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

127

Use the following information to answer the question
 

   Le

 Capital (01/01/2020)

 1,934,600
 Capital (31/12/2020)  2,530,000

 Expenses

 346,900
 Drawings for 2020  72,500
 Additional capital for 2020  250,000

The net profit for 2020 is

  • A. Le 522,900
  • B. Le 417,900
  • C. Le 595,400
  • D. Le 72,000
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128

Use the following information to answer the question
 

   Le

 Capital (01/01/2020)

 1,934,600

 Capital (31/12/2020)

 2,530,000

 Expenses 3 45,900
 Drawings for 2020

 72,500

 Additional capital for 2020

 250,000

The gross profit for the year is

  • A. Le 763,800
  • B. Le 595,400
  • C. Le 417,900
  • D. Le 167,900
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129

Which of the following items is a tangible asset?

  • A. Copyright
  • B. Machinery
  • C. Goodwill
  • D. Lease
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130

Use the following information to answer the question

Ant and Bee withdrew GH⊄ 14,000 and GH⊄ 10,000 respectively at 8% per annum from the partnership.
The total interest on drawings to be charged to profit and loss appropriation account is

  • A. GH⊄ 1,120
  • B. GH⊄ 1,920
  • C. GH⊄ 700
  • D. GH⊄ 800
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131

Use the following information to answer the question

Ant and Bee withdrew GH⊄ 14,000 and GH⊄ 10,000 respectively at 8% per annum from the partnership.

The interest on drawings for Ant is

  • A. GH⊄ 800
  • B. GH⊄ 1,920
  • C. GH⊄ 1,120
  • D. GH⊄ 700
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132

Reliability as a quality of accounting information means that accounting

  • A. rules and guidelines are applied
  • B. information is prepared based on evidence
  • C. information is comprehensive
  • D. report is prepared promptly
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133

Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions were recorded in the cash book of Ibusah for the month of February 2019:
 

   D

 Balance b/f

 200,000
 Commission received  180,000
 Receipts from Ojah  98,000

 Electricity bill

 40,000

 Rent

 73,400

 Drawings

 28,600

 Insurance  12,800

The total expenses for the month is

  • A. D 278,300
  • B. D 323,500
  • C. D 478,300
  • D. D 154,800
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134

Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions were recorded in the cash book of Ibusah for the month of February 2019:

 

   D 

 Balance b/f

 200,000
 Commission received  180,000
 Receipts from Ojah  98,000
 Electricity bill  40,000

 Rent

 73,400

 Drawings

 28,600

 Insurance  12,800

The balance brought down at the end of the month is

  • A. D 278,300
  • B. D 154,800
  • C. D 478,300
  • D. D 323,500
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135

Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions were recorded in the cash book of Ibusah for the month of February 2019:
 

   D

 Balance b/f

 200,000
 Commission received  180,000
 Receipts from Ojah  98,000
 Electricity bill  40,000 

 Rent

 73,400
 Drawings  28,600
 Insurance  12,800

The total income for the month is

  • A. D 278,000
  • B. D 180,000
  • C. D 154,800
  • D. D 306,900
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136

Memoradum branch account is prepared to determine

  • A. gross profit
  • B. credit sales
  • C. closing stock
  • D. opening stock
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137

Use the following information to answer the question

The health department of Banjul Local Government incurred the following expenditure in 2020:
 

   Le

 Construction of hospital wards

200,000
 Purchase of hospital beds 20,000
 Purchase of stationeries 15,000
 Salaries and wages 60,000
 Purchase of drugs 50,000
 Purchase of x-ray machine 100,000

The recurrent expenditure for the year is

  • A. Le 370,000
  • B. Le 125,000
  • C. Le 320,000
  • D. Le 445,000
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138

Use the following information to answer the question

The health department of Banjul Local Government incurred the following expenditure in 2020:
 

   Le

 Construction of hospital wards

200,000

 Purchase of hospital beds

20,000

 Purchase of stationeries

15,000

 Salaries and wages

60,000

 Purchase of drugs

50,000

 Purchase of x-ray machine

100,000

The capital expenditure for the year is

  • A. Le 125,000
  • B. Le 320,000
  • C. Le 370,000
  • D. Le 455,000
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139

Which of the following has the ultimate control of a company?

  • A. board of directors
  • B. employees
  • C. shareholders
  • D. management
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140

Factory overheads are also known as

  • A. direct manufacturing
  • B. direct expenses
  • C. indirect cost
  • D. direct labour
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141

Which of the following is not an advantage of control account?

  • A. difficulty in committing fraud
  • B. it can be used to detect missing figure
  • C. helps to determine profit and loss
  • D. helps in locating errors
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142

The following was extracted from the books of MEGA COMPANY NIG. LTD

 

Trade debtors

350,000

Fixtures and fittings

600,000

Cash at bank

25,000

Cash in hand

5,500

Trade creditors

116,500

Bank overdraft

7,500

Building

950,000

Motor van

35,000

The working capital of the company is

  • A. ₦156,000
  • B. ₦280,000
  • C. ₦565,000
  • D. ₦256,500
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143

In company account, dividend payments are effected in which of the following accounts?

  • A. realization
  • B. current
  • C. appropriation
  • D. capital
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144

Income and Expenditure account is the same as the ——— of a sole trader

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. trading account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. cash book
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145

The Accounting term used to describe a partnership firm that stops operation and disposes its assets is

  • A. Amortization
  • B. Revaluation
  • C. Realization
  • D. Dissolution
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146

The purchases ledger control account is also known as

  • A. bill payable control account
  • B. credit purchase control account
  • C. creditors control account
  • D. total purchase
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147

Which of the following expenses is *not* apportined in proportion to turnover?

  • A. rent
  • B. commission
  • C. discount allowed
  • D. carriage outwards
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