Law Of Torts MCQ question and answer

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Which of the following is not defamation?

A) Libel B) Slander C) An Imputation which indirectly affects a person's reputation D) Battery

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Answer: Option D

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Frazer has defined tort as

A) A civil wrong for which the remedy is a common law action for unliquidated damages and which is not exclusively the breach of trust or other merely equitable obligation B) Tortious liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by the law towards the persons generally and its breach is redressible by an action for unliquidated damages C) An infringement of a right in rem of a private individual giving a right of compensation at the suit of the injured party D) None of the above

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Answer: Option C

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Who said that liability in law of tort arises only when the wrong is covered by anyone or the other nominated tort?

A) Fraser B) Winfield C) Blackstone D) Salmond

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Answer: Option D

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Match the items of List I (name of case) with the items of List II (related topic) and choose the correct answer from the given below.

List I (Name of case)	List II (Related topic)
a. Jone v. Boyce	1. Remoteness of damages
b. Scott v. Shepherd	2. Medical negligence
c. A. H. Khodwa v. State of Maharashtra	3. Nervous shock
d. Victorian Railway Commissioner v. Coultas	4. Doctrine of alternative danger

A) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1 B) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4 C) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3 D) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

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Answer: Option C

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Which of the following are essential elements of the defence of fair comment in the tort of defamation?
The matter commented on must be
1. Of public interest
2. An assertion of fact
3. An expression of opinion
4. Fair
Select the correct answer using the given below:

A) 1, 2 and 4 B) 1, 3 and 4 C) 3 and 4 D) 1 and 3

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Answer: Option B

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36

Which of the following cases under the law of torts is related with the principle of injuria sine damnum?

A) Glucoster Grammar School case B) Merryweather v. Nixon case C) Ashby v. White case D) Ryland v. Fletcher case

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Answer: Option C

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In case of joint tort feasors

A) Release of one of them releases all the others, as cause of action being one & indivisible B) Release of one of them does not release all the others as cause of action though one but divisible C) Release of one of them does not release all of them despite the cause of action being one & indivisible D) None of the above

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Answer: Option A

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Unliquidated damages is not the only remedy for a tort and that for some torts, it is not even the primary remedy. They are other remedies also. They are

A) Self-help B) Injunction C) Action for specific restitution of property D) Both (B) and (C)

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Answer: Option B

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Which one of the following famous cases is related to an exception to the application of the doctrine of volenti non fit injuria based on 'rescue' cases?

A) Haynes v. Harwood B) Padmavati v. Dugganaika C) Ashby v. White D) Wooldridge v. Sumner

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Answer: Option A

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In a suit for malicious prosecution which one of the following is not an essential element?

A) The plaintiff was prosecuted by the defendant B) The prosecution ended in favour of the plaintiff after exhausting all the steps of judicial process C) The prosecution was malicious D) The prosecution resulted in damage to the plaintiff

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Answer: Option B

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