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________ prescribes the qualification for a company secretary.

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  1. Board of Directors

  2. Shareholders

  3. Companies Act

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Company Act prescribes the qualification for a company secretary.

Directors may not declare immediate dividends under which of the following condition(s)?

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  1. The Company may be young and growing

  2. The company is likely to become insolvent it it pays dividends

  3. It may be in need of additional capital which cannot be raised except at a very high cost

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
The term ___________ means a confidential writer.
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  1. Secretarius

  2. loan

  3. account

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The word secretary has been derived from the Latin word 'Secretarius' which means confidential writer or a person to whom the secrets are entrusted by his employee or master.

All types of secretaries need to have the same qualification. 

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
(i) One basic qualification required for all types of secretaries is sound general education. 
(ii) He must be a graduate in any of the respective fields. 
(iii) The secretary needs special qualifications as per the nature of organisation where he works. 
(iv) It also depends on the nature of job, i.e. what functions, duties and responsibilities are given to him. 
(v) The qualifications are based also on the position or status enjoyed by the secretary in that organisation. 
(vi) Of course, all types of secretaries need knowledge of accountancy, correspondence, office routine, etc. 
(vii) A secretary of a Joint Stock Company must have knowledge of the Companies Act, 1956 and other laws like Income Tax Act and Factories Act.
(viii) Hence, all types of secretaries need not have the same qualifications.

Generally, _________ is responsible for complying procedural formalities relating to corporate restructuring in a company.

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  1. finance department

  2. marketing manager

  3. Company Secretary

  4. HR manager

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Correct Option: C

The _____ has to enter into correspondence with the Registrar of Companies.

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  1. company secretary

  2. personal secretary

  3. secretary of trade union

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

The services of a secretary have become indispensable.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

A secretary is __________ of his organisation.

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  1. an owner

  2. a chairman

  3. an employee

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A secretary is an employee in an organisation who is responsible for the administrative work and assisting the management.

In the Roman empire the word secretary means a scribe.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Co-ordination and Co-operation are same.

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  1. True

  2. False

  3. Partly true

  4. None of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coordination refers to the organisation of all the activities in an orderly manner, to achieve unanimity of individual efforts in the pursuit of group goals. On the flip side, cooperation is a discretionary action of individuals to work together or help one another, for a mutual benefit.