Legal Services Test 1

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Discharge of contract by anticipatory breach of contract takes place:

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Where the performance of a contract becomes subsequently impossible or unlawful, the contract becomes _________.

Legal phrases are followed by four meanings. Choose the most appropriate option:
'Animus possidendi' means:

Consists of legal proposition(s)/principle(s) (herein after referred to as 'principle') and facts. Such principles may or may not be true in the real and legal sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this Section. In other words, in answering these questions, you must not rely on any principle except the principles those are given herein below for every question.
Further, you must not assume any facts other than those stated in the question. The objective of this section is to test your interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability, even if the 'most reasonable conclusion' arrived at may be absurd or unacceptable for any other reason. It is not the objective of this section to test your knowledge of law.
Therefore, to answer a question, principle is to be applied to the given facts and to choose the most appropriate option.
Principle: Under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, an employer is liable to pay compensation to his workmen for injuries sustained by them by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment.
Facts: M, the Manager of SRK Industries asked his secretary S to submit a report at the Government Labour Office. 'S' submitted the report as directed. On his way back S met one of his class mates. He then decided to have a cup of tea together on a way side restaurant. Sometime later, 'S' got a message from his office to report back as it was long time since he left the office. 'S' rushed back en his Motor Cycle. On his way back a Truck which was coming from a side road hit 'S'. He was admitted in a nearby hospital with multiple injuries. He claims compensation under the Employees Compensation Act from his employer.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
An agreement to do an act impossible in itself _______.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Satyabrata Ghose v Mugneeram Bangur & Co., (1954) case deals with ________________.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Cancellation of the contract by any party or all the parties to a contract is called:

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Substitution of a new contract in place of an existing contract is called:

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
X undertakes to paint a picture for V. He dies before he paints the picture. The contract

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
A creditor agrees with his debtor and a third party to accept that third party as his debtor. The contract is discharged by _________.