Top 1000+ Solved Financial Accounting MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Payments received in advance from a customer for a contract can be
a. Shown as a deduction from contract work-in-progress on asset side
b. Shown as a liability
c. Credited to P&L A/c
d. Either (a) or (b) above
Q. If a company has contingent liabilities, they appear in the
a. Balance Sheet
b. Directors‘ report
c. Notes on account to Balance Sheet
d. Chairman‘s report
Q. Recent developments have made much of a company‘s inventory obsolete. This obsolete inventoryshould be
a. Written down to zero or its scrap value
b. Shown in the Balance Sheet at its replacement cost
c. Shown in the Balance Sheet at cost, but classified as a non-current asset
d. Carried in the accounting records at cost until it is sold
Q. Which of the following is not classified as inventory in the financial statements?
a. Finished goods ;
b. Work-in-process ;
c. Stores and spares
d. Advance payments made to suppliers for raw materials
Q. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Inventory valuation affects only the income statement
b. Undercasting or overcastting of subsidiary book is an example of error of commission
c. Capital expenditure wrongly treated as revenue is an example of error of commission
d. Inventories should be valued at lower of historical cost and current replacement cost
Q. Which of the following statements is / are not correct?
a. Provision for bad debts appears as a liability on the Balance Sheet
b. The provision for bad debts is owed to the proprietor
c. Bad debts could be less than the provision for bad debts
d. Bad debts could exceed the provision for bad debts
Q. If actual bad debts are more than the provision for bad debts, then there will be a
a. Credit balance of Provision for Bad Debts Account
b. Debit balance of Provision for Bad Debts Account
c. Debit balance of Bad Debts Account
d. Debit balance of Discount on Debtors Account
Q. The creation of provision for doubtful debts given as an adjustment requires
a. Debit Profit and Loss Account and deduct the provision from debtors
b. Credit Profit & Loss Account and deduct the provision from debtors
c. Credit Profit and Loss Account and add the provision to debtors
d. Debit Profit & Loss Account and add the provision to debtors
Q. Under the direct write-off method of recognizing a bad debt expense. Which of the followingstatements is/are true?
a. The bad debt expense is not matched with the related sales
b. Revenue is overstated in the year of sales
c. It violates the matching principle of accounting
d. All of the above
Q. At the time of preparation of financial accounts, bad debt recovered account will be transferred to
a. Debtors A/c
b. Profit & Loss A/c
c. Profit & Loss Adjustment A/c
d. Profit & Loss Appropriation A/c
Q. The balance of Revaluation Reserve pertaining to an asset that has been disposed off or retired canbe transferred to
a. General Reserve A/c
b. Profit & Loss A/c
c. Asset A/c
d. Capital Reserve A/c
Q. Property, Plant and Equipment are conventionally presented in the Balance Sheet at
a. Replacement cost – Accumulated Depreciation
b. Historical cost – Salvage Value
c. Historical cost – Depreciation portion thereof
d. Original cost adjusted for general price-level changes
Q. Outstanding salaries is shown as
a. An Asset in the Balance Sheet
b. A Liability
c. By adjusting it in the P & L A/c
d. Both (b) and (c) above
Q. Depreciation appearing in the Trial Balance should be
a. Debited to P&L A/c
b. Shown as liability in Balance Sheet
c. Reduced from related asset in Balance Sheet
d. Both (a) and (c) above