Class 11 Accountancy - Chapter Theory Base of Accounting NCERT Solutions | Why is it necessary for accountants to a

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.

Discuss the concept-based on the premise do not anticipate profits but provide for all losses.

When should revenue be recognised? Are there exceptions to the general rule?

Fill in the correct word:
1. Recognition of expenses in the same period as associated revenues is called _______________concept.
2. The accounting concept that refers to the tendency of accountants to resolve uncertainty and doubt in favour of understating assets and revenues and overstating liabilities and expenses is known as _______________.
3. Revenue is generally recognised at the point of sale denotes the concept of _______________.
4. The _______________concept requires that the same accounting method should be used from one accounting period to the next.
5. The_______________concept requires that accounting transactions should be free from the bias of accountants and others.

The accounting concepts and accounting standards are generally referred to as the essence of financial accounting. Comment.

What is the money measurement concept? Which one factor can make it difficult to compare the monetary values of one year with the monetary values of another year?

What is matching concept? Why should a business concern follow this concept? Discuss?

Why is it important to adopt a consistent basis for the preparation of financial statements? Explain.

The realisation concept determines when goods sent on credit to customers are to be included in the sales figure for the purpose of computing the profit or loss for the accounting period. Which of the following tends to be used in practice to determine when to include a transaction in the sales figure for the period. When the goods have been:
a. dispatched
b. invoiced
c. delivered
d. paid for Give reasons for your answer.

What is the basic accounting equation?

Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.

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

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.

State the need for the preparation of bank reconciliation statement?

What are the steps taken by an accountant to locate the errors in the trial balance?

Are debits or credits listed first in journal entries? Are debits or credits indented?

What is Accounting Information System?

'Accounting information should be comparable'. Do you agree with this statement? Give two reasons.

Indicate against each amount wheather it is a debit or a credit balance, and prepare a trial balance as at March 31, 2014 based on the following balances:
     Accounts                       Title Amount ₹
 Capital                               1,00,000
 Drawings                           16,000
 Machinery                          20,000
 Sales                                  2,00,000
 Purchases                          2,10,000
 Sales return                        20,000
 Purchases return                30,000
 Wages                                40,000
 Goodwill                             60,000
 Interest received                15,000
 Discount allowed                6,000
 Bank overdraft                    22,000
 Bank loan                           90,000
 Debtors :
 Nathu                                 55,000
 Roopa                                20,000
 Creditors :
 Reena                                 35,000
 Ganesh                               25,000
 Cash                                   54,000
 Stock on April 01, 2013      16,000

Describe the events recorded in accounting systems and the importance of source documents in those systems?

Credit purchase, during the year is ascertained by preparing :

  (a) Total creditors account       (b) Total debtors account
  (c) Cash account                     (d) Opening statement of affairs

If wages paid for installation of new machinery is debited to wages Account, it is:

(a) An error of commission.
(b) An error of principle.
(c) A compensating error.
(d) An error of omission.

If suspense account does not balance off even after rectification of errors it implies that:

(a) There are some one sided errors only in the books yet to be located.
(b) There are no more errors yet to be located.
(c) There are some two sided errors only yet to be located.
(d) There may be both one sided errors and two sided errors yet to be located.

What do you understand by balancing of account?