Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Recording of Transactions - 1 NCERT Solutions | Why are the rules of debit and credit sa

Differentiate between source documents and vouchers.

What is a journal? Give a specimen of journal showing at least five entries.

Voucher is prepared from:
(i) Documentary evidence
(ii) Journal entry
(iii) Ledger account
(iv) All of the above

The journal entry to record the sale of services on credit should include:
(a) Debit to debtors and credit to capital.
(b) Debit to cash and Credit to debtors.
(c) Debit to fees income and Credit to debtors.
(d) Debit to debtors and Credit to fees income.

A purchase of machine for cash should be debited to:
(i) Cash account
(ii) Machine account
(iii) Purchase account
(iv) None of these

Select Right Answer:

Voucher is prepared for:
(i) Cash received and paid
(ii) Cash/Credit sales
(iii) Cash/Credit purchase
(iv) All of the above

Should a transaction be first recorded in a journal or ledger? Why?

Cash withdrawn by the Proprietor should be credited to:
(i) Drawings account
(ii) Capital account
(iii) Profit and loss account
(iv) Cash account

Choose the Correct Answer :

The ledger folio column of journal is used to:
(a) Record the date on which amount posted to a ledger account.
(b) Record the number of ledger account to which information is posted.
(c) Record the number of amounts posted to the ledger account.
(d) Record the page number of the ledger account.

What entry (debit or credit) would you make to:
(a) increase revenue
(b) decrease in expense,
(c) record drawings
(d) record the fresh capital introduced by the owner.

Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.

Why is it necessary to record the adjusting entries in the preparation of final accounts?

State the meaning of incomplete records?

What is ‘Depreciation’?

Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.

State the meaning of a trial balance?

State the four basic requirements of a database applications.

Define accounting.

State the different elements of a computer system.

Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?

If the accounting information is not clearly presented, which of the qualitative characteristic of the accounting information is violated?

Give two examples of errors of commission?

What practical difficulties are encountered by a trader due to incompleteness of accounting records?

Distinguish between statement of affairs and balance sheet.

What are the possible reasons for keeping incomplete records?

Give the meaning of rebate.

The accounting concepts and accounting standards are generally referred to as the essence of financial accounting. Comment.

Briefly explain the statement ‘wrongly debited by the bank’ with the help of an example.

Indicate against each amount wheather it is a debit or a credit balance, and prepare a trial balance as at March 31, 2014 based on the following balances:
     Accounts                       Title Amount ₹
 Capital                               1,00,000
 Drawings                           16,000
 Machinery                          20,000
 Sales                                  2,00,000
 Purchases                          2,10,000
 Sales return                        20,000
 Purchases return                30,000
 Wages                                40,000
 Goodwill                             60,000
 Interest received                15,000
 Discount allowed                6,000
 Bank overdraft                    22,000
 Bank loan                           90,000
 Debtors :
 Nathu                                 55,000
 Roopa                                20,000
 Creditors :
 Reena                                 35,000
 Ganesh                               25,000
 Cash                                   54,000
 Stock on April 01, 2013      16,000

The primary qualities that make accounting information useful for decision-making are :
(a) Relevance and freedom from bias
(b) Reliability and comparability
(c) Comparability and consistency
(d) None of the above