Step 1: Recall the three-fold classification of accounts:
Accounts are Personal (representing persons or groups), Real (representing assets), or Nominal (representing incomes/expenses).
Step 2: Identify what Share Application A/c represents:
It represents the collective claim of all applicants on the company for the money they paid until shares are allotted to them — it stands in for a group of persons (the applicants), which is the definition of a Personal Account (specifically, a representative personal account).
Final Answer:
Share Application A/c is a Personal Account.