Accountancy Preparatory Examination
Accountancy Preparatory Examination
Accountancy Preparatory Examination
PART A
(Financial Statement • I)
(l)
1. Which of the following is an advantage of accounting?
(A) Maintaining records (B) Presenting financial position
(C) Estimating profit or loss (D) All of the Above
Assertion: The accountant measures only those events that are financial in nature. (l)
2.
Reasoning: Non-monetary items or events, however, significant they may be, are not measured or
recorded in accounting.
(A) Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is correct, but R is incorrect.
(D) A is incorrect, but R is correct.
4. Arun receives an advance from a customer, which is not taken as income or sales by him. Which
accounting assumption is being violated by him.
(A) Accrual (B) Cash (C) Cost ·co) Expense
OR (1)
Pick the odd one out:
(A) Money Measurement Concept (B) Business Entity Concept
(C) Accounting Period Concept (D) Balance Sheet
9. Business transaction is of
A) Economic
- - - - - nature.
(B) Monetary
(1)
(C) Financial (D) All of these
10. Which of the following is not a business transaction:
(A) Buying of Furniture (1)
(B) Paying salaries of the accountant
(C) Giving a motivation speech to the employee
(D) Buying a good for personal use from the office money
20. On pt January, 2009, a finn purchased machinery worth t50,000. On 15 July, 2011, it buys additional
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machinery worth t 10,000 and spends t 1,000 on its erection. The accounts are closed each year on 31
December. Assuming th~t the annual depreciation is 10%p.a., show the machinery account for 4 years
(4)
under the straight-line method.
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21. Trial Balance of Rahul did not agree. Rahul put the difference to Suspense Account. Subsequently,
located the following errors:
(i) Wages paid for installation of Machinery ~600 was posted to Wages Ne.
(ii) Repairs to Machinery t400 debited to Machinery Ne.
(iii) Repairs paid for the overhauling of second-hand machinery purchased tl,000 was debited to Repairs
Ale.
(iv) Own business material t8;000 and wages t2,000 were used for construction of building. No
adjustment was made in the books. •
(v) Furniture purchased for t5,000 was posted to Purchases Ne as t500.
Rectify the above errors and prepare Suspense Account to ascertain the original difference in Trial
Balance.
OR (6)
Rectify the follo~ng errors assuming tha_t a suspense account1 was openqd. Ascertain the d~fference in
trial balance. -<1 Ju ~0/•'1}~::: ,' -,{'11:,f '· ' ,t , '!)~~,\ tJ) CitQ.d.l~~'°"lc_,
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(ii) Credit purchases from Rohan t9,000 were posted to the credit of his account as t6,000.
(iii) Good returned to Rakesh t4,000 were posted to the credit of his account.
(iv) Goods returned from Mahesh t 1,000 were posted to the debit of his account as ~2,000.
{v) Cash sales 2,000 were posted to the debit of Sales account as t5,000.
22. From the following transactions, prepare Cash Book with Cash and Bank columns:
Feb 1 Cash-in-hand t7,500, Cash-at-bank t8,000
Feb 3 Bought goods for t2,000 and paid by cheque.
Feb 5 Sold goods tS,880 and the amount deposited into the bank on the same day.
Feb 15 Paid Trade expenses tl20
Feb 16 Drew from Bank for office use t 1,000
Feb 17 Sold goods for ,12,soo & received a cheque.
Feb 25 Paid Insurance tl00
Feb 27 Cheque received on 17th Feb deposited in Bank
Feb 28 Received a cheque from John t6,000 and deposited into bank on the same day.
Feb 28 Purchased Investment t9SO by cheque.
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OR
The rough books of M/s Narain & Co. contains the following:
2019
Feb 1 Purchased from Mis Brown & Co on credit:
Sgross pcnclls @ , 100 per gross; .
1 gross registers @ t200 per dozen Less: Trade Discount 100¼
Feb 1 Purchased for cash from the stationery mart:
10 gross exercise book ,60 per dozen.
Feb.3 Purchased typewriter for office use from Mis Office Goods Co, .
Feb.4 on credit for f 800
Purchased on credit from the Paper Co:
5 Reams of white paper , 100 per ream,
10 reams of ruled paper ,6s per ream.
Feb. 5 Purchased one dozen ink-posts@ tlO each from Mis Venna
Prepare the purchases book of Mis Narain & Co. Bros. on credit.
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33, Shyamlal keeps his book under s·m 1e Entrv s,ystem. H'lS assets and liabilities were as under:
Particulars 31st March, 2014 (') 31st March, 2015 (')
Cash-in-hand 30,000 10,800
Sundry Debtors 60,000 80,000
Stock 29,000 60,000
Furniture 40,000 40,000
Sundry Creditors 80,000 80,000
Bank Balance 90,000 70,000
During 2014-15, he introduced ,40,000 as new capital. He withdr
ew ,20,000 for his . household expens
Ascertain his profit for the year ended 31st March, 2015. es•
OR (4)
From the following information relating to the business of Mr. X,
who keeps books by single entry,
ascertain the profit or loss of the ear 2013:
Particulars 1st Janu , 2013 t 31st March, 2013 t
Machinery 16,000 16,000
Furniture 4,000 4,000
Stock 14,000 10,000
Sundry Debtors 8,000 9,000
Bank Balance 400 3,600
Sund Creditors 10,000 7,000
Mr. X withdraw ~4,100 during the year to meet his household expens
es. He introduced ~600 as fresh
Capital. Machinery and furniture to be depreciated by 10% and 5%
per annum respectively.
34. The following is the Trial Balance of Mr. S. Kapur on 31st March
, 2014: (6)
Particulars Debit (t) Credit(')
Cash-in-hand 1,080
Cash at bank 5,260
Purchases/Sales 81,350 1,97,560
Returns 1,360 1,000
Wages. 20,960
Fuel and Power 9,460
Carriage on Sales 6,400
Carriage on Purchases 4,080
Stock (1.4.2013) 11,520.
Building 60,000
Freehold land 20,000
Machinery 40,000
Salaries 30,000
Patents 15,000
General Expenses 6,000
Insurance 1,200
Drawing/Capital 10,490 1,42,000
Sundry Debtors/Creditors 29,000 12,600
. 3,53,160 3,53,160
Taking into account the following adjustments, Prepare Trading
and Profit & Loss Account and the
Balance Sheet:
(i) Stock on hand on 31st March, 2014 is t 13,600. •
(ii) Machinery is to be depreciated @ 10% p.a. and patents
@ 20% p. a.
(iii) Salaries for the month of March, 2014 amount tot 3,000 were
unpaid.
(iv) Insurance includes a premium oft170 for 2014-2015.
(v) Wages include a sum of ~4,000 spent on the erection of a cycle
shed for employees and customers.
(vi) A Provision for Doubtful Debts is to be created to the extent
of 5% on Sundry Debtors.
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