10. A by his will bequeaths certain property to his son B for his life, and after B's death to B's children. At the time of A's death, there is one daughter of B living. B survives A, and after his (B's) death, his daughter claims the property under the will. Is she entitled to the property? Answer the question with reference to the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, and the rules of Hindu and Mahomedan Law. SATURDAY, 1ST DECEMBER. [10-30 A.M. TO 1-30 P.M.] MUNICIPAL LAW-PAPER II. 1. A European guest at an hotel in Bombay sues the proprietor of the hotel, who is a Parsi, to recover the value of a gold watch stolen from his rooms at the hotel. Is the proprietor liable to make good the loss without proof of actual negligence? Would it make any difference if the proprietor was a Hindu or a Mahomedan ? 2. A creditor allows his remedy against the principal debtor to become barred by limitation. Is this sufficient to discharge the surety from liability to the creditor? Discuss the question fully. 3. Nis under a contract with A to go out to England and manage A's business there. I wishing to obtain N's services offers him a higher salary than that which is promised by A, and thereby induces N to break his contract with 4 and enter into X's service. N in consequence declines to go out to England. Is X's conduct actionable? 4. Define the nature of a right to light, and state the effect of the recent decision of the House of Lords in Colls v. Home and Colonial Stores. How is the subject dealt with in the Indian Easements Act? 5. How far does the rule" Equity acts in personam"-apply to suits instituted in Chartered High Courts, and to those instituted in other Courts in British India? 6. Distinguish between legal and equitable set-off. A, who is B's servant, sues B to recover Rs. 2,500, being arrears of A's salary. B claims to set-off Rs. 1,500, alleged to be damages sustained by him by reason of A's misconduct in his capacity of B's servant. Is B entitled to a set-off? 7. Define the rights of a partner to indemnity and contribution, and state the principles on which they are founded. 8. In what respects do presumptions of law differ from presumptions of fact ? What are fictions of law? 9. State the exceptions (recognized in English law) to the general rule respecting the sufficiency of one witness, and state which of them exist by the common law, and which have been introduced by statute. 10. Distinguish between general and particular average, and state what was decided in Birkley v. Presgrave. 258 EXAM. IN ELEMENTARY MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDS, 1906. EXAMINATION IN ELEMENTARY MECHANICS OF MONDAY, 16TH JULY. [11-30 A.M. TO 2-30 P.M.] M. K. KANGA, M.A., B.Sc., L. M. & S. 1. Define unit of mass, unit of force, and unit of velocity. A spring-balance is carried in a balloon which is ascending vertically. Find the acceleration of the balloon when a half pound weight hung upon the spring-balance is found to indicate 9 ounces. 10 2. Prove that the space passed over by a falling body is proportional to 10 the square of the time. When A ballcon ascends with an acceleration of 10 feet per second. After half a minute a stone (with no initial velocity) is dropped from the car. will it reach the ground? State 10 3. Do you consider weight to be an essential property of matter? clearly what distinction you would draw between mass and weight. How did Newton prove that the weight of a body is proportional to its mass ? 4. Define the term Centre of Gravity' of a body. How would you 10 determine the centre of gravity of a heavy plate of irregular outline? When is equilibrium stable and when unstable ? A common pencil is placed vertically on end on a horizontal table. Is the equilibrium stable or unstable ? 5. Enumerate the laws to which the force resisting torsion in a wire 10 is subject. There are two platinum threads of lengths as 36: 25 and diameters 3: 5. Compare the forces with which they are twisted when the angles of torsion are 40° and 90° respectively. 6. State and illustrate the law of transmission of pressures in liquids, 10 and explain how it is applied in the construction of the hydraulic press. 7. Define specific gravity. How do you determine the specific gravity 11 of a liquid ? A solid which weighs 120 grammes in air is found to weigh 90 grammes in water and 78 grammes in a strong solution of sulphate of zinc: what is the specific gravity of the solution ? S. Explain by a diagram the action of the common single-barrelled air- 11 pump. Give reasons why such a pump can never produce a perfect vacuum. After three complete strokes the density of the air in the receiver of an air-pump was to its original density as 125: 216. Find the ratio of the volume of the receiver to that of the barrel. 9. Explain the action of the Siphon. Why could not a Siphon be used 10 for mercury if it were more than 760 mm. from the bend to the level of the mercury What effect on the action of the Siphon would lengthening the long leg produce and why? 10. What is meant by Diffusion of Gases ? State and explain Graham's 8 law of gaseous diffusion. [Definite chemical changes are to be represented by equations.] 1. How is Yellow Phosphorus prepared ? Give its properties and uses. 2. Give the preparation, properties, and uses of Iodide of Potassium. Show how you would distinguish it from the corresponding Bromide. 3. Define the following terms, and give examples : ·- Valency. Alloy. Dissociation. Decomposition. Double-decomposition. tropism. Isomerism. Polymerism. Occlusion. 4. What is the chief source of Aluminium? How is the metal prepared ? Give its properties, uses and tests. SECTION II. 5. What weight of Sodium Sulphate can be made from 25 grammes of Common Salt ? 6. 450 litres of Air are measured when the thermometer is standing at 27 Centigrade, pressure being normal. What will the same Air measure after its temperature has been raised to 77° Centigrade, the barometer having in the meanwhile fallen to 750 m.m.? 7. Give a short description of the manufacture of Alcohol. What do you mean by the following terms: Absolute Alcohol. Proof Spirit. Rectified Spirit. Wood Spirit. Methy. lated Spirit? 8. How would you classify, chemically, the following organic acids :— Oxalic, Tartaric, Acetic, Carbonic, and Formic? Give the graphic formula, and one method of preparation, of each of the above-mentioned substances. MONDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER. [2-30 P. M. TO 5-30 P.M.] BOTANY. N.B.-Questions may be answered in any order, but Sections A and B must be on separate sheets. SECTION A. 1. Describe Bulbs, Tubers, and Tendrils. Give examples of plants bearing tendrils and mention in each case with what organs they are homologous. 2. Describe the formation, and the chemical and physical characters of Starch, 3. Describe the Natural Orders Cucurbitaceæ, Labiata, and Apocynaceae. Mention any useful, officinal, or poisonous plants you know of in these Orders, SECTION B. 4. What is Cambium ? What is its function ? Where does it occur in a Dicotyledonous plant? 5. Describe any six forms of Indefinite Inflorescence, giving an example of each. 6. Give the meaning of the terms Archegonium, Epigynous, Perigynous, Zygomorphic, and Etœrio: TUESDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER. MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACY. SECTION A. 1. Give the physiological actions and therapeutical uses of arsenic and state the effects of an over-dose, methods of its administration and the precautions to be observed in its use. 2. Give the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the use of the following hypnotics : (a) Paraldehyde, (b) Sulphonal, (c) Chloral Hydrate. 3. (a) Explain the following terms : (1) Expectorants, (2) Sialagogues, (3) Mydriatics, (4) Styptics, and give at least two examples of each. (b) What are purgatives? Name the various classes into which they are divided, describing their actions and giving two examples of each. (c) Write a prescription for a purgative pill for an adult. 4. What are trochisci? Give the names and composition of the various bases used in their preparation. What are the indications for their use? SECTION B. 5. Give in brief the medicinal properties, uses and doses of the following:(a) Santoninum, (b) Glusidum, (c) Chrysarobinum, (d) Acetanilidum, (e) Antimonium tartaratum, (f) Bismuthi subnitras, (g) Copaiba, (h) Creosotum. 6. Give the ingredients, strengths and doses of the following: (a) Tinctura Camphora Composita. (b) Liquor Sarsæ Compositus Concentratus. (c) Confectio Sulphuris. (d) Pilula Plumbi cum Opio. (e) Unguentum Aconitinæ. 7. Give the medicinal preparations of Magnesium, with their doses and uses. 8. Give the botanical orders and the names of plants from which the following are obtained and give their preparations and doses : (a) Pilocarpina, (b) Codeina, (c) Hyoscina, (d) Physostigmina. XII. SECOND EXAMINATION IN MEDICINE. EXAMINERS. SHAPURJI DOSSABHAI BHARUCHA, L.M. & S. ... } In Anatomy. Captain T. S. Novis, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.,I.M.S..) Captain L. T. R. HUTCHINSON, M.A., M.D., B.C., In Physiology and His 1.M.S. B.C.; } MONDAY, 1ST OCTOBER. [10-30 A.M. TO 1-30 P.M.] ANATOMY. SECTION A. tology. 1. Describe the spheno-palatine (Meckel's) Ganglion. to expose it, merely naming the structures met with. Give the dissection 2. Describe the lower end of the Radius and give the Nerve Supply and action of the Muscles, the Tendons of which groove it. 3. Name the structures forming the roots of the lungs with their relative positions on the two sides, giving their relations to the surrounding structures. SECTION B. 4. Describe the Duodenum, giving its relations. 5. Describe the Thoracic duct, giving its course and relations.. 6. Describe the course and relations of the Hypoglossal Nerve. |