8 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: Contract, Specific Relief, Property & NI Act
This subject carries 8 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the heaviest on the syllabus. Section 45 has 32 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the Contract Act 1872, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- Contract Act, Chapter I
- Contract Act, Chapter II
- Contract Act, Chapter IV
- Contract Act, Chapter IX
- Contract Act, Chapter VI
- Contract Act, Chapter VIII
- Contract Act, Chapter X
- NI Act, Chapter II
- NI Act, Chapter XVII
- Specific Relief Act, Chapter I
- Specific Relief Act, Chapter II
- Specific Relief Act, Chapter VI
Provisions that recur
- § 2(h) Contract Act
- § 11 Contract Act
- § 14 Contract Act
- § 27 Contract Act
- § 30 Contract Act
- § 56 Contract Act
- § 73 Contract Act
- § 74 Contract Act
- § 126 Contract Act
- § 124 Contract Act
- § 148 Contract Act
- § 201 Contract Act
- § 10 Specific Relief Act
- § 20 Specific Relief Act
- § 38 Specific Relief Act
- § 6 Specific Relief Act
- § 34 Specific Relief Act
- § 54 TP Act
- § 53A TP Act
- § 13 TP Act
- § 52 TP Act
- § 58 TP Act
- § 60 TP Act
- § 107 TP Act
Sample questions
Three of the 32, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
An agreement enforceable by law is:
- A contract
- A promise
- A proposal
- A consideration
Answer & explanation
A contract
Section 2(h) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Section 10 sets out the essentials: free consent of competent parties, lawful consideration and lawful object, not expressly declared void.
An agreement by a minor is:
- Void ab initio
- Voidable at the minor's option
- Voidable at the other party's option
- Valid if ratified on majority
Answer & explanation
Void ab initio
Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose (1903) settled that a minor's agreement is void from the beginning. It cannot be ratified on attaining majority, though a minor may be supplied necessaries under Section 68.
Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by:
- Fraud alone
- Coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake
- Coercion alone
- Mistake alone
Answer & explanation
Coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake
Section 14 lists the five vitiating factors. Agreements caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud or misrepresentation are voidable; those caused by bilateral mistake of fact essential to the agreement are void.
Practise
Ten questions in Contract, Specific Relief, Property & NI Act free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise Contract, Specific Relief, Property & NI Act