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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions

Question 31:
Use the information to answer question below
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
What is the sales value of department R?
  • A N7,800
  • B N11,700
  • C N23,400
  • D N35,100
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Question 32:
Use the information to answer questions
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
Determine the total expenses of department P?
  • A 9,760
  • B 9,400
  • C 2,860
  • D 2,500
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Question 33:
One of the purposes of maintaining the account of a branch at the head office is to?
  • A Record charges in shareholdings
  • B Record charges in liabilities
  • C Check the excesses of customers
  • D Check and monitor the growth of individual branches
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Question 34:
Which of the following is a common cause of a discrepancy between head office and branch trial balance?
  • A Debtors and cash in transit
  • B Creditors and cash in transit
  • C Stock and cash in transit
  • D Stock and prepayments
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Question 35:
Sule and Ahmad are in partnership sharing profits and losses equally. If Khadija is admitted as new partner to take \(\frac{1}{5}\) as her share, what is the new profit or loss sharing ratio?
  • A Sule 1/3, Ahmad 1/3 and Khadija 1/3
  • B Sule 1/5, Ahmad 15 and Khadija 3/5
  • C Sule 2/5, Ahmad 2/5 and Khadija 1/5
  • D Sule 2/5, Ahmad 1/5 and Khadija 2/5
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