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

43

Which of the following accounts belongs to the private ledger?

  • A. drawing accounts
  • B. premises account
  • C. machinery account
  • D. depreciation account
  • E. V. Okafor's account
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44

Which of the following accounts belongs to the personal ledger?

  • A. purchases account
  • B. capital account
  • C. machinery account
  • D. depreciation account
  • E. rent and rentals
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45

Which of the following may have been recorded in the cash book and fail to appear in the Bank statement?

  • A. bank charges and commission
  • B. cheques issued, presented and cashed
  • C. bank lodgements
  • D. payments made by the bank on a tanding order
  • E. opening bank overdraft
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46

The petty cash book can have

  • A. a debit balance only
  • B. a credit balance only
  • C. both debit and credit balances
  • D. a debit or nil balance
  • E. a nill balance only
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47

The sales account is written up from

  • A. cash sales to customers only
  • B. credit sales to customers only
  • C. credit sales less cash sales
  • D. cash sales less cash discounts
  • E. both credit and cash sales
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48

When goods are sold for cash the credit entry goes to the

  • A. trader's account
  • B. cash book
  • C. purchases account
  • D. sales account
  • E. customers account
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49

T. Trader sets aside from his private funds n1,500 for business purposes. The N1.500 would be referred to as

  • A. capital
  • B. loan
  • C. reserve
  • D. drawings
  • E. profit
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50

The bank column in the cash book shows a credit balance of N180. This means

  • A. a total payment of N180
  • B. a gross receipt of N180
  • C. a left over of N180 in the bank
  • D. an overdraft of N180
  • E. a left over of N180 cash
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