Question : Assertion (A): A loan from a relative of a partner is an external liability.
Reason (R): It is not transferred to the Realisation Account.
Option 1: Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but the reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option 2: Both, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Option 3: Assertion (A) is correct but the Reason (R) is not correct.
Option 4: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are not correct.
Correct Answer: Assertion (A) is correct but the Reason (R) is not correct.
Solution : Partner's wife loan is credited to Realization a/c and paid as part of outside responsibility. Since Partner's Loan Account is not an external debt, it is not transferred to Realization Account. A new loan is opened for a different partner. Partner's loan is only repaid if there is any surplus after paying off external obligations.
Hence the correct answer is option 3.