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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions

Question 11:
A general journal contains?
  • A Date, narration, folio, debit, and purchases
  • B Date, narration, folio, debit and purchase
  • C Folio, credit, date, debit and sales
  • D Debit, credit, narration, date and discount
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Question 12:
Which of the following errors will affect the trial balance total?
  • A Posting disscount allowed to the debit side of the discount allowed account
  • B Omision of one account from the list when extracting from the ledger
  • C Failure to post sales of N2,000 and purchases of N2,000 from the subsidiiary ledger
  • D Omission of sales of N3,000 and purchases of N2,000
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Question 13:
An expenses account is closed by a debit to?
  • A An asset account and a credit to the expenses account
  • B The expenses account and a credit to an asset account
  • C Profit and loss account and a creit to the expenses account
  • D The expenses account and a credit to profit and loss account
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Question 14:
In a manufacturing company, the total cost of goods produced is equivalent to?
  • A Purchases
  • B Sales
  • C Cost of goods sold
  • D Cost of materials used
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Question 15:
Given:
Sales Ledger Control Account (Extracts)
Balance b/f N10,600
Total cash payments by debtors N32,275
Total credit sales N59,193
Discount received N9,700
Balance c/f N20,751
Discount allowed N2,890
Determine the sales returns?
  • A N24,577
  • B N13,877
  • C N7,067
  • D N2,890
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