MCQ on Tort

11. The ‘tort of intimidation’ was propounded in

(a) Winterbottom vs Wright.
(b) Pasley vs Freeman.
(c) Winsmore vs Greenbank.
(d) Rookes vs Barnard.

12. The rule of ‘strict liability’ is based on the decision in –

(a) Donoghue vs Stevenson.
(b) Rylands vs Fletcher.
(c) Lumley vs Gye.
(d) Champman vs Pickersgill.

13. The principle ‘ubi jus ibi remedium’ was recognized in –

(a) Winterbottom vs Wright.
(b) Champman vs Pickersgill.
(c) Ashby vs White
(d) Rylands vs Fletcher

14. Tort is a violation of
(a) a right in personam.
(b) a right in rem.
(c) both right in personam and a right in rem.
(d) neither a right in personam nor a right in rem.

15. Law of tort has developed mainly through
(a) customs and precedents.
(b) judicial decisions.
(c) enactments.
(d) all the above.

16. ‘ubi jus ibi remedius’ means
(a) where there is a right, there is a remedy.
(b) there is no remedy without a wrong.
(c) there is no wrong without a remedy.
(d) there is no right without a remedy.

17. Maxim injuria sine damno means
(a) violation of a legal right without any damage.
(b) violation of a legal right with damage.
(c) damage without violation of legal right.
(d) no damage and no violation of legal right.

18. The maxim ‘injuria sine damno’ has been explained in
(a) Donoghue vs Stevenson.
(b) Winterbottom vs Wright
(c) Ashby vs White
(d) Lumley vs Gye

19. Maxim ‘Damnum sine injuria’ means
(a) damage without infringement of legal right.
(b) damage with infringement of legal right.
(c) infringement of legal right without damage.
(d) infringement of legal right with damage.

20. In India the maxim ‘Damnum sine injuria’ has been propounded in
(a) P. Seetharammayya vs Mahalaksh- mamma
(b) Vishnu Dutt vs Board of H. S. and Intermediate Education, UP
(c) Town Area Committee vs Prabhu Dayal
(d) All the above

Answers –

11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (d)