Worked Solution
✓ VerifiedAnswer: (b)
As per Section 91(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, a company may close its Register of Members for any period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 45 days in each year, but not exceeding 20 days at any one time. Therefore, although Baking Point Limited closed its Register of Members for twelve days (which is within the permissible limit), the maximum it is permitted to close the Register at any one stretch is twenty days.
Write it like this
1The skeleton
- Cite Section 91(1) upfront — write it in your very first line; examiners scan for the section number before reading your logic, and dropping it late costs you presentation marks.
- State BOTH limits in one breath — 45 days aggregate per year AND 20 days at one stretch; if you only write one, you've given half the answer even on an MCQ with justification.
- Apply the facts explicitly — say '12 days < 20 days, hence within limit' so the examiner sees you've connected the law to the scenario, not just reproduced the section.
- End with a clean one-liner conclusion — state the maximum at one stretch is 20 days as your closing sentence; examiners reward answers that land cleanly on the asked question.
2Examiner-rewarded phrases
3Common trap
Watch out — most students flip the two numbers and write '20 days aggregate, 45 days at one stretch', which is completely backwards and kills your marks even if you cite the right section. Tattoo the rule: 45 total, 20 at a time.