Class 11 Accountancy Financial Statements - 1: NCERT Solutions for Question 2

Mr. Sunrise started a business for buying and selling of stationery with ₹ 5,00,000 as an initial investment. Of which he paid ₹ 1,00,000 for furniture, ₹ 2,00,000 for buying stationery items. He employed a sales person and clerk. At the end of the month he paid ₹ 5,000 as their salaries. Out of the stationery bought he sold some stationery for ₹ 1,50,000 for cash and some other stationery for ₹ 1,00,000 on credit basis to Mr. Ravi. Subsequently, he bought stationery items of ₹ 1,50,000 from Mr. Peace. In the first week of next month there was a fire accident and he lost ₹ 30,000 worth of stationery. A part of the machinery, which cost ₹ 40,000, was sold for ₹ 45,000.

From the above, answer the following :
1. What is the amount of capital with which Mr. Sunrise started business?
2. What are the fixed assets he bought?
3. What is the value of the goods purchased?
4. Who is the creditor and state the amount payable to him?
5. What are the expenses?
6. What is the gain he earned?
7. What is the loss he incurred?
8. Who is the debtor? What is the amount receivable from him?
9. What is the total amount of expenses and losses incurred?
10. Determine if the following are assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses or none of the these: sales, debtors, creditors, salary to manager, discount to debtors, drawings by the owner.

Differentiate between source documents and vouchers.

Complete the following sentences with appropriate words:
(a) Information in financial reports is based on .....................
(b) Internal users are the ..................... of the business entity.
(c) A ..................... would most likely use an entities financial report to determine whether or not the business entity is eligible for a loan.
(d) The Internet has assisted in decreasing the ..................... in issuing financial reports to users.
(e) ..................... users are groups outside the business entity, who uses the information to make decisions about the business entity.
(f) Information is said to be relevent if it is ......................
(g) The process of accounting starts with ............ and ends with ............
(h) Accounting measures the business transactions in terms of ............ units.
(i) Identified and measured economic events should be recording in ............ order.

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

Define accounting and state its objectives.

Enumerate informational needs of management.

Complete the following work sheet:
(i) If a firm believes that some of its debtors may ′default′, it should act on this by making sure that all possible losses are recorded in the books. This is an example of the ___________ concept.
(ii) The fact that a business is separate and distinguishable from its owner is best exemplified by the ___________ concept.
(iii) Everything a firm owns, it also owns out to somebody. This co-incidence is explained by the ___________ concept.
(iv) The ___________ concept states that if straight line method of depreciation is used in one year, then it should also be used in the next year.
(v) A firm may hold stock which is heavily in demand. Consequently, the market value of this stock may be increased. Normal accounting procedure is to ignore this because of the ___________.
(vi) If a firm receives an order for goods, it would not be included in the sales figure owing to the ___________.
(vii) The management of a firm is remarkably incompetent, but the firms accountants can not take this into account while preparing book of accounts because of ________ concept.

State the title of the accounts affected, type of account and the account to be debited and account to be credited :
                                                                                         ₹
1. Bhanu commenced business with cash                  1,00,000
2. Purchased goods on credit from Ramesh               40,000
3. Sold goods for cash                                                 30,000
4. Paid salaries                                                            3,000
5. Furniture purchased for cash                                  10,000
6. Borrowed from bank                                                50,000
7. Sold goods to Sarita                                                10,000
8. Cash paid to Ramesh on account                           20,000
9. Rent paid                                                                 1,500

Explain the concept of ‘secret reserve’.

Which of the following is not an error of principle:

(a) Purchase of furniture debited to purchases account.
(b) Repairs on the overhauling of second hand machinery purchased debited to repairs account.
(c) Cash received from Manoj posted to Saroj.
(d) Sale of old car credited to sales account.

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

Which stakeholder group...                    would be most interested in
_____________________________       (a) the VAT and other tax liabilities of the firm
_____________________________       (b) the potential for pay awards and bouns deals
_____________________________       (c) the ethical or environmental activities of the firm
_____________________________       (d) whether the firm has a long-term future
_____________________________       (e) profitability and share performance
_____________________________       (f) the ability of the firm to carry on providing a
                                                                 service or producing a product.

‘Is it possible to prepare the profit and loss account and the balance sheet from the incomplete book of accounts kept by a trader’? Do you agree? Explain.

What is meant by provision for doubtful debts? How are the relevant accounts prepared and what journal entries are recorded in final accounts? How is the amount for provision for doubtful debts calculated?

Describe in detail two methods of recording depreciation. Also give the necessary journal entries.

Which of the following answers properly classifies these commonly used accounts:
(1) Building (2) Wages (3) Credit sales (4) Credit purchases (5) Electricity charges due but not yet paid (outstanding electricity bills) (6) Godown rent paid in advance (prepaid godown rent) (7) Sales (8) Fresh capital introduced (9) Drawings (10) Discount paid
      Assets      Liabilities      Capital      Revenue      Expense
(i)     5,4,         3,                  9,6            2,10              8,7
(ii)    1, 6         4, 5               8               7, 3               2,9,10
(iii)   2,10,4     4,6                8               7,5                1,3,9

Give four examples each of ‘revenue reserve’ and ‘capital reserves’.