LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
SUPPLEMENTARY SEMESTER EXAMINATION – JUN 2006
B.COM. DEGREE EXAMINATION
CO 3500 – BUSINESS LAW – I
Date & Time : 28/06/2006/1.00 – 4.00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Section – A (10 × 2 = 20 marks)
Answer ALL the questions.
- How does an agreement differ from a contract?
- What is the legal effect of cross offers? Give an example.
- When an acceptance may be revoked? Illustrate.
- Do you agree that the performance of legal duty is a valid consideration for one’s promise to pay?
- Can a lunatic enter into a valid contract? Justify your answer.
- What is the legal consequency of ‘undue influence’ on the validity of a contract?
- Specify with an example any one circumstance under which the object of an agreement is unlawful?
- When does a breach of contract occur? What is its legal effect?
- Why is a contract of indemnity formed?
- What is known as ‘ex-post facto agency’?
Section – B (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer ANY FIVE questions.
- “All contracts are agreements but all agreements are not contracts” – Comment.
- What are the circumstances under which an offer comes to an end?
- Specify and explain in brief any eight legal rules for a valid acceptance?
- “Consideration may be past, present on future” – Explain with examples.
- Differentiate fraud from misrepresentation?
- What are the provisions of the Indian Contract Act which govern the performance of joint promises?
- Explain the nature and extent of surety’s liability?
- Briefly explain the position of an aggrieved party in case of anticipatory breach of contract?
Section – C (2 × 20 = 40 marks)
Answer ANY TWO questions.
- Classify and discuss the types of contract?
- List out and briefly explain with examples the types of agreements which are legally declared void?
- Describe the duties and the rights of a bailor and a bailee?