fraudulently misrepresenting her age enters into a contract with another for the purchase of a piano. After the piano has been delivered, she refused to pay the price for the same contending non-existence of a legally binding contract.

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