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Law CSS Paper I 2000

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2000.
Law Paper – I

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Attempt SEVEN questions in all, including question No.10 which is Compulsory. Attempt TWO questions from each PART. Q.10 carries 20 marks and other questions carry 13 marks each. (Two marks for hand writing)

PART-A

  1. What are the characteristics of a Procedural Law? How is Civil Procedure Code different?

  2. What are the limitations on the sett1ernètit~ of a suit by compromise?

  3. What is the difference between a judgment and a decree? What purpose each serves in civil litigation?

PART-B

  1. Distinguish void from void able contracts. Illustrate.

  2. What remedies are available to a contracting party on its breach?

  3. What relations resemble contracts without being contracts? What are their consequences?

PART- C

  1. When in Tort Malice is required to be established as a fact?

  2. What are wrongs of absolute liability? Illustrate.

  3. In what circumstances and to what extent contributory negligence plays a part.

COMPULSORY QUESTION

  1. Write only the correct answer in the answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.

(1) Res judicata is:
(a) Bar- to-defense (b) Bat- to- execution (c) Bar to suits (d) None of these

(2) Commission is appointed for:
(a) deciding a case (b) effecting a compromise (c) executing a judgment (d) None of these

(3) Discovery is for:
(a) Production of a document (b) Production of suit property (c) Production of a witness (d) None of these

(4) A letter of request is for:
(a) Local inspection (b) Avoidance of an order (c) Examination of witness not in Pakistan (d) None of these

(5) Subjudice is:
(a) A case already decided (b) A case pending in court (c) A case yet to be filed in court (d) None of these.

(6) Affidavit is:
(a) Statement made in court (b) Statement made before a police officer (c) Statement in writing sworn an oath (d) None of these.

(7) Pecuniary jurisdiction is:-
(a) Territorial jurisdiction (b) Lacking in jurisdiction (c) Jurisdiction limited by amount or money (d) None of these.

(8) Ex-Parte judgment is: .
(a) against a party (b) in the absence of a party (c) in favour of a party (d) None of these

(9) Good will in business is:
(a) fellow feeling (b) good wishes (c) property (d) None of these

(10) Lien IS:
(a) right to acquire the property of another (b) right to sell property (c) right to retain property belonging to another (d) None of these

(11) Novation of contract is:
(a) its repudiation (b) its recognition (c) its substitution (d) None of these

(12) Restitution is:
(a) payment of compensation (b) promise to do a thing (c) restoration of position (d) None of these

(13) Surety is a person:
(a) who commits default (b) who makes a promise (c) who gives a guarantee (d) None of these

(14) Reciprocal promises are:
(a) undertaking by two or more persons (b) commitment to do a thing (c) a promise by one in consideration of a promise by another (d) None of these.

(15) Tort is:
(a) breach of a promise (b) crime committed (c) trust betrayed (d) None of these

(16) In Tort action:
(a) motive is decisive – (b) relevant (c) irrelevant (d) None of these

(17) Legal Damage means:
(a) damage to immovable property (b) pecuniary loss (c) violation of a right (d) None of these.

(18) Act of state is:
(a) an individual’s act . (b) a breach of promise (c) a duty not discharged (d) None of these.

(19) Joint tort feasors are:
(a) persons making promises jointly (b) persons violating promises (c) person joining in committing tort (d) None of these.

(20) Libel is:
(a) a true allegation against someone (b) a false allegation against someone (c) oral accusation (d) None of these.

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