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Nervous shock, deceit & economic torts MCQs with Answers

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Use these standalone questions to revise the law for CLAT PG. The exam asks comprehension questions based on extracts from judgments, statutes and regulations. See the CLAT PG exam format

Question 1

A person who knowingly and without sufficient justification induces another to break a contract with third person, whereby the third person suffers damage, is a tort. For the first time, it was established in which of the following cases?

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Question 2

Consider the following statements:

(i) Joinder is an ingredient of conspiracy and unlawfulness is implied in it. For causing injury, joinder is a cause of action.

(ii) Where the fact of joinder is absent, the cause of action becomes irrelevant.

(iii) For serving his own legal interest, joinder will not create a cause of action.

Which of the statements is true in the above statements?

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Question 3

Fraud was defined in a well-known English case :

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Question 4

Due to negligence of railway authorities, there was a major train accident. On hearing and seeing the news of the accident on TV, mother of one of the passengers travelling in the train sustained severe shock resulting in heart attack. She claimed damages from the railways for the shock she sustained. Which one of the following is the correct statement? Railway authority is not liable as:

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Question 5

'X', a fisher woman, alighted from a tramcar. While the conductor was helping her to put the fish basket on her head, a motor cyclist 'Y' passed the tram and immediately afterwards negligently collided with Z's motor car. 'Y' was killed. 'X' did not see 'Y' or the accident, which occurred fifteen yards away, because her view was blocked by the tram. She, however, heard the collision and after 'Y's body had been removed, she approached the spot and saw the blood left on the road. In consequence, she had a nervous shock and gave birth to a still-born child as she was then eight months' pregnant. If she sues the representatives of 'Y' for 'Y's negligence, then:

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Question 6

Tort of conspiracy occurs where

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Question 7

In the tort of conspiracy two or more persons combine without lawful justification?

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Question 8

Torts of conspiracy occur where:—

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Question 9

Which of the following statements relating to the tort of conspiracy is/are correct?
1. It is actionable per se without proof of damage.
2. It consists of forming a combination with the purpose of causing damage.
3. Damage suffered by the plaintiff must be proved.
4. The gist of conspiracy in tort is an agreement alone.

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Question 10

Which one of the following is the gist of the cause of action for tort of conspiracy?

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