LAW416 - CONTRACT LAW (MCQ)

1. The elements of a valid contract are the following:

• 1. Offer, acceptance, consideration, intention & injunction. 

• 1. Offer, acceptance, consideration, quantum meruit & capacity.

• 1. Offer, acceptance, consideration, intention & certainty.

• 1. Offer, acceptance, performance, capacity & certainty.

1. It was decided in this case that an advertisement is an offer:

• 1. Harris v. Nickerson

• 1. Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

• 1. Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots

• 1. Coelho v. Public Services Commission

1. Farid agreed to sell his handphone to Dexter at the price of RM900 OR 1000. There is no valid offer in this situation because:

• 1. The term of the offer is not certain

• 1. The offer was not advertised in newspaper

• 1. The offeror is not the true owner of the handphone

1. An acceptance must be expressed in a:

• 1. Usual and unflattering manner

• 1. Usual and reasonable manner

• 1. Way whereby the offeror is inclined to accept

• 1. Form which interest the offeror

1. Adila sold her ring worth RM1000 to Khadeeja for RM500. There is a contract between them. This is an issue under:

• 1. Certainty of terms

• 1. Adequacy of consideration

• 1. Capacity of contract

• 1. Free consent

1. What is the legal principles that can be derived from Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemist Ltd [1953] 1 QB?

• 1. An offer can be made to the whole world

• 1. A display of goods on the shelves or in the shop window was only an invitation to treat

• 1. The communication of an offer is complete when it is received by the acceptor

• 1. An offer can only be made to a group of people

1. What is a counter offer?

• 1. An acceptance to the original offer

• 1. A modification of an original offer

• 1. An original offer

• 1. A condition to be agreed upon before the other party shows his agreement

1. Section 26(a) of the Contracts Act 1950 provides that an agreement made on account of natural love and affection requires no consideration. Which of the following is NOT a condition for this exception?

• 1. The agreement is made between parties standing in near relations

• 1. The agreement is made to compensate a promise

• 1. The agreement must be registered under the relevant law

• 1. The agreement must be in writing

1. The existence of which one of these vitiating factors will make a contract void?

• 1. Misrepresentation

• 1. Fraud

• 1. Mistake

• 1. Undue influence

1. Below are types of consideration EXCEPT:

• 1. Existing consideration

• 1. Executory consideration

• 1. Executed consideration

• 1. Past consideration