Introduction to Financial Accounting MCQs [Multiple Choice Questions and Answers 2025 Free PDF]

Introduction to Financial Accounting MCQs
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
For BCOM, MCOM, CMA Intermediate and Junior Accountant Exam

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1. Who is considered the father of modern accounting?

a) Luca Friar Pacioli

b) J. Betty

c) Henry Fayol

d) Gestonburg

Ans:- a) Luca Friar Pacioli

2. Who is considered the father of accounting in India?

a) Chankya

b) Aryabhatt

c) Sri Kalyan Subramani Aiyar

d) A. P. J Abdul Kalam

Ans:- c) Sri Kalyan Subramani Aiyar

3. Give some examples of Personal Account.

Ans: Drawings, Capital, Loan, etc.

Note: Personal Accounts include mainly debtors, creditors, outstanding expenses, prepaid expenses,accrued income, overdraft, names of companies, schools, colleges, institutions, or any naming word.

4. Give some examples of Real Account.

Ans: Goodwill, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Land and Building, Furniture, Fixtures, Cash, Bills Receivable, etc.

5. Which of the following is not a Real Account?

a) Cash Account

b) Stock Account

c) Machinery Account

d) Reserve for Discount on Creditors

Ans:- d) Reserve for Discount on Creditors

6. Which of the following is not a Real Account?

a) Patents Account

b) Goodwill Account

c) Petty Cash Account

d) Petty Cash Expenses Account

Ans:- d) Petty Cash Expenses Account

7. Which of the following is not a Personal Account?

a) Capital Account

b) Drawings Account

c) Bills Payable Account

d) Bills Receivable Account

e) All of the above

Ans:- e) All of the above

8. Which of the following is not a Personal Account?

a) Arihant Jewelers Ltd.

b) Punjab National Bank

c) Tinsukia College

d) Reserve for Discount on Creditors Account

Ans:- d) Reserve for Discount on Creditors Account

9. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Bookkeeping is very old.

b) The work of bookkeeping is usually entrusted to junior employees.

c) Function of bookkeeping is performed by the bookkeeper.

d) All of the above.

Ans:- d) All of the above.

10. “Accounting is an art of recording, classifying, and summarising in a significant manner and interms of money, transactions and events which are of a financial character and interpreting the result thereof.” This definition is given by:

a) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

b) J. Betty

c) Henry Fayol

d) Gestonburg

Ans:- a) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

11. A list of assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity of a business enterprise as of a specific date is:

a) Income Statement

b) Cash Flow Statement

c) Balance Sheet

d) Profit & Loss Account

Ans: c) Balance Sheet

12. The balance sheet is related to the income statement in the same way that –

a) A point in time is related to a period of time

b) A period of time is related to a point in time

c) A point in time is related to another point in time

d) A period of time is related to another period of time

Ans:- b) A period of time is related to a point in time

13. The properties owned by business enterprises are called:

a) Assets

b) Liabilities

c) Capital

d) Owner’s Equity

Ans:- a) Assets

14. Which of the following is an important reason for studying accounting?

a) The information provided by accounting is useful in making many economic decisions.

b) Accounting plays an important role in society.

c) The study of accounting could lead to a challenging career.

d) All of the above.

Ans:- a) The information provided by accounting is useful in making many economic decisions.

15. Statement of changes in financial position shows:

a) Sources and uses of funds

b) Assets and liabilities

c) Income and expenses

d) Losses and gains

Ans:- a) Sources and uses of funds

16. Which of the following statements is false?

a) Accounting is the language of business.

b) Accounting is as old as money itself.

c) Accounting is a service function.

d) Accounting involves only the recording of business transactions.

Ans:- d) Accounting involves only the recording of business transactions.

17. Which of the following statements are false?

a) Accounting may be described as an information system with its inputs, processing methods, and outputs.

b) Accounting records only those transactions and events which are of a financial nature.

c) Accounting is both an art and a science.

d) Accounting means recording transactions and events, not their interpretation.

Ans:- d) Accounting means recording transactions and events, not their interpretation.

18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of accounting information?

a) Relevance

b) Reliability

c) Comparability

d) Matching

Ans:- d) Matching

19. Which of the following is not a branch of accounting?

a) Financial Accounting

b) Cost Accounting

c) Management Accounting

d) Responsibility Accounting

Ans:- d) Responsibility Accounting

20. The last step in the accounting process is:

a) Identifying the business transactions and events

b) Recording of business transactions

c) Classifying the business transactions

d) Communication of financial statements

Ans:- d) Communication of financial statements

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State whether the following statements are true or false:

21. Book-keeping and accounting are one and the same thing. False

22. Accounting is useful only to the businessman. False

23. Book keeping is limited upto recording of business transactions.        True

24. Sub-fields of accounting are book-keeping and financial accounting True

25. Book-keeping is only the art of recording. False

26. Book-keeping ends where accounting starts. True

27. First step in accounting process is identification of business transactions and events.  True

28. Provision for bad debt, provision for discount on debtors, provisions for depreciation accounts are also called contra accounts.  True

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29. Book-keeping is a systematic record of all financial transactions.

30. Scope of accountancy is larger than that of book-keeping.

31. Accounting records can be produced as evidence in a court of law.

32. In every transaction at least two parties are involved.

33. Accounting is a Discipline whereas Accountancy is a Profession.

34. Amount payable by the entity to the outsiders in termed as Liability.

35. Revenue is the monetary value of the products or services sold to the customers during the year.

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