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At the time of admission of a new partner, general reserve appearing in the old balance sheet is transferred to:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

General reserve is an undistributed profit earned before the new partner joined, so it belongs only to the old partners. It is credited to the old partners' capital accounts in their old profit sharing ratio, so that the incoming partner gets no share of past profits.

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