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Which is recorded in the purchases ledger?

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  1. Cash paid to a creditor

  2. Cash purchases

  3. Cheque received from a debtor

  4. Purchase of fixed assets

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Correct Option: A

Which ONE of the following, in a classified form, contains permanent records of all transactions?

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  1. Cash Book

  2. Sales Day Book

  3. Journal

  4. Ledger

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a book of prime entry?

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  1. Cash book

  2. Returns Inwards Day Book

  3. The Petty Cash Book

  4. The Ledger

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Correct Option: D

Ledger is book for _____________.

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  1. Analytical record

  2. Chronological record

  3. Alphabetical record

  4. None of above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A ledger is an accounting book that facilitates the transfer of all journal entries in a chronological sequence to individual accounts. The process of recording journal entries into the ledger is called posting.

Process of recording transaction in ledger is known as ____________.

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  1. Balancing

  2. Posting

  3. Journalizing

  4. None of above

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Correct Option: B