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

22

Opening creditors was N65,000, closing creditors was N41,000. Credit purchases was N200,000 and discount received N3,000. How much was paid to creditors?

  • A. ₦262,000
  • B. ₦224,000
  • C. ₦221,000
  • D. ₦176,000
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23

Rent owing by a business is shown in the

  • A. trading account
  • B. trial balance
  • C. balance sheet
  • D. cash book
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24

The cost of raw materials consumed is determined in the Manufacturing Account as

  • A. opening stock plus purchases less closing stock
  • B. purcheses plus closing stock less opening stock
  • C. cost of materials available plus closing stock
  • D. cost of materials available less opening stock
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25

Use the following information to answer the given
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1st Jan.} & \text{31st Dec.} \\ & ₦ & ₦ \\ creditors & 4,200 & 5,200 \\ stocks & 3,600 & 3,200 \\ \text{cash paid to creditors during the year was ₦18,000} \end{array}\)
Cost of sales for the year was

  • A. ₦19,800
  • B. ₦19,400
  • C. ₦18,400
  • D. ₦17,400
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26

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1st Jan.} & \text{31st Dec.} \\ & ₦ & ₦ \\ creditors & 4,200 & 5,200 \\ stocks & 3,600 & 3,200 \\ \text{cash paid to creditors during the year was ₦18,000} \end{array}\)
Purchases for the year was

  • A. ₦19,400
  • B. ₦19,000
  • C. ₦18,000
  • D. ₦17,000
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27

Which of the following items is found on he credit side of a sales Ledger Control Account?

  • A. credit sales
  • B. debtors cheques dishonoured
  • C. interest on overdue account
  • D. bad debts written off
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28

Which of the following is not a credit item in the sales ledger control account?

  • A. cash paid
  • B. discount allowed
  • C. dishonoured cheque
  • D. returns inward
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29

Using the following information,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦ \\ \hline \text{club house} & 375,000\\ \text{Furniture} & 250,000\\ \text{Sport kit} & 400,000 \\ \text{subscriptions prepaid} & 10,000\\ \text{Bar creditors} & 156,000 \\ \text{subscriptions owing} & 45,000\end{array}\)
What is the club’s accumulated fund?

  • A. ₦924,000
  • B. ₦914,000
  • C. ₦904,000
  • D. ₦834,000
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30

Which of the following is found in a receipts and payments account?

  • A. accruals
  • B. prepayments
  • C. sepreciation of fixed assets
  • D. purchase of fixed assets
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31

In a not-for-profit making organization, the cash book is summarized in the form of

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. income and expenditure account
  • C. receipts and expenditure account
  • D. receipts and pryments account
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32

A control account is

  • A. an imprest system
  • B. a statement of affairs
  • C. a bank reconciliation statement
  • D. a self balancing ledger system
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33

The account that shows both the cash and bank transactions of an enterprise is

  • A. appropriation account
  • B. trading account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. cash book
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34

Which of the following is a limitation of the money measurement concept?

  • A. efficient management is not disclosed
  • B. there is no basis for comparison
  • C. inter-period comparison is impossible
  • D. it does not allow choice of methods
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35

The accounting concept that supports the application of double entry book-keeping is the

  • A. going concern concept
  • B. dual aspect concept
  • C. historical cost concept
  • D. consistency concept
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36

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & & ₦ \\ \hline \text{capital accounts:} & Ojo & 40,000 \\ & Aina & 20,000 \\ \text{Drawings:} & Ojo & 10,000 \\ & Aina & 6,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital} & -5\text{%} & \\ \text{interest on drawings} & -10\text{%} & \\ \text{Net profit for the year} & N30,00 & \\ \text{Net profit for the year – Ojo} – \frac{2}{3} & & Aina – \frac{1}{3} \end{array}\)
Aina’s current account balance is

  • A. ₦9,933
  • B. ₦9,533
  • C. ₦6,600
  • D. ₦3,933
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37

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & & ₦ \\ \hline \text{capital accounts:} & Ojo & 40,000 \\ & Aina & 20,000 \\ \text{Drawings:} & Ojo & 10,000 \\ & Aina & 6,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital} & -5\text{%} & \\ \text{interest on drawings} & -10\text{%} & \\ \text{Net profit for the year} & N30,00 & \\ \text{Net profit for the year – Ojo} – \frac{2}{3} & & Aina – \frac{1}{3} \end{array}\)
Ojo’s share of profit for the year is

  • A. ₦21,067
  • B. ₦20,9333
  • C. ₦20,000
  • D. ₦19,067
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38

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & & ₦ \\ \hline \text{capital accounts:} & Ojo & 40,000 \\ & Aina & 20,000 \\ \text{Drawings:} & Ojo & 10,000 \\ & Aina & 6,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital} & -5\text{%} & \\ \text{interest on drawings} & -10\text{%} & \\ \text{Net profit for the year} & N30,00 & \\ \text{Net profit for the year – Ojo} – \frac{2}{3} & & Aina – \frac{1}{3} \end{array}\)
The divisible profit for the year

  • A. ₦31,600
  • B. ₦31,400
  • C. ₦904,000
  • D. ₦28,600
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39

Which of the following documents set out the internal regulations of a partnership?

  • A. law
  • B. deed
  • C. regulation
  • D. code
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40

Which of the following brings a company into legal existence?

  • A. certificate of incorporation
  • B. memorandum of association
  • C. articles of association
  • D. company law
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41

Which of the following is the basis for apportioning rent among departments?

  • A. sales
  • B. floor area
  • C. number of employees
  • D. direct labour cost
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42

Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Net profit for the year} & N75.000\\ \text{Ordinary share capital of 50 kobo each} & N65,000\\ \text{10% Preference shares of 50 kobo each} & N100,000\end{array}\)
Dividend per ordinary share is

  • A. N1.00
  • B. N0.50
  • C. N0.45
  • D. N0.40
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