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At the time of dissolution of the firm, The assets and liabilities appearing in the Balance sheet transferred to ____________ .

  1. Revaluation Account

  2. Realisation Account


  3. Partner's Capital Accounts

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

At the time of dissolution of the firm, the assets and liabilities appearing on the Balance Sheet are transferred to the Realisation Account. When a firm decides to discontinue its operations, all assets need to be disposed off and all liabilities need to be discharged. For this purpose, a Realisation account is opened where all the assets, excluding cash at hand and bank, are shown on the debit side at their book values and all the external liabilities are shown on the credit side at their book value. Any sale of assets or discharge of liabilities is also shown in this account.

Which of the following is the assumption of the MM model on dividend policy?

  1. The firm is an all-equity firm

  2. The investments of the firm are financed solely by retained earnings

  3. The firm has an infinite life

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

There are _________ kinds of voluntary winding up.

  1. $2$

  2. $3$

  3. $4$

  4. $5$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Voluntary winding up is the process in which a company is unable to carry out it operations or the period for carrying the operations expires or if it is unable to meet its financial obligations. It can carry this process either by passing special resolution or by ordinary resolution. There are two kinds of voluntary winding up. They are;

  1. Member's voluntary winding up.
  2. Creditors voluntary winding up.

Winding up by the court comes under _________.

  1. section $484-521$

  2. section $433$

  3. section $434$

  4. section $475$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to the Indian Companies Act, 2013, if a company do not follow certain rules and regulations as given by the act then it has to wind up its operations. Winding up is done by the court. It comes under section 433.

Dissolution of a firm means __________.

  1. Closing down the undertaking

  2. Suspending permanently the activities of a partnership business

  3. Complete breakdown of a partnership

  4. All of the Above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, dissolution of a firm means closing down the undertaking, suspending permanently the activities of a partnership business or a complete breakdown of a partnership.

Voluntary winding up comes under __________.

  1. Section $433$

  2. Section $484-521$

  3. Section $428$

  4. Section $473$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Voluntary winding up is the process in which a company is unable to carry out its operations or the period for carrying the operations expires or if it is unable to meet its financial obligations. It can carry this process either by passing special resolution or by ordinary resolution. It comes under section 484-521 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013.

The dissolution of partnership between all partners of a firm is called _________.

  1. The dissolution of the firm

  2. Compulsory dissolution

  3. Dissolution by notice

  4. Dissolution by government


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, dissolution of a firm means closing down the undertaking, suspending permanently the activities of a partnership business or a complete breakdown of a partnership. Hence, the dissolution of partnership between all partners of a firm is called the dissolution of the firm.

Which of the following are true or false?
(a) Dissolution of a firm is a wider concept
(b) It includes dissolution of the partnership also

  1. Both (a) and (b) are true.

  2. Both (a) and (b) are false.

  3. (a) is true, but (b) is false.

  4. (a) is false, but (b) is true.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, dissolution of a firm means closing down the undertaking, suspending permanently the activities of a partnership business or a complete breakdown of a partnership. The dissolution of partnership between all partners of a firm is called the dissolution of the firm. Hence, it is wider concept.

A voluntary winding up of a company in the case of which no 'Declaration of solvency' is required, is called ___________.

  1. Member's voluntary winding up

  2. Creditors voluntary winding up

  3. Winding up by court

  4. Voluntary winding up


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Voluntary winding up is the process in which a company is unable to carry out it operations or the period for carrying the operations expires or if it is unable to meet its financial obligations. It can carry this process either by passing special resolution or by ordinary resolution. There are two kinds of voluntary winding up. They are;

  1. Member's voluntary winding up.
  2. Creditors voluntary winding up.
Under creditors voluntary winding up declaration of solvency is not required beacause the company first only becomes unable to pay the liabilities.