Accountancy – Important Question Bank for CBSE Class XII (HSC) Board Exam 2019

1. State any two characteristics of Receipt and Payment Account.
2. How would you account for ‘subscription received in advance’ in the current year in the books of a non trading organisation?
3. Tournament fund appears in the books Rs. 15,000 and expenses on tournament during the year were Rs. 18000. How will you show this in format while preparing financial statement of a not-for-profit organisation?
4. Show the following information in the Balance Sheet of the Cosmos club as on 31^st March 2007:-

Additional Information:-

Interest accrued on Tournament Fund Investment Rs. 6000.

5. Alka, Barkha and Charu are partners in a firm having no partnership agreement. Alka, Barkha and Charu contributed Rs. 20,000, 30,000 and Rs. 1,00,000 respectively. Alka and Barkha desire that the profit should be divided in the ratio of capital contribution. Charu does not agree to this. How will you settle the dispute.
6. R, S, and T entered into a partnership of manufacturing and distributing educational CD’s on April 01, 2006. R looked after the business development, S content development and T financed the project. At the end of the year (31-03-2007) T wanted an interest of 12% on the capital employed by him. The other partners were not inclined to this. How would you resolve this within the ambit of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932?
7. A, B and C are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2:1. Their fixed capitals are Rs. 1,50,000, Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 80,000 respectively. Profit for the year after providing interest on capital was Rs. 60,000, which was wrongly transferred to partners equally. After distribution of profit it was found that interest on capital provided to them @ 10% instead of 12% . Pass necessary adjustment entry.
8. A, B and C are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2:1. Their fixed capitals are Rs. 1,50,000, Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 80,000 respectively. Profit for the year after providing interest on capital was Rs. 60,000, which was wrongly transferred to partners equally. After distribution of profit it was found that interest on capital provided to them @ 10% instead of 12% . Pass necessary adjustment entry. Show your working clearly.
9. A, B and C were partners in a firm having capitals of Rs. 60,000, Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 80,000 respectively. Their current account balances were A- Rs. 10,000, B- Rs. 5000 and C- Rs. 2000 (Dr.). According to the partnership deed the partners were entitled to an interest on capital @ 5% p.a. C being the working partner was also entitled to a salary of Rs. 6,000 p. a. The profits were to be divided as follows:

(i) The first Rs. 20,000 in proportion to their capitals.

(ii) Next Rs. 30,000 in the ratio of 5:3:2.

(iii) Remaining profits to be shared equally.

During the year the firm made a profit of Rs. 1,56,000 before charging any of the above items.

Prepare the profit and loss appropriate on A/C.

10. The average profits for last 5 years of a firm are Rs. 20,000 and goodwill has been worked out Rs. 24,000 calculated at 3 years purchase of super profits. Calculate the amount of capital employed assuming the normal rate of interest is 8 %.
11. Ranzeet and Priya are two partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. They admit Nilu as a partner, who pays Rs. 60,000 as capital. The new ratio is fixed as 3:1:1. The value of goodwill of the firm was determined at Rs. 50,000. Show journal entries if Nilu brings goodwill for her share in cash.
12. A, B and C were partners in the ratio of 5:4:1. On 31^st 2006 their balance sheet showed a reserve fund of Rs. 65,000, P&L A/C (Loss) of Rs. 45,000. On 1^st January, 2007, the partners decided to change their profit sharing ratio to 9:6:5. For this purpose goodwill was valued at Rs. 1,50,000. The partners do not want to distribute reserves and losses and also do not want to record goodwill.

You are required to pass single journal entry for the above.

13. X, Y and Z were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2:1. The profit of the firm for the year ended 31^st March, 2007 was Rs. 3,00000. Y dies on 1^st July 2007. Calculate Y’s share of profit up to date of death assuming that profits in the year 2007- 2008 have been accured on the same scale as in the year 2006-07 and pass necessary journal entry.
14. A, B and C were partners in a firm sharing profits in 3:2:1 ratio. The firm closes its books on 31^st March every year. B died on 12-06-2007. On B’s death the goodwill of the firm was valued at Rs. 60000. On B’s death his share in the profit of the firm till the time of his death was to be calculated on the basis of previous years which was Rs.150000. Calculate B’s share in the profit of the firm. Pass necessary journal entries for the treatment of goodwill and B’s share of profit at the time of his death.
15. A and B were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses equally. Their firm was dissolved on 15^th March, 2004, which resulted in a loss of Rs. 30,000. On that date the capital A/C of A showed a credit balance of Rs. 20,000 and that of B a credit balance of Rs. 30000. The cash account has a balance of Rs. 20000. You are required to pass the necessary journal entries for the (i) Transfer of loss to the capital accounts and (ii) making final payment to the partners.
16. X ltd. was formed with a capital of Rs. 500,000 divided into shares of Rs. 10 each out of these 2000 shares were issued to the vendors as fully paid as purchase consideration for a building acquired, 1000 shares were issued to signatories to the memorandum of association as fully paid. The directors offered 6500 shares to the public and called up Rs. 6 per and received the entry called up amount on share allotted. Show these transaction in the Balance sheet of a company.
17. Virani Industries Ltd. issued 1,00,000, 10% Debentures of Rs. 10 each at a discount of 9% on April 1^st, 2001 redeemable as follows:

31^st March 2003 –              20,000 Debentures

31^st March 2004 –              30,000 Debentures

31^st March 2005 –              20,000 Debentures

31^st March 2006 –              Remaining Debentures

Calculate the amount of discount to be written off each year and prepare discount on issue of debentures account.

18. State whether the Balance sheet of a Company is prepared ’ as on a particular date ‘ or ‘ as at a Particular date ‘ ?
19. The Debaters turnover Ratio of a company is 6 times. State with reasons whether the ratio will improve , decrease, or not change due to increases in the value of closing stock by Rs 50,000?
20. From the following profit or loss account find out the flow of cash from operating activities of Mohan Ltd.

    Dr.                                                   PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT                                                 Cr.

               Note: There was increase in Closing stock by Rs. 25,000.

21. Prepare Cash flow Statement from the following information of Box Ltd. For the year ended March  31,2004.

BALANCE SHEETS OF LION LTD. AS ON MARCH 31,2004

Additional Information :

1.Investment costing Rs.50,000 were sold for Rs. 48,000 during the year.

2.Tax paid during the year Rs.70,000.

3.Interest received on Investment Rs. 12,000.

22. A and B are partners sharing profits in proportion of 3:2 with capitals of Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 30,000 respectively. Interest on capital is agreed at 5 % p.a. B is to be allowed an annual salary of Rs. 3000 which has not been withdrawn. During 2001 the profits for the year prior to calculation of interest on capital but after charging B’s salary amounted to Rs. 12,000. A provision of 5% of this amount is to be made in respect of commission to the manager. Prepare profit and loss appropriation account showing the allocation of profits.

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