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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions

Question 66:
Which of the following is a strong feature of partnership?
  • A The life of the partnership is generally assumed to be indefinite
  • B The owners are liable personally for all debts of the business
  • C The transfer of ownership interest is frequent and easy to accomplish
  • D The partnership is complex to form because of many legal and reporting requirements
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Question 67:
Interest on a partner's drawings is debited to the
  • A Partners current account and credited to the profit and loss appropriation account
  • B Profit and loss appropriation account and credited to the partner's current account
  • C Profit and loss account and credited to the partner's current account
  • D Partner's current account and credited to the profit and loss account
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Question 68:
A partnership on admitting a new member, revalued the business' land and building from N30,000 to N70,00. The difference of N40,000 should be
  • A Credited to land and building account
  • B Debited to asset revaluation account
  • C Credited to asset revaluation account
  • D Credited to profit and loss appropriation account
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Question 69:
Halidu and Hamed are business partners with N30,000 and N20,000 capital respectively. At the end of the financial year, a profit of N12,000, which included Halidu's salary of N3,000 was made.
Halidu's share of the profit is
  • A N7,500
  • B N6,000
  • C N5,400
  • D N4,500
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Question 70:
Halidu and Hamed are business partners with N30,000 and N20,000 capital respectively. At the end of the financial year, a profit of N12,000, which included Halidu's salary of N3,000 was made.
Hamed's share of the profit should be
  • A Credited to partners' capital account
  • B Credited to partners' current account
  • C Credited to appropriation account
  • D Debited to partners' drawing account
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