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An army truck driven by an army driver while going to leave army jawans on the station for enabling them to catch their home town, hit a pedestrian and killed him due to rash and negligent driving. Which one of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: In this case vicarious liability is to be imposed on the Government of India

The accused driver of a truck while driving on the left side i.e., his side of the road, sees a cyclist coming from the opposite direction, but on the wrong side of the road i.e. in the lane on which the truck was being driven; the road being narrow and the truck driver sensing that the cyclist was peddling negligently, maneuvers his truck on the opposite lane and simultaneously the cyclist suddenly moves to his lane and as a result the truck over-runs the cyclist, causing the death of cyclist. The truck driver is not guilty of the offence of causing death by rash and negligent act because:

An army truck driven by an army driver, while going to check the armymen on duties, hit X, a pedestrian, and injured him seriously on account of rash and negligent driving. M sued the Government of India. The defence was a sovereign functions.

Ms. Rahena needs to get from Town C. The only was to get Town C is taka a bus from Town A to Town B and then take a train from Town B to C. The bus leaves Town A at 8.00 am and reaches Town b after 212 hours. The first train leaves Town B at 9.00 am and then there is a train every 50 minutes. The train reaches Town C 40 minutes after its departure . If Ms. Rehana leaves Town A at 8.00 am, When is the earliest she would arrive at Town C?

when a truck travels at 60 miles per hour, it uses 30 percent more gasoline to travel andy distance than it does when it travels at 50 miles per hour. The truck can travel 20 miles on a gallon of gas if it is travelling at 50 miles per hour. The truck has only 10 gallons of gas and is 160 miles from its destination. It takes 20 minutes for the truck to stop for gas . How long will it take the truck to reach its final destination if it is driven at 60 miles per hour?

A goods truck travels from a place at a certain time and at fixed speed. After 6hrs another truck leaves the same place and move in same direction of uniform speed of 90kmph. The truck catches up the goods truck in 4hrs. Find the speed of the goods truck ?

X, the owner of a car, asked his friend Y to drive the car to his office. As the car was near his (X's) office, it hit a pedestrian P on account of Y's negligent driving and injured him seriously. P sued X for damages. Which one of the following is correct regarding the above?

P, owner of a car, asked his friend Q to drive the car to Bombay where he would join him. As the car was about five kilometers from Bombay it hit a pedestrian R, on account of Q's negligent driving and injured him seriously. R sued P for damages. In this case:

The plaintiff was travelling in a bus belonging to the State Road Transport Corporation resting her elbow on the windowsill. The bus was moving on the highway outside the town area. A truck coming from the opposite direction hit her elbow as a result of which she received severe injuries. The bus and the truck, however, did not come in contact with each other. The plaintiff claimed damages against the drivers of the bus as well as the truck. On which one of the following grounds were the defendants held liable, if any?

There is a children's school by the side of a highway while classes are going on, two children of the school stray on the highway. A truck is moving on the highway at normal speed. While trying to avoid hitting the children, the truck collides with a bullock cart. One person is injured, the bullocks die and the truck is also damaged. Which one of the following propositions correctly describes the liability?

Towns A and C are connected by a straight highway which is 60 miles long. The straight-line distance between town A and town B is 50 miles, and the straight-line distance from town B to town C is 50 miles. How many miles is it from town B to the point on the highway connecting towns A and C which is closest to town B?