CA NITIN GOEL INTERNAL RECONSTRUCTION

INTERNAL RECONSTRUCTION
1. Increase in value of Liability under Internal Reconstruction is debited to _____________.
a) Profit & Loss A/c
b) Goodwill A/c
c) Capital Reduction A/c
d) None.
2. Share of ₹ 100 each (paid up value ₹ 90 each) are reduced to share of nominal value of ₹
90 each in a scheme of reconstruction.
a) There will be credit of ₹ 10 per share to capital reduction A/c
b) There will be credit of ₹ 90 per share to capital reduction A/c
c) There will be credit of ₹ 100 per share to capital reduction A/c
d) There will be no credit to capital reduction A/c
3. Share of ₹ 100 each paid up value are reduced to share of nominal & paid up value of ₹ 10
each in a scheme of reconstruction.
a) There will be credit of ₹ 10 per share to capital reduction A/c
b) There will be credit of ₹ 90 per share to capital reduction A/c
c) There will be credit of ₹ 100 per share to capital reduction A/c
d) There will be no credit to capital reduction A/c
4. The existing 1000 shares of ₹ 100 each are altered to 10000 shares of ₹ 10 each. This is
known as
a) Consolidation
b) Sub-division
c) Conversion in Stock
d) Surrender
5. The existing 1000 shares of ₹ 1 each are altered to 100 shares of ₹ 10 each. This is known
as
a) Consolidation
b) Sub-division
c) Conversion in Stock
d) Surrender
6. When the object of reconstruction is usually to re-organise capital or to compound with
creditors or to effect economies then such type of reconstruction is called
a) Internal reconstruction with liquidation
b) Internal reconstruction without liquidation of the company
c) External reconstruction
d) None of the above.
7. The accumulated losses under scheme of internal reconstruction are writtenoff against
a) Capital Reduction account
b) Share Capital account
c) Shareholders’ account
d) Reserve and surplus.

8. A process of reconstruction, which is carried out without liquidating the company and
forming a new one is called

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a) Internal reconstruction.
b) External reconstruction.
c) Amalgamation in the nature of merger.
d) Amalgamation in the nature of purchase.
9. Reconstruction is a process by which affairs of a company are reorganized by
a) Revaluation of assets and Reassessment of liabilities.
b) Writing off the losses already suffered by reducing the paid up value of shares
and/or varying the rights attached to different classes of shares.
c) Both (a) and (b).
d) None of the above.
10. For reduction of the share capital, the permission has to be sought from
a) Court.
b) Controller.
c) State government.
d) Shareholders.
11. In case of internal reconstruction
a) Only one company is liquidated.
b) Two or more companies are liquidated.
c) No company is liquidated.
d) Two companies amalgamated.
12. The Capital reduction means reduction in ____________ value of shares.
a) Authorized capital
b) Called up capital
c) Uncalled capital
d) Paid–up value
13. The Shareholders can surrender shares for ________ or ____________ .
a) Re-issue, Cancellation
b) Fresh Issue, Redemption
c) Fresh Issue, cancellation
d) none of the above
14. The fictitious debit balances are to be transferred to ___________ Account.
a) External Reconstruction
b) Security Premium
c) Share Capital
d) Capital Reduction
15. The difference in revaluation of assets is to be transferred to _________ Account.
a) Realisation
b) Capital Reduction
c) Security Premium
d) Capital Reserve
16. A scheme of __________ or __________ mean the scheme having same effect.
a) Capital Reduction or Internal Reconstruction
b) Capital Reduction or External reconstruction
c) None of the above
d) Capital reserve or External reconstruction

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17. The full balance of capital is to be debited, if ________value is reduced.

a) Face
b) Market
c) Both of a & b
d) none of the above
18. The expenses for forming and implementing scheme should be debited to ____________ .
a) security premium
b) share capital
c) External reconstruction
d) capital reduction
19. The objective of reconstruction is to write off ___________ .
a) profit
b) accumulated losses
c) Assets
d) none of the above
20. In ____________ , no new company is formed.
a) External reconstruction
b) Amalgamation
c) Internal reconstruction
d) none of the above
21. Appreciation in the value of land & building is recorded on ______ side of Capital
Reduction Account.
a) credit
b) debit
c) both of a & b
d) none of the above
22. Any credit balance on Capital Reduction Account after writing off losses is transferred
to_____ Account.
a) Reserve & Surplus
b) Profit & Loss
c) Share Capital
d) Capital Reserve
23. Payment for contingent liability is debited to ___________ A/c.
a) Capital Reduction
b) Bank
c) Share Capital
d) None of the above
24. Fictitious assets are written off to ___________ A/c.
a) Capital Reduction
b) Profit & Loss A/c
c) Goodwill
d) Land & Building
25. Reconstruction expenses are debited to __________ A/c.
a) Cash Account
b) Goodwill Account
c) Profit & Loss A/c
d) Capital Reduction A/c

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26. Appreciation in land and building is credited to __________ A/c.

a) Capital Reduction A/c
b) Profit & Loss A/c
c) Cash Account
d) Goodwill Account
27. XYZ Ltd. had on 31st December, 2023; 80,000 equity shares at ₹ 10 each. It was decided to
reduce shares to ₹ 8 each. The reduction is ___________.
a) 1,60,000
b) 6,40,000
c) 2,00,000
d) 1,50,000
28. Creditors of the company are ₹ 50,00,000 one creditor for ₹ 20,00,000 decided to forego
40% of his claim. He is allotted 30,000 equity shares of ₹ 40 each in full satisfaction. The
amount transferred to capital reduction is ___________.
a) 8,00,000
b) 20,00,000
c) 12,00,000
d) 50,00,000
29. The preference shareholders agree to forego arrears of preference dividend of ₹ 72,000.
The amount transferred to Capital Reduction Account is ___________ .
a) Nil
b) 72,000
c) 36,000
d) 70,000
30. Creditors are ₹ 3,00,000. They are given option to either accept 50% of their claim in cash
in full settlement or to convert their claim into equity shares of ₹ 10 each. Creditors of ₹
2,00,000 opt for shares in satisfaction of claim. Capital reduction A/c is credited by ______.
a) 1,00,000
b) 1,50,000
c) 50,000
d) 2,00,000
31. Investment costing of ₹ 24,000 given to Bank for bank overdraft of 16,800. The capital
reduction is debited by ________.
a) 24,000
b) 8,000
c) 7,200
d) 16,800
32. Y Ltd. has 8,000 equity shares of ₹ 100 each fully paid. Each share is sub-divided into 10
equity shares of ₹ 10 each. The number of shares after sub-division will be ________.
a) 8,000
b) 80,000
c) 75,000
d) 60,000
33. Provision for taxation is ₹ 1,00,000. The tax liability of the company is settled at ₹ 80,000
& it is paid immediately. Amount credited to capital reduction is ____________ .
a) 80,000
b) 1,00,000
c) 20,000
d) 60,000

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34. 6% debentures of ₹ 100 each amounting ₹ 1,00,000 to be converted into such number of 8%
debentures of ₹ 50 each as to generate the same amount of interest as before. The amount
of 8% debentures will be __________ .
a) 1,00,000
b) 25,000
c) 75,000
d) 1,20,000
35. On internal reconstruction, assets are written off except ______________.
a) Land & Building
b) Goodwill
c) Preliminary expenses
d) Profit & Loss Account
Answers:
1. (c)
2. (d)
3. (b)
4. (b)
5. (a)
6. (b)
7. (a)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (a)
11. (c)
12. (d)
13. (a)
14. (d)
15. (b)
16. (a)
17. (a)
18. (d)
19. (b)
20. (c)
21. (a)
22. (d)
23. (a)
24. (a)
25. (d)
26. (a)
27. (a)
28. (a)
29. (a)
30. (c)
31. (c)
32. (b)
33. (c)
34. (c)
35. (a)

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