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Instructions: Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions 46-50)

XYZ Ltd is registered with an authorised capital of Rs. 20 lakh divided into 2 lakh equity shares of Rs. 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 Rs. 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 times except:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Authorised Capital, Nominal Capital, and Registered Capital are all synonyms for the maximum amount of share capital a company can issue in its lifetime (as stated in the MOA). Subscribed Capital is the portion of issued capital actually taken up by the public.

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