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501.

Excess of minimum rent over royalty is known as

A. Maximum rent
B. Excess workings
C. Short workings
D. Deficiency of actual royalty
Answer» D. Deficiency of actual royalty
502.

According to AS-3 (Revised) interest and dividends received in the case of a manufacturing enterprise should be classified as cash flow from

A. Operating Activities
B. Financing Activities
C. Investing Activities
D. Both (b) and (c)
Answer» D. Both (b) and (c)
503.

Total sales made during a year is found out from the

A. Sales book
B. Sales account
C. Total sales book
D. All the above
Answer» C. Total sales book
504.

Creditors account is prepared to ascertain

A. cash purchases
B. cash sales
C. credit sales
D. credit purchases
Answer» B. cash sales
505.

The Income created but not yet received is known as:

A. Unearned Income
B. Outstanding Income
C. Acrued Income
D. none
Answer» D. none
506.

Fixed Assets and Current Assets are categorized as per concept of

A. Separate Entity
B. Going Concern
C. Consistency
D. Time period
Answer» C. Consistency
507.

Income and expenses related to the prize fund is shown in:Sol:

A. Income and Expenditure Account
B. Assets side of the Balance Sheet
C. Liabilities side of the Balance Sheet
D. Cash Account
Answer» B. Assets side of the Balance Sheet
508.

Unless otherwise stated, a preference share is always deemed to be :

A. Cumulative, participating and non-convertible
B. Non-cumulative, non-participating and non-convertible
C. Cumulative, non-participating and non-convertible
D. Non-cumulative, participating and non-convertible
Answer» D. Non-cumulative, participating and non-convertible
509.

The stock is valued at

A. Cost price
B. Market price
C. Cost price or market price whichever is higher
D. Cost price or market price whichever is lower
Answer» E.
510.

Recoupment is always necessary in royaltiesSol:

A. True
B. False
C. none
D. all
Answer» C. none
511.

In non – profit organizations excess of assets over liabilities is called

A. Capital block
B. General fund
C. Shareholders fund
D. Capital
Answer» C. Shareholders fund
512.

Exception to consistency principle is

A. Cost Principle
B. Going Concern Principle
C. Matching Principle
D. Prudence Principle
Answer» E.
513.

When a B/R is discounted, what entry is passed by the Drawee—

A. Bank A/c Dr. to B/R Cr. ;
B. Drawer A/c Dr. to B/R A/c Cr.
C. B/R A/c Dr. to B/P A/c Cr. ;
D. No entry
Answer» E.
514.

XYZ Ltd. follows the written down value method of depreciating machinery year afteryear due to

A. Comparability
B. Convenience
C. Consistency
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
515.

Schedule XIV of the Companies Act specifies —————— as minimum rate of depreciation (WDV) onship fishing vessels

A. 27% ;
B. 33% ;
C. 10% ;
D. 15%
Answer» B. 33% ;
516.

Name the book in which, entries are recorded on the basis of debit notes issued.

A. Sales book
B. Purchase Book
C. Sales Return Book
D. Purchase Return Book
Answer» E.
517.

Donation received for a special purpose:Sol:

A. Should be credited to Income and Expenditure A/c
B. Should be credited to a separate account and shown in the Balance Sheet
C. Should be shown on the Assets side of the Balance Sheet
D. None of these
Answer» C. Should be shown on the Assets side of the Balance Sheet
518.

A new company set up by existing companies with five year track record can issue share at premium provided:

A. Participation of existing companies are not less than 50%
B. Prospectus contains justification for issue price
C. The issue price is made applicable to all new investors uniformly
D. All the above
Answer» E.
519.

In case of a debt becoming bad, the amount should be credited to

A. Debtor’s Account
B. Bad Debts Account
C. Sales Account
D. Suspense Account
Answer» B. Bad Debts Account
520.

Withdrawal of goods from stock by the owner of the business for personal use should be recorded by

A. Debiting Stock Account and crediting Capital Account
B. Debiting Capital Account and crediting Drawings Account
C. Debiting Drawings Account and Crediting Stock Account
D. Debiting Stock Account and Crediting Drawings Account
Answer» D. Debiting Stock Account and Crediting Drawings Account
521.

A foreign bill of exchange is generally drawn up in —

A. Triplicate ;
B. Duplicate ;
C. Single ;
D. Quadruplicate
Answer» B. Duplicate ;
522.

Any gain on the sale of non-current assets should be _________ from the net profit and the loss mustbe _________to the net profit in determining fund from operation

A. Added, Reduced ;
B. Added, Added ;
C. Deducted, Added ;
D. Deducted, Deducted
Answer» D. Deducted, Deducted
523.

The creation of provision for doubtful debts given as an adjustment requires

A. Debit Profit and Loss Account and deduct the provision from debtors
B. Credit Profit & Loss Account and deduct the provision from debtors
C. Credit Profit and Loss Account and add the provision to debtors
D. Debit Profit & Loss Account and add the provision to debtors
Answer» B. Credit Profit & Loss Account and deduct the provision from debtors
524.

Reserve Capital is also known by :

A. Capital Reserve
B. Called up Capital
C. Subscribed Capital
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
525.

Process of spreading cost 3. Profit and Loss A/c4. Check arithmetic accuracy 4. Accounting for Fixed Asset

A. (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4,1)
B. (1, 3), (2, 4), (3, 2), (4, 1)
C. (1, 4) (2, 2) (3, 1), (4, 3)
D. (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1)
Answer» D. (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1)
526.

Value of an asset is 9 lakh, scrap value is 125000, estimated life is 10 years the cost of depreciation under straight-line method will be

A. 65000
B. 89000
C. 77500
D. 67880
Answer» D. 67880
527.

____________ expenditure is increased to maintain the business or to keep the assets ingood working condition

A. Revenue
B. Capital
C. Both of ther
Answer» B. Capital
528.

Public subscription of shares include :

A. To Issue Prospectus
B. To Receive Applications
C. To Make Allotment
D. All of the Above
Answer» E.
529.

Under which method of depreciation annual depreciation fluctuate with the volume of production

A. Sum of Years‘ Digit Method ;
B. Production Method ;
C. Written Down Value Method ;
D. None
Answer» C. Written Down Value Method ;
530.

According to _________ concept it is assumed that the business will last for long time

A. Accounting entity
B. Going concern
C. Accounting perio
Answer» C. Accounting perio
531.

A petty cash book is usually kept under system

A. Mercantile
B. Cash system
C. Import syste
Answer» D.
532.

Interest received in advance account is a

A. Nominal Account
B. Real Account
C. Artificial Personal Account
D. Representative Personal Account
Answer» E.
533.

In the books of the drawer, the accounting treatment involved on receipt of a bill of exchange dulyaccepted by the drawee is i. Debit Bills Receivable Account ii. Debit Drawee‘s Account iii. Credit Drawee‘s Account iv. Credit Sales Account

A. Only (i) above
B. Both (ii) and (iv) above
C. Both (i) and (iii) above
D. Both (i) and (iv) above
Answer» D. Both (i) and (iv) above
534.

Debit the losses and expenses and credit the gain and income is applicable to ______

A. Personal account
B. Real account
C. Nominal account
D. Owners account
Answer» D. Owners account
535.

If the royalty is less than minimum rent , the balance of royalty account at the end of theyear has to be transfer toSol:

A. Capital reserve account.
B. Reserve capita account
C. Profit and loss account
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
536.

What is the order in which the accounting transactions and events are recorded in the books

A. Journal, Subsidiary books, Profit & Loss A/c and Ledger
B. Ledger, Journal, Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss A/c
C. Journal, Ledger, Profit & Loss A/c and Balance Sheet
D. Profit & Loss A/c, Ledger and Balance Sheet
Answer» D. Profit & Loss A/c, Ledger and Balance Sheet
537.

Shiva draws a bill on Sanat on 25th October, 2018 for 90 days, the maturity date of thebill will be

A. 27th January, 2019
B. 26th January, 2019
C. 25th January, 2019
D. 28th January, 2019
Answer» D. 28th January, 2019
538.

Bad -debts written off always affect the:

A. Debtors A/c
B. Creditor A/c
C. Cash A/c
D. None of these
Answer» B. Creditor A/c
539.

Bad debts Recovered `750. It will be

A. Credited to Bad debts A/c
B. Credited to debtor‘s personal A/c
C. Debited to creditor‘s personal A/c
D. Credited to bad debts recovered A/c
Answer» E.
540.

Divisible profit do not include

A. Insurance fund
B. Reserve fund,
C. profit and loss account balance
D. revaluation reserve
Answer» E.
541.

The excess of assets over liabilities in non-trading concerns is termed as:Sol:

A. Capital Fund
B. Capital
C. Profit
D. Net profit
Answer» B. Capital
542.

Copyright royalty is based onSol:

A. Sales
B. Production
C. Purchase
D. Both A and B
Answer» B. Production
543.

Minimum Rent in the first year Rs 1,00,000 and will be increased by Rs 10,000 p.a. forthree years and then after by 10% per year. What is the amount at the end of 6th year?

A. Rs 100000
B. Rs 157300
C. Rs 168000
D. Rs 200000
Answer» C. Rs 168000
544.

X draws a 3 months bill of exchange for ` 25,000 upon Y on 23-10-12. Find the due date of the bill.

A. 24-01-13 ;
B. 25-01-13 ;
C. 26-01-13 ;
D. 23-01-13
Answer» D. 23-01-13
545.

Which of the following equations properly represents a derivation of the fundamentalaccounting equation?

A. Assets + liabilities = owner's equity.
B. Assets = owner's equity.
C. Cash = assets.
D. Assets - liabilities = owner's equity.
Answer» E.
546.

A computer is an electric deviceSol:

A. True
B. False
C. none
D. all
Answer» C. none
547.

Final accounts are prepared…….

A. At the end of calendar year
B. on every Diwali
C. at the end of assessment year
D. at the end of accounting year
Answer» E.
548.

Del credere commission is allowed to —

A. Consignee ;
B. Consignor ;
C. Agent of consignee ;
D. Debt collection agency
Answer» B. Consignor ;
549.

If the rate of G/P is 25% of sales and the cost of goods sold is ` 150000, the amount of G/Pwill be

A. `30000
B. `25000
C. `40000
D. `50000
Answer» E.
550.

Capital account is ________________ account

A. Personal
B. Real
C. Nomina
Answer» B. Real