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Question 41
jamb 2005
Given:
purchases ledger balance..............N4000
purchases for the period..............N50000
Cash refunded by suppliers............N290
Cheques paid to suppliers..............N42300
Returns outwards.......................N2000
Discount received from suppliers.......N400

The balance of the purchases ledger control account is?
AN10390
BN9990
CN9590
DN9010
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Question 42
jamb 2005
The item that are contained in the bought ledger control account are?
Adiscount allowed, bad debts and purchases
Bdishonoured cheques, returns inwards and sales
Creturns outwards, bad debts outewards and sales
Ddiscount received, returns outwards and purchases
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Question 43
jamb 2005
Use the information to answer question .
A piece of equipment costing N120,000 was purchased on 1/1/1996. Depreciation was provided at 20% per annum on a straight-line basis. it was sold on 30/6/1999 for N31,500.

The net book value of the piece of equipment at the time of sale was?
AN96 000
BN48 000
CN36 000
DN24 000
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Question 44
jamb 2005
Use the information to answer question .
A piece of equipment costing N120,000 was purchased on 1/1/1996. Depreciation was provided at 20% per annum on a straight-line basis. it was sold on 30/6/1999 for N31,500.

The accumulated depreciation provision at the time of sale was?
AN12 000
BN60 000
CN72 000
DN84 000
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Question 45
jamb 2005
Goods withdraw from business for private use are credited to?
Adrawings
Bpurchases
Csales
Dcapital
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Question 46
jamb 2005
Given:
...............................Jan.2003.........Dec. 2003
Provision for bad debt........N1000
Debtors..........................................N20000
Bad debt to be written off.......................N2000

The provision for bad debt stands at 10% of debtors. How much is to be charged to profit and loss account as provision for bad debt?
AN800
BN1000
CN1800
DN2000
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Question 47
jamb 2005
A rent received by a trader for sub-letting part of his business premises should be added to the?
Agross profit
Btotal profit
Cnet profit
Dtotal revenue
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Question 48
jamb 2005
In a three-column cash book,the discount allowed is shown on the?
Adebit side
Bcredit side
Cfolio column
Dmemorandum column
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Question 49
jamb 2005
five hundred naria monthly is allowed on an imprest system. The following transactions took place.

Period1:
Cash advanced to petty cashier......N500
Petty cashier paid out: stamp.......N200
Newspaper...........................N250

Period 2:
Cash to petty cashier...............N450
Cashier paid for writing materials..N350

What was the balance of cash with the petty cashier ata the end of period 1?
AN50
BN200
CN300
DN450
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Question 50
jamb 2005
five hundred naria monthly is allowed on an imprest system. The following transactions took place.

Period1:
Cash advanced to petty cashier......N500
Petty cashier paid out: stamp.......N200
Newspaper...........................N250

Period 2:
Cash to petty cashier...............N450
Cashier paid for writing materials..N350

How much should the petty cashier receive after period 2?
AN150
BN250
CN350
DN500
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Question 51
jamb 2005
Yahya,s bank account shows a credit balance of N1500,000. He paid N1700,000 into the bank.
What is his expected balance?
ACredit balance of N 200,000
BDebit balance of N 200,000
Ccredit balance of N 3 200,000
DDebit balance of N3 200,000
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Question 52
jamb 2005
Mr Bassey purchased a motor vehicle for use in his business and debited the purchases account with the same value. This is an error of?
Aomission
Bprinciple
Ccommission
Doriginal entry
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Question 53
jamb 2005
What are the appropriate recording procedures for entries in the trial balance?
Asource documents, ledgers and trial balance
BLedgers, trial balance and source documents
CLedgers, source documents and trial balance
DCash account, ledgers and trial balance
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Question 54
jamb 2005
Given:

Rent..............N10,000
Rates.............N5,000
Capital...........N50,000
Salaries..........N14,000
Cash..............N26,000
Creditors..........N5,000

The total trial balance is?
AN110,000
BN65,000
CN55,000
DN45,000
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Question 55
jamb 2005
Given:

Liabilities..............N23,700
Current assets...........N20,300
Fixed assets.............N64,500

What is the capital introduced by the proprietor?
AN40,800
BN61,100
CN88,200
DN108 500
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Question 56
jamb 2005
The journal entries for the purchase of stock on credit are to debit?
Astock account and credit cash account
Bstock account and credit liability account
Courchase account and credit liability account
Dsuspense account and credit cash account
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Question 57
jamb 2005
The concept that has much influence over asset valuation and income determination is?
Aentity
Brealization
Cconversactism
Dmatching
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Question 58
jamb 2005
The double principle of accounting was developed by?
AFrank Wood
BLuca Pacioli
CAkintola Williams
DWilliam Pickles
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