मराठी

Secretarial Practice Official Board Paper 2024-2025 HSC Commerce (English Medium) 12th Standard Board Exam Question Paper Solution

Advertisements
Secretarial Practice [Official Board Paper]
Marks: 80 Maharashtra State Board
HSC Commerce (English Medium)
HSC Commerce: Marketing and Salesmanship

Academic Year: 2024-2025
Date & Time: 30th June 2025, 11:00 am
Duration: 3h
Advertisements

Notes:

  1. All questions are compulsory.
  2. Figures to the right indicate full marks for the questions.
  3. Figures to the left indicate question numbers.
  4. Answer to every question must be started on a new page.

[20]1.
Select the correct answer from the options given below and rewrite the sentences:
[1]1. (A) 1.

______ is paid on borrowed capital.

Interest

Discount

Dividend

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [2] Sources of Corporate Finance
[1]1. (A) 2.

Deposit can be accepted for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum for ______ months.

36

3

30

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [5] Deposits
[1]1. (A) 3.

Bearer debentureholders get interest through ______.

Interest Warrants

Refund orders

Interest coupons

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [7] Correspondence with Debentureholders
[1]1. (A) 4.

______ has to apply for ISIN.

Company

Depository participant

Depositors

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [9] Depository System
[1]1. (A) 5.

A financial market is a market in which people trade ______ and derivatives at low transaction costs.

Gold

Financial securities

Commodities

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[5]1. (B)

Match the pairs.

  Group ‘A’   Group ‘B’
(a) Bonus shares (1) Electronic Clearing Service
(b) Regret Letter (2) Debenture holder
(c) ECS (3) Non-allotment of shares
(d) Dividend (4) Electronics Co-operative Society
(e) SEBI (5) One of the oldest Stock Exchange in India
    (6) Capitalisation of profit
    (7) To protect the interest of investors in securities market
    (8) Shareholder
    (9) Capitalisation of loan
    (10) Allotment of shares
Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[1]1. (C) 1.

Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.

The ratio of different sources of funds in the total capital.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [1] Introduction to Corporate Finance
[1]1. (C) 2.

Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.

A document of title of ownership of shares.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [2] Sources of Corporate Finance
[1]1. (C) 3.

Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.

Period within which debenture certificate must be issued by a company.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [4] Issue of Debentures
[1]1. (C) 4.

Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.

Agreement between company and Deposit Trustee.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [5] Deposits
[1]1. (C) 5.

Write a word, or a term, or a phrase which can substitute for the following statement.

A bill which is issued by Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Government of India.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [11] Financial Market
[1]1. (D) 1.

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence.

Dividend must be paid within 60 days of its declaration.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [10] Dividend and Interest
[1]1. (D) 2.

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence:

FPO refers to offering of shares to the public for the first time.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
Advertisements
[1]1. (D) 3.

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence.

When there is recession in economy sales will increase.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [1] Introduction to Corporate Finance
[1]1. (D) 4.

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence.

Deposits are the internal source of financing.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [8] Correspondence with Depositors
[1]1. (D) 5.

Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following sentence.

Bond is a source of short term finance.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [2] Sources of Corporate Finance
Explain the following terms/concepts (Any FOUR):
[2]2. 1.

Explain the following term/concept.

Bear

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [12] Stock Exchange
[2]2. 2.

Explain the following term/concept.

Investment decision

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [1] Introduction to Corporate Finance
[2]2. 3.

Explain the following term/concept.

Borrowed Capital 

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [2] Sources of Corporate Finance
[2]2. 4.

Explain the following term/concept.

Dematerialisation

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [9] Depository System
[2]2. 5.

Explain the following term/concept:

Rights Issues

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[2]2. 6.

Explain the following term/concept.

Primary market

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [11] Financial Market
Study the following cases/situations and express your opinion (Any TWO):
[3]3. 1.

Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.

Mr. Jatin is a practising Company Secretary offering advisory services to companies, institutions, etc. on corporate laws including Companies Act. He has received a few queries from his clients. Please assist Mr. Jatin in answering them:

  1. BDI Bank wants to offer Depositary Participant (DP) services. Whom should they approach for registering as DP?
  2. KM Financial wants to offer Debenture Trustee services. Where should they apply for getting registered?
  3. TT Company Ltd. wants to issue an IPO. Should it get itself registered with SEBI?
Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[3]3. 2.

Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.

Sai Company Ltd. decides to pay interim dividend:

  1. Is the Board justified to decide interim dividend of ₹ 5/- per share even though profits till date are insufficient?
  2. Can the Board declare dividend out of free reserves?
  3. Can the Board declare dividend out of Capital?
Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[3]3. 3.

Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.

Moon Private Ltd. Company wants to raise funds through deposits:

  1. Can the company accept deposits from the public?
  2. Which document should the company issue to invite deposits?
  3. What is the maximum period for which company can accept deposits?
Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
Distinguish between the following (Any THREE):
[4]4. 1.

Distinguish between Fixed capital and Working capital.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [1] Introduction to Corporate Finance
[4]4. 2.

Initial Public Offer and Further Public Offer

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
Advertisements
[4]4. 3.

Distinguish between the following:

Interim dividend and Final dividend.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [10] Dividend and Interest
[4]4. 4.

Distinguish between money market and capital market.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
Answer in brief (Any TWO):
[4]5. 1.

Write notes on Contents of the share certificate. 

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [3] Issue of Shares
[4]5. 2.

Explain any four advantages of a depository system to an investor.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [9] Depository System
[4]5. 3.

State any four terms and conditions regarding acceptance of deposit.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [5] Deposits
Justify the following statements (Any TWO):
[4]6. 1.

Justify the following statement.

Preference shares do not carry any voting rights.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [2] Sources of Corporate Finance
[4]6. 2.

Justify the following statement:

Debenture trustees are appointed by a company issuing debentures.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [4] Issue of Debentures
[4]6. 3.

Justify the following statement.

Dividend is paid out of the profits of the company.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [10] Dividend and Interest
[4]6. 4.

Justify the following statement.

Depository provides easy and quicker transfer of shares.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [9] Depository System
Attempt the following (Any TWO):
[5]7. 1.

Draft a reply letter resolving the query of the member on low rate of dividend.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [6] Correspondence with Members
[5]7. 2.

Write a letter to the debenture holder regarding payment of interest through Interest Warrant.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [7] Correspondence with Debentureholders
[5]7. 3.

Draft a letter to a depositor regarding repayment of his deposit. 

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [8] Correspondence with Depositors
Answer the following questions (Any ONE):
[2]8. 1. (i)

Define debenture.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter: [4] Role of a Secretary in the Capital Formation Part 2
[6]8. 1. (ii)

Explain Features of Debentures.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:
[8]8. 2.

Explain the classification of share capital.

Concept: undefined - undefined
Chapter:

Submit Question Paper

Help us maintain new question papers on Shaalaa.com, so we can continue to help students




only jpg, png and pdf files

Maharashtra State Board previous year question papers 12th Standard Board Exam Secretarial Practice with solutions 2024 - 2025

     Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam SP question paper solution is key to score more marks in final exams. Students who have used our past year paper solution have significantly improved in speed and boosted their confidence to solve any question in the examination. Our Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam SP question paper 2025 serve as a catalyst to prepare for your Secretarial Practice board examination.
     Previous year Question paper for Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam SP-2025 is solved by experts. Solved question papers gives you the chance to check yourself after your mock test.
     By referring the question paper Solutions for Secretarial Practice, you can scale your preparation level and work on your weak areas. It will also help the candidates in developing the time-management skills. Practice makes perfect, and there is no better way to practice than to attempt previous year question paper solutions of Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam.

How Maharashtra State Board 12th Standard Board Exam Question Paper solutions Help Students ?
• Question paper solutions for Secretarial Practice will helps students to prepare for exam.
• Question paper with answer will boost students confidence in exam time and also give you an idea About the important questions and topics to be prepared for the board exam.
• For finding solution of question papers no need to refer so multiple sources like textbook or guides.
Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×