Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounting for Shares

Question:

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
XYZ Ltd is registered with an authorised capital of ₹ 20 lakh divided into 2 lakh equity shares of 10 each. The company is in manufacturing of pickles and spices. Due to the increase in demand of packed food in the market they decided to diversify its operation. For this purpose they decided to issue 1 lakh equity share of 10 each. The company issued 20,000 equity shares to a vendor to supply the machinery required to manufacture the packed food. Rest of the equity shares were issued to general public for subscription. The application were received for 46,000 equity shares. Due to undersubscription of equity shares the shares were not issued to public.

The following refer to the maximum amount of share capitals issued by a company in its life time except:

Options:

Subscribed Capital

Authorised Capital

Nominal Capital

Registered Capital

Correct Answer:

Authorised Capital

Explanation:

Authorised capital is the amount of share capital which a company is authorised to issue by its Memorandum of Association. The company cannot raise more than the amount of capital as specified in the Memorandum of Association. It is also called Nominal or Registered capital. The authorised capital can be increased or decreased as per the procedure laid down in the Companies Act. It should be noted that the company need not issue the entire authorised capital for public subscription at a time. Depending upon its requirement, it may issue share capital but in any case, it should not be more than the amount of authorised capital.