Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Dissolution of Partnership Firm

Question:

Assertion (A) : When all the partners or all the partners except one, become insolvent then the firm may not be dissolved.

Reason (R) : There is a compulsory dissolution, when all or all except one partner become insolvent or business becomes unlawful.

Options:

A is correct but R is incorrect

A is incorrect but R is correct

Both A and R correct but R is not the correct explanation of A

 Both A and R correct but R is the correct explanation of A.

Correct Answer:

A is incorrect but R is correct

Explanation:

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.