Commerce Accountancy

Accounting Principles and Practice

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Accounting principles and practice questions cover core concepts like assets, depreciation, financial statements, and ledger adjustments. These topics are essential for commerce students preparing for academic and competitive exams. Regular practice ensures a strong grasp of standard accounting standards and business operations.

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Accounting Principles and Practice Questions

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Depreciation Account is Transferred to ___________account at the end of accounting year.

  1. Trading Account

  2. Asset Account

  3. Profit and loss

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Depreciation is the permanent and continuous decrease in the book value of a depreciable fixed asset due to use, effluxion of time, obsolescence expiration of legal rights or any other cause. Depreciation does not result in cash out flow. Although, depreciation is a non cash expenditure, it is transfer to profit and loss A/c at the year end.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Depreciation is charged to ___________ account.

  1. Expense

  2. Profit and loss

  3. Trading

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Depreciation is the permanent and continuous decrease in the book value of a depreciable fixed asset due to use, effluxion of time, obsolescence expiration of legal rights or any other cause. Depreciation does not result in cash out flow. Although, depreciation is a non cash expenditure, it is transfer to profit and loss A/c at the year end.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

When separate provision for depreciation A/c is not maintained the depreciation is charged directly to __________.

  1. Asset A/c credit side

  2. Asset A/c Debit side

  3. Liabilities side

  4. None of the Above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When the depreciation is charged by creating accumulated depreciation account, following journal entry is passed:


Depreciation A/c                                 Dr.
   To Accumulated Depreciation A/c 

Under accumulated depreciation method, a separate account is created for accumulation of depreciation instead of being adjusted in asset a/c.

When separate provision for depreciation a/c is not maintained, the depreciation is charged directly to asset a/c for which following journal entry will be passed: 

Depreciation A/c                              Dr. 
      To Assets A/c 

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

When depreciation account is maintained annual depreciation is charged to _________.

  1. Profit and loss A/c

  2. Asset A/c

  3. Trading A/c

  4. None of the Above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option B is correct One.
The accumulated depreciation account is an asset account with a credit balance (also known as a contra asset account); this means that it appears on the balance sheet as a reduction from the gross amount of fixed assets reported.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

When Provision for depreciation is maintain the total accumulated depreciation is only transferred to asset during its ___________.

  1. Disposal

  2. Purchases

  3. Extension

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When a provision for depreciation account is maintained, the accumulated depreciation is only moved to the asset account when the asset is sold or disposed of to determine the profit or loss on disposal.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Accumulated Deprecation is _________  nature account.

  1. Real

  2. Personal

  3. Nominal

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Accumulated depreciation a/c is an asset account with a credit balance ( also known as contra asset a/c ) ., this means that it appears on the balance sheet as a reduction from the gross amount of fixed assets reported. So acumulated dep. a/c is a real a/c.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Depreciation is _________ nature Account.

  1. Real

  2. Personal

  3. Nominal

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Depreciation is the permanent and continuous decrease in the book value of a depreciable fixed asset due to use, effluxion of time, obsolescence expiration of legal rights or any other cause. Depreciation does not result in cash out flow. It is a non cash expenditure. As per the accounting rules, all incomes and gains and expenses and profits are included in nominal account.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Net surplus/deficiency on disposal/replacement/discarding of an asset is credited/charged to ___________.

  1. Trading a/c

  2. Capital Reserve a/c

  3. Profit and loss a/c

  4. Revaluation a/c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Fixed assets are having its estimated working life too. Hence at the end of its working life or due to any other reasons, assets are being sold. 

The net surplus/ deficiency on such sale/disposal of an asset should be credited or debited to the profit & loss account. 
If the sale proceed exceeds the book value of the asset, there will be a profit which has to be credited to profit & loss account. 
If the sale proceed is less than the book value of asset, there will be a loss which need to be debited to profit & loss account. 

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

A provision is a/an ___________.

  1. appropriation of profit

  2. charge on the profit

  3. investment

  4. current asset
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Provisions are created against the anticipated losses and the expenses which are due but not paid for. 

Provisions are charge against the profit and to be debited to profit & loss account of the current year for the revenue is recognized. 

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

___________ is/are required to be disclosed as per AS-$6$.

  1. Depreciation method

  2. Total cost of each class of assets.

  3. Total depreciation for the period of each class of asset

  4. All the three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The depreciation methods used, the total depreciation for the period for each class of assets, the gross amount of each class of depreciable assets and the related accumulated depreciation are disclosed in the financial statements along with the disclosure of other accounting policies. A change in the method of depreciation is treated as a change in an accounting policy and is disclosed accordingly.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

The annual depreciation charge is debited to ___________.

  1. concerned Assets

  2. gross block a/c

  3. depreciation a/c

  4. profit and loss a/c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Annual depreciation is the amount of depreciation charged against an asset or group of assets over the course of a financial year. hence, the annual depreciation charge is debited to concerned assets a/c.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

"Any amount written off or retained by way of providing for depreciation, renewals or diminution in the value of assets or retained by way of providing for any known liability" is called ____________.

  1. Provisions

  2. Reserve

  3. Fund

  4. Secret Reserve
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The companies act 1956, States that  "Provision usually means any amount Written off or retained by the way of providing depreciation renewal or diminution in the value of assets or retained by the way of providing for any known liability of which the amount cannot be determined with substantial accuracy.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Which of the following A/c would not be transferred to profit and loss A/c?

  1. Bad debts

  2. Discount allowed

  3. Accumulated depreciation A/c

  4. Discount received a/c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option C is the correct one.

Accumulated depreciation appears either shown as a deduction from the asset or the same may appear in the liability side of the Balance Sheet.and other two items are expenses (bad debts & Discount allowed) so it would be debited to P&L a/c and another Discount received credited to P& L account.as income for the year.
Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

Present liability of uncertain amount, which can be measured reliably by using a substantial degree of estimation, is termed as ____________.

  1. Provision

  2. Liability

  3. Contingent liability

  4. None of these.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Provision is an amount set aside, by charging it to profit and loss account or statement of profit and loss, to provide for a known liability the amount of which cannot be determined with accuracy. It is charged in the profit and loss account on an estimate basis. In other words, a provision is a charge against profit for the purpose of providing any liability or loss.
Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy reserve and fund accounting treatment for depreciation meaning and characteristics of provisions provision for depreciation account

A ____________ is a liability which can be measured only by using a substantial degree of estimation.

  1. Provision

  2. Non-current liability

  3. Current liability

  4. Contingent liability
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Provision is an amount set aside, by charging it to Profit and Loss A/c or Statement of profit and loss, to provide for a known liability, the amount of which cannot be determined with accuracy. It is charged in the profit and loss account on estimate basis. In other words, a provision is a charge against profit for the purpose of providing for any liability or loss. Provision for depreciation, provision for doubtful debts, provision for repairs are few examples of provisions.