Which of the following errors affects the agreement of a Trial Balance?

Related Mcqs:

1. A few errors committed in Ahhiwalia’s books of account are given below. State which errors would affect the Trial Balance.

   (a). Sales of `950 to Ram completely omitted from books of account
   (b). Purchases of `720 from Shyam entered in the purchases journal as `700
   (c). Purchases Journal is overcast by `1,000
   (d). Sales returns journal is undercast by `200
   (e) Amount paid to Agarwal wrongly posted to the debit to Mittal’s account
   (f) Bank overdraft shown under debit column in the Trial Balance
   (g) Sales of `500 to Sadiq entered in sales journal as sales to Mushtaq
   (h) Wages paid for installation of machinery debited to wages account

   A. a, c and g
   B. c, d and f
   C. c, d, e and h
   D. c, d, f and h

2. Debit balance = Credit balance in a trial balance indicates that:

   A. No error in recording transactions
   B. No error in posting entries to ledger accounts
   C. Account balances are correct
   D. Mathematically Capital+Liabilities=Assets

3. If debit balances = credit balances, trial balance only shows or check the ____________ and it does not indicate that no errors were made during recording and posting.

   A. Arithmetic accuracy
   B. Errors of commission
   C. Omissions of economic events
   D. Understatements of balances

4. Which of the following account with normal balance is shown at the debit side of a trial balance?

   A. Rent income account
   B. Creditors account
   C. Unearned income account
   D. Cash account

5. Which of the following account with normal balance is shown at the credit side of a trial balance?

   A. Cash account
   B. Bank account
   C. Equipment account
   D. Accrued expenses account

6. Which of the following will affect the agreement of a trial balance?

   A. Complete omission of a transaction
   B. Partial omission of a transaction
   C. Error of principle
   D. Compensating errors

7. If a transaction is completely omitted from the books of accounts, will it affect the agreement of a trial balance?

   A. Yes
   B. No
   C. Transactions can’t be omitted
   D. none of these

8. Which of the following is true about a trial balance?

   A. It lists down the balances of accounts
   B. It lists down the balances of a balance sheet
   C. It is a kind of financial statement
   D. It is not a part of accounting cycle

9. Which of the following is known as the base for preparing trial balance?

   A. Journal
   B. Cash account
   C. Ledger account
   D. Balance sheet

10. Which of the following statements is correct about Trial Balance?

    A. The Trial Balance is prepared after preparing the Profit and Loss Account
    B. The Trial Balance shows only balances of Assets and Liabilities
    C. The Trial Balance shows only nominal account balances
    D. The Trial Balance has no statutory importance from the point of view of law