Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Admission of a Partner

Question:
Assertion: Admission of a partner means reconstitution of the partnership whereby an old partnership ceases to exist and a new partnership comes into existence.

Reasoning: When a partner is admitted the number of partners increases and also the profit-sharing ratio changes. However, the firm continues.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Partnership is an agreement between two or more people for sharing the gains of a trade carried by all or any one of them who is acting for all. Any change in the current agreement is called as reconstitution of the partnership firm.