Page 1
ANSWERS OF MODEL TEST PAPER 8
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER – 1: ACCOUNTING
ANSWERS
1. (a) (i) False: Depreciation is a charge against profit and not an
appropriation of profit. Therefore, depreciation has to be provided
for, even in case of loss in a financial year.
(ii) False: At the end of the accounting year, all the nominal accounts
of the ledger book are totalled and transferred to Profit & Loss A/c.
(iii) False: Amount spent for replacement of any worn- out part of a
machine is revenue expense since it is part of its maintenance cost.
(iv) False: In case of admission of new partner in a partnership firm,
profit/loss on revaluation account is transferred to old partners in
their old profit-sharing ratio.
(v) False: The debit notes issued are used to prepare purchases return
book.
(vi) False: Debentures Suspense Account appears on asset side of
Balance Sheet under Non-Current Asset.
(b) Accounting Standards are selected set of accounting policies or broad
guidelines regarding the principles and methods to be chosen out of
several alternatives. The Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) formulates Accounting Standards
to be established by the Council of the ICAI. The main objective of
Accounting Standards is to establish standards which have to be
complied with, to ensure that financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting
Standards seek to suggest rules and criteria of accounting
measurements. These standards harmonize the diverse accounting
policies and practices at present in use in India.
(c) Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Govind as on 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Dr. Amount ` Cr. Amount `
Govind ’s Capital
14,004
Govind ’s Drawings 5,076
Leasehold Premises 6,750
Sales
24,750
Due from customers 4,770
Purchases 11,331
Purchases Returns 2,376
Loan from Bank 2,304
Trade expenses 6,300
Trade Payable 4,752
586
Page 2
ANSWERS OF MODEL TEST PAPER 8
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER – 1: ACCOUNTING
ANSWERS
1. (a) (i) False: Depreciation is a charge against profit and not an
appropriation of profit. Therefore, depreciation has to be provided
for, even in case of loss in a financial year.
(ii) False: At the end of the accounting year, all the nominal accounts
of the ledger book are totalled and transferred to Profit & Loss A/c.
(iii) False: Amount spent for replacement of any worn- out part of a
machine is revenue expense since it is part of its maintenance cost.
(iv) False: In case of admission of new partner in a partnership firm,
profit/loss on revaluation account is transferred to old partners in
their old profit-sharing ratio.
(v) False: The debit notes issued are used to prepare purchases return
book.
(vi) False: Debentures Suspense Account appears on asset side of
Balance Sheet under Non-Current Asset.
(b) Accounting Standards are selected set of accounting policies or broad
guidelines regarding the principles and methods to be chosen out of
several alternatives. The Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) formulates Accounting Standards
to be established by the Council of the ICAI. The main objective of
Accounting Standards is to establish standards which have to be
complied with, to ensure that financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting
Standards seek to suggest rules and criteria of accounting
measurements. These standards harmonize the diverse accounting
policies and practices at present in use in India.
(c) Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Govind as on 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Dr. Amount ` Cr. Amount `
Govind ’s Capital
14,004
Govind ’s Drawings 5,076
Leasehold Premises 6,750
Sales
24,750
Due from customers 4,770
Purchases 11,331
Purchases Returns 2,376
Loan from Bank 2,304
Trade expenses 6,300
Trade Payable 4,752
586
Bills payable 900
Salaries and Wages 5,400
Cash at Bank 2,034
Opening Inventory (1.4.2023) 2,376
Rent and rates 4,167
Sales return 882
49,086 49,086
Reasons:
1. Due from customers is an asset, so its balance will be a debit
balance.
2. Purchases return account always shows a credit balance because
assets goes out.
3. Trade Payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
4. Bills payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
5. Inventory (opening) represents assets, so it will have a debit
balance.
6. Sales return account always shows a debit balance because assets
come in.
2. (a) Valuation of Physical Stock as at March 31, 2024
`
Stock at cost on 31
st
December,2023 80,000
Add: (1) Undercasting of a page total 200
(2) Goods purchased and delivered
during January – March, 2024
` (70,000 – 3,000 + 4,000) 71,000
(3) Cost of sales return ` (1,000 – 200) 800 72,000
1,52,000
Less:(1) Overcasting of a page total
` (6,000 – 5,000)
(1,000 )
(2) Goods sold and dispatched during
January – March, 2024
` (90,000 – 5,000 + 4,000) 89,000
Less: Profit margin ?
?
?
?
?
?
×
125
25
89,000 17,800
(71,200 ) (72,200 )
Value of stock as on 31st March, 2024 79,800
Note: In the above solution, transfer of ownership is assumed to take
place at the time of delivery of goods. If it is assumed that transfer of
ownership takes place on the date of invoice, therefore ` 4,000 goods
delivered in March 2024 for which invoice was received in April, 2024,
would be treated as purchases of the accounting year 2024-2025 and
thus excluded. Similarly, goods dispatched in March, 2024 but invoiced
587
Page 3
ANSWERS OF MODEL TEST PAPER 8
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER – 1: ACCOUNTING
ANSWERS
1. (a) (i) False: Depreciation is a charge against profit and not an
appropriation of profit. Therefore, depreciation has to be provided
for, even in case of loss in a financial year.
(ii) False: At the end of the accounting year, all the nominal accounts
of the ledger book are totalled and transferred to Profit & Loss A/c.
(iii) False: Amount spent for replacement of any worn- out part of a
machine is revenue expense since it is part of its maintenance cost.
(iv) False: In case of admission of new partner in a partnership firm,
profit/loss on revaluation account is transferred to old partners in
their old profit-sharing ratio.
(v) False: The debit notes issued are used to prepare purchases return
book.
(vi) False: Debentures Suspense Account appears on asset side of
Balance Sheet under Non-Current Asset.
(b) Accounting Standards are selected set of accounting policies or broad
guidelines regarding the principles and methods to be chosen out of
several alternatives. The Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) formulates Accounting Standards
to be established by the Council of the ICAI. The main objective of
Accounting Standards is to establish standards which have to be
complied with, to ensure that financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting
Standards seek to suggest rules and criteria of accounting
measurements. These standards harmonize the diverse accounting
policies and practices at present in use in India.
(c) Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Govind as on 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Dr. Amount ` Cr. Amount `
Govind ’s Capital
14,004
Govind ’s Drawings 5,076
Leasehold Premises 6,750
Sales
24,750
Due from customers 4,770
Purchases 11,331
Purchases Returns 2,376
Loan from Bank 2,304
Trade expenses 6,300
Trade Payable 4,752
586
Bills payable 900
Salaries and Wages 5,400
Cash at Bank 2,034
Opening Inventory (1.4.2023) 2,376
Rent and rates 4,167
Sales return 882
49,086 49,086
Reasons:
1. Due from customers is an asset, so its balance will be a debit
balance.
2. Purchases return account always shows a credit balance because
assets goes out.
3. Trade Payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
4. Bills payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
5. Inventory (opening) represents assets, so it will have a debit
balance.
6. Sales return account always shows a debit balance because assets
come in.
2. (a) Valuation of Physical Stock as at March 31, 2024
`
Stock at cost on 31
st
December,2023 80,000
Add: (1) Undercasting of a page total 200
(2) Goods purchased and delivered
during January – March, 2024
` (70,000 – 3,000 + 4,000) 71,000
(3) Cost of sales return ` (1,000 – 200) 800 72,000
1,52,000
Less:(1) Overcasting of a page total
` (6,000 – 5,000)
(1,000 )
(2) Goods sold and dispatched during
January – March, 2024
` (90,000 – 5,000 + 4,000) 89,000
Less: Profit margin ?
?
?
?
?
?
×
125
25
89,000 17,800
(71,200 ) (72,200 )
Value of stock as on 31st March, 2024 79,800
Note: In the above solution, transfer of ownership is assumed to take
place at the time of delivery of goods. If it is assumed that transfer of
ownership takes place on the date of invoice, therefore ` 4,000 goods
delivered in March 2024 for which invoice was received in April, 2024,
would be treated as purchases of the accounting year 2024-2025 and
thus excluded. Similarly, goods dispatched in March, 2024 but invoiced
587
in April, 2024 would be excluded and treated as sale of the year
2024-2025.
(b) Bank Reconciliation Statement of Ramesh Traders as on 31
st
March,
2024
Particulars Amount
(`)
Amount
(`)
Balance as per Cash Book 8,24,400
Add:
Mistake in bringing forward ` 37,000/- debit
balance as credit balance on 22nd March
74,000
Cheques issued but not presented
Issued = ` 84,000 less cashed ` 57,000
= ` 27,000/-
27,000
Dividend directly collected but not entered in
cash book
70,000
Cheques recorded twice in the cash book 2,58,000
Wrongly credited cheque by bank 50,000
Discount amount wrongly entered in bank
column
1,000 4,80,000
Less:
Wrong casting in cash book on 12th March,
2024
(24,000 )
Cheque issued and not entered in the Bank
Column
(1,70,000 )
Fire Insurance premium paid directly by bank (40,000 )
Cheque dishonored not recorded in books (10,000 )
Credit card payment not recorded in cash book (5,000 )
Cheque wrongly deposited by bank in savings
account
(4,000 )
Bank charges debited not recorded in cash
book
(400 )
(2,53,400 )
Balance as per the Passbook 10,51,000
Note : No effects of cheque deposit directly and dishonored in the same
Month. Alternatively amount of ` 64,000/- can be added as well as
deducted from balance as per cash book.
588
Page 4
ANSWERS OF MODEL TEST PAPER 8
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER – 1: ACCOUNTING
ANSWERS
1. (a) (i) False: Depreciation is a charge against profit and not an
appropriation of profit. Therefore, depreciation has to be provided
for, even in case of loss in a financial year.
(ii) False: At the end of the accounting year, all the nominal accounts
of the ledger book are totalled and transferred to Profit & Loss A/c.
(iii) False: Amount spent for replacement of any worn- out part of a
machine is revenue expense since it is part of its maintenance cost.
(iv) False: In case of admission of new partner in a partnership firm,
profit/loss on revaluation account is transferred to old partners in
their old profit-sharing ratio.
(v) False: The debit notes issued are used to prepare purchases return
book.
(vi) False: Debentures Suspense Account appears on asset side of
Balance Sheet under Non-Current Asset.
(b) Accounting Standards are selected set of accounting policies or broad
guidelines regarding the principles and methods to be chosen out of
several alternatives. The Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) formulates Accounting Standards
to be established by the Council of the ICAI. The main objective of
Accounting Standards is to establish standards which have to be
complied with, to ensure that financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting
Standards seek to suggest rules and criteria of accounting
measurements. These standards harmonize the diverse accounting
policies and practices at present in use in India.
(c) Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Govind as on 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Dr. Amount ` Cr. Amount `
Govind ’s Capital
14,004
Govind ’s Drawings 5,076
Leasehold Premises 6,750
Sales
24,750
Due from customers 4,770
Purchases 11,331
Purchases Returns 2,376
Loan from Bank 2,304
Trade expenses 6,300
Trade Payable 4,752
586
Bills payable 900
Salaries and Wages 5,400
Cash at Bank 2,034
Opening Inventory (1.4.2023) 2,376
Rent and rates 4,167
Sales return 882
49,086 49,086
Reasons:
1. Due from customers is an asset, so its balance will be a debit
balance.
2. Purchases return account always shows a credit balance because
assets goes out.
3. Trade Payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
4. Bills payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
5. Inventory (opening) represents assets, so it will have a debit
balance.
6. Sales return account always shows a debit balance because assets
come in.
2. (a) Valuation of Physical Stock as at March 31, 2024
`
Stock at cost on 31
st
December,2023 80,000
Add: (1) Undercasting of a page total 200
(2) Goods purchased and delivered
during January – March, 2024
` (70,000 – 3,000 + 4,000) 71,000
(3) Cost of sales return ` (1,000 – 200) 800 72,000
1,52,000
Less:(1) Overcasting of a page total
` (6,000 – 5,000)
(1,000 )
(2) Goods sold and dispatched during
January – March, 2024
` (90,000 – 5,000 + 4,000) 89,000
Less: Profit margin ?
?
?
?
?
?
×
125
25
89,000 17,800
(71,200 ) (72,200 )
Value of stock as on 31st March, 2024 79,800
Note: In the above solution, transfer of ownership is assumed to take
place at the time of delivery of goods. If it is assumed that transfer of
ownership takes place on the date of invoice, therefore ` 4,000 goods
delivered in March 2024 for which invoice was received in April, 2024,
would be treated as purchases of the accounting year 2024-2025 and
thus excluded. Similarly, goods dispatched in March, 2024 but invoiced
587
in April, 2024 would be excluded and treated as sale of the year
2024-2025.
(b) Bank Reconciliation Statement of Ramesh Traders as on 31
st
March,
2024
Particulars Amount
(`)
Amount
(`)
Balance as per Cash Book 8,24,400
Add:
Mistake in bringing forward ` 37,000/- debit
balance as credit balance on 22nd March
74,000
Cheques issued but not presented
Issued = ` 84,000 less cashed ` 57,000
= ` 27,000/-
27,000
Dividend directly collected but not entered in
cash book
70,000
Cheques recorded twice in the cash book 2,58,000
Wrongly credited cheque by bank 50,000
Discount amount wrongly entered in bank
column
1,000 4,80,000
Less:
Wrong casting in cash book on 12th March,
2024
(24,000 )
Cheque issued and not entered in the Bank
Column
(1,70,000 )
Fire Insurance premium paid directly by bank (40,000 )
Cheque dishonored not recorded in books (10,000 )
Credit card payment not recorded in cash book (5,000 )
Cheque wrongly deposited by bank in savings
account
(4,000 )
Bank charges debited not recorded in cash
book
(400 )
(2,53,400 )
Balance as per the Passbook 10,51,000
Note : No effects of cheque deposit directly and dishonored in the same
Month. Alternatively amount of ` 64,000/- can be added as well as
deducted from balance as per cash book.
588
3. (a) In the books of Natures Beauty Society
Income and Expenditure Account
for the year ending 31st March, 2024
Expenditure ` Income `
To Medicine 2,90,000 By Subscription 5,12,000
To Honorarium 1,00,000 By donation 1,50,000
To Salaries 2,80,000 By Interest on investment 90,000
To Sundry
expenses
10,000 By Charity show 1,25,000
To Depreciation Less: Charity show
expenses
(15,000) 1,10,000
Equipment 60,000
Building 20,000
To Surplus 1,02,000
8,62,000 8,62,000
Balance Sheet of Natures Beauty Society
as on 31
st
March, 2024
Liabilities ` ` Assets ` `
Capital Fund: Equipment 2,10,000
Opening balance 18,03,000 Add: Purchases. 1,50,000
Add: Surplus 1,02,000 19,05,000 3,60,000
Advance
subscription
7,000 Less: dep. (bal. fig) (60,000) 3,00,000
Creditors
(medicine)
1,30,000 Building 5,00,000
Less: dep. (bal. fig) (20,000) 4,80,000
Investment
(` 90,000/9%)
10,00,000
Outstanding
Subscription
22,000
Closing
stock(medicine)
1,50,000
Cash 90,000
20,42,000 20,42,000
Working Note:
(i) Subscription for the year ended 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Amount
Subscription Received during the year 5,00,000
Less: Subscription outstanding as on 1
st
April, 2023 (15,000)
Add: Subscription outstanding as on 31
st
March, 2024 22,000
Add: Subscription received in advance as on
1
st
April, 2023
12,000
589
Page 5
ANSWERS OF MODEL TEST PAPER 8
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER – 1: ACCOUNTING
ANSWERS
1. (a) (i) False: Depreciation is a charge against profit and not an
appropriation of profit. Therefore, depreciation has to be provided
for, even in case of loss in a financial year.
(ii) False: At the end of the accounting year, all the nominal accounts
of the ledger book are totalled and transferred to Profit & Loss A/c.
(iii) False: Amount spent for replacement of any worn- out part of a
machine is revenue expense since it is part of its maintenance cost.
(iv) False: In case of admission of new partner in a partnership firm,
profit/loss on revaluation account is transferred to old partners in
their old profit-sharing ratio.
(v) False: The debit notes issued are used to prepare purchases return
book.
(vi) False: Debentures Suspense Account appears on asset side of
Balance Sheet under Non-Current Asset.
(b) Accounting Standards are selected set of accounting policies or broad
guidelines regarding the principles and methods to be chosen out of
several alternatives. The Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) formulates Accounting Standards
to be established by the Council of the ICAI. The main objective of
Accounting Standards is to establish standards which have to be
complied with, to ensure that financial statements are prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting
Standards seek to suggest rules and criteria of accounting
measurements. These standards harmonize the diverse accounting
policies and practices at present in use in India.
(c) Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Govind as on 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Dr. Amount ` Cr. Amount `
Govind ’s Capital
14,004
Govind ’s Drawings 5,076
Leasehold Premises 6,750
Sales
24,750
Due from customers 4,770
Purchases 11,331
Purchases Returns 2,376
Loan from Bank 2,304
Trade expenses 6,300
Trade Payable 4,752
586
Bills payable 900
Salaries and Wages 5,400
Cash at Bank 2,034
Opening Inventory (1.4.2023) 2,376
Rent and rates 4,167
Sales return 882
49,086 49,086
Reasons:
1. Due from customers is an asset, so its balance will be a debit
balance.
2. Purchases return account always shows a credit balance because
assets goes out.
3. Trade Payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
4. Bills payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance.
5. Inventory (opening) represents assets, so it will have a debit
balance.
6. Sales return account always shows a debit balance because assets
come in.
2. (a) Valuation of Physical Stock as at March 31, 2024
`
Stock at cost on 31
st
December,2023 80,000
Add: (1) Undercasting of a page total 200
(2) Goods purchased and delivered
during January – March, 2024
` (70,000 – 3,000 + 4,000) 71,000
(3) Cost of sales return ` (1,000 – 200) 800 72,000
1,52,000
Less:(1) Overcasting of a page total
` (6,000 – 5,000)
(1,000 )
(2) Goods sold and dispatched during
January – March, 2024
` (90,000 – 5,000 + 4,000) 89,000
Less: Profit margin ?
?
?
?
?
?
×
125
25
89,000 17,800
(71,200 ) (72,200 )
Value of stock as on 31st March, 2024 79,800
Note: In the above solution, transfer of ownership is assumed to take
place at the time of delivery of goods. If it is assumed that transfer of
ownership takes place on the date of invoice, therefore ` 4,000 goods
delivered in March 2024 for which invoice was received in April, 2024,
would be treated as purchases of the accounting year 2024-2025 and
thus excluded. Similarly, goods dispatched in March, 2024 but invoiced
587
in April, 2024 would be excluded and treated as sale of the year
2024-2025.
(b) Bank Reconciliation Statement of Ramesh Traders as on 31
st
March,
2024
Particulars Amount
(`)
Amount
(`)
Balance as per Cash Book 8,24,400
Add:
Mistake in bringing forward ` 37,000/- debit
balance as credit balance on 22nd March
74,000
Cheques issued but not presented
Issued = ` 84,000 less cashed ` 57,000
= ` 27,000/-
27,000
Dividend directly collected but not entered in
cash book
70,000
Cheques recorded twice in the cash book 2,58,000
Wrongly credited cheque by bank 50,000
Discount amount wrongly entered in bank
column
1,000 4,80,000
Less:
Wrong casting in cash book on 12th March,
2024
(24,000 )
Cheque issued and not entered in the Bank
Column
(1,70,000 )
Fire Insurance premium paid directly by bank (40,000 )
Cheque dishonored not recorded in books (10,000 )
Credit card payment not recorded in cash book (5,000 )
Cheque wrongly deposited by bank in savings
account
(4,000 )
Bank charges debited not recorded in cash
book
(400 )
(2,53,400 )
Balance as per the Passbook 10,51,000
Note : No effects of cheque deposit directly and dishonored in the same
Month. Alternatively amount of ` 64,000/- can be added as well as
deducted from balance as per cash book.
588
3. (a) In the books of Natures Beauty Society
Income and Expenditure Account
for the year ending 31st March, 2024
Expenditure ` Income `
To Medicine 2,90,000 By Subscription 5,12,000
To Honorarium 1,00,000 By donation 1,50,000
To Salaries 2,80,000 By Interest on investment 90,000
To Sundry
expenses
10,000 By Charity show 1,25,000
To Depreciation Less: Charity show
expenses
(15,000) 1,10,000
Equipment 60,000
Building 20,000
To Surplus 1,02,000
8,62,000 8,62,000
Balance Sheet of Natures Beauty Society
as on 31
st
March, 2024
Liabilities ` ` Assets ` `
Capital Fund: Equipment 2,10,000
Opening balance 18,03,000 Add: Purchases. 1,50,000
Add: Surplus 1,02,000 19,05,000 3,60,000
Advance
subscription
7,000 Less: dep. (bal. fig) (60,000) 3,00,000
Creditors
(medicine)
1,30,000 Building 5,00,000
Less: dep. (bal. fig) (20,000) 4,80,000
Investment
(` 90,000/9%)
10,00,000
Outstanding
Subscription
22,000
Closing
stock(medicine)
1,50,000
Cash 90,000
20,42,000 20,42,000
Working Note:
(i) Subscription for the year ended 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Amount
Subscription Received during the year 5,00,000
Less: Subscription outstanding as on 1
st
April, 2023 (15,000)
Add: Subscription outstanding as on 31
st
March, 2024 22,000
Add: Subscription received in advance as on
1
st
April, 2023
12,000
589
Less: Subscription received in advance as on
31
st
March, 2024
(7,000)
Total 5,12,000
(ii) Medicines purchased during the year ended 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Amount
Opening due for medical supply 90,000
Less: Payment made during the year (3,00,000)
Less: Closing due for medical supply (1,30,000)
Medicines purchased during the year 3,40,000
(iii) Medicines consumed during the year ended 31
st
March, 2024
Particulars Amount
Opening stock
1,00,000
Add: Purchase during the year 3,40,000
Less: Closing Stock (1,50,000)
Medicines consumed during the year 2,90,000
(iv) Depreciation on Equipment
Particulars Amount
Opening Balance 2,10,000
Add: Purchase during the year 1,50,000
Less: Closing Balance (3,00,000)
Depreciation for the year 60,000
(b) Joint Life Policy Account
` `
10
th
June,
2020
To Bank
Account
3,000 31
st
Dec.,
2020
By Profit and Loss A/c 3,000
10
th
June,
2021
To Bank
Account
3,000 31
st
Dec.,
2021
By Profit and Loss A/c 2,100
31
st
Dec.,
2021
By Balance c/d 900
3,000 3,000
1
st
January,
2022
To Balance b/d 900 31
st
Dec.,
2022
By Profit and Loss A/c 1,900
10
th
June,
2022
To Bank
Account
3,000 31
st
Dec.,
2022
By Balance c/d 2,000
3,900 3,900
1
st
January,
2023
To Balance b/d 2,000 31
st
Dec.,
2023
By Profit and Loss A/c 1,400
10
th
June,
2023
To Bank
Account
3,000 31
st
Dec.,
2023
By Balance c/d 3,600
590
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