Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Accountancy Part A

Chapter

Accounting for Partnership

Question:

Maximum number of partners for a partnership firm are prescribed in which of the following Act?

Options:

Partnership Act, 1932

Companies Act, 2013

Contract Act, 1872

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Companies Act, 2013

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2- Companies Act, 2013.

Maximum number of partners for a partnership firm are prescribed in Companies Act, 2013.

In order to form partnership, there should be at least two persons coming together for a common goal. In other words, the minimum number of partners in a firm can be two. There is however, a limit on their maximum number. By virtue of Section 464 of the Companies Act 2013, the Central Government is empowered to prescribe maximum number of partners in a firm but the number of partners can not be more than 100. The Central government has prescribed the maximum number of partners in a firm to be 50.