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Question 41
waec 2024

Where the head office maintains all books of account, the cost of goods returned is credited to

AGoods Sent to Branch Account
BBranch Stock Account.
CBranch Head Office Current Account.
DBranch Debtors Account  
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Question 42
waec 2024

Which of the following items will be recorded on the credit side of a club's income and expenditure account? 

ADonation to children's home
BDonations received
CHonoraria paid to guest speakers  
DMeeting expenses.
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Question 43
waec 2024

Shares which are issued at no cost to existing shareholders in proportion to existing shares held are 

Afounders' shares.
Bpreference shares.
Cdeferred shares.
Dbonus shares.
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Question 44
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.  
                                                                         D  
Purchases of motor van                              370,000  
Building of laboratories                              760,000  
Purchase of drugs                                       110,000  
Electricity                                                      26,000  
Repair of equipment                                     10,000

The capital expenditure is 

AD 1.140,000.
BD 1,130,000
CD 870,000.
DD 760,000.
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Question 45
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.  
                                                                         D  
Purchases of motor van                              370,000  
Building of laboratories                               760,000  
Purchase of drugs                                       110,000  
Electricity                                                       26,000  
Repair of equipment                                      10,000

The amount of recurrent expenditure is

AD 146,000.
BD 136,000.
CD 120,000.
DD 110,000.
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Question 46
waec 2024

One of the columns in a single column cash book is 

Abank.
Bdiscount allowed.
Cdiscount received.
Dparticulars. 
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Question 47
waec 2024

The proportion of the issued capital to be paid later is 

Acalled-up capital.
Bauthorized capital.
Cuncalled-up capital.
Dpaid-up capital.
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Question 48
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this  question.
Ade bought goods worth le 30,000 from Ode and was given a 7.5% discount.  

The amount paid for the goods is 

ALe 32,250.
BLe 30,000.
CLe 27,750.
DLe 2,250.
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Question 49
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this  question.
Ade bought goods worth le 30,000 from Ode and was given a 7.5% discount.  


The evidence of payment for the goods Ade bought is the 

Areceipt.
Binvoice.
Cwaybill.
Dvoucher.
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Question 50
waec 2024

Liquid assets refer to

Acash and other assets that can be easily converted into cash.
Bcash and other current assets.
Ccurrent assets less current liabilities.
Dbank balance less overdraft.  
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Question 51
waec 2024

 A partner who has not contributed any form of capital into the firm but only lends his name to be used as a partner is a 

Alimited partner.
Bdormant partner.
Cgeneral partner.
Dnominal partner.  
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Question 52
waec 2024

The owner's claim on the asset of a business is 

Acapital.
Bloan.
Cliabilities.
Ddrawings..
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Question 53
waec 2024

The equivalent of income and expenditure account in a limited liability company is 

Acash book.
Breceipts and payments account.
Cappropriation account.  
Dprofit and loss account.
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Question 54
waec 2024

Errors in the trial balance are corrected using the 

Acontrol account.
Bcash book.
Cledger.
Djournal.
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Question 55
waec 2024

Purchased goodwill is purchase consideration less the value of 

Agross identifiable assets.
Bnet identifiable assets.
Cgross non-current assets.
Dcurrent assets.
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Question 56
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.

Taiyelolu and Ejire are partners sharing profits or losses equally. Extracts from their books showed:  
  
                                                                               Taiyelolu                                         Ejire
                                                                                     #                                                  #  
Capital accounts (1/1/2023)                                    200,000                                      100,000  
Current accounts (1/1/2023)                                     40,000                                         80,000  
Drawings within the year                                           20,000                                         30,000  
Annual salaries                                                          28,000                                         24,000  

Interest on capital is agreed at 10% and the net profit for the year is # 120,000.  

Taiyelolu's balance of current account at the end of the year is

A#107,000.
B$87,000.
C#68,000.
D#40,000.
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Question 57
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.

Taiyelolu and Ejire are partners sharing profits or losses equally. Extracts from their books showed:  
  
                                                                               Taiyelolu                                         Ejire
                                                                                     #                                                  #  
Capital accounts (1/1/2023)                                    200,000                                      100,000  
Current accounts (1/1/2023)                                     40,000                                         80,000  
Drawings within the year                                           20,000                                         30,000  
Annual salaries                                                          28,000                                         24,000  

Interest on capital is agreed at 10% and the net profit for the year is # 120,000.  

Ejire's share of profit is 

A#45,000.
B# 38,000.
C# 34,000.
D#19,000
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Question 58
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.

Taiyelolu and Ejire are partners sharing profits or losses equally. Extracts from their books showed:  
  
                                                                               Taiyelolu                                         Ejire
                                                                                     #                                                  #  
Capital accounts (1/1/2023)                                    200,000                                      100,000  
Current accounts (1/1/2023)                                     40,000                                         80,000  
Drawings within the year                                           20,000                                         30,000  
Annual salaries                                                          28,000                                         24,000  

 

Interest on capital is agreed at 10% and the net profit for the year is # 120,000.  

The interest on Taiyelolu's capital is 

A#20,000.
B#12,000.
C# 4,000.
D#2,000.
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Question 59
waec 2024

A credit purchase of D 63 from Kofi has been entered in he accounts as D 16. This is an error of 

Aprinciple.
Boriginal entry.
Ccomplete reversal of entry.
Domission.
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Question 60
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.  
                                                                                    GH¢  
Trade creditors 1/1/2022                                            35,000  
Payment to suppliers in 2022                                     30,000  
Discounts received                                                      1,800  
Trade creditors 31/12/2022                                        24,000  

The balance sheet as at 31/12/2022 will show current liability of 

AGH¢ 59,000.
BGH¢ 24,000.
CGH¢ 22,200.
DGH¢ 1,000.
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