Double Entry System — Account STD 11 Commerce — Question

Give the rules of Debit and Credit and explain them with imaginary examples.
Under Double Entry System of accounting each transaction has two aspects. One aspect is debit, i.e., receiving or incoming aspect. Another aspect is credit, i.e., giving or outgoing aspect. Debit and credit aspects of a transaction form the basis of Double Entry System.
Rules of Double Entry or Rules of Debit and Credit are formed on the basis of these two aspects in each of the business transactions. There are two approaches for deciding when to write on the debit side of account and when to write on the credit side of an account, i.e., which account is to be debited and which account is to be credited. The rules or: the basis of which such decision is taken are called Rules of Debit and Credit.
Rules of Debit and Credit (Traditional Classification) at a Glance:

S.No	Types of Account	Account to be Debited	Account to be Credited
1	Personal Account	Receiver	Giver
2	Real Account	What comes in	what goes out
3	Nominal Account	Expense and Loss	Income and Gain

From the following transactions, state the nature of accounts and state which account will be debited and which account will be credited:

S.No		₹
1	Mohan started business with cash	5,00,000
2	Purchased goods for cash	1,00,000
3	Sold goods for cash	1,50,000
4	Received interest from Ram in cash	500
5	Sold goods to Ashok	60,000
6	Purchased furniture for cash	50,000
7	Paid wages	20.000