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TRIAL BALANCE AND RECTIFICATION OF ERRORS MCQs

Total Questions : 30 | Page 1 of 3 pages
Question 1. The Company incorrectly recorded a deposit of daily credit sales of Rs. 4,500 as Rs. 5,400. What is the appropriate entry, the company should follow regarding the error of Rs. 900?
  1.    Add Rs 900 to its cash account
  2.    Sales (Dr) & Debtors (Cr) by Rs 900 each
  3.    Sales (Cr) & Debtors (Dr) by Rs 900 each
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Sales (Dr) & Debtors (Cr) by Rs 900 each
:
B
To rectify the error, Sales account shall be debited & Debtors account shall be credited to reduce the balances by Rs 900 each.
Question 2. Which of the following errors shall be revealed by the Trial Balance?
  1.    Posting of wrong amounts to right accounts on right sides
  2.    Posting of wrong amounts to right accounts on wrong sides
  3.    Posting of right amounts to wrong accounts on wrong sides
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> None of the above
:
D
None of these are revealed by Trial balance.
Question 3. If salary paid to employee is entered in the personal account of employee, will this error be revealed by the Trial Balance?
  1.    Yes, always
  2.    Yes, sometimes
  3.    No, it will not be revealed
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> No, it will not be revealed
:
C
If salary paid to employee is entered in the personal account of employee, this error is NOT revealed by the Trial Balance.
Question 4. Rs 1000 paid for installation of a new machine is debited to Repairs account. Which accounts shall be debited & credited?
  1.    Machinery & Repairs
  2.    Machinery & Installation expense
  3.    Repairs & Machinery
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Machinery & Repairs
:
A
Rectification entry shall be;
Machinery A/c Dr Rs 1,000
To Repairs A/c Rs 1,000
Question 5. Goods worth Rs 1550 were purchased from Mayuri. It was recorded as Rs 1500 by mistake. Which account shall be debited & by what amount to rectify this mistake?
  1.    Mayuri`s account by Rs 50
  2.    Purchase account by Rs 50
  3.    Purchase account by Rs 500
  4.    Mayuri`s account by Rs 500
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Purchase account by Rs 50
:
B
Purchase has a debit balance which is recorded less by Rs 50, hence purchase account shall be debited.
Question 6. To record a repair or maintenance expense of a machine in your records, the ___ account is ___ by the amount of the expense in a journal entry.
  1.    Repairs account is debited
  2.    Machine account is debited
  3.    Machine account is credited
  4.    Repairs account is credited
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Repairs account is debited
:
A
To record a repair or maintenance expense in your records, debit the repairs and maintenance expense account by the amount of the expense in a journal entry.
Question 7. Purchase book was undercast by Rs 100. To rectify this which of the following is correct?
  1.    Sales account shall be debited
  2.    Purchase account shall be credited
  3.    Purchase account shall be debited
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Purchase account shall be debited
:
C
Purchase has a debit balance which is unedrcast, to rectify this purchase account shall be debited by the amount of difference.
Question 8. Rectification of an error of overcasting in the Purchase returns book will require purchase return account to be ___ & suspense account to be ___
  1.    Debited & credited respectively
  2.    Credited & Debited respectively
  3.    Either A or B
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Debited & credited respectively
:
A
Rectifying Entry shall be:
Purchase return A/c Dr
To Suspense A/c
Question 9. Repairs bill for the proprietor`s car Rs 410 has been paid by the firm & has been debited to the repairs account. Which of the following is correct with regards to its rectification?
  1.    Drawings account shall be debited & Repairs account shall be credited by Rs 410
  2.    Drawings account shall be credited & Repairs account shall be debited by Rs 410
  3.    Drawings account shall be debited & Proprietor`s account shall be credited by Rs 410
  4.    Proprietor`s account shall be debited & Repairs account shall be credited by Rs 410
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Drawings account shall be debited & Repairs account shall be credited by Rs 410
:
A
Drawings account shall be debited & Repairs account shall be credited by Rs 410.
Question 10. While rectifying the errors of overcasting/ undercasting, which of the following accounts are used?
  1.    Overcasting account
  2.    Undercasting account
  3.    Suspense account
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Suspense account
:
C
Suspense account is used while rectifying the errors of undercasting/overcasting.

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