MCQ ON ISSUE OF SHARES (REVISED UPTO DATE)
1. Match the following: Minimum number of members in
a) Private Company
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2 members
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b) Public Company
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7 members
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2. Match the following: Maximum number of members in:
a) Private Company
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200 members
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b) Public Company
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Any number of members/Limited upto number of shares
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c) Partnership Firm
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100
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3. Match the following: Minimum Capital: (No Minimum capital is necessary as per Companies Amendment Act’ 2013)
a) Private Company
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1 lac (Previously)
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b) Public Company
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5 lacs (Previously)
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4. Match the following:
a) Interest on calls in advance
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12% p.a.
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b) Interest on calls in arrear
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10% p.a.
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c) Minimum subscription in case of public company
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90% of the entire issue within 90 days
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d) Minimum application money in case of public limited company
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5% of the nominal face value [Sec.39]
As per SEBI guidelines 25% of the issue price
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e) Maximum Rate of discount
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10% of the nominal value of share
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5. Match the following with relevant sections:
a) Definition of company
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Section 2(20)
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b) Issue of share at a premium
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Section 52
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c) Issue of share at a discount
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Section 53
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d) Books of accounts
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Section 128
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e) Sweat Equity Share
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Section 54
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6. Which of the following statement is false?
a) A company is a legal entity quite distinct from its members.
b) A company can buy its own share
c) A shareholder is the agent of the company
d) Same person can agent and creditor of the company
7. Which of the following are the characteristics of a company?
a) Liability of the members is limited upto the face value of shares held by them
b) It is a voluntary association of persons.
c) A company is a separate body can sue and be sued in its own name
d) Perpectual succession
e) All of the above
8. The term Company and Body corporate denote the same thing. False
9. Body corporate does not include Co- operative society. True
10. Match the following:
a) Statutory Company
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Formed by special act of the legislature or parliament.
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b) Guarantee company
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Liability of the member is limited upto the amount he guaranteed to contribute in the event of winding up.
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c) Deemed public company
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Holds 25% of paid up capital of a public company
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d) Chartered companies
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Incorporated under special charter by the king or sovereign
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11. Minimum and Maximum number of directors:
a) Public Company
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Minimum: 3
Maximum: 15 (Not applicable to govt. company)
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b) Private Company
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Minimum :2
Maximum: 15
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c) One Person Company
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Minimum: 1
Maximum: 15
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12. Minimum number of Quorum:
a) Public Company
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Minimum: 5
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b) Private Company
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Minimum :2
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c) One Person Company
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Waived
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13. Which of the following capital is not shown in company’s balance sheet?
a) Authorised capital
b) Issued and Subscribed capital
c) Called and paid up capital
d) Reserve Capital
14. Permission from central government to issue share capital is required if Nominal capital exceeds Rs. 1 crore. True
15. A company is said to be Deemed Public Company as per Companies Act, 2013: Deemed Company would mean a company which is subsidiary of a public company. It does not matter if such companies are private by its articles.
16. Share application and allotment account is a:
a) Personal account
b) Real account
c) Nominal account
17. Only sweat equity shares can be issued at a discount. True
18. Securities premium account is shown on the liabilities side of the balance sheet under the head:
a) Share capital
b) Reserves and surplus
c) Current liabilities
19. As per Section 52 of the companies act, amount collected as premium on securities cannot be utilised for:
a) Issuing fully paid bonus shares to the members
b) Purchase of fixed assets
c) Writing off preliminary expenses
d) Buy back of its own shares
e) Premium payable on redemption of preference shares
33. As per SEBI guidelines, a new company (Less than 12 months) without any track record can issue share at a premium. False
34. A new company set up by existing companies with five year track record can issue share at premium provided:
a) Participation of existing companies are not less that 50%
b) Prospectus contains justification for issue price
c) The issue price is made applicable to all new investors uniformly.
d) All of the above
35. Issue of share at a discount must be authorised by a resolution passed by the company in general meeting and duly sanctioned by the central government. True
36. A company can issue share at a discount if
a) One year have been elapsed since the date at which the company was allowed to commence business
b) Sweat Equity Shares issued at a discount must belong to a class of shares already issued
c) Issue must take place within two must after the date of sanction by the court or within extended time.
d) All of the above
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