Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Topics of Law

Question:

Read the following passage and answer the question.

"We are of the view that an enterprise which is engaged in a hazardous or inherently dangerous industry which poses a potential threat to the health and safety of the persons working in the factory and residing in the surrounding areas owes an absolute and non delegable duty to the community to ensure that no harms results to any one on account of hazardous or inherently dangerous activity in which it is engaged must be conducted with the highest standards of safety and if any famines is done on account of such. The enterprise must be absolutely liable to compensate for such harmful and it should be no answer to the enterprise to say that it had taken all reasonable care and that the harm occurred without any negligence on its part."

The above paragraph deals with.

Options:

All kinds of technical and non-technical enterprises

Only Nuclear Reactors

All enterprises engages in hazardous or Inherently dangerous industry

Only nuclear reactors and chemical weapons

Correct Answer:

All enterprises engages in hazardous or Inherently dangerous industry

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → All enterprises engages in hazardous or Inherently dangerous industry

The passage specifically states that the principle of absolute liability applies to "an enterprise which is engaged in a hazardous or inherently dangerous industry." This indicates that the principle is applicable to a wide range of enterprises involved in hazardous or inherently dangerous activities, not just limited to nuclear reactors or chemical weapons.