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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions

Question 56:
The starting point for the production of accounts from incomplete records is to
  • A Ascertain the total sales
  • B Compute the opening stock of goods sold
  • C Verify the total purchase
  • D Prepare an opening statement of affairs
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Question 57:
I. A retailer when fixing his selling price adds one-quarter to the cost of the article
II. The expenses of the retailer is 10% of his sales
III. The total sales is N23,000
IV. he turned over his stock five times in the year.
Compute the average amount of stock in hand at cost price
  • A N3,860
  • B N3,806
  • C N3,680
  • D N3,086
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Question 58:
I. A retailer when fixing his selling price adds one-quarter to the cost of the article
II. The expenses of the retailer is 10% of his sales
III. The total sales is N23,000
IV. he turned over his stock five times in the year.
The net profit for the year is
  • A N5,750
  • B N5,650
  • C N3,200
  • D N2,300
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Question 59:
Given:
Prime cost N220,000
Factory cost N32,000
work in progress at beginning N25,000
work in progress at close N19,000
Administrative expenses N21,000
Determine the production cost
  • A N296,000
  • B N277,000
  • C N258,000
  • D N246,000
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Question 60:
The purchase ledger control account of a company had an opening balance of N45,600 credit and closing balance of N72,600 credit. The company made payments of 437,000 to credit suppliers during the period: and had discount received of N18,600 on this account. What were the credit purchase for the period?
  • A N509,600
  • B N482,600
  • C N428,600
  • D N418,400
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