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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Columnar cashbooks

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions - Columnar cashbooks

Question 31:
A major way by which the headquarters guard against fraud in branches on cash remittance is through the introduction of
  • A Imprest system only
  • B Direct purchase by branch
  • C Separate accountant for the branch
  • D Credit sales by only the headquarters
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Question 32:
The ledger entries to be made if cash sales is banked is debit
  • A Cash, credit sales
  • B Sales, credit cash
  • C Bank, credit cash
  • D Bank, credit sales
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Question 33:
Use the information below to answer this question
SegunOjo, didn’t keep her books on double principle. On 1st Jan, 2014, cash in hand was 850, bank overdraft 3500, debtor 15,500,stock 18,000, fittings 9,000 and creditors 12,700. As at Dec, 2014, cash in hand was 1200, cash at bank 2,500, debtors 10,000, stock 20,500, furnishing 4,000 and creditors 17,000
Determine the closing capital 31/12/2014
  • A 17,500
  • B 38,200
  • C 20,700
  • D 27,200
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Question 34:
Use the information below to answer this question
Segun Ojo, didn’t keep her books on double principle. On 1st Jan, 2014, cash in hand was 850, bank overdraft 3500, debtor 15,500,stock 18,000, fittings 9,000 and creditors 12,700. As at Dec, 2014, cash in hand was 1200, cash at bank 2,500, debtors 10,000, stock 20,500, furnishing 4,000 and creditors 17,000
Compute the capital as at 1st Jan, 2014.
  • A 27,150
  • B 43,350
  • C 16,200
  • D 34,350
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Question 35:
Calculate the total purchase of a business from the given information, cash purchases 3000; payments to creditors 53,000; creditors at the beginning 4000; creditors at the end 2,000
  • A N52,000
  • B N51,000
  • C N55,000
  • D N50,000
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