Frequently Asked Questions on Quasi Contracts

a. Cannot recover the price

b. Can recover the price

c. Can recover the price form the property of the minor

d. Can file a criminal case

Ans. c

2. A person enjoying the benefits of a lawful non-gratuitous act of another

a. Is liable to compensate to another

b. Is not liable to compensate to another

c. Another cannot claim any compensation

d. Both b and c

Ans. a

3. ‘A’, a tradesman leaves his goods at B’s house by mistake. ‘B’ uses the goods as his own. Then:

a. B need not pay to A

b. B is bound to pay A

c. There is no contract

d. None of the above

Ans. b

4. A person who supplies ‘Necessaries’ to a minor is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of the minor on the basis of a

a. Valid Contract

b. Voidable Contract

c. Quasi Contract

d. Contingent Contract

Ans. c

5. Quasi Contract emerged from

a. Assumpsit

b. Indebitatus assumpsit

c. Non-feasance

d. Misfeasance

Ans. b

6. Which of the following is not a quasi contract?

a. Obligation of a person enjoying benefit of non gratuitous acts

b. Responsibility of finder of goods

c. Quantum merit

d. Novation

Ans. d

7. A person who finds goods belonging to another and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a

a. Bailor

b. Indemnitee

c. Agent

d. Bailee

Ans. d

8. A right to sue on ‘Quantum Merit’ arises when a party:

a. Has fully performed the contract

b. Has partly performed the contract and is discharged by the other party

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Ans. b

9. Quasi contractual obligations are based on the theory propounded by whom?

a. Lord Wright

b. Lord Sumner

c. Anson

d. Lord Mansfield

Ans. d

10. Promissory estoppel is sometimes spoken of as a substitute for:

a. Novation

b. Quasi contract

c. Consideration

d. Coercion

Ans. b