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Which one of the following securities cannot be issued by a public limited company in India?

  1. Participating preference shares.

  2. Redeemable preference shares.

  3. Deferred shares.

  4. Debentures.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A deferred share is a share that does not have any rights to the assets of a company undergoing bankruptcy until all common and preferred shareholders are paid. It may also be a share that is issued to company founders that restricts their receipt of dividends until dividends have been distributed to all other classes of shareholder.
In India deferred shares were issued prior to 1956.The Companies Act, 1956 prohibited public limited companies to have these shares and hence these securities cannot be issued by a public limited company in India.

Who among the following is a bear operator?

  1. A stock broker who sells shares now and buys the same shares later.

  2. An investor who expects the price of a security or that of the whole securities market to rise.

  3. An investor who sells securities anticipation of being able to repurchase them later at a lower price.

  4. A broker who indulges in rigging of share prices.


Correct Option: C

A limited company has to redeem redeemable preference shares of the value of Rs. $1,00,000$ for which the company has issues $3000$ equity shares of Rs. $10$ each at a premium of $10\%$. The amount to be transferred to capital redemption reserve account will be.

  1. Rs. $1,00,000$

  2. Rs. $97,000$

  3. Rs. $70,000$

  4. Rs. $67,000$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If the preference shares are redeemed out of accumulated profit, it will be necessary to transfer an amount equal to the amount repaid on the redemption to Capital Redemption Reserve Account. If the company issues any fresh shares for redemption purpose, the transferred amount will be the difference between nominal value of shares redeemed and the nominal value of shares issued (i.e. amount transferred to CRR = Nominal value of shares redeemed – Nominal value of shares issued). The capital redemption reserve account can be used for issuing fully paid bonus shares.

Therfore, amount to be transferred to capital redemption reserve account will be Rs. 70000.

The movement of securities from one stock exchange to another with the object of reaping a profit from the disparity in share prices is called __________.

  1. Averaging

  2. Arbitraging

  3. Back wardation

  4. Forward Trading


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Arbitrage is a process of taking out the profits by movement of securities from one stock exchange to another due to price disparity.

Arbitrage is the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset to profit from an imbalance in the price. It is a trade that profits by exploiting the price differences of identical or similar financial instruments on different markets or in different forms.

A statutory auditor reports to____________.

  1. Debenture holders

  2. Central Government

  3. Board of directors

  4. Share holders


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Under section $143(3)$ of the Companies Act, $2013$, the duties of the auditor which relate to his report are that the auditor shall report to the shareholders on the accounts examined by him.

The ratios which measure the relative contribution of financing by owners and financing provided by outsiders are called ______________.

  1. Liquidity ratios

  2. Leverage ratios

  3. Activity ratios

  4. Profitability ratios


Correct Option: B

Control of management of the company mainly vests in hands of __________ .

  1. Equity shareholders

  2. Preference shareholders

  3. Debenture-holders

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A corporation generally has three parties sharing power and control: directors, officers, and shareholders. Directors are the managers of the corporation, and officers control the day-to-day decisions and work more closely with the employees.

Control of management of the company mainly vests in hands of equity shareholders.

Which of the following is not an internal user of management information?

  1. Creditor

  2. Department manager

  3. Controller

  4. Treasurer


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Management information is a representation of various information to the management. This information is used by the internal management for taking various decisions. 

Creditors are not the internal users. Creditors are outsiders and they are not intended to be the internal user of management information.