Specific Relief and Contract Basics MCQs 2026

The Specific Relief Act 1877 provides

1. Aremedies of specific performance, injunction and declaratory relief✓
2. Bonly criminal penalties✓
3. Conly divorce procedure✓
4. Donly arbitration procedure✓

Specific performance is

1. Aalways available for every contract✓
2. Ba criminal sanction✓
3. Conly for oral gifts✓
4. Dan order directing a party to perform the contract as agreed✓

Specific performance is generally granted when

1. Athe contract is illegal✓
2. Bthe contract is impossible to perform✓
3. Cthe plaintiff has breached first✓
4. Dthe subject matter is unique and damages are inadequate✓

Section 12 of the Specific Relief Act restricts specific performance of

1. Aevery valid contract always✓
2. Bonly government contracts✓
3. Ccontracts that cannot be enforced for want of mutuality or other grounds✓
4. Donly oral contracts without exception✓

A temporary injunction under the Specific Relief Act is governed by

1. Athe Penal Code only✓
2. BOrder XXXIX CPC read with the Act✓
3. Cthe Limitation Act only✓
4. Dthe Family Courts Act✓

A perpetual injunction permanently

1. Aimposes criminal imprisonment✓
2. Brestrains the defendant from asserting a right or committing an act✓
3. Cdissolves marriage✓
4. Dcreates a new contract✓

Mandatory injunction compels the defendant to

1. Apay only criminal fine✓
2. Bremain silent forever without act✓
3. Cfile a criminal FIR✓
4. Dperform a positive act restoring the status quo or rights✓

A declaratory decree declares

1. Acriminal guilt✓
2. Bthe rights of parties without necessarily ordering further relief✓
3. Ctax liability of the state only✓
4. Darbitration award always✓

Injunction may be refused if

1. Athe plaintiff has no personal interest or has acted inequitably✓
2. Bdamages are adequate and balance of convenience favours refusal✓
3. Cthe suit is valued at one rupee only always✓
4. Dthe defendant is poor✓

The Contract Act 1872 defines a contract as

1. Aan agreement enforceable by law✓
2. Bany social promise✓
3. Ca moral obligation only✓
4. Da criminal conspiracy✓

An offer under the Contract Act is

1. Aa mere invitation to treat always✓
2. Ba completed contract✓
3. Ca court judgment✓
4. Da proposal made with intent to obtain assent and create legal relations✓

Acceptance under the Contract Act must be

1. Aabsolute and unqualified and communicated to the offeror✓
2. Bconditional on new terms without communication✓
3. Csilent always✓
4. Dmade only in court✓

Consideration is defined as

1. Aonly love and affection without exception✓
2. Bpast voluntary service without request always✓
3. Csomething in return done or promised at the desire of the promisor✓
4. Dillegal gratification✓

An agreement without consideration is

1. Aalways valid✓
2. Bvoid except in cases listed in Section 25✓
3. Cvoidable only✓
4. Da criminal offence✓

A void contract is

1. Anot enforceable by law and creates no legal rights✓
2. Benforceable at plaintiff's option✓
3. Cvalid until repudiated✓
4. Donly voidable by minor✓

A voidable contract is

1. Avoid from the start always✓
2. Bnever enforceable✓
3. Cenforceable at the option of the aggrieved party✓
4. Denforceable only by the wrongdoer✓

A minor's agreement under Section 11 is

1. Avalid and binding✓
2. Bvoid ab initio (person incompetent to contract)✓
3. Cvoidable at minor's option only after majority✓
4. Denforceable against minor✓

Section 10 requires for a valid contract

1. Aonly written form always✓
2. Blawful consideration, lawful object and competent parties with free consent✓
3. Cregistration in every case✓
4. Dwitnesses in all contracts✓

Free consent excludes

1. Aoffer and acceptance✓
2. Blawful consideration✓
3. Cwritten memorandum✓
4. Dcoercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake✓

Coercion under Section 15 includes

1. Agentle persuasion only✓
2. Bcommercial competition✓
3. Ccommitting or threatening to commit any act forbidden by the Pakistan Penal Code✓
4. Dlawful strike by workers✓

Fraud under Section 17 involves

1. Afalse representation of fact with intent to deceive✓
2. Bhonest opinion on future prices✓
3. Cmere silence in all cases✓
4. Dpuffing in every advertisement✓

A contract in restraint of marriage is

1. Avalid if registered✓
2. Bvoid under Section 26✓
3. Cvoidable only✓
4. Denforceable by parents✓

A contract in restraint of trade is

1. Aalways valid✓
2. Ba criminal offence only✓
3. Cenforceable if written✓
4. Dvoid to that extent unless saved by Section 27 exception✓

An agreement by way of wager is

1. Aspecifically enforceable✓
2. Bvoidable at winner's option✓
3. Cvoid under Section 30✓
4. Da valid investment contract✓

Breach of contract means

1. Aonly criminal breach of trust✓
2. Bfailure to perform contractual obligations without lawful excuse✓
3. Conly tortious negligence✓
4. Donly frustration always✓

Damages for breach are governed primarily by

1. ASection 73 — compensation for loss naturally arising or contemplated✓
2. BSection 65 only✓
3. Cthe Penal Code✓
4. Dthe Limitation Act exclusively✓

Anticipatory breach occurs when

1. Aa party repudiates the contract before performance is due✓
2. Bperformance is completed early✓
3. Cboth parties agree to rescind✓
4. Da minor attains majority✓

Quantum meruit allows

1. Acriminal punishment✓
2. Bspecific performance of illegal contracts✓
3. Creasonable remuneration for work done when contract fails✓
4. Dautomatic injunction✓

Communication of acceptance by post is complete when

1. Athe offeror reads it✓
2. Bthe offeror replies✓
3. Cthe letter is posted (postal rule) under Section 4 read with authorities✓
4. Dthe court approves it✓

Counter-offer under Hyde v Wainwright principle

1. Aaccepts the original offer✓
2. Bdestroys the original offer and amounts to rejection✓
3. Cextends the offer automatically✓
4. Dcreates a void contract immediately✓

Invitation to treat is

1. Aalways a binding contract✓
2. Bnot an offer but an invitation to make offers✓
3. Ca criminal solicitation✓
4. Dspecific performance order✓

Revocation of offer under Section 5 must be

1. Acommunicated before acceptance is complete✓
2. Bmade only after contract formation✓
3. Cmade only in writing always✓
4. Dmade by court order✓

Impossibility of performance may discharge a contract under

1. ASection 56 (doctrine of frustration)✓
2. BSection 73 only✓
3. Cthe Penal Code✓
4. Dthe Arbitration Act only✓

An agreement to do an impossible act is

1. Avoidable✓
2. Bvalid if written✓
3. Cvoid✓
4. Denforceable by injunction✓

Novation under Section 62 means

1. Aminor breach only✓
2. Blimitation extension✓
3. Ccriminal compromise✓
4. Dsubstitution of a new contract or new parties discharging the old obligation✓

Remission of performance under Section 63 allows

1. Apromisee to dispense with or remit performance wholly or partly✓
2. Bonly court to forgive debt✓
3. Conly creditor to sue criminally✓
4. Dautomatic frustration✓

Specific performance of a contract to render personal service is generally

1. Anot granted✓
2. Balways granted✓
3. Cgranted if damages exceed one lakh✓
4. Dgranted against minors only✓

Injunction to perform a negative agreement may be granted when

1. Athe contract is oral only always✓
2. Bthe contract contains an express negative stipulation✓
3. Cthe plaintiff has unclean hands always✓
4. Ddamages are always adequate✓

Rectification of instrument under the Specific Relief Act corrects

1. Acriminal records✓
2. Boral promises without writing always✓
3. Cerrors in written contracts to reflect true intention✓
4. Darbitration clauses only✓

Cancellation of instrument may be ordered when

1. Athe instrument is fully performed✓
2. Bthe defendant is insolvent only✓
3. Cthe instrument is void or voidable against the plaintiff✓
4. Dlimitation has not expired✓

Section 21 of the Contract Act provides mistake of law in force in Pakistan

1. Aalways voids contracts✓
2. Bdoes not avoid contracts✓
3. Cvoids only oral contracts✓
4. Dmakes contracts voidable✓

Consideration need not be adequate but must be

1. Aalways equal to market price✓
2. Breal and something of value in the eyes of law✓
3. Calways in cash✓
4. Dapproved by court in every case✓

Privity of contract means

1. Aany third party may always sue✓
2. Bonly courts may enforce✓
3. Conly parties to the contract may generally sue on it✓
4. Donly government may enforce✓

An illegal contract is

1. Avoidable✓
2. Bvalid if performed✓
3. Cenforceable in equity always✓
4. Dvoid and no action arises from it✓

Rescission of contract returns parties to

1. Acriminal prosecution automatically✓
2. Bpermanent injunction only✓
3. Carbitration without agreement✓
4. Dpre-contract position where contract is voidable and rescission is possible✓

Liquidated damages clause provides

1. Apre-estimated compensation stipulated in the contract✓
2. Bcriminal fine✓
3. Cspecific performance always✓
4. Dlimitation extension✓

Penalty clause under Section 74 is

1. Aalways fully enforceable✓
2. Ba criminal sanction✓
3. Cvoid in all cases✓
4. Dnot enforceable beyond reasonable compensation for breach✓

Tender of performance under Section 38 may discharge

1. Aonly criminal liability✓
2. Blimitation period✓
3. Cthe promisor's obligation when properly made and refused✓
4. Dmarriage obligations✓

Agency under the Contract Act creates authority for

1. Aonly criminal liability of agent✓
2. Bonly family law disputes✓
3. Conly arbitration awards✓
4. Dan agent to affect the principal's legal relations with third parties✓

Indemnity and guarantee differ in that guarantee involves

1. Aonly sale of goods✓
2. Bonly personal service✓
3. Conly marriage contract✓
4. Da promise to answer for another's debt or default to a third party✓