Sunday, May 3, 2020

Financial Accounting Basics-mcqs


1.       Financial accounting is concerned with –                                                   (C)
a)                      Recording of business expenses and revenue
b)                      Recording of costs of products and services
c)                      Recording of day to day business transactions
d)                      None of the above

2.       The nature of financial accounting is:                                                          (A)
a)                      Historical
b)                      Forward looking
c)                      Analytical
d)                      Social
     3. The process of recording financial data upto trial balance is                 (A)
            a) Book keeping b) Classifying c) Summarising d) Analyzing
4.Accounting principles are generally based upon:                                  (A)
a)      Practicability
b)      Subjectivity
c)      Convenience in recording
d)      None of the above

5.The system of recording based on dual aspect concept is called:  (B)
a)      Double account system
b)      Double entry system
c)      Single entry system
d)      All the above
6.The practice of appending notes regarding contingent liabilities in accounting statements is in pursuance to:                                                                   (D)
a)      Convention of consistency
b)      Money measurement concept
c)      Convention of conservatism
d)      Convention of disclosure
          7.Which accounting concept satisfy the valuation criteria                                     (a)
A] Going concern, Realisation, Cost         b) Going concern, Cost, Dual aspect
c) Cost, Dual aspect, Conservatism           d) Realisation, Conservatism, Going concern.

8.Interest on drawings is:                                                                             (C)                                         
a)      Expenditure for the business
b)      Cost for the business
c)      Gain for the business
d)      None of the above
9. Goods given as samples should be credited to:                                         (c)
a)      Advertisement account
b)      Sales account
c)      Purchase account
d)      None of the above

10.Outstanding salaries are shown as:                                                                (c)
a)      Added to Salaries while preparing P & La/c
b)      Shown in liability side of Balance sheet under current Liability
c)      (a)&(b) above
d)      None of the above
11.Income tax paid by a sole proprietor on his business income should be:   (c)
a)      Debited to trading account
b)      Debited to profit and loss account
c)      Deducted from capital account in the balance sheet
d)      None of the above
12.All direct & indirect expenses related to business are charged:                             (c)
a)      Profit and loss account
b)      Trading account
c)      Trading account Profit and Loss account
d)      Directly to Balance sheet
13.In income measurement & recognisation of assets & liabilities which of the following concepts goes together ?                                                                                                                           (A)
(a)          Periodicity, Accural, Matching
(b)          Cost, Accural, matching
(c)           Going concern, cost, Realization
(d)          Going concern, Periodicity, Reliability
 14. Interpretation means                                                                                            (A)
(a)          Explanation of meaning and significance of the data in Financial Statements.
(b)          Concerned with preparation and presentation of classified data
(c)           Systematic analysis of recorded data
(d)          Methodical classification of data given in Financial Statements.
15.The books to be compulsorily maintained by a company are:                                                 (D)

a)      Cash book and ledger
b)      Sales and purchase book
c)      Journal
d)      All of the above

16.Carriage outward is charged to                                                            (A)
a)      Debit side Profit & Loss a/c
b)      Debit side Trading a/c
c)      Credit side of Profit & Loss a/c
d)      Credit side of trading a/c

17.Cash Purchases:                                                                                         (C)
a)      Increases assets
b)      Results in no change in the total assets
c)      Decreases assets
d)      Increases liability

18.Purchases of goods on credit from A is recorded as:                                  (c)
a)      Debit purchases a/c; credit cash a/c
b)      Debit A a/c ;credit purchases a/c
c)      Debit purchases a/c ; credit A a/c
d)      Debit A a/c ; credit stock a/c

19.Which of the following is not an example of real a/c:                 (D)
a)      Machinery
b)      Building
c)      Cash
d)      Creditor

20.Payment received from debtor:                                                                          (C)
a)      Decreases the total assets
b)      Increases the total assets
c)      Results in no change in total assets
d)      Increase the total liabilities
21.Payment of salary is recorded by:                                                                       (A)
a)      Debiting salary a/c; crediting cash a/c

b)      Debiting cash a/c; crediting salary a/c
c)      Debiting employee a/c ; crediting cash a/c
d)      Debiting employee a/c ; crediting salary a/c

22.Cost of asset should always be equal to the cost of the liabilities. This concept is          (B)
a)      Double Entry Bookkeeping
b)      Matching Concept
c)      Consistency
d)      Money measurement Concept

23.Which of the following is not a fixed asset?                                                                    (B)                         
a)      Building
b)      Bank Balance
c)      Plant Patents
d)      Goodwill
24.The basic concepts related to p& l a/c are:                                                                                      (D)
a)      Realization Concept
b)      Matching Concept
c)      Cost Concept
d)      Both a and b above

25.P& l a/c is prepared for a period of one year by following:                                       (C)
a)      Consistency concept
b)      Conservatism concept
c)      Accounting period concept
d)      Cost Concept

26.Insurance prepaid is shown as:                                                                                            (A)
a)      Current assets
b)      Current liabilities
c)      Fixed asset
d)      Fixed liability
27.Outstanding salary is shown as:                                                                                           (D)
a)      An asset in the balance sheet
b)      A liability
c)      By adjusting it in the P & L a/c
d)      Both b and c above

28.Reserve for doubtful debts appearing in the trial balance should be:(D)
a)      credited to P & L a/c
b)      Shown as liability side in balance sheet
c)      Reduced from related asset in the balance sheet
d)      Both a and c

29.All those to whom business owes money are:                                                              (C)
a)      Debtors
b)      Investors
c)      Creditors
d)      Shareholders

30.According to which concept business is treated as a unit apart from owner                     (c)
a)      Dual concept
b)      Divider concept
c)      Entity concept
d)      Landlord concept
31.Authorized capital, also known as                                                                       (a)
a)      Nominal capital
b)      Paid up capital
c)      Issues capital
d)      None of these

32.True & fair profit and loss a/c of a company know by                                 (D)
a)      Preparing trial balance
b)      Preparing respective ledger of account
c)      Preparing trading a/c
d)      Preparing trading & profit & loss a/c
33.A trader has made a sale of Rs.75,500 out of which cash sales amounted to Rs.25,500. He showed trade receivables on 31 -3-2014 at Rs.25,500. Which concept is followed by him?                (c)
a) Going concern b) Cost c) Accrual d) Money measurement
34. The proprietor of the business is treated as creditor for the capital introduced by him due to                                   concept.
a) Money measurement b) Cost c) Entity d) Dual aspect
34. Fixed assets are held by business for                                      (b)
a) Converting into cash b) Generating revenue c) Resale d) None of the above

35. Which accounting concept specifies the practice of crediting closing stock to the trading account?                (d)
a) Cost b) Realisation c) Going concern d) Matching

36. Amount spent to increasing the earning capacity is a ---------expenditure         (a)
a) Capital b) Revenue c) Deferred revenue d) Capital Loss

37. Change in the capital A/c of proprietor may occur due to  ----------- (d)
a) Profit earned b) Loss incurred c) Capital Introduced d) All of the above

38. Consistency with reference to application of accounting procedures means (c)       
a)   All companies in the same Industry should use identical accounting procedures
b)   Income & assets have not been overstated
c)   Accounting methods & procedures shall be followed uniform basis year after year
d)   Any accounting method can be followed as per convenience

39. If one of the cars purchased by a car dealer is used for business purpose, instead of resale, then it should be recorded by                                                                                            (c)
a) Dr Drawing A/c & Cr Purchases A/c b) Dr Office Expenses A/c & Cr Motor Car A/c
c) Dr Motor Car A/c & Cr Purchases A/c d) Dr Motor Car & Cr Sales A/c

40. If wages are paid for construction of business premises                                        A/c is credited and             A/c is debited.                                                                          (d)                                    
a) Wages, Cash b) Premises, Cash c) Cash, Wages d) Cash, Premises

41. Human resources will not appear in the balance sheet according to ----------concept.(c)
a) Accrual b) Going concern c) Money measurement concept d) None

42.Under which concept it is assumed that the enterprises has neither the intention nor the necessity of liquidation or of curtailing materiality the scale of operation                          (b)
a)      Revenue realization concept
b)      Matching cost concept
c)      Going concern concept
d)      None of these
43.Making the provision for doubtful debts and discount on debtors in anticipation of actual bad debts and discount is an example for which concept                                                         (a)
a)      Conservatism concept
b)      Continuity concept
c)      Realization concept
d)      All of these

44.Financial accounting use data                                                                                                               (c)
a)      Projected data
b)      External data only
c)      Historic data
d)      Manager data only

45.Payment received from Debtor                                                                                                           (c)
a)      Decreases the Total Assets
b)      Increases the Total Assets
c)      Results in no change in the Total Assets
d)      Increases the Total Liabilities
46.Journal Entries are known as book of                Entry.                                    (a)
a)      Original
b)      Duplicate
c)      Personal
d)      Nominal
47.What comes in is to be debited, what goes out is to be credited.                         (B)
a)      Rules of Personal
b)      Rules of Real
c)      Rules of Nominal
d)      All of these
48. Which of the following account balance will be shown on debit side of Trial Balance?(d)
a)      Outstanding expenses
b)      Cash a/c
c)      Short term loan
d)      creditors
49.The reduction in the value of the fixed assets which can arise due to time factor is(B)
a)      a)Discount
b)      Depreciation
c)      c)Reduction
d)      None of the above
50.If closing stock appears in the trial balance, it should be           (A)
a)      Credited to the trading account
b)      Credited to the profit and loss account
c)      Deducted from the purchases in the trading account
d)      Shown on the liability side of the Balance sheet


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