WorksheetsTrial Balance and Rectification of Errors
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Errors of Commission do not permit
the trial balance to agree
correct total of Balance Sheet
correct totaling of Trial Balance
none of the above
Error of Omission arises when:
any transactions is incorrectly recorded, either wholly or partially
any transactions is left either wholly or partially
any transactions is recorded in a fundamentally incorrect manner
none of these
Suspense Account in the trial balance will be entered in the
manufacturing a/c
trading a/c
profit and loss a/c
balance sheet
Error of Principle arises when
any transaction is recorded in a fundamentally incorrect manner
any transaction is left to be recorded either wholly or partially
any of the transaction recorded with double amount
none of these
Wrong totaling of account is
Error of Principle
Error of Omission
Error of Commission
Compensating Error
An item of Rs.72 has been debited to a personal account as Rs.27, is an error of
Error of commission
error of omission
error of principle
compensating error
sale of typewriter that has been used in the office credited to sales account, which account is to be credited?
sales a/c
cash a/c
capital a/c
typewriter a/c
errors of carry forward from one year to another year affected
personal a/c
real a/c
nominal a/c
both personal and real a/c
if the amount is posted in the wrong account or it is written on the wrong side of the account, it is called:
error of omission
error of comission
compensating errors
errors of principle
The amount of the dishonored bill has been wrongly debited to the general expenses account. which type of error has been committed?
Error of Principle
compensating error
error of complete omission
all of these
After providing the trial balance the accountant find that the total of debit side is short by Rs.2,500. The difference will be:
credited to suspense account
debited to suspense account
adjusted to any of the debit balance accounts
adjusted to any of the credit balance accounts
Sales to Shyam of Rs.500 not recorded in the books would affect:
shyam's account
sales account
sales account and shyam's account
cash account
Purchase of office furniture for Rs.20,000 has been debited to Purchase A/c it is:
an error of omission
an error of commission
compensating errors
an error of principle
A briefcase purchased for Rs.800 for the son of a partner was debited to General expenses a/c with Rs.80. In the rectifying entry, Drawing A/c should be debit with
Rs.880
Rs.720
Rs.800
Rs.80
Goods purchased from A for Rs.30,000 passed through the sales book. The error will result in:
increase in profit
decrease in profit
no effect on the profit
either a) or b)
Rent paid to landlord amounting to Rs.500 was credited to Rent A/c with Rs.5,000. In the rectifying entry, Rent A/c will be debited with:
Rs.5,000
Rs.500
Rs.5,500
Rs.4,500
Purchased goods form Gopal for Rs.3,600 but was recorded in Gopal's A/c as Rs.6,300. In the rectifying entry Gopal's A/c will be debited with:
Rs.9,900
Rs.2,700
Rs.2,600
Rs.6,300
Goods sold to Sethi for Rs.640 was recorded in his account as Rs.460. In the rectifying entry, Sethi's a/c will be debited with:
Rs.180
Rs.460
Rs.640
Rs.1,100
if a purchase return of Rs.2,000 has been wrongly posted to the debit of the sales returns account, but has been correctly entered in the suppliers account the total to the :
Trial Balance would show the debit side to be Rs.2,000 more than the credit
Trial Balance would show the credit side to be Rs.2,000 more than the debit
Debit side of the Trial Balance will be Rs.4,000 more than the credit side
Credit side of the Trial Balance will be Rs.4,000 more than the debit side
Goods worth Rs.24,000 were returned by X, the accountant however, credited the sales returns account by Rs.42,000. In order to rectify this error, what should be done?
Debit the sales return by Rs.42,000
Credit the sales return account by Rs.24,000
Debit the sales return account by Rs.66,000
Debit the sales return account by Rs.18,000
