Unique Paper Code 554

Business Laws2022, set B

B.Com (Programme) · 5 questions · 28 parts still being checked

Duration: 2.5 HoursMaximum Marks: 75

From an older CBCS paper

Reworded by Kunji from the printed paper. The original paper belongs to the University of Delhi. See DU's question bank.

Before you start

Pace. Two minutes a mark: about 30 minutes for each 15-mark question, with nothing spare in 2.5 hours. Pick your side of each OR before you start writing.

1.

15 marks
· ~30 min

(a)

The law of contracts: not every agreement, not every obligationBeing checked

(5)

(b)

When an offer lapsesBeing checked

(5)

(c)

Reward for saving a child from a fireBeing checked

(5)

(a)

Stranger to consideration and stranger to the contractBeing checked

(5)

(b)

Coercion and undue influence distinguishedBeing checked

(5)

(c)

Rent for a house let partly for storing prohibited drugsBeing checked

(5)

2.

15 marks
· ~30 min

(a)

The finder of lost goods and the baileeBeing checked

(5)

(b)

Indemnity and guarantee distinguishedBeing checked

(5)

(c)

Discharge by supervening impossibilityBeing checked

(5)

(a)

Does a unilateral mistake affect a contract?Being checked

(5)

(b)

When an agency becomes irrevocableBeing checked

(5)

(c)

Bailee's lien: particular and generalBeing checked

(5)

3.

15 marks
· ~30 min

(a)

No implied condition as to quality or fitness: the rule and where it gives wayBeing checked

(5)

(b)

Rules for the passing of property in a sale of goodsBeing checked

(5)

(c)

A new TV for an old TV and cash: sale or barter?Being checked

(5)

(a)

Stoppage in transit as an extension of the seller's lienBeing checked

(5)

(b)

The rule of caveat emptorBeing checked

(5)

(c)

180 bags of wheat delivered against a contract for 150Being checked

(5)

4.

15 marks
· ~30 min

(a)

Designated partners: who may be one, the rules, and their roleBeing checked

(9)

(b)