Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Financial Statements - 2 NCERT Solutions | What adjusting entries would you record

If the rent of one month is still to be paid the adjustment entry will be :

(a) Debit outstanding rent account and Credit rent account.
(b) Debit profit and loss account and Credit rent account.
(c) Debit rent account and Credit profit and loss account.
(d) Debit rent account and Credit outstanding rent account.

State the meaning of:
(a) Outstanding expenses
(b) Prepaid expenses
(c) Income received in advance
(d) Accrued income

Rahul’s trial balance provide you the following information :
Debtors                                      Rs. 80,000
Bad debts                                  Rs. 2,000
Provision for doubtful debts       Rs. 4,000

It is desired to maintain a provision for bad debts of Rs. 1,000
State the amount to be debited/credited in profit and loss account :
(a) Rs. 5,000 (Debit)                 (b) Rs. 3,000 (Debit)
(c) Rs. 1,000 (Credit)                (d) none of these.

If the opening capital is Rs. 50,000 as on April 01, 2016 and additional capital introduced Rs. 10,000 on January 01, 2017. Interest charge on capital 10% p.a. The amount of interest on capital shown in profit and loss account as on March 31, 2017 will be :
  (a) Rs. 5,250                  (b) Rs. 6,000
  (c) Rs. 4,000                  (d) Rs. 3,000

What is meant by closing stock? Show its treatment in final accounts?

If the rent received in advance Rs. 2,000. The adjustment entry will be :

(a) Debit profit and loss account and Credit rent account.
(b) Debit rent account Credit rent received in advance account.
(c) Debit rent received in advance account and Credit rent account.
(d) None of these.

What are adjusting entries? Why are they necessary for preparing final accounts?

If the insurance premium paid Rs. 1,000 and prepaid insurance Rs. 300. The amount of insurance premium shown in profit and loss account will be :

  (a) Rs. 1,300             (b) Rs. 1,000
  (c) Rs. 300                (d) Rs. 700

Give the journal entries for the following adjustments :
(a) Outstanding salary ₹ 3,500.
(b) Rent unpaid for one month at ₹ 6,000 per annum.
(c) Insurance prepaid for a quarter at ₹ 16,000 per annum.
(d) Purchase of furniture costing ₹ 7,000 entered in the purchases book.

Why is it necessary to record the adjusting entries in the preparation of final accounts?

Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.

State the meaning of incomplete records?

What is ‘Depreciation’?

Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.

State the meaning of a trial balance?

State the four basic requirements of a database applications.

Define accounting.

State the different elements of a computer system.

Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?

State the need for the preparation of bank reconciliation statement?

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

What are the causes of depreciation?

Distinguish between ‘general reserve’ and ‘specific reserve’.

Explain the concept of cost of goods sold?

Use of common unit of measurement and common format of reporting promotes;
a. Comparability
b. Understandability
c. Relevance
d. Reliability

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

Cash withdrawn by the Proprietor should be credited to:
(i) Drawings account
(ii) Capital account
(iii) Profit and loss account
(iv) Cash account

Explain the development and role of accounting.