Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Dissolution of Partnership Firm

Question:

A partnership firm is compulsorily dissolved:

Options:

When one of the partners becomes solvent

When the business of the firm is declared illegal

Both of these

None of these

Correct Answer:

When the business of the firm is declared illegal

Explanation:

When all the partners of a firm are declared insolvent or all but one partner are insolvent, only then a firm can be compulsorily dissolve. In this case only one partner has become insolvent.
Compulsory Dissolution: A firm is dissolved compulsorily in the following cases:
(a) when all the partners or all but one partner, become insolvent, rendering them incompetent to sign a contract;
(b) when the business of the firm becomes illegal; or
(c) when some event has taken place which makes it unlawful for the partners to carry on the business of the firm in partnership, e.g., when a partner who is a citizen of a country becomes an alien enemy because of the declaration of war with his country and India.