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CSS Mercantile Law Past Paper 2020
CSS Mercantile Law 2020 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.
- Marks
- 100
- Time
- 3 hours
- Questions
- 7
How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
Questions
Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.
- Q. 2Plaintiff offered to purchase a lodge owned by defendants for Rs. 60,000/- He wrote the defendant’s agent asking whether his offer had been accepted and saying that he was prepared to accept any higher price if found reasonable. The Agent replied, ‘Won’t accept less than rupees one hundred thousand’. The Plaintiff accepted this and subsequently brought a suit for specific performance. Was a Contract concluded between the parties? Give reasons.(20)
- Q. 3How will one differentiate between a void agreement and an unlawful agreement? Explain the agreements which have been expressly declared as void.(20)
- Q. 4What are ‘Conditions and Warranties’? Differentiate between the two and explain the ‘Implied Conditions’ in a Contract of Sale.(20)
- Q. 5Companies hold various kinds of meetings to regulate their business. Explain those meetings with special reference to the ‘Statutory Meeting’ and the ‘Statutory Report’(20)
- Q. 6Partnership is a relation between the persons who have agreed to share the profits of a business carried on by all or someone acting on behalf of others. In view of this statement explain as to what are the ingredients of a partnership? What is the test required to determine the existence of a partnership?(20)
- Q. 7What is an ‘Award’? Describe fully the grounds for setting aside an award. Does a court have the power to set aside an award suo motu?(20)
- Q. 8What is meant by ‘Merger’ under the law relating to competition in Pakistan? What is the procedure for the approval of merger? Discuss the powers of the Competition Commission for second phase review.(20)
- Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
- Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
- All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
- Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
- No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
- Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.