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

1702

A balance sheet is a

  • A. form of trading account
  • B. proof of arithmetical accuracy of postings
  • C. statement showing profits at a certain date
  • D. statement showing assets and liabilities at a cretain date
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1703

Which of the following entries is made damaged goods are returned to the supplier?

  • A. supplier's account is debited and the purchasers account credited
  • B. returns outwards account is debited and the supplier's account credited
  • C. purchaser's Account is debited and the supplier's account credited
  • D. supplier's account is debited and the returns Outwards Account creddited
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1704

A trial Balance is the

  • A. narration of all transactions and accounts
  • B. debit balances of the accounts
  • C. list of all balances extracted from the ledger
  • D. list of all credit balances in the ledger
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1705

The purpose of the trading account is to ascertain

  • A. carriage outwards
  • B. gross profit
  • C. distribution expenses
  • D. net profit
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1706

A suspense Account is used to

  • A. recoed difference in the books until errors are located
  • B. accumulate debit and credit balances
  • C. accomodate debit balances of profit statements
  • D. record accounts of the general ledger
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1707

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Ordinary Share Capital} & 140,000 & \text{Plant and Machinery} & 100,000 \\ \text{80% Preference share} & 63,000 & \text{Furniture} & 62,000 \\ \text{Retained earnings} & 40,000 & \text{Motor Van} & 75,000 \\ \text{10% Debentures} & 60,000 & Stock & 22,000 \\ Creditors & 10,000 & Debtors & 26,000 \\ \text{Accrued wages} & 12,000& Bank & 40,000 \\ & \overline{325,000} & & \overline{325,000}\end{array}\)
What is the quick ratio?

  • A. 4 : 1
  • B. 3 : 1
  • C. 2 : 1
  • D. 1 : 1
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1708

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Ordinary Share Capital} & 140,000 & \text{Plant and Machinery} & 100,000 \\ \text{80% Preference share} & 63,000 & \text{Furniture} & 62,000 \\ \text{Retained earnings} & 40,000 & \text{Motor Van} & 75,000 \\ \text{10% Debentures} & 60,000 & Stock & 22,000 \\ Creditors & 10,000 & Debtors & 26,000 \\ \text{Accrued wages} & 12,000& Bank & 40,000 \\ & \overline{325,000} & & \overline{325,000}\end{array}\)
The equity capital is

  • A. N203,000
  • B. N180,000
  • C. N140,000
  • D. N88,000
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1709

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Ordinary Share Capital} & 140,000 & \text{Plant and Machinery} & 100,000 \\ \text{80% Preference share} & 63,000 & \text{Furniture} & 62,000 \\ \text{Retained earnings} & 40,000 & \text{Motor Van} & 75,000 \\ \text{10% Debentures} & 60,000 & Stock & 22,000 \\ Creditors & 10,000 & Debtors & 26,000 \\ \text{Accrued wages} & 12,000& Bank & 40,000 \\ & \overline{325,000} & & \overline{325,000}\end{array}\)
What is the working capital?

  • A. N180,000
  • B. N140,000
  • C. N88,000
  • D. N66,000
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1710

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Ordinary Share Capital} & 140,000 & \text{Plant and Machinery} & 100,000 \\ \text{80% Preference share} & 63,000 & \text{Furniture} & 62,000 \\ \text{Retained earnings} & 40,000 & \text{Motor Van} & 75,000 \\ \text{10% Debentures} & 60,000 & Stock & 22,000 \\ Creditors & 10,000 & Debtors & 26,000 \\ \text{Accrued wages} & 12,000& Bank & 40,000 \\ & \overline{325,000} & & \overline{325,000}\end{array}\)
The debt to equity ratio is

  • A. 1 : 4.05
  • B. 1 : 4
  • C. 1 : 3
  • D. 1 : 2.3
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1711

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Ordinary Share Capital} & 140,000 & \text{Plant and Machinery} & 100,000 \\ \text{80% Preference share} & 63,000 & \text{Furniture} & 62,000 \\ \text{Retained earnings} & 40,000 & \text{Motor Van} & 75,000 \\ \text{10% Debentures} & 60,000 & Stock & 22,000 \\ Creditors & 10,000 & Debtors & 26,000 \\ \text{Accrued wages} & 12,000& Bank & 40,000 \\ & \overline{325,000} & & \overline{325,000}\end{array}\)
What is the current ratio?

  • A. 4 : 1
  • B. 3 : 1
  • C. 2 : 1
  • D. 1 : 1
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1712

The main classes of shares are

  • A. preference shares and roghts issue
  • B. fixed shares and current share
  • C. ordinary shares and preference shares
  • D. redeemable shares and Irredeemable shares
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1713

Dividend proposed by a company is shown in its Balance Sheet as

  • A. current asset
  • B. current liability
  • C. long-term liability
  • D. fixed asset
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1714

Which of the following is not a revenue expenditure ?

  • A. repair of generating set
  • B. purchase of inventory
  • C. extension of building
  • D. paymen of subscription
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1715

Company tax paid is debited to

  • A. profit and loss appropriation
  • B. manufacturing account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. trading account
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1716

Use the following information to answer he given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & J. Chike & B. Balla \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Current Accounts balance(1/4/98)} & 4,000 & 6,000 \\ \text{Current Accounts balance (1/4/99)} & 7,000 & \text{?} \\ Drawings & 1,500 & 1,500 \\ \text{Share of net profit} & \text{?} & 2,500 \end{array}\)
Their profit sharing ratio is

  • A. 1 : 8 : 1
  • B. 1 : 5 : 1
  • C. 1 : 25 : 1
  • D. 1 : 1
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1717

Use the following information to answer he given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & J. Chike & B. Balla \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Current Accounts balance(1/4/98)} & 4,000 & 6,000 \\ \text{Current Accounts balance (1/4/99)} & 7,000 & \text{?} \\ Drawings & 1,500 & 1,500 \\ \text{Share of net profit} & \text{?} & 2,500 \end{array}\)
What is Balla’s Current Account balance as at 31/3/99?

  • A. N11,000
  • B. N7,000
  • C. N5,500
  • D. N4,500
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1718

Use the following information to answer he given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & J. Chike & B. Balla \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Current Accounts balance(1/4/98)} & 4,000 & 6,000 \\ \text{Current Accounts balance (1/4/99)} & 7,000 & \text{?} \\ Drawings & 1,500 & 1,500 \\ \text{Share of net profit} & \text{?} & 2,500 \end{array}\)
What is chike’s share of profit from the partnership for the year ended 31/3/99 ?

  • A. N8,500
  • B. N7,000
  • C. N5,500
  • D. N4,500
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1719

In-not-profit-making organizations, accumulated fund is the name for

  • A. profit
  • B. loss
  • C. capital
  • D. current assets
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1720

Which of the following is the memory part that is available for use by the computer user?

  • A. bits
  • B. Ram
  • C. Data
  • D. ROM
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1721

Which of the following is does not relate to a non-for-profit-making organization?

  • A. Balance sheet
  • B. receipt and payment account
  • C. Ledger Accounts
  • D. Profit and Loss Account
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1722

Use the following information to answer the
\(\begin{array}{c|c} July & 1 & \text{cash in hand, N420, Cash at Bank} & N6,500 \\ & 2 & \text{Paid Asaolu T. by cheque} & N1,500 \\ & 5 & \text{Paid transport by cash} & N42 \\ & 9 & \text{Received cheque from Olawoyin} & N3,600 \\ & 15 & \text{Cash sales to date} & N1,800 \\ & 17 & \text{Paid Haruna by cheque} & N1,200 \\ & 19 & \text{Paid Umana by cash} & N100 \\ & 31 & \text{Paid wages by cash} & N1,500 \end{array}\)
How many bits make 1 byte?

  • A. 8 bits
  • B. 9 bits
  • C. 16 bits
  • D. 64 bits
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