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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Waec Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions

Question 31:
Factory cost consists of
  • A Direct material and factory overhead
  • B Direct labour and direct expenses
  • C Direct labour and factory overhead
  • D Direct6 materials, direct labour, direct expenses and factory overhead
  • E Direct expenses and factory overhead
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Question 32:
The term bad debt means
  • A A debt written on bad receipts
  • B Debt owed by a bad person
  • C Debt that can not be collected
  • D Overcharge on a debtors account
  • E Debt paid with bad currency notes
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Question 33:
a subsidiary record is a book
  • A Found in the ledger
  • B Of subsidiary entries
  • C Of original entry
  • D Containing the final accounts
  • E Of final entry
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Question 34:
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
  • A A proprietor of a business
  • B An entrepreneur
  • C An investor
  • D A debtor
  • E A creeditor
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Question 35:
Use the following information to answer the given question: SALES LEDGER CONTROL ACCOUNT
\(\begin{array}{c|c} 1986 & & N & 1986 & & N \\ \hline Jan. 1 & \text{Balance b/d} & 1,300 & Jan.1 & \text{Balance b/d} & 86 \\ 31 & sales & 7,630 & & bank & 6,555 \\ & \text{dishonoured cheques} & 250 & & discount& 345 \\ & \text{stopped cheques} & 100 & & returns & 130 \\ & \text{balance c/d} & 92 & & \text{Purchases ledger} & 360 \\ & & & & \text{balance c/d} & 1,896 \\ & & 9,372 & & & 9,372 \\ Feb. 1 & \text{balance b/d} & 1,896 & Feb.1 & \text{balance b/d} & 92 \end{array}\)
The amount of N7,630 represents
  • A Total credit sales
  • B Total of all the debtors of the firm
  • C The total sales for the month
  • D Cash sales only
  • E The double entry for the total of the sales account
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