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Nuisance 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

Where a person commits a public nuisance, which listed proceedings may be available, subject to their respective legal conditions?

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Question 2

A had constructed a temporary structure on a land belonging to the municipal corporation in which he ran a flourishing restaurant that was frequented by elites of the town. The municipal corporation constructed a huge public toilet in the plot adjoining A's famous restaurant. Does A have any remedy under tort law.

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Question 3

For an action of nuisance, the following have been put up as defences :
1. The place is suitable for the purpose
2. It is for the benefit of the locality
3. It is done under statutory authority.
Which of the defences given above is/are correct?

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Question 4

In which of the following cases it is not nuisance

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Question 5

Principle : A man must not make such use of his property as unreasonably and unnecessarily to cause inconvenience to his neighbors.Fact : Mr. Z is the owner of a plot measuring 50 feet by 80 feet. He constructed a small house at one corner and was using the rest of the land as a cow shed. He had 20 cows and is involved in selling milk to the public. The cow dung and other wastes were openly stored in a small 10 feet by 8 feet tank. This constantly paved the way for bad smell and breeding of mosquitoes. Mrs. Y, his neighbor, constantly complained to Z, but in vain.

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Question 6

Special damage has got to be proved in an action for

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Question 7

Z digs the mud road in front of his house. In the evening after it became dark a passerby hits the debris and is injured. The passerby brings a civil suit as well as files a criminal case of public nuisance. He can

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Question 8

Which of the following will not amount to private nuisance?

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Question 9

Which among the following are covered under the defences of nuisance?
(A) Adverse Possession
(B) Easementary Rights
(C) Good Faith
(D) Voluntary Harm

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Question 10

Which of the following amounts to private nuisance ?
A. Leaving a truck unattended on the Highway
B. Wrongful escape of deleterious substances into another's property
C. Digging a ditch on the road
D. Obstruction of entry into the house of another person

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