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

22

If creditors at 1\1\10 were Le 3,000; creditors at 31/12/10 Le 5,500 and payments to creditors Le 29,000. The purchases figure for 2010 is

  • A. Le 34,500
  • B. Le 32,000
  • C. Le 31,500
  • D. Le 26,500
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23

Partners whose liabilities are restricted to their financial contribution to the partnership in the event of winding up are

  • A. ordinary partners
  • B. limited partners
  • C. dormant partners
  • D. sleeping partners
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24

The portion of authorized capital that has been allotted to subscribers

  • A. called up capital
  • B. paid up capital
  • C. issued capital
  • D. nominal capital
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25

The term used to denote the capital of a not-for-profit making organization is

  • A. annuity fund
  • B. nominal capital
  • C. circulating capital
  • D. accumulated fund
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26

The equivalent of income and expenditure account in a trading concern is

  • A. trading account
  • B. profit and loss account
  • C. appropriation account
  • D. balance sheet
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27

Which of the following is not an input device?

  • A. card reader
  • B. paper top reader
  • C. alpha-numeric keyboard
  • D. line partnership
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28

Rent accrued in 2009 was D140, in 2010, D900 was paid while D160 was outstanding. Rent for 2010 was

  • A. D1,200
  • B. D1,060
  • C. D920
  • D. D880
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29

The concept which establishes the rule for the periodic recognition of revenue as soon as it is capable of objective measurement is

  • A. going concern
  • B. entity
  • C. consistency
  • D. realization
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30

which of the following is a component of prime cost?

  • A. depreciation
  • B. royalty
  • C. factory rent
  • D. factory electricity
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31

A partner who only make capital contribution but does not take part in the management of the partnership business is a/an

  • A. ordinary partner
  • B. limited partner
  • C. dormant partner
  • D. nominal partner
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32

Which of the following is not prepared by a partnership?

  • A. trading account
  • B. profit and loss account
  • C. income and expenditure account
  • D. profit and loss appropriation account
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33

The name given to a budget in public service accounting is

  • A. vote
  • B. subvention
  • C. general order
  • D. estimate
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34

Branch stock account is used to determine the

  • A. net value of goods sent to branch
  • B. gross profit of the branch
  • C. branch credit sales
  • D. branch net profit or loss
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35

Osa started business with Le 40,000 cash. The accounting entry is debit

  • A. cash account; credit capital account
  • B. capital account; credit cash account
  • C. purchases account; credit cash account
  • D. expenses account; credit capital account
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36

Which of the following is an example of factory overheads?

  • A. salary of marketing officer
  • B. salary of production officer
  • C. salary of accounting officer
  • D. wages of machine operator
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37

Capital receipt is collected

  • A. on sales of motor vehicle
  • B. on sales of stock in trade
  • C. from trade debtors
  • D. from trading activities
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38

The addition of prime cost and factory overhead is

  • A. total factory overheads
  • B. market value of goods produced
  • C. cost of goods produced
  • D. work-in-progress
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39

Which of the following is a trading account item?

  • A. discount allowed
  • B. discount recieved
  • C. carriage outwards
  • D. carriage inwards
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40

The process of entering transaction from one book to another is

  • A. reading
  • B. posting
  • C. numbering
  • D. listing
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41

A balance sheet shows only

  • A. fixed assets and current assets
  • B. assets and long term liabilities
  • C. assets and liabilities
  • D. assets and capital
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42

Which of the following is a book of ordinary entry?

  • A. ledger
  • B. balance sheet
  • C. bank statement
  • D. sales journal
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