Accounts - Principles of Accounts JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

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Zakari started a business in January 2000. He bought a shop costing N54,000 and stock worth N7,600. Profit for the year amounted to 22,100. His closing capital was N73,800.
Zakari’s personal drawings amounted to?

  • A. N2,300
  • B. N9,900
  • C. N17,100
  • D. N19,500
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44

The imprest account is subsidiary to the?

  • A. ledger account
  • B. bank account
  • C. cash book
  • D. bank column
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45

The receipt whose name appears on a cheque is called a?

  • A. payer
  • B. drawer
  • C. drawee
  • D. payee
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46

A debit in the suspense accounting will appear in the balance sheet as?

  • A. a current asset
  • B. a current lability
  • C. capital
  • D. drawings
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47

The rule of accounting equation requires that account payable should be placed under?

  • A. liabilities
  • B. equities
  • C. assets
  • D. capital
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48

A source document is used for verifying the?

  • A. amount due to creditors
  • B. actual cost of an asset
  • C. selling price of goods
  • D. amount due from debtors
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49

The loss of equipment in a fire disaster results in?

  • A. a decrease in current assets
  • B. an increase in liabiities and assets
  • C. a decrease in assets and capital
  • D. an increase in liabilities and a decrease in assets
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50

The accounting principle that is applied to check arbitrary actions on the part of accountants is?

  • A. consistency
  • B. materiality
  • C. objectivity
  • D. realization
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