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Sales day book is the summary of both cash and credit sales of the concern.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sales day book is the summary of only credit sales of goods taken place by the firm, cash sales are entered in the Cash Book and not in the Sales book.

State with reasons whether the following statement is true or false:
The Purchase Day Book is a part of the ledger.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

State with reasons whether the following statement is true or false:
Purchase Books records all the credit purchase of goods.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State with reasons whether the following statement is true or false:
The sales-Book is kept to record both cash and credit sales.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

Under sales or return on approval basis, when the transactions are few and the customer accepts 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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No Entry is made, as it has been already recorded as sales when the goods were sent to customer.

The main books of accounts in a business is ____________.

  1. Account

  2. Journal

  3. Ledger

  4. Subsidiary books


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The book of original entry or prime entry is journal in which all day to day transactions are recorded. All the transactions from journal are posted to ledger which consists of different accounts on the basis of transactions recorded in journal. 

Hence, it is regarded as the second important stage in the accounting process and also considered as the main books of account.

Which of the following books serves both as journal and ledger?

  1. Cash book

  2. Sales Return book

  3. Sales journal

  4. Purchase returns book


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cash book is a book which contains records about the receipt and payments of the firm. It also deals with all the bank deposits as well as withdrawals made. Entries in the cash book made are posted into general ledger so that cash in hand or cash at bank can be ascertained. It is the same as journal and then posting into ledger. Hence, cash book serves both as journal and ledger.

Every financial transaction is recorded first in the journal.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A transaction is recorded first in a journal because journal provides complete details of a transaction in one entry. 

Further, a journal forms the basis for posting the transactions into their respective accounts into ledger. 
Transactions are recorded in journal in chronological order, i.e. in the order of occurrence with the help of source documents. 
Journal is known as 'book of original entry', because with the help of source document, transactions are originally recorded in books. The process is of recording the transactions in journal and then in ledger.