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

1912

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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1913

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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1914

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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1915

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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1916

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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1917

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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1918

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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1919

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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1920

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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1921

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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1922

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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1923

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

  • A. ₦9,933
  • B. ₦9,533
  • C. ₦6,600
  • D. ₦3,933
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1924

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & & ₦ \\ \hline \text{capital accounts:} & Ojo & 40,000 \\ & Aina & 20,000 \\ \text{Drawings:} & Ojo & 10,000 \\ & Aina & 6,000 \\ \text{Interest on capital} & -5\text{%} & \\ \text{interest on drawings} & -10\text{%} & \\ \text{Net profit for the year} & N30,00 & \\ \text{Net profit for the year – Ojo} – \frac{2}{3} & & Aina – \frac{1}{3} \end{array}\)
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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1925

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

  • A. ₦31,600
  • B. ₦31,400
  • C. ₦904,000
  • D. ₦28,600
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1926

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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1927

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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1928

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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1929

The transfer of goods between departments is recorded be debiting

  • A. the receiveing department and crediting the giving department
  • B. the giving department and crediting the receiving department
  • C. stock account and crediting trading account
  • D. trading account and crediting purchases account
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1930

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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1931

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

  • A. N20,000
  • B. N10,500
  • C. N10,000
  • D. N7,500
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1932

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

  • A. N75,000
  • B. N65,000
  • C. N55,000
  • D. N52,500
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