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101 Interest on debentures is Accountancy/Book Keeping
Interest on debentures and discount on issue
Easy
102 Interest on debentures is calculated on their Accountancy/Book Keeping
Interest on debentures and discount on issue
Easy
103 A company has ₹10,00,000 of 9% debentures. Interest is paid annually and TDS is deducted at 10%. What net amo… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Interest on debentures and discount on issue
Medium
104 Discount on issue of debentures is written off first out of Accountancy/Book Keeping
Interest on debentures and discount on issue
Medium
105 A company issued ₹5,00,000 of 10% debentures at a 4% discount. Interest is paid half-yearly. What is the gros… Accountancy/Book Keeping
Interest on debentures and discount on issue
Hard
106 Under Schedule III, bills payable are shown under Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Easy
107 Goodwill is shown in a company's balance sheet under Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Easy
108 Under Schedule III, loose tools are classified as Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Medium
109 Under which sub-heading is a bank overdraft shown in a company's balance sheet? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial statements of a company
Medium
110 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
111 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
112 Which is a limitation of financial analysis? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Easy
113 A supplier giving goods on three months' credit to a company is mainly interested in its Accountancy/Book Keeping
Financial analysis
Medium
114 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
115 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
116 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
117 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
118 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
119 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
120 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
121 The debt-equity ratio belongs to which category of ratios? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Easy
122 Current assets are ₹3,00,000 and current liabilities ₹1,50,000. What is the current ratio? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting ratios
Easy
123 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
124 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
125 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
126 For a manufacturing company, dividend paid is classified as a cash flow from Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Easy
127 In the indirect method, depreciation is added back to net profit because it is Accountancy/Book Keeping
Cash flow statement
Easy
128 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
129 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
130 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
131 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
132 Which of these is a limitation of a computerised accounting system? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Concept and types of computerised accounting
Easy
133 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
134 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
135 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
136 Codes that use letters to help users remember the account, such as "SAL" for sales, are called Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Easy
137 In a chart of accounts, the lowest level of the hierarchy consists of Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Easy
138 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
139 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
140 Which arrangement correctly shows the hierarchy from top to bottom for a customer's account? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Structure of CAS
Hard
141 An Accounting Information System is best described as a Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Easy
142 Which subsystem of an AIS would produce a list of amounts due from customers? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Easy
143 The calculation of employees' salaries, deductions and net pay is handled by which subsystem? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Medium
144 Which of the following is NOT a component of an Accounting Information System? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Accounting Information System
Medium
145 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
146 In a spreadsheet, every formula must begin with Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Easy
147 Which spreadsheet error appears when a formula tries to divide a number by zero? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Easy
148 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
149 A formula in cell C5 is =C5+B5. What problem does this create? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Medium
150 Cell C1 contains =$A$1*B1. The formula is copied to C2. What formula appears in C2? Accountancy/Book Keeping
Spreadsheets in accounting
Hard