MCQs - TS Grewal Class 11 Accountancy: Chapter 1 - Introduction to Accounting
1. Which of the following is NOT a function of accounting?
a) Recording
b) Classifying
c) Budgeting
d) Summarizing
Answer: c)
2. The main objective of accounting is to:
a) Maintain records
b) Provide information to users
c) Calculate tax
d) Allocate resources
Answer: b)
3. Which is NOT a branch of accounting?
a) Financial accounting
b) Management accounting
c) Cost accounting
d) Taxation accounting
Answer: d)
4. Accounting helps in:
a) Decision making
b) Pollution control
c) Product designing
d) Legal drafting
Answer: a)
5. Who are internal users of accounting information?
a) Government
b) Investors
c) Management
d) Creditors
Answer: c)
6. Which accounting branch is used for internal planning and control?
a) Financial accounting
b) Cost accounting
c) Management accounting
d) Auditing
Answer: c)
7. The process of analyzing and interpreting financial data is called:
a) Bookkeeping
b) Summarizing
c) Interpretation
d) Classifying
Answer: c)
8. Bookkeeping is mainly concerned with:
a) Interpreting results
b) Recording of transactions
c) Making financial statements
d) Budgeting
Answer: b)
9. Which one of the following is a limitation of accounting?
a) Records only financial transactions
b) Helps in decision-making
c) Provides information to users
d) Maintains business records
Answer: a)
10. Financial statements are primarily prepared for:
a) Internal users only
b) Tax authorities
c) External users
d) Employees only
Answer: c)
11. Which of the following is not considered a user of accounting information?
a) Management
b) Employees
c) Passerby
d) Investors
Answer: c)
12. Which of the following does not come under financial transactions?
a) Purchase of goods
b) Appointment of a manager
c) Sale of goods
d) Payment of rent
Answer: b)
13. Accounting information should be:
a) Complicated
b) Misleading
c) Reliable
d) Delayed
Answer: c)
14. Which principle states that only monetary transactions are recorded?
a) Cost concept
b) Money measurement concept
c) Dual aspect concept
d) Business entity concept
Answer: b)
15. The branch of accounting that deals with the preparation of financial statements is:
a) Cost accounting
b) Financial accounting
c) Management accounting
d) Forensic accounting
Answer: b)
16. Which of the following is an external user of accounting information?
a) Manager
b) Owner
c) Employee
d) Lender
Answer: d)
17. The art of recording business transactions is known as:
a) Journalizing
b) Auditing
c) Reporting
d) Interpretation
Answer: a)
18. Which of the following is NOT an objective of accounting?
a) Systematic recording
b) Legal evidence
c) Control over employees
d) Determination of results
Answer: c)
19. The process of transferring entries from journal to ledger is called:
a) Summarizing
b) Posting
c) Classifying
d) Analyzing
Answer: b)
20. Which of these is NOT a qualitative characteristic of accounting information?
a) Understandability
b) Comparability
c) Flexibility
d) Reliability
Answer: c)