B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 5 Contract II 2014 Dec Question Paper - KSLU

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1. Q1 Define contract of guarantee and discuss the distinctions between contract of guarantee and indemnity.
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2. Q2 Define pledge. State the circumstances in which a non-owner can make a valid pledge.
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3. Q3 What is agency by ratification ? Explain its essentials.
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4. Q4 Define partnership. Explain the rights and duties of partners.
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5. Q5 Define Bailment and what are the rights and duties of bailor and bailee ?
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6. Q6 Who is a unpaid seller ? Explain various rights of an unpaid seller.
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7. Q7 Explain the doctrine of "Caveat emptor" and state the exceptions to it .
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Write short note on any two of the following :

1. Q8 (a) Right of Lien
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2. Q8 (b) Continuing guarantee.
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3. Q8 (c) Different types of partners.
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Solve any two of the following problems :

1. Q9 (a) A seller undertakes to supply 200 tons of Java Sugar warranted as equal only to the sample. The sugar when supplied, correspond to the sample, but is not Java sugar. Has the buyer any remedy against the seller ?
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2. Q9 (b) 'A' delivered 100 Barrels of mustard oil to a railway at Culcutta to deliver it at Delhi to 'B'. When the train reaches to Delhi, the said oil was distroyed by a lawful authority for the reason that it was adulterated. The railway authority failed to deliver it to 'B'. Is the railway authority liable to give compensation for non-delivery of that oil to B ?
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3. Q9 (c) 'A' a lady took her old jewels to a Goldsmith for being converted into a new jewels. Every evening she used to receive the half-made jewels, put the same into a box and lock the same. She allowed the locked box to remain in the premises of the Goldsmith but kept the key in her possession. One night the jewels were stolen. Decide whether the Goldsmith is liable to give compensation to that lady ?
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