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

1261

Use the following information to answer the given question:
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Date of delivery} & customer & \text{Gross amount N} & \text{Trade discount %} & \text{Cash Discount %} & \text{Terms of payment} \\ \hline \text{4/1/86} & \text{Mr. A.F.P} & 12,000 & 15 & 10 & \text{30 days of delivery}
\end{array}\)
If Mr. A.F.P. failed to settled his account in time, th3 amount due from him would be

  • A. N13.200
  • B. N12,000
  • C. M10,800
  • D. N10,200
  • E. N9,180
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1262

Use the following information to answer the given question:
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Date of delivery} & customer & \text{Gross amount N} & \text{Trade discount %} & \text{Cash Discount %} & \text{Terms of payment} \\ \hline \text{4/1/86} & \text{Mr. A.F.P} & 12,000 & 15 & 10 & \text{30 days of delivery}
\end{array}\)
If Mr. A.F.P. settled his account after 30 days of the delivery, his total discount would be

  • A. N1,020
  • B. N1,200
  • C. N10,800
  • D. N2,820
  • E. N10,800
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1263

Use the following information to answer the given question:
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Date of delivery} & customer & \text{Gross amount N} & \text{Trade discount %} & \text{Cash Discount %} & \text{Terms of payment} \\ \hline \text{4/1/86} & \text{Mr. A.F.P} & 12,000 & 15 & 10 & \text{30 days of delivery}
\end{array}\)
If Mr. A.F.P settled his account a week after delivery, his total discount would be

  • A. N10,200
  • B. N2,820
  • C. N1,800
  • D. N1,200
  • E. N10,200
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1264

Use the following information to answer the given question:
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Date of delivery} & customer & \text{Gross amount N} & \text{Trade discount %} & \text{Cash Discount %} & \text{Terms of payment} \\ \hline \text{4/1/86} & \text{Mr. A.F.P} & 12,000 & 15 & 10 & \text{30 days of delivery}
\end{array}\)
The amount of discount in the ledger is

  • A. N10,200
  • B. N2,820
  • C. N1,800
  • D. N1,200
  • E. N1,020
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1265

motor car costing N10,000 was depreciated at 20 per cent anuum by the diminishing balance method. Two years late, it was sold for N6,000. The net result of the sale was

  • A. N6,400 profit
  • B. N6,000 loss
  • C. N4,000 loss
  • D. N400 profit
  • E. N400 loss
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1266

The straight-line depreciation is

  • A. a fixed sum set aside for the replacement of the asset
  • B. a fixed percentage of the balance of the asset at the end of the year
  • C. an estimated amount each year
  • D. an inctease in the value of the asset
  • E. a fixed percentage of the cost of the asset written off each year
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1267

When precision for depreciation account is maintained, the annual charge for depreciation shall be

  • A. debited to the provision account and credited to profit and loss account
  • B. debited to the asset account and credited to profit and loss account
  • C. debited to profit and loss account and credited provision account
  • D. debited to the asset account and credited to the provisio account
  • E. debiited to theprovisiom account and credited to the asser account
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1268

What are the entries of posting credit purchases into the purchases ledger control account?

  • A. debt purchases ledger control accoun only
  • B. debit both purchases account and purchases ledger control account
  • C. credit purchases acount, debit purcases ledger control account
  • D. credit both purchases ledger control account and the purchases accunt
  • E. debit purchases account, credit purchases ladger control account
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1269

The balance of the sales account is transferred to the trading account by

  • A. debiying the profit and loss account
  • B. debiting the trading account
  • C. debiting the sales account
  • D. crediting the profit and loss account
  • E. crediting the sales account
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1270

Commission received is entered on the

  • A. credit side of the profit and loss account
  • B. credit side of the trading account
  • C. credit side of the cash book
  • D. debit side of the profit and loss account
  • E. debit side of thetrading account
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1271

The salary of a shop keeper who sells goods would be charged in the

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. sales account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. trading account
  • E. manufacturing account
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1272

Stock is N200 at start, and N320 at close purchases N2,055 and sales N3,189. The value of goods available for sale will be

  • A. 3,186
  • B. N2,255
  • C. N2,175
  • D. N2,055
  • E. N1,935
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1273

Stock is N200 at start, and N320 at close purchases N2,055 and sales N3,189. Find the cost of goods sold

  • A. N3,186
  • B. N2,866
  • C. N2,255
  • D. N2,175
  • E. N1,935
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1274

Carriage inwards is shown on the

  • A. debit side of the profit and loss account
  • B. credit side of the trading account
  • C. debit side of the trading account
  • D. credit side of the profi and loss account
  • E. debit side of the cash book
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1275

A balance of N102 on waged account was transferred as N120. This is error of

  • A. transposition
  • B. omission
  • C. principle
  • D. original entry
  • E. compensation
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1276

Which of the following will not affect the agreement of the rial balance? i. compensating error ii. debiting an item instead of crediting it iii. making only a single entry

  • A. i
  • B. ii
  • C. iii
  • D. ii and iii
  • E. i, ii ans iii
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1277

Which of the following belongs to the Nominal Ledger?

  • A. creditors account
  • B. debitors account
  • C. salaries account
  • D. fixtures account
  • E. stock account
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1278

Which of the following should be included in the adjusted cash book?

  • A. bank charges and commission
  • B. cheques issued, presented and cashed
  • C. bank deposits
  • D. cash payments made by the firm
  • E. opening bank overdraft
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1279

The balance of the pretty cash book should be

  • A. deducted from the balance of the cash account
  • B. shown in the balance sheet as cash-in-hand
  • C. reconciled with the bank balance
  • D. returned to the sales manager
  • E. shown in the balance sheet as liability
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1280

Cash discount received would be shown in the i. cash book ii. discount received account iii. supplier’s account

  • A. i and iii
  • B. i, ii, and iii
  • C. iii
  • D. i and ii
  • E. ii and iii
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1281

An overdraft is usually shown as a

  • A. credit balance in the cash column of the cash book
  • B. debit balance in the cash column of the cash book
  • C. debit balance in the loan account
  • D. credit balance in the bank column of the cash book
  • E. debit balance in the bank column of the cash book
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