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1. Financial Statement Analysis MCQs and
Financial Statement MCQs

a) Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (35


Questions)

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b) Fill in the blanks (50 Questions)


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c) True or False (60 Questions)


Auditing Multiple Choice Questions
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2. Financial Statements & Financial
Statement Analysis MCQs of Auditing MCQs
February 20, 2021
3. Ratio Analysis MCQs
Management Accounting MCQs |
4. Funds Flow Statement MCQs Multiple Choice Questions and
Answers
5. Marginal Costing MCQs
September 14, 2021

6. Budget and Budgetary Control MCQs


MCQ On Budget and Budgetary
Control | Multiple Choice Questions
7. Standard Costing MCQs
and Answers
August 11, 2021
8. Management Accounting MCQs

MCQ on Accounts of Holding


A. Choose the
Correct Answer: Companies | Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers | Company
1. Financial
statements of a company include: Accounts | Corporate Accounts | CM
MCQ
a) Balance Sheet. September 12, 2020

b) Profit or Loss Account. Corporate Accounting Multiple


Choice Questions and Answers for
c) Cash Flow Statements. Upcoming Exam | Company Account
MCQs | Chapter wise MCQs
d) All of the above February 20, 2021

Ans: d) All of the above.

2. Balance Sheet
shows:

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a) Financial position of a Company.

b) Profit or Loss of a Company.

c) Cash flow of a Company.

d) None of the above.

Ans: a) Financial position


of a Company.

3. Profit and loss account shows:

a) Financial position of a Company.

b) Operating efficiency

c) Cash flow of a Company.

d) None of the above.

Ans: b) Operating efficiency

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4. Balance Sheet
provides information about the financial position of the enterprise

a) At a point of time.

b) Over a period of time.

c) For a period of time.

d) None of the above.

Ans: a) At a point of time.


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5. Which section
of the Companies Act requires that Balance Sheet is to be prepared in the
prescribed
form?

a) Sec 125

b) Sec 126

c) Sec 127

d) Sec 129

Ans:
d) Sec 129.

6. Which of the following


is prepared on a particular date?

a) Trading
account

b) Profit &
loss account

c) Balance sheet

d) All of
the above

Ans:
c) Balance sheet

7. Which of the
following financial statements shows a firm's financial position on a
particular date?

a) Cash flow
statement

b) Funds flow
statement

c) Balance sheet

d) Comparative
statements

Ans:
c) Balance sheet
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8. Which of the
following is not an internal user of financial statement?

a) Investors

b) Income tax
authorities

c) Trade unions

d) All of the
above

Ans:
d) All of the above

9. Which of the
following is an internal user of financial statement?

a) Owners

b) Employees

c) Managers

d) All of the
above

Ans:
d) All of the above

10. Which of the


following are the external users of financial statements?

a) Government

b) Banks

c) Creditors

d) All of the
above

Ans:
d) All of the above

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11. Which of the


following is not an objective of financial statements?

a) To show
company’s financial position.

b) To shown
company’s operating efficiency.

c) To the effectiveness
of management.

d) To determine
income tax liability

Ans:
d) To determine income tax liability

12. Which of the


following is not an objective of financial statements analysis?

a) To assess
operating efficiency of the firm.

b) To assess the
short term and long term financial position.

c) To make
inter-firm comparison.

d) To calculate
income tax liability

Ans: d) To
calculate income tax liability

13. Which of the


following is true about financial statements?

a) financial
statement gives a summary of accounts.

b) financial
statements can be stated as recorded facts.

c) financial
statements are the end products of accounting
process.     

d) All of the
above

Ans:
d) All of the above

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14. Most commonly


used tools for financial analysis are:

a) Horizontal Analysis.

b) Vertical Analysis.

c) Ratio Analysis.

d) All of the above

Ans: d) All of the above.

15. Annual Report


is issued by a company to it’s:

a) Directors.

b) Auditors.

c) Shareholders.

d) Management.

Ans: c) Shareholders.

16. All of the following


are true of a financial statement analysis report, except:

a) Financial analysis provides an insight


into the structure of financial statements.

b) The term
financial statement analysis includes only analysis and does not include
interpretations

c) Financial
analysis is used only by the creditors.

d) Financial
analysis is based on the financial statement.

Ans: c) Financial analysis


is used only by the creditors.

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17. Dividend is
usually paid on:

a) Authorised
capital

b) Issued
share capital

c) Paid up
capital

d) Called up
share capital

Ans: c) Paid up share


capital

18. The 3ps that


is the three objectives of analysis and interpretation of financial statements
does not
include:

a) Progress

b) Prospect

c) Position

d) Profitability

Ans: d) Profitability

19. Which of the


following is not true about vertical analysis?

a) Vertical
analysis is also known as static analysis.

b) Vertical analysis is made on the basis of


Single set of financial statements.

c) Vertical analysis is made on the basis financial


statements of several years.

d) In vertical analysis each element of


financial statements are shown as percentage.

Ans: c) Vertical analysis is


made on the basis financial statements of several years.
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20. Horizontal analysis is done by analyzing:

a) Financial statements of more than one year

b) Financial statements of one year

c) Quarterly financial statements

d) Half yearly financial statements

Ans: a) Financial statements


of more than one year

21. In performing
a vertical analysis, the base for prepaid expenses is:

a) Total of
balance sheet

b) Total of
current assets

c) Total of fixed
assets

d) Total sales

Ans: a) Total of balance


sheet

22. All of the


following statements regarding horizontal analysis are true except:

a) Horizontal
analysis is also known as dynamic analysis.

b) Comparative
statements are the form of horizontal analysis.

c) Horizontal
analysis is done by analyzing financial statements of more than one year.

d) Each
particular of financial statements are shown as a percentage of total of some
common base.

Ans: d) Each particular of


financial statements are shown as a percentage of total of some common base.

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23. Financial
analysis is significant because it:

a) Ignores
qualitative aspect

b) Judges
financial position and operational efficiency

c) Suffers from
the limitations of financial statements

d) It is affected
by personal ability and bias of the analysis

Ans: b) Judges financial


position and operational efficiency

24. Which one of


the following statement is not a tool in financial statement analysis?

a) Ratio analysis

b) Common size
statement

c) Comparative
statements

d) Marginal
costing

Ans: d) Marginal costing

25. Which of
these are not the methods of financial statement analysis?

a) Ratio analysis

b) Comparative
analysis

c) Trend analysis

d) Capitalization
method

Ans: d) Capitalization
method

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26. Which of the


following are techniques, tools or methods of horizontal analysis and
interpretation of
financial statements?

a) Ratio analysis

b) Comparative financial
statements

c) Comparative
income statements

d) Trend analysis

Ans: a) Ratio analysis

27. Which of the


following are techniques, tools or methods of vertical analysis and
interpretation of
financial statements?

a) Common size
balance sheet

b) Common size
income statement

c) Ratio analysis

d) All of the
above

Ans: d) All of the above

28. Which of the


following is generally a false statement for the current ratio analysis?

a) Ideal current
ratio is 2:1.

b) Current ratio
measures short term liquidity position of a company.

c) Current ratio
is also known as working capital ratio.

d) None of the
above

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Ans: d) None of the above

29. Accounting
provides data or information on:

a) Income and
cost for the managers

b) Financial
conditions of the institutions

c) Company’s tax
liability for a particular year

d) All the above

Ans: d) All of the above

30. Which of the


following statements are true?

a) External
analysis depends entirely on issued financial statements.

b) Interpretation
and analysis both are different.

c) Financial
analysis covers interpretation.

d) All of the
above

Ans: d) All of the above

31. In the long


run analysis of financial statements the stress is on the:

a) Liquidity

b) Profitability

c) Solvency

d) Growth

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Ans: c) Solvency

32. Who is
responsible for designing and preparing the financial statements?

a) Company’s
Management

b) Shareholders

c) Auditors

d) Promoters

Ans: a) Company’s Management

33. Analysis of
any financial statement comprises

a) Balance sheet

b) Profit &
loss account

c) Both (a) &


(b)

d) none of these

Ans: c) Both (a) & (b)

34. Comparative
financial analysis process shows the comparison between the items of which
statement?

a) Balance sheet

b) Income
statement

c) Both a) &
b)

d) None of the
above
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Ans: c) Both a) & b)

35. Financial
statements are:

a) Anticipated
facts

b) Recorded facts

c) Estimated
facts

d) none of these

Ans: b) Recorded facts

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B. Fill up the
blanks with appropriate word/words.

1.        
Financial Statements are
the basic source of information to interested parties.

2.        
The balance sheet shows the financial picture of a
company at a given time.

3.        
Financial Statements are prepared on the basis of Historical value.

4.        
A company is required to publish its Financial
Statements every year.

5.        
Profit & Loss Statement shows the Operating
Efficiency of the enterprise.

6.        
Balance sheet shows financial Position of
an enterprise.

7.        
Financial Statements are basis of
information to interested parties.

8.               
Proposed Dividend is shown in the
Balance Sheet of a Company  under Current liabilities  &
sub
heading Short term provisions.

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9.        
Preparation of Profit & Loss Statement is based on Accrual
basis.

10.    
Shareholders of a company are called Owners.

11.    
Financial Facts are recorded at Cost Price.   

12.    
Current liabilities are payable within 12 months.

13.    
Number of main headings in Equity & Liabilities side of a
Company Balance Sheet is four (4).

14.    
The number of main headings in the asset side of the balance sheet
is two (2).

15.    
Preliminary Expenses are shown in the Balance Sheet under Other
non-current assets.

16.    
Common-size statement reports the same percentage that appears in
a vertical analysis.

17.    
Common Size Statement Analysis is known as _____ (Vertical Analysis/Horizontal
Analysis).

18.       
Long-term solvency of the business is reflected by _____ (Acid
Test/Ratio/Debt-equity Ratio/Stock
Turnover Ratio).

19.    
Accounting Standards Board (ASB) was set up in India in the year
_____ (1973/1975/1977)

20.    
The basic objective of financial statements is to ____ (provide
information/meet legal
requirement/show
performance of management).

21.       
Comparative statement analysis is also known as ____ (vertical
analysis/static analysis/horizontal
analysis)

22.       
The ____ of a company has primary responsibility for the
corporation’s external financial reporting
functions (management/members/board of
directors).

23.    
At present ASB of ICAI formulates the AS based on ____ (GAAP/IFRS/IAS).

24.    
Ratio of net profit before interest and taxes to sales is ____
ratio (net profit/profit/operative profit)

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25.       
Financial statement analysis helps to measure ________ (Operating
efficiency/Management
efficiency/Employee’s
efficiency)

26.    
An organization's internal stakeholders consist of company
owners, employees, owners, and managers.

27.    
GAAP stands for Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.

28.    
Financial system are______. (estimates of fact/ recorded facts/anticipated facts.)

29.    
Long term solvency ratio is the same as_____(current
ratio/acid-test ratio/ debt-equity
ratio)

30.       
The AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct requires
that members prepare financial statements in
accordance with GAAP.

31.       
The objective of financial reporting for business enterprises are
based on_____ (GAAP/the need of
conservatism/need of the users of the information).

32.       
The institute of chartered Accountant Of India has decided to
converge the Indian reporting of
corporate India with effect from 1st April 2011. (2011/2012/2013).

33.       
Quick assets are current assets less _____ and _____
expenses (stock, prepaid/debtor, outstanding/bank
overdraft, prepaid).

34.       
The basic objective of financial statements is to _____ (provide accounting information/meet
legal
requirement/show performance of management).

35.       
According to IFRS, banking companies are to adopt _____ (fair value accounting/historical value
accounting).

36.    
Profit or Loss of Life Insurance
business is determined by preparing _____. (Revenue Account/Valuation
Balance Sheet).

37.    
Banking Company incorporate in India shall have to transfer a sum
equal to 25%. (25%/30%) of profit to
a Statutory
Reserve.
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38.       
According to RBI Guidelines a Provision of _____ (20%/30%) is required for any advance
remains
doubtful up to one year.

39.       
Compliance of Corporate Governance was made mandatory by SEBI as
listing requirement vide _____
(Clause 49/Clause
32).

40.       
Disclosure in financial statements of banks and similar financial
institutions is associated with  (IAS-
30/IAS-31/IAS-32)

41.       
Reporting to corporate governance
reflects __________. (Company Management/Earning status/Socio
economic status).

42.       
The institute of chartered accountants if India (ICAI) has decided
to adopt IFRS in India from
____. (2011/2012/2013)

43.       
According to IFRS, banking companies are to adopt _______ (Fair value accounting/Historical value
accounting).

44.    
Disclosures in financial statement of banks and similar financial
institutions are associated with IAS
30.
(IAS 30/IAS
31/IAS 32)

45.       
the primary objective of external reporting is to provide useful
financial information to the external
users.

46.    
A measurement of key relations between financial statement items
is called ratio analysis.

47.    
The information provided by financial statements is in summarized
nature.

48.    
ASB stands for Accounting standard board.

49.    
An analysis done by management is an example of internal
analysis.

50.       
The ultimate aim of any financial statement is to provide financial
information of the business to its
various stakeholders.
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B. State whether
the following statements are true or false.

1. Financial
statements are the end products of accounting
process.                    True

2. Financial
statements are primarily directed towards the need of
owners.                      True

3. Facts &
figures presented in financial statements may be affected by may be personal
bias.  False

4. Recorded facts
are based on replacement
cost.                         False

5. The two most


useful financial statements are balance sheet and profit loss account.   True

6. Going concerns
concept assumes that the enterprise continues for a long period of
time.     True

7. Financial
statements provide a summary of
accounts.                             False

8. Financial
statements are based on recorded
facts.                   True

9. Patent is an
intangible
asset.              True

10. Financial
Statements are prepared on historical
cost.                              True

11. A balance
sheet includes owner’s equity, liabilities and assets.            True

12. Balance Sheet


is a statement containing all the ledger balances contained in the
ledger.                        False

13. The term


financial statement analysis includes only analysis and does not include
interpretations.    False

14. The term


“Interpretation” means explaining the meaning & significance of data. 
   True

15. The term


“Analysis” means simplification of financial data by proper clarification of
the
data.               True

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16. Comparative
Statements are the form of Horizontal
Analysis.                             True

17. Common size


statements are a tool in vertical
analysis.                                          True

18. Common-size
financial statements are an example of vertical analysis.            True

19. Common size


statements and financial ratios are the two tools employed in vertical
analysis. True

20. In common
size statement, every item is expresses as a percentage of some common bases.              True

21. Trend
Analysis determines the direction upwards or
downward.                       True

22. Financial analysis
provides an insight into the structure of financial
statements.                          True

23. Vertical
analysis is also known as static analysis.          True

24. Horizontal
analysis is also known as dynamic analysis.                              True

25. Financial
analysis is used only by the
creditors.                                           False

26. Financial
statements accomplish only external
reporting.      False, Both Internal and External
reporting

27. Current ratio


is also known as liquid
ratio.                                     False,
Working Capital Ratio

28. IFRS-4 is
associated with insurance
contracts.                                             True

29. Financial
statement analysis is an important means of assessing past performance and
planning future
performance. True

30. The new name


of standards issued the IASB is international financial reporting standards
(IFRS).   True

31. Higher the


price earnings ratio, better it is, as it indicates growth of the
company.                     True

32. Financial
statements disclose only monetary
facts.                   True

33. The figures


shown in financial statements are on historical cost
basis.                             True
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34. Current Ratio


is calculated to compare current assets and fixed
assets.                      False,
Current
Assets/Current Liabilities

35. A decrease in
Stock Turnover Ratio indicates that business is becoming more
efficient.          False

36. Corporate
social responsibility reporting is not mandatory for any business in India.                False, The
following companies are necessary to constitute a CSR committee: Companies with
a net worth of Rs. 500
crores or greater, or Companies with a turnover of Rs.
1000 crores or greater, or Companies with a net
profit of Rs. 5 crores or
greater.

37. Financial
statements reflect the recorded
facts.                        True

38. The new name


of Accounting Standards issued by IASB is International Financial Reporting
Standards
(IFRS).   True

39. Current Ratio


indicates short-term debt paying ability of a
firm.         True

40. Analysis of
financial statements ignores the issue of price level
changes.                       True

41. Capital
gearing is a term used to express the relationship between ordinary share
capital and fixed
interest bearing securities of a
company.                               True

42. The IRDA was


incorporated as statutory body in April
1999.                  False,
April 2000

43. Financial
statements are Summarized report of recorded
facts.                         True

44. Financial
statements include Profit & Loss statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Statement.  True

45. The
prescribed form of the Balance Sheet for the Companies has been in the Schedule
III.   True

46. IFRS-4 is
associated with insurance contracts.               True

47. Corporate
social responsibility reporting is not mandatory for any business in
India.              False

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48. Corporate
financial reporting in fact is an effective communication of accounting
information between
the management and the user groups of the financial
statements.            True

49. The new name


for standard issued by the FASB is International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS). 
True

50. The IRDA was


incorporated as a statutory body in April
2000.                              True

51. Financial
statements are the end product of financial accounting
process.   True

52. Liquidity
ratios indicate the firm’s ability to pay its current
liability.                True

53. Financial
statements also disclose such facts which are not recorded in accounting
books.   True

54. Current ratio


is also known as acid test
ratio.                              False

55. Liquid ratio


is also known as the acid-test ratio.           True

56. Financial
statements are the product of accounting process.                True

57. Ratio
analysis is the most powerful and useful of financial analysis.    True

58. Preparation
of financial statement is duty of company director.          False

59. Financial
statements are meaningful and useful only when they are analysed and
interpreted. True

60. Comparison of
financial statements highlights the trend of the financial position,
profitability and
performance of the business.             True

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