Identify the CORRECT definition of a contingent contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872:

A contract where performance depends on a past event

A contract to do or not to do something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen

A contract which is voidable at the option of the promisee

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the nature of contingent contracts?

A contingent contract is a valid contract

The event must be collateral to the contract

The parties are under no obligation to perform until the contingency occurs

A agrees to pay B a sum of money if a certain cruise ship does not return. The cruise ship sinks at sea. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the contract can be enforced when the ship:

Sinks or its return becomes impossible

Which of the following statements is CORRECT regarding a contingent contract?

No contract comes into existence until the contingency occurs

The contract is void from the beginning

A contract exists from the start, but performance is deferred until the event occurs or becomes impossible

X promises to pay Y a sum of money if a certain ship returns within a year. Under Section 35, the contract becomes void if the ship:

Returns after the year has expired

Is burnt or sinks within the year

A agrees to pay Z Rs. 2,00,000 if Z marries B. At the time of the agreement, B was already dead. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the agreement is:

Valid, as Z can marry someone else

Void, as it is contingent on an impossible event under Section 36

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Chapter III: Of Contingent Contracts (Sections 31–36)

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