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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Trial balance

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions - Trial balance

Question 6:
The Current account above had some errors in the arrangement of the accounts for Musa, Kalu and Lawal
The Correct closing balance for Musa's current account is
  • A N36 000 Credit
  • B N16 600 credit
  • C N16 600 debit
  • D N1 800 credit
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Question 7:
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Bank account 59,410
Capital account 50,000
Purchase account 20,000
Rent 2,500
Stationery 90
typewriter 6,500
Sales 38,000
In preparing a trial from the list of balances given above, what is the total in debit and credit columns?
  • A N147,910
  • B N138,500
  • C N88,500
  • D N85,800
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Question 8:
A credit balance on a receipt and payments account indicates that the non-profit making organization?
  • A Had more revenues than expenses during the period
  • B Did not owe much liabilities during the period
  • C Received more cash than it paid out during the period
  • D Made more cash payments than it received during the period
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Question 9:
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 10:
Use the information below to answer question.
Given:
Fixed assets N85,600
Sales N197,000
Stock N34,300
Salaries N37,000
Purchases N127,700
Share capital N120,000
Creditors N16, 050
Motor expenses N10,500
Debtors N25,000
Determine the total of the trial balance?
  • A N335,050
  • B N333,050
  • C N323,050
  • D N230,550
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