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Question 1591
waec 1993
The books of accounts are opened by means of a
Asales journal
Bprinciple journal
Cpurchases journal
Dreturn inwards journal
Ereturn outwards journal
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Question 1592
waec 1992
Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year - N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses - N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much of selling and distribution expenses is apportioned to department A?
AN1,800
BN800
CN720
DN600
EN400
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Question 1593
waec 1992
Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year - N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses - N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much of selling and distribution expenses is apportioned to department B?
AN1,800
BN800
CN600
DN480
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Question 1594
waec 1992
Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year - N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses - N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much rent is apportioned to department C?
AN2,000
BN1,800
CN1,200
DN1,000
EN800
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Question 1595
waec 1992
Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year - N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses - N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much rent is appointed to department A?
AN2,000
BN1,800
CN1,200
DN1,000
EN800
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Question 1596
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock - Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases - Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation - plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock - Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager's salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The cost of production is
AN373,000
BN351,000
CN337,000
DN328,000
EN277,000
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Question 1597
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock - Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases - Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation - plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock - Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager's salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The factory overhead is
AN95,000
BN63,000
CN54,000
DN43,000
EN33,000
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Question 1598
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock - Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases - Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation - plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock - Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager's salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The prime cost is
AN298,000
BN285,000
CN274,000
DN235,000
EN220,000
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Question 1599
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue receipt?
AN18,432
BN12,660
CN6,990
DN5,772
EN5,670
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Question 1600
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his capital receipt?
AN18,432
BN12,660
CN6,990
DN5,772
EN5,670
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Question 1601
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue expenditure?
AN24,468
BN20,200
CN4,268
DN3,600
EN2,810
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Question 1602
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110 \end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue expenditure?
AN24,468
BN24,358
CN23,800
DN22,900
EN20,000
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Question 1603
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is Okon's share of the profit?
AN16,800
BN10,680
CN8,400
DN6,480
EN4,320
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Question 1604
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is Ade's share of the profit?
AN11,200
BN7,120
CN6,480
DN5,600
EN4,320
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Question 1605
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is the profit available for distribution?
AN17,800
BN14,000
CN10,800
DN7,000
EN3,800
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Question 1606
waec 1992
Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is the interest on capital?
AN6,400
BN4,000
CN3,200
DN2,000
EN1,2000
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Question 1607
waec 1992
Which of the following is not on debtor's legal control account?
Acredit sales
Bcash sales
Cbills receivable
Ddishonoured cheque
Ecash received from customers
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Question 1608
waec 1992
Which of the following is not a balance sheet item?
Aprovision for discount
Boutstanding wages
Cprepais rent
Dproposed dividend
Edividend received
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Question 1609
waec 1992
The excess of the par value of a company's shares over the amount for what for which they are issued to the public is called
Adiscount
Bprofit
Closs
Dpremium
Ereserve
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Question 1610
waec 1992
Chukwu's Capital at 1/1/89 and 31/12/89 were N30,000 and N50,000 respectively. During the year he introduced additional capital of N10,500 and withdrew N5,300 for private use. What is his profit for 1989?
AN30,500
BN25,300
CN20,000
DN15,800
E14,800
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