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

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The book of account in which information from the source documents are recorded consists of

  • A. debit and credit notes
  • B. ledger and subsidiary books
  • C. prepayments and accruals
  • D. profit and loss and balance sheet
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44

A ledger is classified into

  • A. private, sales and purchases
  • B. personal, general and private
  • C. general, private and sales
  • D. sales, purchases and general
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45

Which of the following affects the accuracy and authenticity of the trial balance?

  • A. Error of ommission
  • B. Error of commission
  • C. Error of transposition
  • D. Error of original entry
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46

Aduke Motors bought three Toyota Hilux vans on cash at the cost of #6,000,000, on debiting the vehicle account, the corresponding credit for the purchase will appear in the

  • A. sales day book
  • B. purchases day book
  • C. sales subsidiary book
  • D. cash book
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47

A cheque of #5,000 paid to Sulieman had been correctly entered in the cash book but had not been entered in Sulieman’s account. To correct this error, debit Sulieman’s account and credit

  • A. cash account
  • B. bank account
  • C. suspense account
  • D. purchases account
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48

The concept which states that revenue should be recognized at the point when the sale is deemed to have been made is

  • A. matching
  • B. consistency
  • C. realization
  • D. going concern
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49

One of the the differences between bookkeeping and accounting is that the former

  • A. records data while the latter interprets
  • B. is regarded as the language of the business while the latter ascertains its strenght
  • C. interprets data while the latter records it
  • D. summarises information while the latter communicates it
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