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Goods costing Rs.10,000 destroyed by fire should be credited to 

  1. Purchase Account

  2. Sales Account

  3. Cash Account

  4. Goods Lost by Fire A/c


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
 Particular  L.F.  Dr.  Cr.
 Lost by fire A/c             Dr.            To Purchase A/c                (Being goods destroyed by fire)    10000  10000

Goods costing Rs.10000 destroyed by fire will be credited to purchase A/c.

Goods distributed as free samples is an example of _________.

  1. No change in Owner's Equity

  2. Increase in Asset & Owner's Equity

  3. Decrease in Liability & Owner's Equity

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Good worth $Rs.500$ taken by the proprietor for personal use should be debited to ______________.

  1. Debtors Accounts

  2. Drawing Account

  3. Installation Expenses account

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

A withdrawal of goods from business by the proprietor should be credited to _______________.

  1. Drawing A/c

  2. Capital A/c

  3. Purchases A/c

  4. Sales A/c


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The withdrawal of goods by the owner for personal use is placed on a temporary drawings account and reduces the owners equity. It is not an expense of the businessGoods are withdrawn from the business and taken by the owner, which reduces the inventory of the business.

Employees took stock costing Rs 1000 (sale price Rs 1200) in this case _____________________.

  1. Salaries A/c to be debited with Rs. 1200

  2. Sales A/c to be credited with Rs. 1200

  3. Purchases A/c to be credited with Rs 1000

  4. Sales A/c to be credited with Rs 1000


Correct Option: C

Goods sod to Ram for cash Rs 1000 ________________.

  1. Ram's Account to be debited

  2. Ram's Account to be credited

  3. Sales Account to be debited

  4. Cash Account to be credited

  5. None of these


Correct Option: E

Goods costing Rs 1000 (Sale Price Rs 1200) distributed as free samples should be credited to ________.

  1. Sales Account with Rs 1200

  2. Sales Account with Rs 1000

  3. Purchases Account with Rs 1000

  4. Loss by Theft A/c


Correct Option: C

Goods costing Rs 1000 (Sale price Rs 1200) used in making furniture should be credited to ________________.

  1. Sales account with Rs 1200

  2. Sales account with Rs 1000

  3. Purchases account with Rs 1000

  4. Furniture A/c


Correct Option: C

Goods costing Rs 1000 (Sale price Rs 1200) stolen should be credited to __________________.

  1. Sales Account with Rs 1200

  2. Sales Account with Rs 1000

  3. Purchases Account with Rs 1000

  4. Loss by Theft A/c


Correct Option: C

A sale of goods to Ram should be debited to ____________.

  1. Ram

  2. Cash

  3. Sales

  4. Capital


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ram is the Receiver of goods, as such, his personal account has been debited According to the rule of personal account, i.e., “Debit the Receiver”. Sales A/c will be credited according to the rule of Nominal account.