(a) Compare Industry, Commerce and Trade.

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(b) What are the contents of Memorandum of Association ?

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(a) Compare Industry, Commerce and Trade.

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(b) What are the contents of Memorandum of Association ?

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> [!TLDR]
> (a) Industry = production, Commerce = distribution (trade + aids to trade), Trade = buying and selling (a part of commerce). (b) The MOA has six clauses: Name, Situation, Objects, Liability, Capital and Subscription.
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> This is a Part-IV essay in the Tamil Nadu HSC Class-11 Commerce syllabus; both alternatives are answered.
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> **(a) Compare Industry, Commerce and Trade**
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> | Basis | Industry | Commerce | Trade |
> |---|---|---|---|
> | Meaning | Production, extraction, growing or manufacturing of goods | Distribution of goods and services and all activities that facilitate exchange | Buying and selling of goods |
> | Scope | Part of business concerned with production | Wider — includes trade + aids to trade (transport, banking, insurance, warehousing, advertising) | Narrow — one branch of commerce |
> | Utility created | Form utility | Place, time and possession utility | Possession utility |
> | Nature | Converts raw materials into finished/semi-finished goods | Removes hindrances of place, time, finance, risk and information | Removes the hindrance of persons (links producer and consumer) |
> | Types | Primary (extractive, genetic), secondary (manufacturing, construction), tertiary | Trade + auxiliaries to trade | Internal (wholesale, retail) and external (import, export, entrepot) |
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> Thus industry creates goods, trade transfers ownership of those goods, and commerce is the whole distribution system that includes trade and the services that support it.
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> **(b) Contents of the Memorandum of Association**
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> The Memorandum of Association (MOA) is the charter of a company that defines its constitution and scope. It contains six clauses:
> 1. **Name clause** — states the name of the company (ending with 'Limited' for a public company / 'Private Limited' for a private company).
> 2. **Registered Office / Situation clause** — states the State in which the registered office of the company is situated. …

Q.(a) Compare Industry, Commerce and Trade.

Concept understanding — Business Activity and Its Classification into Industry and Commerce

Basis	Industry	Commerce	Trade
Meaning	Production, extraction, growing or manufacturing of goods	Distribution of goods and services and all activities that facilitate exchange	Buying and selling of goods
Scope	Part of business concerned with production	Wider — includes trade + aids to trade (transport, banking, insurance, warehousing, advertising)	Narrow — one branch of commerce
Utility created	Form utility	Place, time and possession utility	Possession utility
Nature	Converts raw materials into finished/semi-finished goods	Removes hindrances of place, time, finance, risk and information	Removes the hindrance of persons (links producer and consumer)
Types	Primary (extractive, genetic), secondary (manufacturing, construction), tertiary	Trade + auxiliaries to trade	Internal (wholesale, retail) and external (import, export, entrepot)

Q.(a) Compare Industry, Commerce and Trade.

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