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Basics of enterprise - class-XI

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The company which is incorporated under a special royal charter issued by the king or head of the state is called _______.

  1. Statutory companies

  2. Registered companies

  3. Chartered company

  4. Cooperative organisation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organisations such as cities (with municipal charters) or universities and learned societies.

A corporate charter  simply referred to as "charter" or "articles of incorporation" is a written document filed with a U.S. state by the founders of a corporation detailing the major components of a company such as its objectives, its structure and its planned operations.

In the word of ______________" a public Corporation is an organization that is clothed with power of the government, but is possessed with the flexibility and initiative of private enterprise."   

  1. Roosevelt

  2. Schumpeter

  3. Prof. Robson

  4. Ronaldo


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to President Roosevelt,- “It is clothed with the powers of the government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.” Public corporations are free to take quick decisions which is very necessary for the success of a business concern. There is no government interference. There is no rigidity in their working as in case of departmental undertakings. The flexibility is necessary in the case of business undertakings. Its management is vested in a Board of Directors, appointed or nominated by the Government. But there is no Governmental interference in the day-to-day working of the corporation.

The organization form of public sector enterprise does not include ______.

  1. departmental undertaking

  2. statutory (or public) corporation

  3. government company

  4. subsidiary to public company


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The subsidiaries remain private. They are private subsidiaries of a public company. 

Think about it if a subsidiary went public, that would mean that its shares were being offered to the public, instead of all being owned by the parent company, and so it would no longer be a subsidiary.

Accepting of deposits from public in case of private company is ____________.

  1. prohibited

  2. restricted

  3. acceptable

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Companies borrow from various sources like banks and various other financial institutions. Whereas,Public Limited Companies borrow from mass public by accepting public deposits.

Private Companies are strictly prohibited from accepting any loan or deposits from the public. As per definition of Private limited Company as given under section 2 clause 68 of Companies Act, 2013. Private Company means a Company which by its articles prohibits any invitation to the public to subscribe for any securities of the company.

Minimum number of members in case of private company is ____________.

  1. $1$

  2. $2$

  3. $3$

  4. $5$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A private limited company with a minimum of only 2 members (and maximum of 200), as per the provisions of the Companies Act 2013. Limited liability: The liability of each shareholder or member is limited.

Every business undertaking is _______ entity.

  1. an independent

  2. a dependent

  3. a social

  4. none of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Every business undertaking is an independent entity. It has its own assets and liabilities. It has its own way of functioning. The profits earned or losses incurred by one firm cannot be accounted for by any other firm. It has its own assets and liabilities. The debts owned by one undertaking cannot be recovered from any other undertaking.

_________ refers to those industries which require huge infrastructure, man power and a have influx of capital assets.

  1. Large scale industries

  2. Small scale industries

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. (a) or (b)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things".

In India, industries with a fixed asset of more than ________ are called large scale industries.

  1. Two million rupees

  2. One hundred million rupees

  3. One million rupees

  4. Five million rupees


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things".

Here are some advantages of large scale industries: They provide an impetus to the industrialization of the country. Large scale industries, usually, produce capital and basic goods (instruments, machines, chemicals, etc.)  Also, the employment opportunities created by large scale industries are huge.
Examples of large scale industries include fertilizer, cement, natural gascoal, metal extraction, metal processing, petroleum, natural gas, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing units, tourism, banking, sugar, construction, automobile, communication equipment, cement, chemicals, earth movers, consumer.

In Private Company, member of the company is not less than_________.

  1. Seven

  2. Ten

  3. Two

  4. Eight


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Minimum 2 and maximum 200 members: A private company can have a minimum of just two members(but just one is enough if it a One Person Company), and maximum of upto 200 members. Transferability of shares restricted: Private companies cannot freely transfer their shares to the public like public companies.

Which of the following are kinds of companies?

  1. Private companies

  2. Producer companies

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A company is any entity that engages in business. Companies can be structured in different ways. For example, your company can be a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation. Depending on which different type of company you're dealing with, it may be owned by one person or a group of people.

Company's corporate personality was brought forward in the case of ___________________.

  1. Macaura V. Northan Assurance Co. Ltd

  2. Jons V. Lipman

  3. CIT V. Meenakshi Mills Ltd.

  4. Salomon V Salomon and Co. Ltd.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (law cite link) was the case that got me interested in corporate law. The principle from the case is very simple - a company is a separate legal entity and thus a juristic "person" in the eyes of the law. Piercing the corporate veil refers to a situation in which courts put aside limited liability and hold a corporation's shareholders or directors personally liable for the corporation's actions or debts. Veil piercing is most common in close corporations.

Issues affecting the privacy of the employee __________________.

  1. Anti-competitive practices

  2. Workplace surveillance

  3. Drug testing

  4. (b) and (c)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Privacy Issues in the Workplace. Generally speaking, privacy rights are granted (if at all) by specific laws, rules, or regulations. Personnel Records:Employees generally have a right to privacy in their personnel records, except in a few specific circumstances. Employee privacy rights are the rules that limit how extensively an employer can search an employee's possessions or person; monitor their actions, speech, or correspondence; and know about their personal lives, especially but not exclusively in the workplace.

Which company has a minimum paid up capital of one lakh rupees or higher? 

  1. Government Company

  2. Private Company

  3. Producer Company

  4. Subsidiary Company


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Companies Act, 2013 earlier mandated that all Private Limited Companies have a minimum paid up capital of Rs.1 lakh. This meant that Rs.1 lakh worth of money had to be invested in the company by purchase of the company shares by the shareholders to start business.

Paid-up capital is the amount of money a company has received from shareholders in exchange for shares of stock. Paid-up capital is created when a company sells its shares on the primary market, directly to investors.

Premises which are absolutely beyond the clutch of business enterprises are _________________.

  1. Non-controllable

  2. Controllable premises

  3. (a) and (b)

  4. (a) or (b)


Correct Option: A

What are the limits of number of members in a Private Company?

  1. Fifty

  2. Seven

  3. Twenty

  4. Two hundred


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This type of entity limits the owner's liability to their ownership stake and restricts shareholders from publicly trading shares. Members: You can start a private limited company with a minimum of only 2 members (and maximum of 200), as per the provisions of the Companies Act 2013. Minimum 2 and Maximum 20 can only be a part of partnership firm while for private limited company, 2 to 50 members in case of Private Company and Minimum 7 members in case of Public Company can be a part and in LLP's there has to be minimum 2 partners and there is no limitation of maximum number of partners.

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