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This section includes 2081 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Finance & Accounting knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1951. |
If a transaction is completely omitted from the books of accounts, will it effect the agreement of Trial Balance? |
A. | Yes |
B. | No |
C. | Transactions can |
D. | zero |
Answer» C. Transactions can | |
1952. |
The real accounts are accounts of Assets, Liabilities and |
A. | Expenses |
B. | Revenues |
C. | Capital |
D. | Drawing |
Answer» D. Drawing | |
1953. |
Trial Balance is prepared to check accuracy of |
A. | Ledger account balances |
B. | Balance sheet balances |
C. | Income statement balances |
D. | Cash flow statement balances |
Answer» B. Balance sheet balances | |
1954. |
Which of the following is the closing balance of a ledger account? |
A. | Balance c/d |
B. | Balance b/d |
C. | Balance e/d |
D. | Balance f/c |
Answer» B. Balance b/d | |
1955. |
Which of the following are closed at the end of an accounting period? |
A. | Nominal accounts |
B. | Personal accounts |
C. | Real accounts |
D. | None of them |
Answer» B. Personal accounts | |
1956. |
Office equipment's account is classified as |
A. | Nominal accounts |
B. | Real account |
C. | Cash account |
D. | Capital account |
Answer» C. Cash account | |
1957. |
Which of the following is the normal balance of a rent expense account? |
A. | Credit balance |
B. | Cash balance |
C. | Overdraft |
D. | Debit balance |
Answer» E. | |
1958. |
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding capital account? |
A. | Debit increases the capital account balance |
B. | Credit increases the capital account balance |
C. | Fresh capital increases the capital account balance |
D. | Net income increases the capital account balance |
Answer» B. Credit increases the capital account balance | |
1959. |
The normal balance of liability account is |
A. | Credit balance |
B. | Debit balance |
C. | Cash balance |
D. | Neither debit nor credit balance |
Answer» B. Debit balance | |
1960. |
The normal balance of asset account is |
A. | Credit balance |
B. | Debit balance |
C. | Cash balance |
D. | Neither debit nor credit balance |
Answer» C. Cash balance | |
1961. |
Which of the following is known as the base for preparing trial balance? |
A. | Journal |
B. | Cash account |
C. | Ledger account |
D. | Balance Sheet |
Answer» D. Balance Sheet | |
1962. |
_____ will be credited if goods are given as charity |
A. | Cash |
B. | Charity |
C. | Purchases |
D. | Sales |
Answer» D. Sales | |
1963. |
An 'account' records the ______ in the balance of an item |
A. | Increase |
B. | Decrease |
C. | Increase or decrease |
D. | Appreciation |
Answer» D. Appreciation | |
1964. |
Transferring entries from journal to ;edger account is commonly known as |
A. | Recording |
B. | Transferring |
C. | Posting |
D. | Entry making |
Answer» D. Entry making | |
1965. |
Credit note is the basis for recording a transaction in which of the following journals? |
A. | Purchase Journal |
B. | Sales return journal |
C. | General journal |
D. | Cash receipt journal |
Answer» C. General journal | |
1966. |
Debit note is the basis for recording a transaction in which of the following journals? |
A. | General journal |
B. | Cash journal |
C. | Purchase journal |
D. | Purchase return journal |
Answer» E. | |
1967. |
A brief explanation recorded below every entry in General Journal is commonly known as |
A. | Narration |
B. | Explanation |
C. | Summary |
D. | Other Information |
Answer» B. Explanation | |
1968. |
Cash purchases is recorded in which of the following specialized journals? |
A. | Purchase Journal |
B. | Sales Journal |
C. | Purchase return journal |
D. | Cash payments journal |
Answer» E. | |
1969. |
Cash received from debtor is recorded in which of the following specialized journals? |
A. | Purchase Journal |
B. | Sales Journal |
C. | Cash receipts journal |
D. | Cash payments journal |
Answer» D. Cash payments journal | |
1970. |
Sales and purchase journal doesn't record |
A. | Credit sales |
B. | Credit purchases |
C. | Credit sales and purchases |
D. | Cash sales and purchases |
Answer» E. | |
1971. |
Which of the following specialized journal records "goods returned by the business"? |
A. | Purchase journal |
B. | Sales journal |
C. | Purchase return journal |
D. | Sales return journal |
Answer» D. Sales return journal | |
1972. |
Transactions that a business does not record in any specialized journal are recorded in which of the following books? |
A. | Cash payment journal |
B. | Cash receipt journal |
C. | Purchases return journal |
D. | General journal |
Answer» E. | |
1973. |
Which of the following specialized journal records "goods returned by customers"? |
A. | Purchase journal |
B. | Sales journal |
C. | Purchase return journal |
D. | Sales return journal |
Answer» E. | |
1974. |
Which of the following accounts will be credited if a company purchases building for cash? |
A. | Capital account |
B. | Fixed assets account |
C. | Building account |
D. | Cash account |
Answer» E. | |
1975. |
Discount for quick repayment of debt is normally referred to as |
A. | Trade discount |
B. | Prompt payment discount |
C. | Cash discount |
D. | Bulk discount |
Answer» D. Bulk discount | |
1976. |
In which of the following order, data is entered into the Journal? |
A. | Alphabetical order |
B. | Numeric order |
C. | Bullets order |
D. | Chronological order |
Answer» E. | |
1977. |
Journals are also referred to as |
A. | Book of entries |
B. | Book of original entries |
C. | T account |
D. | Book of economic events |
Answer» C. T account | |
1978. |
Which of the following accounts will be debited if the business's owner withdraws cash from business for personal use? |
A. | Drawings |
B. | Cash |
C. | Business |
D. | Stock |
Answer» B. Cash | |
1979. |
Which of the following will be debited if a business purchases goods on credit? |
A. | Cash |
B. | Debtor |
C. | Creditor |
D. | Purchases |
Answer» E. | |
1980. |
Discount allowed is |
A. | Expense of business |
B. | Income of business |
C. | Loss of business |
D. | Abnormal loss of business |
Answer» B. Income of business | |
1981. |
The Journal entry in which two or more account is debited or credited is referred to as |
A. | Journal entry |
B. | Multi entry |
C. | Additional entry |
D. | Compound entry |
Answer» E. | |
1982. |
The other name of Journal is |
A. | Ledger |
B. | T account |
C. | Day Book |
D. | Cash Book |
Answer» D. Cash Book | |
1983. |
Discount allowed is a kind of deduction from |
A. | Account Payable |
B. | Account Receivable |
C. | Cash account |
D. | Discount account |
Answer» C. Cash account | |
1984. |
Every business transaction affects at least ____ accounts |
A. | One |
B. | Two |
C. | Three |
D. | Infinite |
Answer» C. Three | |
1985. |
General Journal is a book of _____ entries |
A. | First |
B. | Original |
C. | Secondary |
D. | Generic |
Answer» C. Secondary | |
1986. |
The process of recording in Journal is done |
A. | Two times in a year |
B. | Once in a year |
C. | Frequently during the accounting period |
D. | At the end of an accounting period |
Answer» D. At the end of an accounting period | |
1987. |
Current Assets - Current Liabilities = ? |
A. | Capital + Liabilities = assets |
B. | Absorbed capital |
C. | Net assets |
D. | Working capital |
Answer» E. | |
1988. |
Payment of expenses will ______ the assets |
A. | Increase |
B. | Reduce |
C. | Apportion |
D. | Overstate |
Answer» C. Apportion | |
1989. |
Fresh capital introduction will increase |
A. | Assets and Liabilities |
B. | Assets and Equity |
C. | Liabilities and equity and bank balance |
D. | Capital and Liabilities |
Answer» C. Liabilities and equity and bank balance | |
1990. |
Net income equal to Revenues minus |
A. | Gains |
B. | Depreciation |
C. | Expenses |
D. | Capital expenditure |
Answer» D. Capital expenditure | |
1991. |
Capital of a business decreases if there is an increase in |
A. | Drawings |
B. | Income |
C. | Gains |
D. | Fresh capital |
Answer» B. Income | |
1992. |
Capital increases if ______ increases |
A. | Expenses are greater than income |
B. | Drawings |
C. | Interest on capital |
D. | Revenue |
Answer» E. | |
1993. |
Double entry implies that |
A. | Recording entries in Journal |
B. | Recording entries in Ledger account |
C. | Recording two aspects of every transaction |
D. | Recording every transaction in books |
Answer» D. Recording every transaction in books | |
1994. |
Identify the nominal account |
A. | Machinery account |
B. | Building account |
C. | Creditors account |
D. | Rent expenses account |
Answer» E. | |
1995. |
Net loss occurs when |
A. | Expenses are greater than income |
B. | Expenses are less than income |
C. | Expenses = Income |
D. | Liabilities are greater than income |
Answer» B. Expenses are less than income | |
1996. |
______ is the withdrawal of cash and goods by the owner of the business for his/her personal use |
A. | Depreciation |
B. | Drawings |
C. | Outflow of cash |
D. | Appreciation |
Answer» C. Outflow of cash | |
1997. |
Which of the following is a liability ? |
A. | Cash |
B. | Equipment |
C. | Debtors |
D. | Creditors |
Answer» E. | |
1998. |
What is equity? |
A. | Cash from the business |
B. | Liability of a business |
C. | Owner's claim on total assets |
D. | Owner's claim on total liabilities |
Answer» D. Owner's claim on total liabilities | |
1999. |
Which of the following is a liability? |
A. | Cash |
B. | Equipment |
C. | Debtors |
D. | Creditors |
Answer» E. | |
2000. |
Which is the most important characteristic that all assets of a business have? |
A. | Long life of assets |
B. | Value of assets |
C. | Intangible nature of assets |
D. | Future economic benefits |
Answer» E. | |