Accounting and Finance MCQs
Accounting and Finance MCQs
Accounting and Finance MCQs
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Which of the following implies that a business unit is separate and distinct from the
person who owns or controls it?
Correct answer: Business Entity
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Which of the following is a concept that implies each transaction and event must be
expressible in monetary terms ?
Correct answer: Money measurement
Question 6
The conventions, concepts, rules and procedures that together make up accepted
accounting practice at any given time are called _______
Correct answer: GAAP
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Which of the following is the after-tax cash flow generated by a business minus the
cost of the capital it has deployed to generate that cash flow?
Correct answer: EVA
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Which of the following concept tells that to recognize revenue it has to be realized?
Correct answer: Realisation concept
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Which of the following is a residual interest in the assets after deducting liabilities?
Correct answer: Equity
Question 13
A process of accounting where revenue and expense recognition would occur when
cash is received and disbursed is called_______
Correct answer: Cash
Question 14
________basis is a process of accounting that recognizes the impact of
transactions on the financial statements in the time periods when revenues and
expenses occur instead of when cash is received.
Correct answer: Accrual
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It means that cash is received by the business from the proprietor. It results in the
immediate receipt of cash.
Correct answer: Bought goods for cash ` 2,000
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________ they are the present obligations arising from past events. It also arises
when an asset is created or acquired.
Correct answer: Liabilities
Question 21
When debit balance is equal to credit balance, then the trial balance means
Correct answer: Mathematically, Capital + Liabilities = Assets
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In the books of account, if a transaction is completely deleted, will it affect the trial
balance?
Correct answer: No
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Indicate all the following statements that correctly describe the net income. Net
income
Correct answer: Increases owners’ equity.
Question 27
Which of the following accounts with normal balance is shown at the debit side of a
trial balance?
Correct answer: Cash account
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Accrual-basis of accounting
Correct answer: Leads to the reporting of more complete information than cash-
basis
Question 30
Accounting to the rules of debit and credit for balance sheet accounts:
Correct answer: Decrease in liability and owners’ equity accounts are recorded by
debits.
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Which one of the following systems of recording transactions has a dual aspect
concept of accounting?
Correct answer: Double entry system
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The accounting system, in which accounting entries are made on the basis of
amount, having become due for payment or receipt, is known as?
Correct answer: Accrual system of accounting
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According to straight line method of providing depreciation, the depreciation
Correct answer: Remains constant
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As per Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013, which of the following represents
fixed assets?
Correct answer: Capital work in progress, Tangible and intangible, Intangible assets
under development, All of these
Question 62
_______ is the balance in the statement of profit and loss disclosing allocations and
appropriations, such as dividend paid, bonus shares and transfer to/from reserves.
Correct answer: Surplus
Question 63
In a profit and loss account, all indirect revenue expenses are shown in
the ______ side and the indirect revenue incomes are shown in the ______ side.
Correct answer: debit; credit
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Repairs to building and machinery are categorised under which of the following
heads?
Correct answer: Miscellaneous expenditures
Question 70
Profit and loss statement is also called_______ . Choose the correct option.
Correct answer: Statement of income
Question 71
The format of financial statements prescribed in Schedule III of the Companies Act,
2013 was voluntarily applicable from _______ .
Correct answer: April 2015
Question 72
Which among the following are the forms of the balance sheet?
Correct answer: Horizontal or vertical
Question 73
The _______ refers to a statement that summarises and presents the financial
position of a company on any given date.
Correct answer: balance sheet
Question 74
Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 provides general instructions for the
preparation of _______ .
Correct answer: balance sheet only
Question 75
Preparation of the financial statement is the _______ step of the accounting cycle.
Correct answer: final
Question 76
If the turnover of the corporate body is below one hundred crore rupees, then which
of the following rounding off methods shall apply?
Correct answer: Rounded off to the nearest hundreds, thousands, rupees lakhs or
millions, or decimals thereof
Question 77
As per the reverse order of liquidity format of the balance sheet, which of the
following comes under the heading of a fixed asset?
Correct answer: Capital work-in-progress, Tangible assets, Intangible assets, All of
these
Question 78
Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 provides instructions for the preparation of
the _______ of Indian corporations.
Correct answer: Balance sheet and the profit and loss statement
Question 79
As per general instructions for the preparation of profit and loss account, in respect
of a finance company, revenue from operations shall include revenue from _______ .
Correct answer: Interest, Other financial services
Question 80
The Profit and Loss account is prepared to ascertain _______ by the business over
an accounting period. Choose the correct option.
Correct answer: The net profit earned, The net loss suffered
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What type of cheques is that which is issued by a firm but not yet presented to the
bank?
Correct answer: Outstanding cheques
Question 87
In a cash book, bank charges of `5,000 was not recorded. Name the correct cash
book adjustment
Correct answer: It will be credited in cash book
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Accounting ratios are divided into four main categories. Which one of the following
was not included in it?
Correct answer: Control ratios
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Which of the following ratios measures short-term solvency?
Correct answer: Liquidity ratios
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When the concept of ratio is defined in respected to the items shown in the financial
statements, it is termed as
Correct answer: Accounting ratio
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Ratio analysis:
Correct answer: Is an arithmetical relationship between two accounting variables?,
Provide quantitative relationship between two variables, It is one of the mean of
financial analysis. All of these
Question 106
Which one is the ratio of cost of goods sold by an organisation to its average
inventory during a given accounting period?
Correct answer: Inventory Turnover Ratio
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A higher value of Debtors Turnover Ratio can ___________ the average collection
period of the organisation.
Correct answer: lower
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The ideal level of current ratio is:
Correct answer: 2:1
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Which of the following liabilities are taken into account for the quick ratio?
Correct answer: Trade Creditors, Outstanding expenses, Bank overdraft. All of
these
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Where the cost under two alternatives is equal, the break-even point is calculated
with the help of:
Correct answer: Cost BEP
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The CVP analysis, break-even analysis, and MOS are the tools used for:
Correct answer: Financial business analysis
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If the P/V ratio is 30% of sales, then what is the remaining 70% of sales?
Correct answer: Variable cost
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__________ is the change in the total cost of production when an additional unit of
product is produced.
Correct answer: Marginal cost
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The Profit and Loss account is prepared to ascertain __________ by the business
over an accounting period. Choose the correct option.
Correct answer: The net profit earned, the net loss suffered
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__________ can be defined as the difference between net total sales and cost of
goods sales.
Correct answer: Gross loss
Question 133
Which among the following is also known as the statement of sources of funds and
application of funds?
Correct answer: Balance sheet
Question 134
Among the following, which is/are the importance of financial statement analysis?
Correct answer: Helps creditors know the creditworthiness of the organisation,
Helps forecasting the financial health of the organisation, Improves the decision
making of investors. All of these
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Which of the following is/are types of financial statement analysis?
Correct answer: Vertical Analysis, Horizontal Analysis, External Analysis, All of the
above
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Which among the following are the forms of the balance sheet?
Correct answer: Horizontal or vertical
Question 137
The profit and loss account or the income statement shows which types of expenses
are incurred by the organisation during a particular period?
Correct answer: Revenues and expenses
Question 138
The cash inflows and outflows of any organisation can further be classified into how
many activities?
Correct answer: Three
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Profit and loss statement is also called __________ . Choose the correct option.
Correct answer: Statement of income
Question 142
Which among the following measures the actual cash generated by the organisation
within a particular period?
Correct answer: Cash flow statement
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Which one is the expense that a business entity has to bear in day-to-day business
operations?
Correct answer: Operating expense
Question 144
Which among the following refers to the ability of financial statements to stand
useful over time against financial information obtained from other sources?
Correct answer: Comparability
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Which of the following statements are correct?
A. Financial statements are also referred to as annual records.
B. Financial statements are historical.
C. Financial statements are only interim reports of accounts.
Correct answer: Both A and B
Question 147
Which among the following are the activities that are related to the purchase or sale
of long-term investments and assets?
Correct answer: Investing activities
Question 148
Among the following, which one refers to the total amount of money received by a
business entity after selling its products or services?
Correct answer: Revenue
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In order to achieve __________ , organisations prepare financial statements by
following a uniform pattern or standards as instructed by the international or local
accounting standards board.
Correct answer: transparency, comparability
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What is the most important use of the P/E ratio for investors?
Correct answer: It helps investors decide whether a company’s shares are
overpriced or under-priced.
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Which of the following is not one of the three fundamental methods of firm
valuation?
Correct answer: Market share
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If R = ` 100, i = 5% and n = 10, then the future value of an annuity is equal to:
Correct answer: ` 1,258
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If FV = ` 5,200, i = 5% and n = 6 years, then the present value (P) of a cash flow is
equal to:
Correct answer: ` 3,880
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If P = ` 1,000, i = 5% and n = 4 years, then the future value (FV) of a cash flow is
equal to:
Correct answer: ` 1,215
Question 177
Relationship between annual nominal rate of interest and annual effective rate of
interest, if frequency of compounding is greater than one:
Correct answer: Effective rate > Nominal rate
Question 178
While computing the future value of a single cash flow, in the formula FVn= P0( 1+
i)n stands for:
Correct answer: Interest rate per payment period
Question 179
If the nominal rate of interest is 10% per annum and there is quarterly compounding,
the effective rate of interest will be:
Correct answer: 10.38% per annum
Question 180
If the nominal rate of return is 10% per annum and annual effective rate of interest is
10.25% per annum, determine the frequency of compounding:
Correct answer: 2
Question 181
In an ordinary annuity, where cash flows arise at the end of each period, the present
value is computed as of one period________ the first cash flow.
Correct answer: before
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Mr. X takes a loan of ` 50,000 from HDFC Bank. The rate of interest is 10% per
annum. The first installment will be paid at the end of year 5. Determine the amount
of equal annual installments if Mr. X wishes to repay the amount in five installments.
Correct answer: ` 19310
Question 184
When the value of an annuity after 25 years at 5% interest compounded annually is
` 50,000, the annuity’s periodic amount will be:
Correct answer: ` 1,047
Question 185
The present value of an annuity of ` 80 for a period of 20 years at the rate of 5% per
annum is:
Correct answer: ` 997
Question 186
What is the present value of cash flow of ` 40,000 expected to be received at the
end of 4 years if the given interest rate is 10% per annum? Choose the correct
answer:
Correct answer: ` 27,320
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Time value of money supports the comparison of cash flows recorded at different
time period by
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Heterogeneous cash flows can be made comparable by
Correct answer: Compounding technique
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In an ordinary annuity, where cash flows arise at the end of each period, the future
value is computed as of the period________ cash flow.
Correct answer: last
Question 192
If you had to choose between two projects based on their NPV, which one would
you choose?
Correct answer: Highest NPV
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Which of the following are factors affecting the evaluation and selection of capital
projects?
Correct answer: Availability of funds, working capital, Structure of capital, All of
these.
Question 195
If you had to choose between two projects based on their NPV, which one would
you choose?
Correct answer: Highest NPV
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Capital budgeting describes a firm’s formal planning process for the acquisition and
investment of capital and results in a capital budget, i.e., the firm’s formal plan outlay
for the purchase of ________ .
Correct answer: Fixed assets
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Which of the following is the criterion for IRR (internal rate of return)?
Correct answer: Accept IRR > Cost of capital
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Future net income values discounted by the cost of capital are referred to
as _________ .
Correct answer: Net present values
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_________ methods account for the time value of money when determining the
viability of projects.
Correct answer: Discounted cash flows
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Capital budgeting is a _________ mechanism.
Correct answer: Decision-Making
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_________ methods account for the time value of money when determining the
viability of projects.
Correct answer: Discounted cash flows
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Future net income values discounted by the cost of capital are referred to
as _________ .
Correct answer: Net present values
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Profits that are held by companies instead of distributing them as dividends are
called ___________ earnings.
Correct answer: Retained
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A project that has some risk which is being considered by diversified shareholders.
What type of risk is present?
Correct answer: Beta risk
Question 219
Which of the following is not required while calculating the cost of equity under
CAPM method?
Correct answer: Market price of equity share
Question 220
Which of the following approaches is not used to estimate the cost of equity capital?
Correct answer: External yield method
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Choose the most appropriate option with respect to a firm’s overall cost of capital?
Correct answer: Cost of capital is the required return on the total assets of a firm
Question 222
The cost of preference capital is the amount of dividend paid and expenses incurred
for raising ___________.
Correct answer: Preference shares
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The difference between the actual return and inflation is known as ___________.
Correct answer: Real income
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While calculating the cost of debt using formula KD = [(1-T) ×R] ×100; T stands
for ___________.
Correct answer: Tax rate
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The cost of equity is 13% and bond risk premium is 5%. Select the bond yield from
the given options.
Correct answer: 0.08
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Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) represents which of the following options.
Correct answer: Required return on all new projects with similar risk to the firm.
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The cost of equity capital can be determined using the realised yield technique by
applying the formula ___________.
Correct answer: Ke = [{(D-P)/p} – 1] x 100
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With the ___________ approach, an investor aims to earn the same amount of
dividend as the company has paid in the previous few years.
Correct answer: Realised yield
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Factoring involves:
Correct answer: Management of receivables of borrower
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_______ function includes a firm’s attempts to balance cash inflows and outflows.
Correct answer: Liquidity
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The art of managing, within the acceptable level of risk, the consolidated funds
optimally and profitably are called _______.
Correct answer: Treasury management
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Which of the following is a technique that helps the exporter to sell the receivables
to any bank or financial institution without recourse?
Correct answer: Derivatives
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Under which type of bank borrowing can a borrower obtain credit from a bank
against its bills?
Correct answer: Purchase or discounting of bills
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What are people who buy or sell in the market to make profits called?
Correct answer: Speculators
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Which of the following uses fixed interest securities in the capital structure?
Correct answer: Financial leverage
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Which of the following formula is used to measure the degree of financial leverage?
Correct answer: EBIT/EBT
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Which of the following indicate that the company has a high operating leverage?
Correct answer: Low variable cost and High Fixed cost
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In which of the following way the margin of safety is related to a degree of operating
leverage?
Correct answer: Reciprocal
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An organisation uses fixed cost on its cost structure is called:
Correct answer: Operating leverage
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Which one of the following values remains constant in the NOI Approach?
Correct answer: Overall cost of capital (WACC) and Kd
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Which of the following statements is not true about the capital structure of a
company?
Correct answer: The financing decision affects the total operating profits of the firm.
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Which one of the following is a payment of either cash or shares of stock that is paid
out of earnings to a firm’s shareholders?
Correct answer: Dividend
Question 280
The residual theory of dividends suggests that dividends are ________ to the value
of the firm.
Correct answer: irrelevant
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Modigliani and Miller suggest that the value of the firm is not affected by the firm’s
dividend policy, due to
Correct answer: the clientele effect.
Question 284
According to the residual theory of dividends, if the firm’s equity need is less than
the amount of retained earnings, the firm would
Correct answer: declare a dividend equal to the remaining balance.
Question 285
Modigliani and Miller argue that when the firm has no acceptable investment
opportunities, it should
Correct answer: distribute the unneeded funds to the owners.
Question 286
Stock repurchases are made for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Correct answer: to decrease the book value of equity.
Question 287
According to the residual theory of dividends, if the firm’s equity need exceeds the
amount of retained earnings, the firm would
Correct answer: pay no cash dividends.
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The problem with the regular dividend policy from the firm’s perspective is that
Correct answer: even when earnings are low, the company must pay a fixed
dividend.
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Modigliani and Miller, recognising that dividends do somehow affect stock prices,
suggest that positive effects of dividend increases are attributable
Correct answer: not to the dividend itself but the informational content of the
dividends concerning future earnings.
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