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

1

Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year – N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses – N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much of selling and distribution expenses is apportioned to department A?

  • A. N1,800
  • B. N800
  • C. N720
  • D. N600
  • E. N400
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2

Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year – N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses – N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much of selling and distribution expenses is apportioned to department B?

  • A. N1,800
  • B. N800
  • C. N600
  • D. N480
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3

Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year – N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses – N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much rent is apportioned to department C?

  • A. N2,000
  • B. N1,800
  • C. N1,200
  • D. N1,000
  • E. N800
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4

Nagode (Nig.) Ltd. has three departments A, B and C. You are given the following Information
(i)Rent for the year – N3,000
(ii) Selling and distribution expenses – N1,800
(iii) Department
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Turnover & \text{Floor space in square meters} \\ & N & N \\ \hline A. & 40,000 & 120 \\ B. & 60,000 & 80 \\ C. & 80,000 & 100\end{array}\)
How much rent is appointed to department A?

  • A. N2,000
  • B. N1,800
  • C. N1,200
  • D. N1,000
  • E. N800
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5

Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock – Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases – Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation – plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock – Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager’s salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The cost of production is

  • A. N373,000
  • B. N351,000
  • C. N337,000
  • D. N328,000
  • E. N277,000
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6

Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock – Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases – Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation – plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock – Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager’s salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The factory overhead is

  • A. N95,000
  • B. N63,000
  • C. N54,000
  • D. N43,000
  • E. N33,000
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7

Use the following information to answer the given question
Emeka Chukwudi (Nig.) Limited is a manufacturing company. Its books showed the following for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Opening stock – Raw materials} & 42,000 \\ \text{Purchases – Raw materials} & 265,000 \\ \text{Outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Returns outwards} & 13,000 \\ \text{Depreciation – plant and Machinery} & 10,000 \\ wages & 52,000 \\ \text{Closing stock – Raw materials} & 72,000 \\ \text{Direct expenses} & 11,000 \\ \text{Production Manager’s salaries} & 18,000 \\ \text{Factory rent} & 15,000\end{array}\)
The prime cost is

  • A. N298,000
  • B. N285,000
  • C. N274,000
  • D. N235,000
  • E. N220,000
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8

Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue receipt?

  • A. N18,432
  • B. N12,660
  • C. N6,990
  • D. N5,772
  • E. N5,670
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9

Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his capital receipt?

  • A. N18,432
  • B. N12,660
  • C. N6,990
  • D. N5,772
  • E. N5,670
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10

Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110\end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue expenditure?

  • A. N24,468
  • B. N20,200
  • C. N4,268
  • D. N3,600
  • E. N2,810
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11

Use the following information to answer the given question
Rufai, a vulcanize bought 4 machines for N20,200 and incurred the following expenses for the year ended 31st December, 1990
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Glue & N2,100 \\ Thread & N600 \\ Kerosene & N900 \\ Rubber & N558 \\ Matched & N110 \end{array}\)
He received N5,772 from customers. Two machines were later sold for N6,990 and N5,670 respectively. What is his revenue expenditure?

  • A. N24,468
  • B. N24,358
  • C. N23,800
  • D. N22,900
  • E. N20,000
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12

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is Okon’s share of the profit?

  • A. N16,800
  • B. N10,680
  • C. N8,400
  • D. N6,480
  • E. N4,320
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13

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is Ade’s share of the profit?

  • A. N11,200
  • B. N7,120
  • C. N6,480
  • D. N5,600
  • E. N4,320
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14

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is the profit available for distribution?

  • A. N17,800
  • B. N14,000
  • C. N10,800
  • D. N7,000
  • E. N3,800
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15

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ade & Okon \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed Capital} & 15,000 & 25,000 \\ \text{Salary per annum} & 6,000 & 8,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital per annum} & \text{8%} & \text{8%} \\ \text{Profit or loss sharing ratio} & \text{40%} & \text{60%}\end{array}\)
The net profit for the year ended 31st December 1990 is N28,000 while drawing are N3,000 and N4,000 for Ade and Okon respectively. What is the interest on capital?

  • A. N6,400
  • B. N4,000
  • C. N3,200
  • D. N2,000
  • E. N1,2000
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16

Which of the following is not on debtor’s legal control account?

  • A. credit sales
  • B. cash sales
  • C. bills receivable
  • D. dishonoured cheque
  • E. cash received from customers
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17

Which of the following is not a balance sheet item?

  • A. provision for discount
  • B. outstanding wages
  • C. prepais rent
  • D. proposed dividend
  • E. dividend received
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18

The excess of the par value of a company’s shares over the amount for what for which they are issued to the public is called

  • A. discount
  • B. profit
  • C. loss
  • D. premium
  • E. reserve
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19

Chukwu’s Capital at 1/1/89 and 31/12/89 were N30,000 and N50,000 respectively. During the year he introduced additional capital of N10,500 and withdrew N5,300 for private use. What is his profit for 1989?

  • A. N30,500
  • B. N25,300
  • C. N20,000
  • D. N15,800
  • E. 14,800
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20

When provision is made for doubtful debt, the accounting entries are debit

  • A. profit and loss account, credit debtors account
  • B. debtors account, credit trading account
  • C. profit and loss account, credit sales account
  • D. trading account, credit debtors account
  • E. profit and loss account, credit provision for doubtful debt account
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21

The fixed amount of money set aside for pretty expenses is called

  • A. ordinary fund
  • B. accumulated fund
  • C. float
  • D. imprest receipt
  • E. imprest fund
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