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Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Which of the following is/are the subsidiary books?

  1. Primary Book

  2. Bills Payable Book

  3. Purchases Book

  4. (B) & (C)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
We can divide the subsidiary books into the following types:
  • Cash book.
  • Purchases book.
  • Sales book.
  • Purchases return or return outwards book.
  • Sales return or return inwards book.
  • Bills receivable book.
  • Bills payable book.
  • Journal proper.
Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Which of the following is/are the subsidiary books?

  1. Purchases Book

  2. Sales Book

  3. Bills Receivable Book

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
We can divide the subsidiary books into the following types:
  • Cash book.
  • Purchases book.
  • Sales book.
  • Purchases return or return outwards book.
  • Sales return or return inwards book.
  • Bills receivable book.
  • Bills payable book.
  • Journal proper.
Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Goods sold on credit basis to A Brothers for Rs 1,000 will be entered in _____________.

  1. Cash Book

  2. Journal Proper (General Journal)

  3. Sales Book

  4. Bills Receivable Book

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Credit sales of goods are recorded in the Sales Book. Cash sales go to the Cash Book, and non-goods credit transactions go to the Journal Proper.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Standing orders are _______________.

  1. Credited in the cash book

  2. Debited in the cash book

  3. Entered in the bank statement

  4. Entered in the petty cash balance

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Standing orders are automatic payments made by the bank on behalf of the customer. These are recorded as credits in the cash book (bank column) because they represent money leaving the account.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Which is NOT a subsidiary book?

  1. Sales book

  2. Salary book

  3. Purchase book

  4. Cash book

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sales book, Purchase book, and Cash book are standard subsidiary books. A 'Salary book' is not a standard subsidiary book used for recording primary transactions in the same way.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

"Wrong Casting of subsidiary book" is which type of error? 

  1. Error of Omission

  2. Error of Commission

  3. Error of Principle

  4. Compensating Errors

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An error of commission occurs when a transaction is recorded incorrectly, such as a mistake in casting (totaling) a subsidiary book.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Which of the following statements is/ are true?
    (i)  An error in casting the subsidiary books is an error of commission.
    (ii) An error in wrong casting of the sales day book will not affect the personal                    accounts of debtors.
     (iii) Mistake in transferring the balance of an accounts of debtors.
     (iv) The mistake of treating a liability as an income or vice versa will not affect the             agreement of a trial balance.

  1. Only (i) above

  2. Only (ii) above

  3. Both (i) & (ii) above

  4. (i), (ii) and (iv) above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All statements (i), (ii), and (iv) are correct. (i) is commission, (ii) is correct as casting error affects the total but not individual debtor accounts, and (iv) is correct as it doesn't affect the trial balance totals.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

While checking the accounts of ABC the following discrepancies were noticed, even though the trial balance was made to balance by putting the difference to Suspense A/c.
(i) Sales day book for the month of June was found overcast by Rs. 7,000.
(ii) A credit purchase of Rs. 3,000 was omitted to be recorded in the purchase day book.
(iii) Rs. 4,300 received from A credited to A A/c 3,400. (iv) Purchase of Office Equipment worth 25,000 included in trading purchases.
From the above details what would have been the difference in Trial Balance which was made to balance by opening Suspense A/c.

  1. Debit side short by 9,100

  2. Credit side short by 29,100

  3. Debit side more by 7,900

  4. Credit side more by 6,100

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Good returned by Mr Y,  for Rs 10,000 passed through the Sales Book. This error will result in ________________.

  1. Increase in gross profit

  2. Decrease in gross profit

  3. No effect on gross profit

  4. Either (a) or (b)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Recording a return as a sale increases the sales figure (revenue) and hides the return (expense/reduction). This artificially inflates the gross profit.

Multiple choice elements of accounts sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) sales book or sales journal introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books meaning and types of subsidiary books

Under Sales or Return or approval basis when the transactions are moderate and the seller sends the goods on approval or return basis, the accounting treatment will be ________________.

  1. No Journal Entry

  2. Entry in Sales or Return Journal

  3. Entry in Sales or Return Day Book

  4. Sundry Debtors A/c Dr

    To Sales A/c

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When transactions are moderate, businesses use a specific 'Sales or Return Journal' to track goods sent on approval until they are formally accepted or returned.