MCQ on Tort

1. Easement is a right
(a) in rem.
(b) in personam.
(c) neither (a) nor (b).
(d) in rem in general but in personam in exceptional cases.

2. Damages awarded for tortious liabilities are –

(a) liquidated.
(b) unliquidated.
(c) penal.
(d) none of these.

3. Defamation by spoken words or gestures is known as

(a) innuendo.
(b) slander.
(c) libel.
(d) none of these.

4. The principle ‘facts speak for themselves’ is expressed by the maxim

(a) Ubi jus ibi remedium.
(b) Res Ipsa Loquitor.
(c) Novus Actus Interveniens.
(d) Causa Causams.

5. The liability of a master for acts of his servant in law of torts is called

(a) absolute liability.
(b) tortious liability.
(c) vicarious liability.
(d) none of these.

6. The case of Reylands vs Fletcher has laid down the principle of

(a) defamation.
(b) conspiracy.
(c) strict liability of land owner.
(d) none of these.

7. Kasturilal vs State of UP is related to

(a) contractual liability of the state.
(b) vicarious liability of the state.
(c) fraud of the state.
(d) none of these.

8. The principle of privity of contract was held to be not applicable in an action for tort in

(a) Winterbottom vs Wright, (1842) 10M&W 109
(b) Donoghue vs Stevenson, (1932) AC 562
(c) Grant vs Australian Knitting Mills Ltd.,(1936) AC 85
(d) Ashby vs White, (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938

9. The ‘tort of deceit’ owes its origin to

(a) Pasley vs Freeman, (1789) 3 TR 51
(b) Lumley vs Gye, (1853) 2 E&B 216
(c) Rylands vs Fletcher, (1868) LR 3 HL330
(d) Winsmore vs Greenbank, (1745) Willes 577

10. The ‘tort of inducement a breach of contract’ finds its origin in –

(a) Lumley vs Gye
(b) Rookes vs Barnard
(c) Donoghue vs Stevenson
(d) Rylands vs Fletcher

Answers –
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (a)