PROPOSAL AND TYPES OF OFFER

1. Which judicial precedent had dealt with the concept of “general offer”:-
   a) Balfour v. Balfour
   b) Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
   c) Taylor v. Portington
   d) Spencor v. Harding
2. What is the terminology used to describe a situation when two parties make identical offers to each other in ignorance of each other’s offer:-
   a) Cross offer
   b) Counter offer
   c) Specific offer
   d) Conditional offer
3. Proposal is defined under section:-
   a) Sec 2(d)
   b) Sec 2(j)
   c) Sec 2(a)
   d) Sec 2(c)
4. “Union of India v. Maddala Thathaiah” is an illustration, where the tender was in the form of-
   a) Specific offer
   b) General offer
   c) Public offer
   d) Standing offer
5. An offer is-
   a) An invitation
   b) A willingness to do or abstain from doing something with a view to obtaining the assent of the other party
   c) Only a proposal
   d) Mere declaration of intention
6. An acceptance containing additions, limitations or other modifications shall amount to –
   a) A valid acceptance
   b) A counter offer
   c) Rejection of the original offer
   d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (d)