BLS LLB 5 Years Sem 5 Contract I 2025-26 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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SECTION I - Q.1: Answer Any Six of the Following (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 Give two examples of invitation to offer.
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2. Q2 What is a voidable contract?
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3. Q3 On attaining majority, can a person ratify an agreement made by him during his minority?
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4. Q4 What is the effect of a mutual mistake of fact on an agreement?
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5. Q5 What is the effect of inadequacy of consideration?
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6. Q6 What is a wagering agreement?
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7. Q7 What is novation?
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8. Q8 Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded?
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9. Q9 What is a standard form of contract?
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10. Q10 What are declaratory decrees?
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SECTION II - Q.2: Write short notes (Any two) (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q11 Impossibility of performance of contract
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2. Q12 Rules regarding a Minor's Agreement
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3. Q13 Clayton's rule
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4. Q14 Distinguish between temporary and perpetual injunctions
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SECTION III - Q.3: Situational Problems (Any two) (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q15 X promises to give Y Rs. 5,000 every month for Y's lifetime, because Y saved X's child from drowning a year ago. Y accepts. After 6 months, X stops paying. (i) Can Y enforce this promise? (ii) Does it have valid consideration?
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2. Q16 Archana agrees with Bhavesh that she will play the piano on a particular night in a concert organised by Bhavesh. Archana falls seriously ill and becomes unable to attend the concert that night. (i) Is Archana liable for breach of contract? (ii) What is the effect of impossibility of performance on a contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
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3. Q17 Atul dispossesses Sunil from a plot of land on the ground that Atul is the true owner of that plot not Sunil. (i) What remedy is available to Sunil? (ii) State the difference between Section 5 and Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963?
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4. Q18 A promises to procure marriage of B with C. B promises to give Rs. 20000/- to A for it. A gets marriage of B procured with C. B does not pay Rs. 20000/- to A. (i) Can A recover Rs. 20000/- from B? (ii) What is an unlawful consideration under the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
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SECTION IV - Q.4: Answer Any Two of the Following (24 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. Q19 What are the various modes of Discharge of a contract?
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2. Q20 "Acceptance is to a proposal what a lighted match is to a train of gunpowder." Discuss this statement and explain the essentials of a valid acceptance under the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
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3. Q21 Define Contingent contracts. What are the rules as to enforcement of Contingent contracts?
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4. Q22 Discuss the circumstances under which specific performance of a contract may be granted by the court.
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