MABS Institution
11th Accountancy Weekly Test - 1 ( Rectification of Errors )-Aug 2020
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What is error of omission?
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Write a note on suspense account
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The Accountant in a firm committed the following errors.
(a) Rent paid to landlord Rs 12,600 was debited to the Landlord's personal account.
(b) Sold Computer for Rs 6,000 was entered in sales account.
(c) Cash drawn by the proprietor for his personal use Rs 7,400 was debited to Trade expenses account.
(d) Repairs to machinery Rs 500 was passed through the Machinery account. Rectify the above errors. -
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Write a note on error of principle by giving an example
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What are the types of errors at the stage of joumalising?
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The following errors were located before the preparation of the trial balance. Rectify them.
(a) Paid Rs 500 to Angappan were wrongly debited to Angannan’s account.
(b) Sale of furniture for Rs 750 was credited to sales account.
(c) Purchase of goods from Bagya for Rs 2,100 was wrongly passed through sales book.
(d) Wages Rs 1,000 paid on erection of machinery were debited to wages account. -
The book-keeper of a firm found that the trial balance was out by Rs.922 (excess credit).He placed the amount in the suspense account and subsequently found the following errors:
(a) The total of discount column on the credit side of the cash book Rs.78 was not posted in the ledger.
(b) The total of purchases book was short by Rs.1,000.
(c) A credit sale of goods to Natarajan for Rs.375 was entered in the sales book as Rs.735.
(d) A credit sale of goods to Mekala for Rs.700 was entered in the purchases book.
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Rectify the following journal entries.
Particulars L.F. Dr. Cr. a Purchases A/c Dr 5,000 To Cash A/c 5,000 (Furniture purchased for cash) b Nila A/c Dr 8,000 To Cash A/c 8,000 (Salary paid to Nila) c Kuralamudhu A/c Dr. 2,000 To Cash A/c 2,000 (Rent paid to Kuralamudhu) d Cash A/c Dr 9,000 To Sales A/c 9,000 (Furniture sold for cash) e Cash A/c Dr 6,000 To Kothaimalar A/c 6,000 (Goods sold to Kothaimalar for cash) -
The following errors were located at the time of preparing trial balance. Rectify them.
(a) A personal expense of the proprietor Rs 200 was debited to travelling expenses account.
(b) Goods of Rs.400 purchased from Ramesh on credit was wrongly credited to Ganesh’s account.
(c) An amount of Rs.500 paid as salaries to Mathi was debited to his personal account.
(d) An amount of Rs.2,700 paid for extension of the building was debited to repairs account.
(e) A credit sale of goods of Rs.700 on credit to Mekala was posted to Krishnan’s account. -
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An accountant could not tally the trial balance. The Difference of Rs 520 was temporarily placed to the credit of suspense account arid subsequently found the following errors.
(a) The total of the Discount column on the credit side of the cash book Rs 230 was not posted in the ledger.
(b) The total of the Discount column on the debit side of the cash book Rs 150 was omitted to be posted in the ledger.
(c) The total of the Purchases book was short by Rs 600.
(d) A sale of Rs 675 to Kannan was entered in the sales book as Rs 975.
(e) A sale of Rs 500 to Vimal has been entered in the purchase book.
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The accountant of a firm located the following errors after preparing the trial balance.Rectify them assuming that there is a suspense account.
(a) Machinery purchased for Rs.3,500 was debited to purchases account.
(b) Rs.1,800 paid to Raina as salary was debited to his personal account.
(c) Interest received Rs.200 was credited to commission account.
(d) Goods worth Rs.1,800 purchased from Amudhanila on credit was not recorded in the books of accounts.
(e) Used furniture sold for Rs.350 was credited to sales account.
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