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Trial Balance and Errors questions

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Which of the following errors is revealed by the Trial Balance:
  • A
    Wrong amount entered into the book of original entry.
  • Wrong amount posted in the ledger Account.
  • C
    Complete omission of an entry from the books of original entry.
  • D
    When accounting principle is violated while recording a transaction in the books of Account.

Answer: B.

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Which of the following is not an error of commission:
  • A sale of ₹ 560 not recorded in Books at all.
  • B
    Rent paid to landlord was posted to Landlord's Account.
  • C
    A purchase of ₹ 840 was wrongly posted to sales Account.
  • D
    Instead of creding Shyam credited the other creditor Sham.

Answer: A.

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A machine is purchased for ₹ 10,000 which was wrongly recorded in purchase account. Due to this error .......
  • A
    Trial balance will show difference of ₹ 10,000
  • Trial balance will not show any difference.
  • C
    Trial balance will show the difference of ₹ 20,000
  • D
    Trial balance will show a difference of ₹ 5,000

Answer: B.

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₹ 10,000 received from Apoorva is credited in the account of Prachi. It is an error of:
  • A
    Principle.
  • B
    Omission.
  • Commission.
  • D
    Compensatory.

Answer: C.

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Salary of ₹ 2,100 paid was posted as ₹ 2,000 in Salary A/c and Advertisement of ₹ 7,700 was posted as ₹ 7,800. Identify the type of error.
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Q 184 Marks Question4 Marks
From the following ledger balances prepare trial balance:Capital ₹ 20,800, Rent outstanding ₹ 1,420, Amount due to Param, ₹ 15,000, Drawing ₹ 2,800, Goodwill ₹ 12,000, Interest received ₹ 2,000, Discount received ₹ 1,580, Amount due from Deepan ₹ 26,000.
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Q 204 Marks Question4 Marks
State whether the balance of the following accounts should be placed in the debit (or) the credit columns of the Trial Balance:
  1. Plant and Machinery
  2. Discount Allowed
  3. Bank Overdraft
  4. Sales
  5. Interest Paid
  6. Bad Debts
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Q 226 Marks Question6 Marks
Given below is a Cash Book and Ledger extracts relating to the books of M/s Ram Chander & Sons as at 31st January 2015. You are required to prepare a Trial Balance.


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Q 256 Marks Question6 Marks
Following is the Trial Balance as at 31st March, 2015: Having prepared the Trial Balance, it was discovered that following transactions remained unrecorded:
  1. Goods were sold on credit amounting to ₹ 40,000.
  2. Paid to creditors ₹ 22,000 by cheque.
  3. Goods worth ₹ 7,000 were returned to a supplier.
  4. Paid salary ₹ 15,000 by cheque.
Required:
  1. Pass Journal entries for the above mentioned transactions and post them into Ledger.
  2. Redraft the Trial Balance.
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