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

1303

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
The value of working capital is

  • A. N27,000
  • B. N25,000
  • C. N24,500
  • D. N18,000
  • E. N14,500
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1304

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
What is the value of intangible assets?

  • A. N60,000
  • B. N50,000
  • C. N42,000
  • D. N32,000
  • E. N10,000
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1305

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
The capital is

  • A. N92,000
  • B. N89,500
  • C. N85,000
  • D. N82,000
  • E. N60,000
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1306

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
What is the value of current assets?

  • A. N37,000
  • B. N35,000
  • C. N27,500
  • D. N22,500
  • E. N22,000
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1307

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
What is the value of current liabilities?

  • A. N12,500
  • B. N10,000
  • C. N9,500
  • D. N9,000
  • E. N7,500
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1308

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & DR & CR \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Goodwill} & 10,000 & \\ \text{Plant and Machinery} & 32,000& \\ \text{Freehold premises} & 50,000& \\ stock & 15,000& \\ debtors & 12,500 & \\ \text{Cash in bank} & 7,500 & \\ \text{cash in hand} & 2,000 & \\ \text{Profit and loss account} & & 34,000 \\ \text{Accrued rent} & & 500 \\ \text{Sundry creditors} & & 9500 \\ Capital & \overline{129,000} & \overline{129,000}\end{array}\)
What is the value of fixed tangible assets?

  • A. N92,000
  • B. N89,500
  • C. N82,000
  • D. N60,000
  • E. N42,000
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1309

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Balance brought forward} & 500Cr \\ \text{Amount paid to suppliers} & 12,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 150 \\ \text{Balance carried forward} & 650 Cr \end{array}\)
What is the value of purchases?

  • A. N12,800
  • B. N12,650
  • C. N12,300
  • D. N12,150
  • E. N12,000
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1310

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Stock in hand} & 4,000 \\ \text{Purchases for resale} & 5,000 \\ Sales & 3,500 \\ Margin & \text{20%}\end{array}\)
The closing stock is

  • A. N6,200
  • B. N5,500
  • C. N5,000
  • D. N4,000
  • E. N3,500
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1311

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/1/86} & \text{31/12/86} \\ & N & N \\ \hline creditors & 5,000 & 8,000 \\ stock & 1,200 & 1,100 \\ \text{Mark-up} & \text{25%} & \\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & N7,000 & \end{array}\)
Sales for the year amounted to

  • A. N12,625
  • B. N12,000
  • C. N11,300
  • D. N11,200
  • E. N10,100
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1312

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/1/86} & \text{31/12/86} \\ & N & N \\ \hline creditors & 5,000 & 8,000 \\ stock & 1,200 & 1,100 \\ \text{Mark-up} & \text{25%} & \\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & N7,000 & \end{array}\)
Gross profit is

  • A. N2,800
  • B. N2,525
  • C. N2,500
  • D. N2000
  • E. N1,750
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1313

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/1/86} & \text{31/12/86} \\ & N & N \\ \hline creditors & 5,000 & 8,000 \\ stock & 1,200 & 1,100 \\ \text{Mark-up} & \text{25%} & \\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & N7,000 & \end{array}\)
Cost of sales is

  • A. N10,100
  • B. N10,000
  • C. N9,200
  • D. N9,100
  • E. N7,000
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1314

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/1/86} & \text{31/12/86} \\ & N & N \\ \hline creditors & 5,000 & 8,000 \\ stock & 1,200 & 1,100 \\ \text{Mark-up} & \text{25%} & \\ \text{Cash paid to creditors} & N7,000 & \end{array}\)
Purchases for the year amounted to

  • A. N10,000
  • B. N8,000
  • C. N7,000
  • D. N6,900
  • E. N5,000
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1315

Which of the following is not a liability?

  • A. accrued wages
  • B. creditor
  • C. prepayment
  • D. insurance due but unpaid
  • E. rent arrears
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1316

A delivery van was bought on credit. The transaction would be entered by the customer first in the

  • A. purchases day book
  • B. sales day book
  • C. returns inwards book
  • D. returns outwards book
  • E. journal proper
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1317

Accounting term used to describe the excess of current assets over current liabilities is

  • A. shared capital
  • B. working capital
  • C. sucscribed capital
  • D. reserve capital
  • E. loan capital
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1318

Payment of salaries to partners is

  • A. a charge to profit and loss account
  • B. a charge to trading account
  • C. an appropriation of divisible profit
  • D. an appropriation of interest on capital
  • E. an appropriation of interest on current account
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1319

A business which converts raw materials to finished goods prepares

  • A. trading account and balance sheet
  • B. profit and loss account and balane sheet
  • C. balance sheet only
  • D. trading profit and loss account and balance sheet
  • E. manufacturing, trading, profit and loss account and balance sheet
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1320

Which of the following statements is not true of a non-profit making organization?

  • A. income and expenditure account is prepared
  • B. income and expenditure account excludes accruals and prepayments
  • C. Income and expenditure account excludes capital receipts and capital payments
  • D. receipts and Payments account is a substitute for expenditure account
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1321

The capital sum which represents the difference between the assets and liabilities of a society or club is referred to as

  • A. cosolidated fund
  • B. recurrent fund
  • C. accumulated fund
  • D. working capital
  • E. general reserve
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1322

The trading Account is usually headed

  • A. for the year ended............19 x 1
  • B. for............19 x 1
  • C. as.............19 x 1
  • D. as at.........19 x 1
  • E. ...................19 x 1
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1323

Which of the following accounts are treated in the nominal ledger? i. wages ii. discounts allowed iii. purchases

  • A. i
  • B. ii
  • C. iii
  • D. i, ii and iii
  • E. i and ii
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