Q1:

Share Capital

Easy

Under which Sub head we show the Security Premium in Balance Sheet ?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 1

Q2:

Retirement/Death

Medium

Lisa, Monika and Nisha are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. Their capital A/c stood as Rs. 50,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 respectively. Monika died and balance in the reserve on that date was Rs. 15,000. If goodwill of the firm is Rs. 30,000 and profit on revaluation is Rs. 7,050. What amount will be transferred to Monika's Executors Account ?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 2

Q4:

Cash Flow

Medium

Cash equivalents refers to :

(A) Demand deposits with Bank

(B) Bills receivables

(C) Treasury bill

(D) Commercial Paper

(E) Marketable Securities

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 4

Q5:

Ratios

Easy

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) Current Ratio(I) Solvency Ratios
(B) Inventory Turnover Ratio(II) Liquidity Ratios
(C) Return on Investment(III) Profitability Ratios
(D) Proprietory Ratio(IV) Activity Ratios

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 5

Q6:

Share Capital

Easy

Find the correct sequence of procedure of issue of shares :

(A) Receipt of Applications

(B) Issue of prospectus

(C) Allotment of Shares

(D) Making call money due

(E) Receiving Call money

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 6

Q7:

Dissolution

Medium

According to Indian Partnership Act, 1932, when the firm is dissolved, cash received on sale of assets are applied in following order :

(A) Paying to each partner proportionately what is due to him/her on account of capital

(B) In paying the secured debts of the firm to the third parties

(C) In paying each partner proportionately what is due to him/her from the firm for advances as distinguished from capital

(D) The residue, if any shall be divided among the partner's in their profit sharing ratio

(E) In paying unsecured debt of firm to third parties

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 7

Q8:

Share Capital

Easy

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) Over Subscription(I) Minimum amount that must be raised by issue of shares
(B) Minimum subscription(II) Application received is more than shares issued
(C) Under Subscription(III) Allotment of shares without issue of prospectus
(D) Private Placement(IV) Application received is less than shares issued

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 8

Q9:

Nature/Structure

Easy

If there appears a Tournament Fund, then the expenses incurred on Tournament activities will be shown :

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 28 May Shift 1 ACC question 9

Q10:

Dissolution

Easy

On Dissolution of partnership firm out of total debtors of Rs. 2,50,000, Rs. 10,000 became bad and the rest realised 70%. In the given case Bank A/c will be debited by :

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Q11:

Share Capital

Easy

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) Authorised Capital(I) A portion of uncalled share capital will be called at the time of winding up
(B) Reserve Capital(II) Maximum amount of share capital a company could raise during its life time
(C) Issued Capital(III) Capital issued to public for subscription
(D) Subscribed but not fully paid capital(IV) Amount called up and received but not fully

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q12:

Accounting

Medium

Partnership deed should be drafted and prepared as per :

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Q13:

Retirement/Death

Easy

On retirement, the retiring partner's capital account will be credited with :

(A) His/Her Capital Balance

(B) His/Her share of goodwill

(C) Share of goodwill of remaining partners

(D) his/her share of Reserve

(E) his/her drawings

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q15:

Cash Flow

Medium

Identify the cash transaction from the following :

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Q16:

Nature/Structure

Medium

Other income is Rs. 5,00,000 which is 25% of Revenue from operations. Employees benefit Expenses are 30% of the Revenue from operation. Tax rate is 40%. Net profit after tax will be :

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Q17:

Nature/Structure

Easy

Amount received from the sale of furniture for Rs. 7000 (Book value Rs. 10,000). The amount to be shown in receipts and payments account will be :

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Q18:

Admission

Medium

While calculating Goodwill under super profit method, the sequence followed is :

(A) Calculation of Super profit

(B) Calculation of Capital Employed

(C) Calculation of Normal profit

(D) Calculation of Average profit

(E) Calculation of Goodwill

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q19:

Ratios

Medium

Aradya Ltd. had debt equity ratio of 2.5 : 1. State which of the following transaction will not effect the Debt Equity Ratio :

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Q21:

Accounting

Medium

A, B & C were sharing profits & losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1. They decided to share profits & losses equally in future. General reserve was appearing in their books at Rs. 60,000. Goodwill was valued at Rs. 1,20,000. The partners do not want to disturb the general reserve. The adjusting entry will be :

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Q22:

Dissolution

Easy

On dissolution of partnership, goodwill account is transferred to :

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Q23:

Nature/Structure

Medium

Find out cost of medicine consumed during 2020-21.

ParticularsAmount (Rs.)
Payment to creditors of medicines3,70,000
Creditors for medicines purchased on 1.04.202025,000
Creditors for medicines purchased on 31.03.202117,000
Stock of Medicines on 1.04.202062,000
Stock of Medicines on 31.03.202154,000
Advance to suppliers on 1.04.202011,000
Advance to suppliers on 31.03.202118,000
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Q24:

Cash Flow

Easy

Pick the odd one out while Calculating Cash Flow from Financing Activities :

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Q25:

Cash Flow

Medium

Calculate and state the nature of activity under cash flow statement :

Acquired Machinery for Rs. 5,00,000 paying 50% by cheque and executing a bond for the balance payable :

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Q26:

Cash Flow

Medium

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) The Accounting basis for Cash Flow Statement is(I) Investment in shares
(B) Dividend paid on Equity and Preference capital comes under(II) Cash Basis
(C) It can not be considered as cash and cash equivalents(III) Treasury bills
(D) It can be classified as cash and cash equivalents(IV) Cash outflow from Financing Activities

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q27:

Retirement/Death

Medium

Shweta, Shreya and Shaniya were partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1. Shaniya retired from the firm and her capital, after making adjustments for reserves and gain of revaluation amounted to Rs. 4,50,000. Shaniya took 25% of the furniture, accepted bill of exchange for Rs. 52,000. Finally Rs. 2,75,000 was transferred to her loan account. The total value of furniture was :

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Q28:

Ratios

Medium

Net Capital Employed is equal to :

(A) Fixed Assets + Current Assets - Long term liabilities

(B) Non current Assets + Current Assets - Current liabilities

(C) Fixed Assets + Current Assets - Equity

(D) Equity + Debt

(E) Current Assets - Current liabilities

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q30:

Nature/Structure

Medium

Current liabilities include :

(A) Trade receivables

(B) Unclaimed dividend

(C) Interest accrued but not due on loan

(D) Acceptances

(E) 12% debentures redeemable after four years

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q31:

Accounting

Medium

The steps in the Process of Preparing Profit and Loss Appropriation account are :

(A) Transfer the net profit to the credit side of P & L Appropriation A/c

(B) Divide the Profit among partners in the Profit Sharing ratio

(C) Ascertain net profit after providing for all charges

(D) Debit the P & L Appropriation A/c with all appropriations like partners salary etc.

(E) Credit the P & L Appropriation A/c with interest on drawing and deficiency on account of partner's guarantee of earnings to the firm.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q32:

Share Capital

Medium

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) Application money should be at least ____% of the face value of the share(I) 25%
(B) The amount of Call should not exceed ____% of the face value of the share(II) 90%
(C) Minimum subscription of capital cannot be less than ____ of the issued amount according to SEBI guidelines(III) 10%
(D) Interest charged on call-in-arrears is @ ______ p.a.(IV) 5%

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q33:

Overview

Easy

The need of codification is :

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Q35:

Retirement/Death

Medium

Identify the correct sequence to be followed at the time of Retirement of a Partner :

(A) New Balance Sheet after Retirement

(B) Transferring balance to Retiring partner's Loan Account

(C) Calculation Gaining/Sacrificing Ratio

(D) Partners' Capital Account

(E) Preparation of Revaluation Account

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q36:

Retirement/Death

Medium

On retirement/death of a partner, the remaining partners who have gained due to change in profit sharing ratio should compensate the :

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Q37:

Admission

Medium

If Average Capital Employed in a firm is Rs. 9,00,000 ; Average Profits Rs. 2,80,000 and Normal rate of return is 20%, then value of goodwill as per capitalisation of super profits is :

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Q38:

Debentures

Easy

Debentures issued for consideration other than cash includes, debentures :

(A) Issued to bank as additional security

(B) Issued to vendor

(C) Issued to Public

(D) Issued to creditor

(E) Issued for cash

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q39:

Debentures

Easy

AB&Co. purchased assets worth Rs. 28,80,000 from vendor. It issued debentures of Rs. 100 each at a discount of 4% in full satisfaction of the purchase consideration. The number of debentures issued to vendor is :

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Q40:

Dissolution

Medium

Rohit a partner paid the realisation expenses of Rs. 10,000 and he was to get a remuneration of Rs. 12,000 for completing the dissolution process and realisation expenses were borne by Rohit. The amount transferred to his capital A/c will be :

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Q41:

Admission

Easy

Amrita and Kalyani are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They decided to expand the business by admitting Suraj as new partner for 1/4th share. Suraj's share of goodwill is valued at Rs. 90,000 for which he compensated Amrita and Kalyani in the ratio 1 : 4. Following information is also provided :

ParticularsBook Value (Rs.)Revalued figure (Rs.)
Machinery25,00,00027,00,000
Land10,00,00050,00,000
Computers2,50,00050,000
Workmen Compensation Fund5,00,000

Claim against workmen compensation is Rs. 2,00,000 and goodwill appeared in the books at Rs. 60,000

Goodwill brought by Suraj will be distributed as :

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Q42:

Admission

Medium

Amrita and Kalyani are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They decided to expand the business by admitting Suraj as new partner for 1/4th share. Suraj's share of goodwill is valued at Rs. 90,000 for which he compensated Amrita and Kalyani in the ratio 1 : 4. Following information is also provided :

ParticularsBook Value (Rs.)Revalued figure (Rs.)
Machinery25,00,00027,00,000
Land10,00,00050,00,000
Computers2,50,00050,000
Workmen Compensation Fund5,00,000

Claim against workmen compensation is Rs. 2,00,000 and goodwill appeared in the books at Rs. 60,000

Share of revaluation profit of Amrita and Kalyani is :

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Q43:

Admission

Medium

Amrita and Kalyani are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They decided to expand the business by admitting Suraj as new partner for 1/4th share. Suraj's share of goodwill is valued at Rs. 90,000 for which he compensated Amrita and Kalyani in the ratio 1 : 4. Following information is also provided :

ParticularsBook Value (Rs.)Revalued figure (Rs.)
Machinery25,00,00027,00,000
Land10,00,00050,00,000
Computers2,50,00050,000
Workmen Compensation Fund5,00,000

Claim against workmen compensation is Rs. 2,00,000 and goodwill appeared in the books at Rs. 60,000

What is Amrita's share in workmen compensation fund ?

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Q44:

Admission

Easy

Amrita and Kalyani are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They decided to expand the business by admitting Suraj as new partner for 1/4th share. Suraj's share of goodwill is valued at Rs. 90,000 for which he compensated Amrita and Kalyani in the ratio 1 : 4. Following information is also provided :

ParticularsBook Value (Rs.)Revalued figure (Rs.)
Machinery25,00,00027,00,000
Land10,00,00050,00,000
Computers2,50,00050,000
Workmen Compensation Fund5,00,000

Claim against workmen compensation is Rs. 2,00,000 and goodwill appeared in the books at Rs. 60,000

What journal entry will be passed for goodwill appearing in the books ?

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Q45:

Admission

Easy

Amrita and Kalyani are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They decided to expand the business by admitting Suraj as new partner for 1/4th share. Suraj's share of goodwill is valued at Rs. 90,000 for which he compensated Amrita and Kalyani in the ratio 1 : 4. Following information is also provided :

ParticularsBook Value (Rs.)Revalued figure (Rs.)
Machinery25,00,00027,00,000
Land10,00,00050,00,000
Computers2,50,00050,000
Workmen Compensation Fund5,00,000

Claim against workmen compensation is Rs. 2,00,000 and goodwill appeared in the books at Rs. 60,000

A new partner can be admitted :

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Q46:

Debentures

Easy

XYZ Ltd. has been operating in the field of FMCG products in South Indian market. However to expand its operation in northern part of India, it needs additional capital Rs. 20,00,000 which is raised by issuing 10% Debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at a discount of 10% to be repayable after 6 years. The rest of the funds is raised by issuing 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at 15% premium. These debentures are perpetual in nature. After six years of successful operation in northern India, company took a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The company successfully ran its operation and managed to pay off its loan within two years.

XYZ Ltd. issues 10% debentures of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 each at a discount of 10% which will be repayable after 6 years. What type of debenture it is ?

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Q47:

Debentures

Easy

XYZ Ltd. has been operating in the field of FMCG products in South Indian market. However to expand its operation in northern part of India, it needs additional capital Rs. 20,00,000 which is raised by issuing 10% Debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at a discount of 10% to be repayable after 6 years. The rest of the funds is raised by issuing 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at 15% premium. These debentures are perpetual in nature. After six years of successful operation in northern India, company took a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The company successfully ran its operation and managed to pay off its loan within two years.

XYZ Ltd. issued another category of debenture which are perpetual in nature. What type of debentures they are called :

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Q48:

Debentures

Easy

XYZ Ltd. has been operating in the field of FMCG products in South Indian market. However to expand its operation in northern part of India, it needs additional capital Rs. 20,00,000 which is raised by issuing 10% Debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at a discount of 10% to be repayable after 6 years. The rest of the funds is raised by issuing 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at 15% premium. These debentures are perpetual in nature. After six years of successful operation in northern India, company took a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The company successfully ran its operation and managed to pay off its loan within two years.

While issuing 10% debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 at 10% discount. What amount should be transferred to "Discount on issue of debenture A/c" if all amount is received in one instalment ?

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Q49:

Debentures

Easy

XYZ Ltd. has been operating in the field of FMCG products in South Indian market. However to expand its operation in northern part of India, it needs additional capital Rs. 20,00,000 which is raised by issuing 10% Debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at a discount of 10% to be repayable after 6 years. The rest of the funds is raised by issuing 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at 15% premium. These debentures are perpetual in nature. After six years of successful operation in northern India, company took a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The company successfully ran its operation and managed to pay off its loan within two years.

If 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 were issued at 15% premium. Amount is payable as Rs. 25 on applications, Rs. 50 on allotment and Rs. 40 on 1st and final call. How much amount should be credited to "Security Premium Reserve A/c".

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Q50:

Debentures

Easy

XYZ Ltd. has been operating in the field of FMCG products in South Indian market. However to expand its operation in northern part of India, it needs additional capital Rs. 20,00,000 which is raised by issuing 10% Debenture of Rs. 12,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at a discount of 10% to be repayable after 6 years. The rest of the funds is raised by issuing 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 issued at 15% premium. These debentures are perpetual in nature. After six years of successful operation in northern India, company took a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The company successfully ran its operation and managed to pay off its loan within two years.

Company raised a loan of Rs. 5,00,000 from PNB against 5% debenture of Rs. 8,00,000 of Rs. 100 each as a collateral security. The "Debenture suspense A/c" will be debited with :

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