Torts- Question Bank

One Liners-

1. What is meant by ‘Malfeasance’ and ‘Misfeasance’?

2. What is an ‘Inevitable Accident’?

3. Explain the term ‘Malicious Criminal Prosecution’?

4. What is meant by ‘Waiver’?

5. What is meant by ‘Mandatory Injunction’?

6. What is the composition of the Central Consumer Protection

Council?

7. What is ‘Tort’?

8. Define the term “Deficiency” under Consumer Protection Act,

1986

9. What does the term ‘Nonfeasance’ means?

10. Define the term “Restrictive Trade Practice” under Consumer

Protection Act, 1986

11. What is meant by Pigeon Hole Theory?

12.Explain the term ‘Malice in Law’ and ‘Malice in Fact’

13. Define the term ‘Innuendo’

14.Define Manufacturer

15. What is meant by Trespass?

16.Define Slander
 17. Define ‘Vis Major’

18. What are exemplary damages?

19.What is false imprisonment?

20. What is Appropriate Laboratory?

21.Explain Scienter’s Rule

22. Define the term Restrictive Trade Practice

23. What does ‘Volenti No Fit Injuria’ means?

24. What does ‘Res Ipsa Loquitor’ means?

25. What are defective goods?

26. What is the composition of the Central Consumer Protection

Council?

27. Winfield’s theory

28. What is ‘Malice’?

29. What do you mean by ‘Joint Tort-Feasor’?

30. Contributory Negligence.

31.Consumer Dispute

32. What is Damnum Sine Injuria?

33. What is Assault?

34. What is Battery?

Short Notes :

35. District Forum

36. Consumer
37. Rylands v/s Fletcher

38. Scienter’s Rule

39. Jurisdiction of National Consumer Forum

40. Vis Major

41.Donoghue v/s Stevenson

42. Unfair Trade Practice

43. Strict Liability

44. Libel

45. Gloucester Grammar School case

46. Ashby v/s White case

47. Vicarious Liability

48. Negligence

49. What is Continuing Trespass?

50. Infringement of Right in Rem

51. Explain ‘Malice in fact’ and ‘Malice in Law’

52. Ubi jas ibi remedium

53. Respondent Superior

Essay type questions:-

54. What is meant by ‘Defamation’. Explain its ingredients citing

relevant case laws

55. Explain various ‘Unfair Trade Practices’ in detail as per the

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

56. ‘The Consumer Protection Act, 1986’ was enacted with the

object of better protection of consumers and for settlement of

consumer disputes- Discuss.

57. State the aims and objectives of the Consumer Protection

Act, 1986

58. What are the rights of the consumers under the Consumer

Protection Act, 1986 ?

59. Explain the composition and the procedure followed by the

District Forum under the Consumer Protection Act, 19867

60. Discuss the law relating to remoteness to damages

61.What are the general defenses available in an action of Tort?

62. What are the various remedies available under law of Torts?

63. Explain the concept of Nuisance . What are the various kind

of Nuisance? What are the defenses available for the same?

64. What is Absolute liability? How does it differ from Strict

liability?

65. Explain in details the general elements/ingredients in ‘Torts’

citing relevant case laws

66. Discuss in detail the Consumer Dispute Redressal Agencies

under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986

67. What are the general defenses available available in an action

of Tort?
68. Define the term ‘tort’, and explain how it is different from

crime and contract

69. ‘Tortious liability arises from the breach of duty primarily

fixed by law’- Discuss