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Questions Related to book keeping and accountancy

Interest on drawings is _________.

  1. Expenditure for the business

  2. Expense for the business

  3. Gain for the business

  4. Loss for the business


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Business entity concept defines that firm and its owners are having separate legal entity. 

Hence, capital is shown as liability and interest charged on capital is considered as expenses. 
Opposite to this, interest charged on drawing is to be debited to capital account and its a gain for the business.

A and B enter into a joint venture sharing profit and losses in the ratio 2:3. Goods were purchased by A for Rs. 55,000. Expenses incurred by A Rs. 3,500 and by B Rs. 5.200. B sold the goods for Rs. 80,000. Remaining stock was taken over by B at Rs. 12,200. What will be the final remittance to be made by B to A?

  1. Rs. 69,900

  2. Rs. 92 200

  3. Rs. 28,500

  4. None


Correct Option: A

Interest on drawing is ________ for the business.

  1. expenses

  2. gain

  3. neither expenses nor gain

  4. expense or gain depending on the situation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When a partner withdraws cash from the firm for domestic use, the withdrawal of cash is termed as drawings. If the partnership deed has a provision of charging interest on drawings, the firm may charge interest on drawings from partners. Interest on drawing is a gain for the firm. It is calculated at the agreed rate. The amount of interest on drawings will be credited to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account and will be debited to partner’s capital account/current account (Individually).

The interest on partner's capital accounts is to be credited to_________. 

  1. partner's capital Accounts

  2. profits and loss Accounts

  3. interest account

  4. all of these


Correct Option: A

Where a partner is entitled to interest on capital contributed by him, such interest will be payable: 

  1. Only out of profits

  2. Only out of capital

  3. Either (a) or (b)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

N & Z are two partners. During the year N withdraws Rs. $37,000$ on $1-5-2012$ & Z withdraws Rs. $45,000$ on $15-8-2012$. Accounts are closed on $31-12-2012$. Rate of interest on drawings is $10\%$ p.a. Interest on drawing for two partner respectively will be.

  1. $2,775$ & $2,063$

  2. $2,063$ & $2,775$

  3. $2,467$ & $1,688$

  4. $1,688$ & $2,467$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Calculation of interest in drawings:
$N=37,000\times 10\%\times \dfrac{8}{12}=2,467$
$S=45,000\times 10\%\times \dfrac{4.5}{12}=1,688$.

If a fixed amount is withdrawn on the last day of every month of a calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for _________. 

  1. 4.5 months

  2. 5.5 months

  3. 6 months

  4. 6.5 months


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
If a fixed amount is withdrawn on last day of every month of the calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for 5.5 months. Average period will be calculated as:-
= Months left after first drawing + months left after last drawing 
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                                                        2
= 11 + 0
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        2
= 5.5 months.

If a fixed amount is withdrawn on the middle day of every month of a calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for ________. 

  1. 4.5 months

  2. 5.5 months

  3. 6 months

  4. 6.5 months


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
If a fixed amount is withdrawn on the middle day of every month of the calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for 6 months. Average period will be calculated as:-
= Months left after first drawing + months left after last drawing 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       2
= 11.5 + 0.5
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         2
= 6months

If a fixed amount is withdrawn on the first day of every quarter of a calendar year, the interest on total amount of drawings will be calculated for _______. 

  1. 4.5 months

  2. 5.5 months

  3. 6 months

  4. 7.5 months


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
If a fixed amount is withdrawn on first day of every quarter of the calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for 6.5 months. Average period will be calculated as:-
= Months left after first drawing + months left after last drawing 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        2
= 12 + 3 
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       2
= 7.5 months

Explanation:- 
Suppose if the first drawing is made on 1st January then 12 months will be left and in the last quarter October to December last drawing will be made on 1st October and 3 months will be left. 

What time would be taken into consideration if equal monthly amount is drawn as drawing at the beginning of each month? 

  1. 7 months

  2. 6 months

  3. 5 months

  4. 6.5 months


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
If a fixed amount is withdrawn in the beginning of every month of the calendar year, the interest on the total amount of drawings will be calculated for 6.5 months.
Average period will be calculated as:-
= Months left after first drawing + months left after last drawing 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        2
= 12 + 1 
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      2
= 6.5 months