Law Of Torts MCQ question and answer | Law MCQ question

A. No, this illness was not foreseeable in a person of normal health

B. No, he has not suffered any physical injury

C. Yes, he has suffered injuries by shock

D. Yes, though this illness was not foreseeable but some physical harm was foreseeable

A. Slanderous words are uttered by the characters on the dramatic stage

B. Slanderous words are uttered by the characters on the cinema screen

C. Abuses recorded in the gramaphone disc

D. Both (B) and (C)

A. Knowledge regarding the danger is consent

B. Consent must be free

C. Rescue cases form an exception to the application of the maxim volunti non fit injuria

D. None of these

A. Jackson v. Watson

B. Rookes v. Barnard

C. Baker v. Bolton

D. Tillet v. Ward

A. Is strict

B. Depends upon scienter

C. Depends upon negligence

D. All of the above

A. Actionable per se

B. Actionable only when damage is caused

C. Not actionable at all

D. All the above

A. An act of God

B. An unexpected injury which could not have been foreseen and avoided

C. An unexpected injury which could have been foreseen and avoided

D. Both (A) and (B)

A. Keeps it in a sealed envelope With himself

B. Sends it in a sealed envelope to 'B' but it is opened by his (A's) butler

C. Sends it in a sealed envelope to 'B' but it is opened by B's father

D. Sends it in sealed envelope to B's wife

A. A crime

B. A tort

C. A crime & a tort both

D. Either (A) or (B)

A. B would not be liable because the surgeon was negligent

B. B would not be liable because there is no master and servant relationship between B and the surgeon

C. B would be liable because hospital staff were negligent in keeping the hospital equipment in proper order

D. B would not be vicariously liable because surgery is a highly skilled work on which B would have no control