CSS Mercantile Law Past Paper 2013
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No.2. Discuss the methods for discharge of a contract and clarify discharge by operation of law and discharge by agreement with examples.
Q. No.3. Distinguish between winding up and dissolution. Under what circumstances can the Court order the compulsory winding up of a company and in what circumstances may a company be wound up voluntarily?
Q. No.4. Distinguish between condition and warranty. Suppose Mr. Imran, shopping in a self-service market, picked up a bottle of Maka Cola from a shelf. While he was examining it, the bottle exploded in his hand and injured him. Can Mr. Imran claim damages for the injury?
Q. No.5. Define partnership deed and describe its contents.
Q. No.6. Write an essay on any TWO of the following:
(a) Undue Influence
(b) Memorandum of Association
(c) Presumptions as to negotiable instruments
Q. No.7. Write a comprehensive note on any TWO of the following:
(a) Implied authority of a partner as agent of the firm
(b) Sale by person not the owner
(c) Crossing of Cheque
Q. No.8. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
(a) Fraud
(b) Associated Companies and Associated Undertaking
(c) Cases when presentment of a bill of exchange is excused
(d) Mode of determining existence of partnership
(e) How an unpaid seller can stop goods in transit
(f) Re-Insurance