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Legal Aptitude Quiz-6

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Legal Aptitude is an important subject in CLAT,DULLB & Other Law Exams. In any of law exam, legal aptitude carries weightage of 25 % of questions. With focused practice good marks can be fetched from this section. These questions are very important in achieving your success in CLAT, DULLB and Other Law Exams..

Q1.     ..................... has been the longest serving speaker of the Lok Sabha with a service tenure of 9 years, 10 months and 27 days.

•  P. A. Sangma
•  Somnath Chatterjee
•  Miera Kumar
•  Balram JakharL

Solution
Balram Jakhar served as the 8th Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989.

Q2.  The First Indian permanent Judge to the International Court of Justice is:

•  Nagendra Singh
•  Nagendra Singh
•  Ronny Abraham
•  Dalvir Bhandari

Solution
Justice Dalveer Bhandari became the first person to be appointed as a permanent judge of ICJ in the year 2012. International Court of Justice is located in Hague, Netherlands.

Q3.  What is the Doctrine of Law that prescribes an agreement to be void in the event of impossibility of the act called?

•  Doctrine of Absolute liability
•  Doctrine of Quantum meruit
•  Doctrine of Frustration
•   Doctrine of Res Judicata

Solution
Doctrine of Frustration prescribes that an agreement shall become void in the event of impossibility of the act on which it is based. It is defined under Section 56 of Indian Contract Act, 1872.

Q4.  Which of the following principles is applicable for the purpose of reducing multiplicity of proceedings?

•  Resgetae
•  Res interregnum
•  Res judicata
•  Res ispa loquitor

Solution
Res judicata refers to the practice .followed by courts whereby once a lawsuit is decided, the litigant parties are barred from raising the same issue again in the courts.

Q5. The Latin Phrase “Caveat Venditor” is counter concept to which Latin Maxim?

• Caveat Lector
•  Caveat Empto
•  Caveat Utilitor
•  Caveat SubscriptorI

Solution
 Caveat Venditor refers to Seiler beware and Caveat emptor refers to Buyer beware.

Q6.   Identify an example for the concept of “Invitation to offer” in Contracts law:

•  Tender
•  Catalogue
• Both (a) and (b)
•  None of the above

Solution
When one or many party/persons are invited to present or make an offer, it is called as invitation to offer. For example, advertisements invite consumers to make an offer to buy the product advertised.

Q7. Novation of a contract means:

• Renewal of the original contract
•  Alteration of contract
•  Substitution of new contract in place of the original contract
•  Cancellation of contract

Solution
Novation is defined as substitution of new contract in place of the original contract. 

Q8.  Which of the following is not recognised as an admissible evidence under The Indian
Evidence Act, 1872?

• Corroborative evidence
•  Hearsay evidence
•  Documentary evidence
•  Oral evidence

Solution
Hearsay evidence refers to oral or written testimony about an out-of-court statement attributed to someone other than the testifying person. Such evidence is generally inadmissible in court

Q9. The tenure of protection available to the Copyright owner extends to

•  Lifetime of the Copyright owner
•  60 years + Lifetime of the Copyright owner
•  60 years
•  10 years

Solution
Copyright is a legal right created that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution. The tenure of protection available to the Copyright owner extends to 60 years + Lifetime of the Copyright owner.

Q10.   The doctrine that is applied in cases where a contract is void by reason of unlawful object that the parties were unaware of is called as

•  Doctrine of Pari Delicto
•  Doctrine of In Loco Parentis
•  Doctrine of Res Judicata
•  Privity of contract

Solution
Doctrine of Pari Delicto refers to a situation where both parties to a contract are at equal fault.