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

1

Use the following to answer the given question
UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)
Working capital amounts to

  • A. N51,000
  • B. N50,000
  • C. N23,000
  • D. N22,000
  • E. N11,000
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2

Use the following to answer the given question
UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)
Current assets amount to

  • A. N51,000
  • B. N50,000
  • C. N23,000
  • D. N22,000
  • E. N11,000
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3

Use the following to answer the given question
UCHENNA ENTERPRISES: Balance sheet as at 31st December, 1993
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N & N & & N \\ \hline Capital & 84,000 & & \text{Land and building} & 45,000 \\ \text{Add net profit} & 15,000 & 99,000 & \text{Furniture and Fittings} & 34,000 \\ \text{Less drawings} & & 9,000 & Stock & 28,000 \\ & & \overline{90,000} & debtors & 22,000 \\ debtors Creditors & & 25,000 & cash & 1,000 \\ Accruals & & 15,000 & & \\ & & \overline{130,000} & & \overline{130,000} \end{array}\)
Capital employed is

  • A. N130,000
  • B. N115,000
  • C. N99,000
  • D. N90,000
  • E. N84,000
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4

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Provision for bad debts} & 1,000 Cr \\ \text{Bad debts} & 500Dr \\ debtors & 50,000Dr \\ \text{Additional bad debts to be written off} & 500 \end{array}\)
New provision for bad debts to stand at 5% of debtors. The total amount of bad debts to be charges as expense in the profit and Loss Account is

  • A. N2,500
  • B. N2,000
  • C. N1,500
  • D. N1,200
  • E. N1,000
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5

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Provision for bad debts} & 1,000 Cr \\ \text{Bad debts} & 500Dr \\ debtors & 50,000Dr \\ \text{Additional bad debts to be written off} & 500 \end{array}\)
New provision for bad debts to stand at 5% of debtors. In the balance sheet, the net figures for the profit is

  • A. N47,025
  • B. N46,550
  • C. N45,600
  • D. N45,500
  • E. N43,225
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6

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Stock 1/1/93} & 4,500 \\ Sales & 13,500\\ Purchases & 5,000 \\ \text{Carriage inwards} & 500 \\ \text{Stock 31/12/93} & 4,200 \\ \text{Return inwards} & 600\end{array}\)
Gross profit is

  • A. N8,300
  • B. N8,200
  • C. N7,700
  • D. N7,600
  • E. N7,100
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7

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Stock 1/1/93} & 4,500 \\ Sales & 13,500\\ Purchases & 5,000 \\ \text{Carriage inwards} & 500 \\ \text{Stock 31/12/93} & 4,200 \\ \text{Return inwards} & 600\end{array}\)
Net sales is

  • A. N14,100
  • B. N14,000
  • C. N13,500
  • D. N12,900
  • E. N9,300
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8

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Stock 1/1/93} & 4,500 \\ Sales & 13,500\\ Purchases & 5,000 \\ \text{Carriage inwards} & 500 \\ \text{Stock 31/12/93} & 4,200 \\ \text{Return inwards} & 600\end{array}\)
Cost of sales is

  • A. N10,000
  • B. N9,500
  • C. N5,800
  • D. N5,300
  • E. N5,200
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9

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed assets} & 12,000 \\ \text{Current assets} & 5,000 \\ \text{Current liabilities} & 2,300 \\ Capital & 10,000 \\ \text{Long term liabilities} & 4,700\end{array}\)
The working capital is

  • A. N10,000
  • B. N9,700
  • C. N7,300
  • D. N7,000
  • E. N2,700
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10

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed assets} & 12,000 \\ \text{Current assets} & 5,000 \\ \text{Current liabilities} & 2,300 \\ Capital & 10,000 \\ \text{Long term liabilities} & 4,700\end{array}\)
Total liabilities amount to

  • A. N17,000
  • B. N14,700
  • C. N12,300
  • D. N7,000
  • E. N4,700
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11

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed assets} & 12,000 \\ \text{Current assets} & 5,000 \\ \text{Current liabilities} & 2,300 \\ Capital & 10,000 \\ \text{Long term liabilities} & 4,700\end{array}\)
What is the total net assets?

  • A. N17,300
  • B. N17,000
  • C. N15,000
  • D. N14,700
  • E. N12,000
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12

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Fixed assets} & 12,000 \\ \text{Current assets} & 5,000 \\ \text{Current liabilities} & 2,300 \\ Capital & 10,000 \\ \text{Long term liabilities} & 4,700\end{array}\)
What is the total assets?

  • A. N17,300
  • B. N17,000
  • C. N15,000
  • D. N14,700
  • E. N12,000
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13

Discount allowed is a charge made against

  • A. trading account
  • B. profit and loss acount
  • C. approration account
  • D. current account
  • E. nominal account
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14

Which of the following is not a debit entry in the Bought Ledger?

  • A. cash
  • B. discount received
  • C. purchases
  • D. returns outeards
  • E. bills payable
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15

A document which acknowledges that a company owes a named person a stated sum of money with the promise that a stated interest rate will be paid periodically is called

  • A. share certificate
  • B. preference certificate
  • C. debenture certificcate
  • D. allotment certificate
  • E. call certificate
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16

Which of the following is used where virement is not possible and where an application for additional provision reveals a degree of urgency?

  • A. reserved expenditure warrant
  • B. provisional general warrant
  • C. contigncie warrant
  • D. supplementary general warrant
  • E. virement warrant
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17

Which of the following is used before the appropriation bill is approved?

  • A. supplementary general warrant
  • B. provisional general warrant
  • C. reserved expenditure warrant
  • D. virement warrant
  • E. supplementary statutory expenditure warrant
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18

The portion of the authorizes capital which has been allotted to members is

  • A. uncalld capital
  • B. paid-up capital
  • C. issued capital
  • D. authorized capital
  • E. unissued capital
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19

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

  • A. furniture and fittings
  • B. plant and machinery
  • C. building
  • D. debtors
  • E. general reserve
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20

The cash realized from the sale of asset on dissolution of partnership is

  • A. debited to cash account and credit to asset account
  • B. credited to cash account and debited to asset account
  • C. debited to cash account and credited realisation account and credited to realisation account
  • D. credited to cash account and debited to realisation account
  • E. debited to realisation account abnd credited to asset account
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21

Which of the following is a charge against profit?

  • A. ordinary dividend
  • B. general reserve
  • C. preference dividend
  • D. debenture interest
  • E. revenue reserve
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