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

Use following information to answer the given
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{Balance as per cash book} & 8,000 Cr\\ \text{Unpresented cheques} & 14,400\\ \text{Uncredited cheque} & 2,600\\ \text{Uncredited cheques} & 2,600\end{array}\)
A cheque for ₦2,000 paid to a creditor had been entered in error in the cash book.The debit side of the cash book(bank column) had been undercast by ₦5,000. The adjusted balance as per cash book is

The profit of sole trader increases his

The total of the discounts is transferred to

The total of the discount from creditors is transferred to

The sum of money given to a petty cashier out of which small payments are made is a/an

A rent ₦12,000 was paid by Taiwo to his landlord by cheque. The double entry in Taiwo’s books is

The total of the sales journal is posted to the

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦ \\ \hline \text{Opening stock} & 1,800\\ \text{Closing stock} & 1,350 \\ \text{Creditors- 1/01/2004} & 1,274 \\ \text{Creditors- 31/12/2004} & 1,140\\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & 6,900\\ \text{Debtors 1/01/2004} & 465\\ \text{Cash received from debtors} & 11,130 \\ \text{Debtors 31/12/2004} & 300\end{array}\)
Gross profit for the year was

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦ \\ \hline \text{Opening stock} & 1,800\\ \text{Closing stock} & 1,350 \\ \text{Creditors- 1/01/2004} & 1,274 \\ \text{Creditors- 31/12/2004} & 1,140\\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & 6,900\\ \text{Debtors 1/01/2004} & 465\\ \text{Cash received from debtors} & 11,130 \\ \text{Debtors 31/12/2004} & 300\end{array}\)
Cost of sales for the year was

A debit entry in the cash account and a corresponding credit in Alieu’s account indicate a

Adobaw extracted a trial balance on 31st December 2005 and realized that the total of debit balance exceeded the total of credit balance. Pending investigation the difference should be

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦ \\ \hline \text{Opening stock} & 1,800\\ \text{Closing stock} & 1,350 \\ \text{Creditors- 1/01/2004} & 1,274 \\ \text{Creditors- 31/12/2004} & 1,140\\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & 6,900\\ \text{Debtors 1/01/2004} & 465\\ \text{Cash received from debtors} & 11,130 \\ \text{Debtors 31/12/2004} & 300\end{array}\)
Sales for the year was

Which of the following statements is not true?

Financial accounting information is for

Which of the following is not shown in the trial balance?

An example of direct expenses is

Factory costs excluding prime cost is

The manufacturing account is prepared to determine the cost of

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{Opening debtors} & 40,000\\ \text{Opening creditors} & 30,000 \\ \text{Credit sales} & 100,000\\ \text{Credit purchases} & 80,000 \\ \text{Bad debts}& 5,500\\ \text{Set-offs} & 65,500\end{array}\)
Closing creditors figure is

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{Opening debtors} & 40,000\\ \text{Opening creditors} & 30,000 \\ \text{Credit sales} & 100,000\\ \text{Credit purchases} & 80,000 \\ \text{Bad debts}& 5,500\\ \text{Set-offs} & 65,500\end{array}\)
Closing debtors figure is

Which of the following is not an instrument for controlling public expenditure?