Tag: commercial applications

Questions Related to commercial applications

Which of the following should not be called 'Sales'?

  1. Office fixtures sold

  2. Goods sold for cash

  3. Goods sold on credit

  4. Sale of item previously included in 'Purchases'


Correct Option: A

______ is used by business entities for keeping records of their monetary or financial transaction.

  1. Accounting

  2. Cost accounting

  3. Costing

  4. Budgetary Control


Correct Option: A

Accounting records only those transactions and events which are of -
X. Social character
Y. Financial character
Select the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. X only

  2. Y only

  3. Both X and Y

  4. None of above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Accounting records only those transactions & events in terms of money which are of a financial character. Transactions which are not of a financial character are not recorded in the books of account.

________ is the language of business and used to communicate financial and other information to different interested parties like creditors, investors, researchers, governments etc.

  1. Accounting

  2. Cost Accounting

  3. Costing

  4. Management Accounting


Correct Option: A

Which of the following account is tangible real account _____________.

  1. Patent

  2. Goodwill

  3. Machinery

  4. Creditors


Correct Option: C

Which of the following account is the odd one?

  1. Salary A/c

  2. Wages A/c

  3. Rent A/c

  4. Outstanding A/c


Correct Option: D

Wages and other benefits, provided to assembly line workers and operators of machine are classified under ________________.

  1. work in process costs

  2. finished costs

  3. direct manufacturing labour costs

  4. indirect manufacturing labour costs


Correct Option: D

Accounting is a substitute of ________ .

  1. Recording

  2. Book-keeping

  3. Memory

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During 1500 A.D., accounting was used by business firms for recording transactions related to business.

Substitute of memory− As, it is beyond human capabilities to remember each and every business transaction, so accounting plays an important role in recording these transactions in the book of accounts.