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The employer has told the employee in the morning that when the employee leaves the office in the evening to go to his house, he should pick up Rs. 50,000 lying in the drawer of the employer and deliver the same of 'X', to whom the employer owes Rs. 50,000. At 12.00 noon, in the absence of the employer the employee picks up the money and absconds. The employee is liable to be charged for:

Correct Answer: Theft

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this Act, works overtime, the employer need not pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Act, works for a less number of hours than the requisite number of hours on a given day, he shall be entitled to receive wages in respect ofwork done by him on that day as ifhe had worked for a full normal working day.
3. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the basis of pieces involved.
4. If an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been fixed under this Act, the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum time rate.

Consider the following statements:
In case of joint publication of defamatory statement:
1. A corporation is liable for the malice of its agent.
2. The proprietor of a newspaper is liable for the malice of the editor.
3. A lawyer is liable for the malice in the notice issued under the instructions of his client.
4. The employer is liable for the malice of a typist who types a defamatory letter as dictated by his employer.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

A (a 25 year old man) was B's (a 23 year old woman) neighbour. He fell in love with her and wanted to ask her to enter into a relationship with him. He sent her a number of text messages proclaiming his love for her. She did not respond to his overtures. On November 18, 2013, A went to B's house and told her that he was in love with her, and wanted to marry her. She told him that she was not interested and asked him to leave. A believed that B was only playing hard to get, and if he persisted, she would change her mind. On November 25, 2013, when B was returning home from her workplace, A met her again and proclaimed his love for her again. She again told him that she was not interested, and threatened to complain to the police. In spite of this, a week later, when B was leaving for work, she noticed that A was waiting outside her house, with a bouquet of flowers, and he tried to give her the flowers. B ignored him once again, and went to the police station to complain about A's acts. Under what Section of the Indian Penal Code should the police register the FIR (First Information Report)

Ram leaves his house at 20 mins to seven inthe morning, reaches Kunal's house in 25 mins. Theyfinish their breakfast in another 15 mins and leave fortheir office which takes another 35 minutes. At what timedo they leave Kunal's house to reach their office?

The Propositions are:
(1) Where a partner of a professional business partnership borrows money in the usual and regular course of business stating that the money is to be used for partnership business but misappropriates it, the other partners shall be liable.
(2) Where money has been borrowed by a partner without authority, but has been applied to the legitimate business needs of the firm, the firm is liable.
(3) Where the act is within the scope of the implied authority of a partner, but it has been done by him, to the knowledge of the third party, not for the firm but for his own purposes, the firm is liable.
Which of the following is true in accordance with Indian Partnership Act, 1932 as to the aforesaid propositions?

Which of the following is correct in context of Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this act, works overtime, the employer is bound to pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the piece basis.
3. If an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been fixed under this act, the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum time rate.

Rehana leaves her home early in the morning so that she can reach her office on time. If she walks at the rate of 7 km/hr, then she reaches her office 8 minutes late. But, if she walks at a speed of 8 km/hr, then she reaches her office 4 minutes early. What is the distance in km between Rehana's house and her office?

Rohan, Shikha's boyfriend, had to pick her from her home for a live concert on her 23rd birthday. The venue of the concert and Shikha's home were in opposite directions from Rohan's office. He got late because of some work at office and realised that if he goes to pick Shikha from her home, which was a 48-minute drive from his office, they would be late for the show by 16 minutes. He asked her to start from her home towards his office in an auto-rickshaw and himself started driving towards her home. Both of them started simultaneously, he picked her as soon as they met and they managed to reach the venue just in time for the concert. If Rohan drives at an average speed of 60 km/hr, find the speed (in km/hr) of the auto-rickshaw.

Which of the following statements are true/ false?
1. Every employer shall be bound to pay to every employee in respect of the accounting year commencing on any day in the year 1979 and in respect of every subsequent accounting year, a minimum bonus which shall be 9.33% of the salary or wages earned by the employee during the accounting year or one hundred rupees, whichever is higher, whether or not the employer has any allocable surplus in the accounting year.
2. Bonus will be paid in cash to the employees.
3. If the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of minimum bonus payable to the employees, the employer is bound to pay to every employee in respect of that accounting year bonus which shall be an amount in proportion to the salary or wages earned by the employee during the accounting year subject to a maximum of 10% of such salary or wage.
4. Bonus needs to be paid within a period of eight months from the close of the accounting year.

Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees a Timothy's math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Tmothy?