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1001 Under Schedule III, bills payable are shown under Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Easy
1002 Goodwill is shown in a company's balance sheet under Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Easy
1003 Under Schedule III, loose tools are classified as Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Medium
1004 Under which sub-heading is a bank overdraft shown in a company's balance sheet? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Medium
1005 A company cannot identify its normal operating cycle. A loan from a bank is repayable in 18 months. How is it… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Hard
1006 Analysis of financial statements of a firm for a single year, comparing items with a common base, is called Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Easy
1007 Which is a limitation of financial analysis? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Easy
1008 A supplier giving goods on three months' credit to a company is mainly interested in its Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Medium
1009 A company shows good profits, but its skilled staff are leaving due to poor working conditions. Why might fin… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Medium
1010 Comparing a company's revenue for five consecutive years, with the first year as base, is an example of Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Hard
1011 In a common-size Statement of Profit and Loss, each item is expressed as a percentage of Accountancy/Book Keeping
Comparative and common-size statements
Easy
1012 Revenue from operations rose from ₹2,00,000 to ₹2,50,000. What is the percentage change shown in a comparativ… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Comparative and common-size statements
Easy
1013 Which statement allows a small firm and a large firm in the same industry to be compared easily? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Comparative and common-size statements
Medium
1014 A company's revenue from operations is ₹2,40,000 and its cost of revenue from operations is ₹1,80,000. In a c… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Comparative and common-size statements
Medium
1015 Revenue rose from ₹2,00,000 to ₹2,40,000 and expenses rose from ₹80,000 to ₹1,00,000. What does a comparative… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Comparative and common-size statements
Hard
1016 The debt-equity ratio belongs to which category of ratios? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Easy
1017 Current assets are ₹3,00,000 and current liabilities ₹1,50,000. What is the current ratio? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Easy
1018 Current assets are ₹3,00,000, including inventory of ₹80,000 and prepaid expenses of ₹20,000. Current liabili… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Medium
1019 Cost of revenue from operations is ₹4,80,000, opening inventory ₹70,000 and closing inventory ₹90,000. What i… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Medium
1020 Current assets are ₹2,00,000 and current liabilities ₹1,00,000. The firm pays ₹50,000 to its trade creditors.… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Hard
1021 For a manufacturing company, dividend paid is classified as a cash flow from Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Easy
1022 In the indirect method, depreciation is added back to net profit because it is Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Easy
1023 Net profit is ₹1,00,000. Depreciation is ₹20,000, trade receivables increased by ₹15,000 and trade payables i… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Medium
1024 Machinery with a book value of ₹50,000 is sold for ₹40,000. How is this shown in the cash flow statement? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Medium
1025 Profit before tax is ₹1,50,000; depreciation ₹20,000; loss on sale of machinery ₹10,000; trade receivables up… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Hard
1026 Which type of accounting software is most suitable for a small shop with simple, standard needs and a limited… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Easy
1027 Which of these is a limitation of a computerised accounting system? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Easy
1028 A large bank needs accounting software designed specially for its many branches and confidential processes. W… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Medium
1029 An accountant enters a correct voucher but posts ₹5,000 to the wrong expense head. Why might a CAS fail to de… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Medium
1030 A firm buys a standard accounting package and gets the vendor to add a module for its special commission rule… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Hard
1031 Codes that use letters to help users remember the account, such as "SAL" for sales, are called Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Easy
1032 In a chart of accounts, the lowest level of the hierarchy consists of Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Easy
1033 A firm reserves codes 100–199 for assets, 200–299 for liabilities and 300–399 for revenues. Which type of cod… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Medium
1034 Vouchers in a CAS are numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on, in the order in which they are entered. What type of coding… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Medium
1035 Which arrangement correctly shows the hierarchy from top to bottom for a customer's account? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Hard
1036 An Accounting Information System is best described as a Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Easy
1037 Which subsystem of an AIS would produce a list of amounts due from customers? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Easy
1038 The calculation of employees' salaries, deductions and net pay is handled by which subsystem? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Medium
1039 Which of the following is NOT a component of an Accounting Information System? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Medium
1040 A manager receives an accurate sales report three months after the quarter ends, too late to change prices. W… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Hard
1041 In a spreadsheet, every formula must begin with Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Easy
1042 Which spreadsheet error appears when a formula tries to divide a number by zero? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Easy
1043 An accountant wants to summarise thousands of sales records into total sales by region and month. Which sprea… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Medium
1044 A formula in cell C5 is =C5+B5. What problem does this create? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Medium
1045 Cell C1 contains =$A$1*B1. The formula is copied to C2. What formula appears in C2? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Hard
1046 Which spreadsheet function calculates the equal periodic instalment for repaying a loan? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Schedules with spreadsheets
Easy
1047 In a payroll sheet, net pay is calculated as Accountancy/Book Keeping
Schedules with spreadsheets
Easy
1048 A machine costs ₹1,00,000, has a salvage value of ₹10,000 and a useful life of 5 years. What does SLN give as… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Schedules with spreadsheets
Medium
1049 An employee's basic pay is ₹20,000, DA is 50% of basic and HRA is 20% of basic. Provident fund at 12% of (bas… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Schedules with spreadsheets
Medium
1050 A loan of ₹1,00,000 at 12% per annum is repaid in monthly instalments. How much of the first instalment is in… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Schedules with spreadsheets
Hard