Law Of Torts MCQ question and answer

41

Tort is a violation of

A) A right in personam B) A right in rem C) Both right in personam and a right in rem D) Neither a right in personam and a right in rem

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Answer: Option B

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42

Basically tort is a species of

A) Criminal injury or wrong B) Substantial injury or wrong C) Civil injury or civil wrong D) None of the above

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Answer: Option C

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43

Which of the following pair is correctly matched?

A) Defamation published in permanent form ⇔ Salnder B) Libel is recognized as offence ⇔ England C) Truth of defamatory matter is no defence ⇔ Civil law D) Action lies for defamatory statement ⇔ Absolute Privilege

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Answer: Option B

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44

Ashby v. White is a leading decision explaining the maxim of:

A) Neither Injuria sine damno nor Damum sine injuria B) Injuria sine damno as well as Damnum sine injuria C) Damnum sine injuria D) Injuria sine damno

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Answer: Option D

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45

Assertion (A): In an action for malicious prosecution it must be proved that the defendant had initiated criminal proceeding maliciously and without reasonable and probable cause.
Reason (R): Action for malicious prosecution is instituted in criminal court

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A C) A is true but R is false D) A is false but R is true

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Answer: Option C

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46

To constitute the tort of nuisance, the essentials are

A) Unreasonable interference B) Interference is with the use or enjoyment of land C) Damage D) All the above

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Answer: Option D

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47

Two or more persons may become joint wrongdoers
(1) By committing a tort in concert, or in pursuance of an unlawful conspiracy
(2) By the principal of vicarious liability
(3) When they act independently but their acts cause the same damage

A) (1), (2) B) (1), (3) C) (2), (3) D) None of the above

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Answer: Option A

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48

Match the incorrect entries.

A) Injuria sine damnum ⇔ Ashby v. White B) Damnum sine injuria ⇔ Gloucester's case C) Remoteness of Damage ⇔ Rylands v. Fletcher D) Negligence ⇔ Donoghue v. Stevenson

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Answer: Option C

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49

Which one of the following correctly identifies the remedies available to the victim in case of false imprisonment?

A) Self-help, abatement, action for damages B) Habeas corpus, action for damages, injunction C) Self-help, habeas corpus, action for damages D) Injunction, abatement, action for damages

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Answer: Option C

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50

Choose the correct statement

A) Mistake of law is a defence to civil or criminal liability B) Mistake of fact is not a general defence under the Indian Penal Code but to an action in tort C) Both (A) and (B) D) Neither (A) nor (B)

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Answer: Option D

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