Accounting Past Questions

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Question 31
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Which of the following items is found in the profit and loss account of a company?

AProposed dividends
BTransfer to general reserves
CDirector's remuneration
DProceeds from issue of shares
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Question 32
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The error that affects the agreement of a trial balance totals is

Aerror of commission
Bundercasting
Ccompensating error
Derror of principle
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Question 33
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Wages of machine operators in manufacturing account are treated as

Aindirect expenses
Bdirect expenses
Cdirect labour
Dindirect labour
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Question 34
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The concept which underlines double entry bookkeeping is

Amoney measurement concept
Bhistorical cost concept
Caccrual concept
Dduality concept
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Question 35
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The reason for treating carriage inwards in the trading account is because

Ait is an expense on goods sold to customer
Bcarriage outwards is an expense item in the profit and loss account
Cit is an expense on goods purchased
Dit does not appear in the balance sheet
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Question 36
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Use the following information to answer the questions

The transactions of All Girls' Social Club for the year 2021 are as follows:

Bar sales D 30,000; Bar purchases D 17,000 and Rent D 1,200
 

 31st December  2020  2021
   D   D
 Stock at bar  1400  1600
 Owing for bar supplies  6500  7300


The net profit on the bar to be transferred to the income an expenditure account for the year ended 31st December 2021 is

AD 11,600
BD 11,800
CD 13,000
DD 12,400
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Question 37
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Use the following information to answer the questions

The transactions of All Girls' Social Club for the year 2021 are as follows:

Bar sales D 30,000; Bar purchases D 17,000 and Rent D 1,200
 

 31st December  2020  2021
   D  D
 Stock at bar  1400  1600
 Owing for bar supplies  6500 7300



The value of purchases for the year is

AD 16,200
BD 17,800
CD 17,000
DD 16,800
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Question 38
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The accumulated fund for a not-for-profit making organization is

Acapital + liabilities
Bassets - liabilites
Cassets + liabilites
Dassets - liabilities + capital
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Question 39
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The allocation of funds from treasury to accounting heads in public sector is

Afloat
Bvote
Cvirement
Dbudget
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Question 40
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A business should not lay claim to any profit before it is earned. This is in accordance with the

Agoing concern concept
Bprudence concept
Cdual aspect concept
Dconsistency concept
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Question 41
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The purchase day book is used to record

Apurchases returns
Bcash purchase
Ctotal purchases
Dcredit purchase
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Question 42
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A partnership is formed by

Atwo or more individuals
Bonly one person
Ctwo individuals only
Dtwo or more companies
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Question 43
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Beauty started business with ₦40,000, made a profit of ₦50,000 and ended the year with ₦70,000 capital. What would have accounted for the closing capital?

ADrawings of ₦20,000 was made
BThe opening capital of ₦40,000 was invested
CBeauty was paid a salary of ₦90,000
DCash shortage of ₦30,000 was recorded
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Question 44
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The accounts maintained in the nominal ledger are

Aliabilites and capital
Bassets and liabilites
Cincome and capital
Dexpenses and income
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Question 45
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Profit distributed to ordinary shareholders of a limited liability company is

Adividend
Binterest
Csurplus
Dreserve
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Question 46
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The accounting concept which is the basis upon which assets of a business are valued is the

Adual aspect concept
Bconsistency concept
Caccrual concept
Dhistorical concept
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Question 47
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One of the internal users of accounting information is the

Amanagement
Bgovernment
Ccreditors
Dinvestors
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Question 48
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Suppliers' personal account are found in the

Aprivate ledger
Bnominal ledger
Cpurchases ledger
Dsales ledger
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Question 49
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In the final account of a limited liability company, debenture interest paid is recorded in the

Acapital account
Bprofit and loss account
Ctrading account
Dcurrent account
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Question 50
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Use the following information to answer the question

 

 

 $

 Trade creditors (31/12/2020)

 4,000
 Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques  110,000
 Carriage inwards  1,000
 Trade creditors (31/12/2021)  6,000


The balance c/d on trade creditors will be recorded in the balance sheet as

Acurrent asset
Bshort-term liability
Clong-term liability
Dfixed asset
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