Financial Past Questions And Answers
Use the following information to answer the question
The following transactions relate to Osei Enterprises for the year ended 31st December 2020.
| D | |
Purchases | 160,000 |
| Returns outwards | 880 |
| Carriage inwards | 740 |
| Returns inwards | 620 |
| Sales | 195,000 |
| Salaries | 27,600 |
| Closing stock | 14,100 |
The gross profit
- A. D 39,360
- B. D 38, 620
- C. D 36,360
- D. D 39,220
A business shows total debtors’ balances of ?400,000 in its ledger at the end of its financial year. A customer owing ?40,000 is bankrupt, and there is no possibility of getting the debt paid. A further 2% of the debt is considered doubtful. What debtor’s total will be included as a current asset in the balance sheet?
- ?400,000
- B) ?352,800
- C) ?352,000
- D) ?436,200
In a departmental account, the expenses to be apportioned on the basis of turnover is
- A. carriage inwards
- B. returns outwards
- C. discount received
- D. carriage outwards
Capital for a profit making organization is generated through
- A. gift
- B. donation
- C. shares
- D. subscription
Which of the following branches of accounting was first developed?
- A. Cost accounting
- B. Financial accounting
- C. Management accounting
- D. Petroleum accounting
Final accounts of a company refers to:
- A) Trading and profit and loss account
- B) Profit and loss account and balance sheet
- C) Trading account and balance sheet
- D) Trading , profit and loss account and balance sheet
What is the capital at start?

- A. N53 000
- B. N63 000
- C. N73 000
- D. N83 000
A cheque of #5,000 paid to Sulieman had been correctly entered in the cash book but had not been entered in Sulieman's account. To correct this error, debit Sulieman's account and credit
- A. cash account
- B. bank account
- C. suspense account
- D. purchases account
A part of public company's profit belonging to the shareholders is
- A. right issue
- B. bonus
- C. dividends
- D. public issue
Which of the following items is a tangible asset?
- A. Copyright
- B. Machinery
- C. Goodwill
- D. Lease

