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Accounting (CA - CPT)

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Which of the following reveals the relation between capital, assets and liabilities?

  1. Capital = Assets - Liabilities

  2. Capital = Assets + Liabilities

  3. Assets = Liabilities - Capital

  4. Liabilities = Capital + Assets

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct; capital invested is always the subtraction of liabilities from assets.

If there is a difference on both sides of a trial balance, it is transferred to

  1. trading account

  2. miscellaneous account

  3. difference account

  4. suspense account

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct; suspense account is used for adjusting trial balance difference and the mistakes located are adjusted in suspense account.

Accommodation bill is used

  1. to finance actual purchase or sale of goods

  2. by two business people to mutually help each other in finance

  3. to facilitate trade trasnsmission

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; without any consideration, both raise bills against each other and discounts with their banks for finance.

If any municipal tax is due, but not paid due to dispute, it is taken as a

  1. current liability

  2. contingency liability

  3. revenue loss

  4. long term liability

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; this becomes due only if dispute is settled.

In the absence of any explicit agreement about profit sharing, profits and losses are shared between partners in the ratio of

  1. capitals

  2. loans given to the firm by them

  3. 1 : 1 : 1

  4. 1 : 2 : 3

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct; when no agreement is there, profits are equally shared or are shared in the ratio of 1 : 1 : 1.

Posting in accounting means

  1. journalising

  2. writing the transaction in the ledger

  3. totalling

  4. balancing

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; from journal entries, ledgers are written with transactions accountwise.

No journal entry is necessary to be passed when there is

  1. loss of bad debts

  2. normal loss

  3. abnormal loss

  4. loss by theft

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; for normal loss, no journal entry is passed.

In the ledger, normally there will be _____ columns.

  1. 4

  2. 6

  3. 8

  4. 2

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There will be debits and credits and under each date, particulars, ledger folio and amount. Hence, 8 columns are there in a ledger.

Insurance prepaid will be a

  1. current liability

  2. current asset

  3. fixed asset

  4. contingent liability

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; insurance prepaid is the amount paid before. Hence, it is an asset.

All of the following have debit balance, except

  1. loan to contractor

  2. goodwill

  3. wages outstanding account

  4. trade receivables account

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct; wages outstanding is due within a short period. Hence, it does not show debit balance.

In the bank reconciliation statement starting from bank balance, a cheque issued for Rs. 500 was wrongly credited by bank as Rs. 1000/-. Bank balance will be

  1. added by 1500

  2. subtracted by 1500

  3. added by 1000

  4. subtracted by 500

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

500 subtracted for actual debit and 1000 subtracted for rectifying wrong credit and hence, net subtraction = 1500.

Dividends are usually paid as a percentage of

  1. paid-up capital

  2. authorised share capital

  3. called-up capital

  4. net profit

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer; after calculating taxes from net profit, dividends are calculated as a percent.

Overdraft, as per passbook, is of 8000.

(i) Cheques deposited in the bank, unrecorded in cash book = 200 (ii) Cheques drawn, but not presented for payment = 5000 (iii) Bank charges not recorded in cash book = 300

Overdraft, as per cash book, is

  1. 13500

  2. 12900

  3. 3500

  4. 13100

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct;

Reconciliation = 8000 + 5000 + 200 - 300 = 12900

If del credere commission is allowed for bad debt, then the consignee will debit the bad debt to

  1. commission earned account

  2. consignor account

  3. customers account

  4. general trading account

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct; consignee del credere is commission earned.

Depreciation under the straight line method per year, for an asset of 20000 with salvage value nil and life for 4 years, will be

  1. 4000

  2. 5000

  3. 10000

  4. 3000

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct; Depreciation = (20000 - 0)/4

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