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Meaning and features of government company - class-XI

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As per Companies Act $2013$, a company is -
A. Formed and registered under the Companies Act, $2013$
B. An existing company registered under any earlier Companies Act
Select the correct answer from the options given below.

  1. A only

  2. B only

  3. A or B

  4. A but not B


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A company, which is incorporated under the relevant legislation of a foreign country, will not qualify as a company under the 2013 Act The proviso to section 2(71) states that “a company which is a subsidiary of a company, not being a private company, shall be deemed to be a public company for the purposes.

Identifying marks of a public limited company are __________.

  1. Formation

  2. Number of members

  3. Directors and meetings

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

company whose securities are traded on a stock exchange and can be bought and sold by anyone. Public companies are strictly regulated, and are required by law to publish their complete and true financial position so that investors can determine the true worth of its stock (shares). Also called publicly held company.

company is called as private limited when all its shares are in private hands while the shares in a Public Limited company are open to everyone. 2. Pvt Ltd Company is owned by a group of promoters. In Private Limited companies, the minimum number of shareholders should be two and the maximum 50.

A Public company whose shares are not on the official list of shares traded on a particular stock market is called _________.

  1. Listed company

  2. Unlisted company

  3. Private company

  4. Public company


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An unlisted public company is a public company that is not listed on any stock exchange. Though the criteria vary somewhat between jurisdictions, a public company is a company that is registered as such and generally has a minimum share capital and a minimum number of shareholders.

______ companies are not popular in India.

  1. Unlimited

  2. Limited

  3. Public

  4. Private


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An unlimited company or private unlimited company is a hybrid company (corporation) incorporated with or without a share capital (and similar to its limited company counterpart) but where the legal liability of the members or shareholders is not limited: that is, its members or shareholders have a joint.

The Five-member Disinvestment Commission was setup in _______.

  1. 1995

  2. 1996

  3. 1997

  4. 1998


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The change process in India began in the year 1991-92, with 31 selected PSUs disinvested for Rs.3,038 crore. In August 1996, the Disinvestment Commission, chaired by G V Ramakrishna was set up to advice, supervise, monitor and publicize gradual disinvestment of Indian PSUs. It submitted 13 reports covering recommendations on privatisation of 57 PSUs.Dr R.H.Patil subsequently took up the chairmanship of this Commission in July 2001.However, the Disinvestment Commission ceased to exist in May 2004. 


The major tasks of Disinvestment Commission is _____________.

  1. to prepare long-term disinvestment programme

  2. to determine extent of disinvestment in each PSE

  3. to monitor disinvestment process

  4. all the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Disinvestment Commission - The change process in India began in the year 1991-92, with 31 selected PSUs disinvested for Rs.3,038 crore. In August 1996, the Disinvestment Commission, chaired by G V Ramakrishna was set up to advice, supervise, monitor and publicise gradual disinvestment of Indian PSUs.

Government departments are headed by the ministers.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ministry is a government department which deals with a particular area of activity. All the Government departments are headed by the ministers as these enterprises are considered a part or an extension of the ministry. For e.g. railway department is under railway minister.

____ formed by the government to meet some governmental and political purposes.

  1. A foreign corporations

  2. A public corporation

  3. A Private corporations

  4. A professional corporations


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Public Corporation is a body corporate created by an Act of Parliament or Legislature. Its name is notified in the official gazette of the Central or State Government. It is an artificial person with the flexibility of the private sector and the powers of the government. They are set up with the objective of carrying out a specific type of commercial activity. These organizations are formed for administering nationalized industries or undertakings. Many service organizations of the government are set up in the form of corporations. It is formed and operated basically with a service motive. Profits are only a secondary consideration. For eg: FIC,  LIC,  ONGC etc.

Which ONE of the following is unlikely to constitute unfairly prejudicial conduct?

  1. The payment of excessive remuneration.

  2. Preventing the members from obtaining the best price for their shares.

  3. The improper transfer of shares.

  4. Mismanagement


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mismanagement. (usually uncountable, plural mismanagements) The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly. The value of the firm's stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement.

The shares of the government company is purchased in the name of ___________.

  1. Central government

  2. State government

  3. Prime minister of India

  4. President of India


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The shares of the company are purchased in the name of the President of India. Since the government is the major shareholder and exercises control over the management of these companies.

The government company cannot enter into contract or acquire property in its own name.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
government contractor is a company (privately owned or publicly traded but not a state-owned enterprise) either for-profit or non-profit – that produces goods or services under contract for the governmentOwnership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property
Ownership is self-propagating in that the owner of any property will also own the economic benefits of that property.

The government company obtains funds from ___________ .

  1. government share holdings

  2. private shareholders

  3. capital market

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

An auditor for the government company is appointed by ___________.

  1. Parliament

  2. Central government

  3. State government

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:


In accordance with the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 (earlier section 619 of the Companies Act, 1956), in the case of a Government company, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG of India) shall, in respect of a financial year, appoint an auditor duly qualified to be appointed as an.

Minimum paid up capital to be kept by the government of a government company is ______.

  1. 35%

  2. 75%

  3. 51%

  4. 50%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A “Government company” is defined under Section 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013 as “any company in which not less than 51% of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government, or by any State Government or Governments, or partly by the Central Government. government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government.

The government company has a separate legal entity apart from the government.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

company is a separate legal entity as distinct from its members. A company is a separate legal entity as distinct from its members, therefore it is separate at law from its shareholders , directors , promoters etc and as such is conferred with rights and is subject to certain duties and obligations.

Government companies provide ___________. 

  1. Goods and services at reasonable prices

  2. Control the market

  3. Curb unhealthy business practices

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Government companies are providing goods and services at reasonable prices. Due to this they are able to control the market and can also curb unhealthy business practices.

The management and administration of the government company rests in the hands of the government.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is an Indian government ministry.This Ministry is primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 & other allied Acts and rules & regulations framed there-under mainly for regulating the.

A government company is not answerable directly to the Parliament.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Government company is free from budgetary, accounting and audit controls, applicable to Government undertakings.

Accountability to the Parliament/State Legislature.
The Annual Report of a Government company is placed before the Parliament or the State Legislature.

A government company can be established by fulfilling the requirements of the Companies Act.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Companies Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of India, enacted in 1956, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, sets out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries and also provides for the procedures for its winding.

Government Company refers to the company in which _______  per cent or more of the paid up capital is held by the government.

  1. 50

  2. 51

  3. 60

  4. 61


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A government company is an organization where the investment goverment is more than 51% . There by the control and management lies in the hand of the government.

A special feature of a Government company is _____________.

  1. special provision for their audit

  2. it is a company of government

  3. an association not for profit

  4. none of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Government companies are exempted from the accounting and audit rules and procedures. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India shall appoint an auditor within a period of one hundred and eighty days from commencement of financial year to hold office till conclusion of the annual general meeting. The annual report is to be presented in the parliament or the state legislature. 

A company is a government company and X Company is a subsidiary of A company then X Company will be a _____________.

  1. Public Company

  2. Private company

  3. Government company

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A “subsidiary company” or “subsidiary” of a Government Company would also be categorized as a Government Company provided the Government Company
(i) controls the composition of the Board of Directors; or
(ii) exercises or controls more than one-half of the total share capital either at its own or together with one or more of its other subsidiary companies.

Even if the control referred above is of another subsidiary company of the Government company, the company would still be categorized as a “subsidiary” and hence a government company. Thus, joint-venture companies formed by various Government companies or public sector undertakings are also considered as government companies.

Company can be called govt, company if % of paid up share capital is held by government company_____________.

  1. more than 30

  2. more than 40

  3. more than 50

  4. none


Correct Option: C

_________ refers to the company in which $51\%$ or more of the paid up capital is held by the government.

  1. Departmental undertaking

  2. Statutory corporation

  3. Government company

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government Company is a company or an organization in which at least 51% of the paid up share capital is held by the central government or the state government or partly by both central and state government.

A company having business operations in India and registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 is called Indian Company. An Indian company may be formed as a public limited, private limited or government company.

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited is _________?

  1. Government company

  2. Private sector company

  3. Non-profit making company

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited owned and founded by the Government of India, is an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1964, BHEL is India's largest power generation equipment manufacturer.

Which of the following describes the desired future position of the company?

  1. Vision statement

  2. Mission statement

  3. Planning statement

  4. Forecasting statement


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A vision statement is sometimes called a picture of your company in the future but it’s so much more than that. Your vision statement is your inspiration, the framework for all your strategic planning

It describes what you are trying to build and serves as a touchstone for your future actions. A vision statement may apply to an entire company or to a single division of that company.
Whether for all or part of an organization, the vision statement answers the question, "Where do we want to go?"

Central Government has prescribed that public companies with paid up share capital of _________; or turnover of ______; or in aggregate, outstanding loans/ borrowings/ debentures/ deposits/ exceeding ________ as on the last date of latest audited financial statements mentioned below shall also have at least ________ as independent directors.

  1. Rs.1 crore or more; Rs.10 crore or more; Rs.50 crore or more; 2 directors

  2. Rs.10 crore or more; Rs.100 crore or more; Rs.50 crore or more; 2 directors

  3. Rs.20 crore or more; Rs.150 crore or more; Rs.100 crore or more; 3 directors

  4. Rs.100 crore or more; Rs.1,000 crore or more; Rs.500 crore or more; 3 directors


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Companies Act, 2013 defied a Public Limited Company as a private company means a company having a minimum paid-up share capital of one lakh rupees or such higher paid-up share capital as may be prescribed.Hence, a public limited company can also be started without a minimum capital of rupees five lakhs.

Rs.10 crore or more; Rs.100 crore or more; Rs.50 crore or more; 2 directors.

The companies are governed by the Companies Act, ________.

  1. $1956$

  2. $1936$

  3. $2013$

  4. $1856$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A Government company is defined under Section 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013 as “any company in which not less than 51% of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government, or by any State Government or Governments, or partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments.

Section 2(20) of the 2013 Act defines the term company to mean “a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013 or any previous company law.The sub-section states that for the purposes of such definition, the expression company includes body corporate.

Company has ________ sucession.

  1. Longer

  2. Continued

  3. Perpetual

  4. Limited


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In company law, perpetual succession is the continuation of a corporation's or other organization's existence despite the death, bankruptcy, insanity, change in membership or an exit from the business of any owner or member, or any transfer of stock, etc.

Audit of Government Company is done by C & AG. This statement is ______________.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Partly True

  4. Partly False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Auditor of all types of companies, except a Government Company, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors within 30 days from the date of registration of the Company. Tenure: First Auditor appointed by Board shall hold office till the conclusion of the first annual general meeting of the Company.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is an authority, established by Article 148 of the Constitution of India, which audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government.

Which of the following are the characteristics of a company? 

  1. Corporate Personality

  2. Limited Liability

  3. Perpetual Succession

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

company as an entity has many distinct features which together make it a unique organization. The essential characteristics of a company are following: Separate Legal Entity The company is distinct and different from its members in law. Thus, a company may be defined as An incorporated association which is an artificial -person created by law, having a separate entity, with a perpetual succession, a common seal, capital divided into transferable shares and carrying limited liability.

A subsidiary of government company is also treated as a ___________. 

  1. Government Company

  2. Public Company

  3. Private Company

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Central Government, or Any State Government or Governments, or Partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments, or includes a Company which is a Subsidiary Company of such a Government Company; A Subsidiary of Government Company shall also be treated as a Government Company.
Government Company is a company or an organization in which at least 51% of the paid up share capital is held by the central government or the state government or partly by both central and state government. A company having business operations in India and registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 is called Indian Company. An Indian company may be formed as a public limitedprivate limited or government company
.the   government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. Their legal status varies from being a part of the government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder.

The ______ of a government company is appointed or reappointed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

  1. Auditor

  2. Company Secretary

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
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