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Business Organizations and Corporate Governance

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Business organizations and corporate governance explore company structures, stakeholder responsibilities, and regulatory frameworks under the Companies Act. These commerce topics are essential for Chartered Accountancy, company secretary exams, and banking probationary officer assessments. Practice these questions to master corporate formation, director roles, and business ownership types.

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Business Organizations and Corporate Governance Questions

Multiple choice

Not even your company can be relied on to give one deserving raise.

  1. to give one deserving raise

  2. to give two deserving raise

  3. to give your deserving raise

  4. to give you a deserving raise

  5. to give your raise a deserving
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent. There is an unnecessary shift of pronoun. Therefore it has to be either “you and your” or “one and one’s”.

Multiple choice

Removal of Chief Executive is done by

  1. directors

  2. owners

  3. special resolution

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A company may remove the Chief Executive from his office. But, for this purpose, it has to pass special resolution.

Multiple choice

As per the provisions contained in Chapter VB of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 establishment employing ________ persons or more are required to seek prior permission of Appropriate Government before effecting lay-off, retrenchment and closure.

  1. 50

  2. 100

  3. 250

  4. 500
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) At the time of establishment employing 100 persons or more are required to seek prior permission of Appropriate Government before effecting lay-off, retrenchment and closure.

Multiple choice

The success of audit of environmental issues would be possible only when the SAI does

  1. the evaluation of the performance entity with reference to established standards and indicators

  2. the evaluation against authentic criteria

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. Either (1) or (2)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) The success of audit of environmental issues would be possible only when the SAI does the evaluation of the performance entity and against authentic criteria.

Multiple choice

A private limited company having registered office at Delhi advances monies to another private limited company also at Delhi. Disputes and differences arise relating to the said transaction and parties agree to the arbitration at Mumbai by a retired judge of the Bombay High Court, who both trust. The arbitrator delivers an award at Mumbai. The private limited company which had advanced monies during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings also shiffts its registered office at Mumbai. The award dismisses the claims of the said private limited company. The challenge to the said award can be made

  1. only in the courts at Mumbai, where the arbitration award was pronounced

  2. only in the courts at Delhi

  3. either in the court at Mumbai or in the court at Delhi

  4. in the court at Mumbai also, but the Court at Mumbai will return the objection for filing in the court at Delhi, the challenge being to an award of the retired judge of the Bombay High Court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2)  Only in the court at Delhi, where the cause of action arises or defendant resides. As defendant also resides in Delhi.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct in relation to subagent?

  1. He is employed by the principal in the business of the agency.

  2. He is employed by the original agent in the business of the agency.

  3. He acts under the control of the principal.

  4. The agent is not responsible to the principal for the acts of the subagent.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: He is appointed by the original agent of the business. Option (2) is correct: Subagent is an agent of original agent in the business of agency. Option (3) is incorrect: He acts under the control of original agent. Option (4) is incorrect: The agent is fully responsible to the principal for the acts of subagent.