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Question 11 Mark
Godrej Ltd. imported from Germany one machinery for sale in India and another machinery for production purpose. Will you treat them goods or fixed assets?
Answer
First machinery will be treated as goods, and second machinery will be treated as Fixed Asset.
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Question 21 Mark
Book Keeping is not a part of accounting. Do you agree with the statement?
Answer
No. Book Keeping is a part of accounting. Two processes of accounting, i.e., collecting and recording of financial transactions and events are the processes of Book Keeping.
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Question 31 Mark
Huge loss occurred due to the strike by employees. Will it be recorded?
Answer
No. Because only those transactions and events are recorded in accounting which are of a financial character and the effect of which can be measured in terms of money.
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Question 41 Mark
Mr. Jaspal Singh dealing in electronic goods sold 20 TV sets costing ₹ 30,000 each at 40,000 each. Out of this ₹ 5,00,000 were received in cash and the balance is not yet received. State the amount of revenue.
Answer
Revenue will be ₹ 8,00,000 (i.e. 20 TV Sets x ₹ 340,000) Revenue is the amount either received or receivable from sale of goods and services. Both cash sales and credit sales are included in revenue.
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Question 51 Mark
What are Current Liabilities?
Answer
Current liabilities refer to those liabilities which are to be paid in near future (normally within one year).
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Question 61 Mark
What are Internal Liabilities?
Answer
All amounts which a business entity has to pay to the proprietor or owners are internal liabilities such as capital and accumulated profits.
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Question 81 Mark
Which value is most important for a good accountant?
Answer
A good accountant is the one who is honest and shrewd. He must ensure that all transactions are recorded in the books of accounts and there should be no hiding of facts. Sometimes, pressure may be put on him to hide certain facts in accounts to evade tax or any other purpose. But he should behave in a honest and shrewd manner.
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Question 91 Mark
What is meant by qualitative information?
Answer
Qualitative aspects of business units are those aspects which cannot be expressed in rnonetary terms, such as changes in management, reputation of the business, cordial management-labour relations, firm's ability to develop new products, efficiency of management, satisfaction of firm's customers etc.
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Question 111 Mark
Accounting records business transactions and events which are of financial nature. Do you consider it a limitation of accounting?
Answer
Yes, it is a limitation of accounting because there are events which have a vital bearing on the profitability of the firm and such events are ignored.
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Question 121 Mark
Meena is owner of a Restaurant. She paid son's fees from her personal bank account ₹`20,000. Whether this constitute her Business Transaction? Give reason.
Answer
No. It is not a business transaction. It relates to personal dealings of the Proprietor which are not recorded in the books.
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Question 141 Mark
Which of the following transactions are of financial character and will be recorded in the books?
  1. Credit purchase of goods.
  2. Strike by employees.
  3. Goods worth ₹ 20,000 taken from the business and given by the proprietor to his friend as gift.
  4. Withdrawing of money by proprietor from business for personal use.
  5. Interviewing the candidates for employment.
  6. Sale of household furniture for ₹ 10,000.
  7. Payment of school fees of proprietor's son from proprietor's personal bank Account.
  8. Make promise to send the goods.
  9. Receiving an order to send the goods.
  10. Loss of goods by fire.
  11. Value of human resources.
Answer
The following transactions are financial character and will be recorded in the books:
  1. Credit purchase of goods.
  1. Goods worth ₹ 20,000 taken from the business and given by the proprietor to his friend as gift.
  2. Withdrawing of money by proprietor from business for personal use.
  1. Loss of goods by fire.
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Question 161 Mark
Which type of accounting information shows profit earned or loss incurred?
Answer
Profit and Loss Account (in case of firms) and Statement of Profit and Loss (in case of Companies) shows profit earned or loss incurred during the accounting period.
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Question 171 Mark
What is Capital?
Answer
It refers to the amount invested by the proprietor in a business enterprise. It can be expressed as:
Capital = Assets - External Liabilities
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Question 181 Mark
A firm has received a large order to supply the goods. Will it be recorded in the books?
Answer
No. Only the receipt of order has not resulted in any change in the financial position of the firm.
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Question 191 Mark
State the nature of accounting information required by long-term lenders.
Answer
Long term lenders are interested in repaying capacity of the business, profitability, liquidity, operational efficiency, potential growth of business.
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Question 201 Mark
What is revenue?
Answer
Revenue is the income of a recurring (regular) nature such as receipts from sale of goods, rent, commission etc.
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Question 211 Mark
Who are the external users of information?
Answer
External users: who are outsiders to an organisation and are interested in the financial affairs of the business. who have limited authority, ability and resources to obtain the necessary information and have to rely on financial statements (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss account).
External users include: present and potential Investors (shareholders), Creditors (Banks and other Financial Institutions, Debentureholders and other Lenders), Tax Authorities, Regulatory Agencies (Department of Company Affairs, Registrar of Companies, Securities Exchange Board of India, Labour Unions, Trade Associations, Stock Exchange and Customers, etc.
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Question 221 Mark
Recording of financial transactions and preparing the financial statements are the only objectives of accounting. Do You agree?
Answer
No. Besides these two, accounting has objective of providing useful information to the management and communication of financial information to the users.
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Question 231 Mark
Resignation by a Marketing Manager is not recorded in the books of account. Why?
Answer
It is not recorded because it cannot be measured in money terms.
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Question 241 Mark
The accountant of the firm found an error in the books of accounts but neither he rectified the error nor disclosed it to the management fearing that it will risk his job. Which value has been violated by the accountant?
Answer
Accountant has violated the value of honesty and trust.
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Question 251 Mark
Accounting records transactions and events that can be measured in money terms. Is this, in your opinion, a limitation of accounting or an advantage? Give reasons.
Answer
Yes. Accounting records only financial transactions and events. It is an advantage as transactions of diverse nature are recorded using a common yardstick, i.e., money, But there are other important transactions and events which may have far-reaching effect on business. They are not recorded because they cannot be measured in money terms. For example, production loss due to labour strike. Thus, it is a limitation to that extent.
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Question 261 Mark
Which qualitative characteristic of accounting information requires the use of common unit and common format of reporting?
Answer
Comparability.
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Question 271 Mark
State the nature of information required by Investors.
Answer
They want information regarding risks and returns on their investment in the business enterprise.
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Question 281 Mark
What is the last step of Accounting Process?
Answer
Communicating the final results to the users who analyse them as per their individual requirements.
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Question 301 Mark
Is the basic objective of Book Keeping to maintain systematic records or to ascertain net results of operations of financial transactions?
Answer
The basic objective of Book Keeping is to maintain systematic records of financial transactions.
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Question 341 Mark
Mr. Dinanath who owed us 350,000 became insolvent and paid only 40% of this amount. What is term used for the amount not received?
Answer
Bad Debts.
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Question 361 Mark
Recording the transactions and events correctly and preparing financial statements are the only objectives of accounting. Do you agree?
Answer
No. Besides recording them correctly and preparing financial statements, accounting has the objectives of facilitating management control and communicating financial information to the users.
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Question 371 Mark
Confidence and rust that the reported information is a reasonable representation of the actual items and events, that have occurred, depicts which qualitative characteristic of accounting information.
Answer
Reliability.
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Question 381 Mark
Profit is earned on sale of Fixed Asset. What should be the accounting treatment of this profit?
Answer
It is a capital profit. Hence, it should be transferred to capital reserve.
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Question 391 Mark
On 1st Jan., 2015, Mr. Vadera was appointed as Marketing Manager of the firm with a salary of ₹ 50,000 per month. State whether this event will be recorded in the books of accounts.
Answer
No. The appointment will not be recorded because it has not resulted in any change in the financial position of the firm. (It will be recorded only when the salary is paid).
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Question 411 Mark
Miss Priti. an electronic goods dealer, gifted a washing machine valued ₹ 325,000 to her friend Suruchi. Will it be recorded in the books of accounts?
Answer
Yes. It will be treated as drawings of Miss Priti and will be recorded in the books.
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Question 421 Mark
Mr. Vishwanath established a Travel Agency. Over the years the Travel Agency earned high reputation. Mr. Vishwanath considers the value of goodwill of his Travel Agency at ₹ 50 lac. He wants to record the value of the goodwill in the books of accounts. Can he do so?
Answer
No. Only the purchased goodwill can be recorded in the books of accounts. As per Accounting Standard 26 (Intangible Assets), self generated goodwill is not recorded in the books of accounts because consideration in money or money's worth has not been paid for it.
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Question 431 Mark
How is profit or loss of a particular period is ascertained?
Answer
Profit or loss of a particular period is ascertained by preparing a Trading and Profit and Loss Account.
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Question 451 Mark
What is meant by Sales?
Answer
The term sales is used for the amount of sale of goods and services rendered. The term sales includes both Cash and Credit Sales.
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Question 461 Mark
‘Accounting information should be verifiable and free from personal Bias’. Name the qualitative characteristic of accounting information denoted by this statement.
Answer
Reliability.
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Question 471 Mark
Mr. Ganpati, the proprietor of a business, sold his residential house for 50 Lac. Will it be recorded in the books of accounts?
Answer
No. Personal dealings of the proprietor are not recorded in the books of the firm. However, if he invests this amount in the business it will be treated as additional capital introduced by the proprietor and then it will be recorded in books of the firm.
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Question 481 Mark
Name the external user of accounting information from whom the firm purchases goods on credit.
Answer
Supplier of goods.
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Question 491 Mark
Give two examples of transactions which are not recorded in accounting.
Answer
  1. Resignation by General Manager.
  2. Value of hunan resources.
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Question 501 Mark
What are Drawings?
Answer
Drawings refer to any Cash or value of goods withdrawn by the owner for personal use.
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