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1.Financial statements are prepared:

Only for publicly owned business organizations.
For corporations, but not for sole proprietorships or partnerships.
Primarily for the benefit of persons outside of the business organization.
In either monetary or nonmonetary terms, depending upon the need of the decision maker.

2.The basic purpose of an accounting system is to:

Develop financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Provide as much useful information to decision makers as possible, regardless of cost.
Record changes in the financial position of an organization by applying the concepts of double-entry accounting.
Meet an organization's need for accounting information as efficiently as possible.

3.Information is cost effective when:

The information aids management in controlling costs.
The information is based upon historical costs, rather than upon estimated market values.
The value of the information exceeds the cost of producing it.
The information is generated by a computer-based accounting system.

4. Although accounting information is used by a wide variety of external parties, financial reporting is primarily directed toward the information needs of:

Investors and creditors.
Government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service.
Customers.
Trade associations and labor unions.

5.All of the following are characteristics of managerial accounting, except:

Reports are used primarily by insiders rather than by persons outside of the business entity.
Its purpose is to assist managers in planning and controlling business operations.
Information must be developed in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or with income tax regulations.
Information may be tailored to assist in specific managerial decisions.

6.A complete set of financial statements for Hartman Company, at December 31, 1999, would include each of the following, except:

Balance sheet as of December 31, 1999.
Income statement for the year ended December 31, 1999.
Statement of projected cash flows for 2000.
Notes containing additional information that is useful in interpreting the financial statements.

7.In comparison with a financial statement prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, a managerial accounting report is more likely to:

Be used by decision makers outside of the business organization.
Focus upon the operation results of the most recently completed accounting period.
View the entire organization as the reporting entity.
Be tailored to the specific needs of an individual decision maker.

8. The nature of an asset is best described as:

Something with physical form that is valued at cost in the accounting records.
An economic resource owned by a business and expected to benefit future operations.
An economic resource representing cash or the right to receive cash in the near future.
Something owned by a business that has a ready market value.

9. The balance sheet item that represents the resources invested by the owner is:

Accounts receivable.
Cash.
Note payable.
Owner's equity.

10. Arguments that the cost principle is not a satisfactory basis for the valuation of assets in financial statements are usually based on:

The lack of objective evidence to permit verification of cost data.
Increased availability and capacity of computers.
Stronger internal control structures.
Continued inflation.

1. The statement(s) regarding defects in solids is (are)

Frenkel defect is usually favoured by a very small difference in the size of cation and anion
Traping of an electron in the lattice leads to the formation of F-centre.
Frenkel defect is a dislocation defect
Schottky defects have no effect on physical properties of solids

2.Of the following ,the compound that obeys the octet rule is

CO₂
BCl₃
PCl₅
OsF

3.Using VSPER theory, the number of lone pairs in PCl₅, IF₅, SOF₄ and XeOF₄ are

0,1,0 and 1
0,0,1 and 1
1,1,0 and 0
1,0,1 and 0

4.The first law of thermodynamics is conservation of

momentum
energy
(c ) Both and
mass

5.The fuelcell reaction generates electricity directly from H₂ and O₂ . The net reaction is 2H₂ + O₂ → 2H₂O . What potential should the battery generate ( under standard conditions )?

0.40
0.43
0.68
1.23

6.Which factors would increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

I. Increasing the temperature.
II. Removing products as they are formed.
III. Adding a catalyst.
I and II II and III ( I,II and III I only

7.Going down in a group from F to I, which of the following property increases?

ionic radius
electronegativity
ionization energy
oxidizing power

8.Which is best reducing agent?

9.Red and white phosphorous will differ but not in

smell
reaction with HNO₃
solubility in CH₃
exhibiting phosphorescence

10. Which of the following bonds has the least energy?

O-O
S-S
Se-Se
Te-Te

1.The curve showing the possibilities of production of desired good is known as:

Indifference curve
Production possibility curve
Revealed preference curve
Iso-quant curve

2. Which one of the following definition of Economics is associated with the name of Lionel Robbins?

Welfare definition
Scarcity definition
Growth definition
Wealth definition

3. Which of the following embodies a more widely accepted definition of economics?

Science of material welfare
Science of wealth
A study of mankind in the ordinary business of life
Science of making choice.

4. The fundamental problem faced by an economy is one of :

Exchange
Decision making by the government
Economic welfare
Scarcity of resources and multiplicity of wants.

5. State whether Economics is :

A positive science only
Neither a positive science
A science but not art
A science or an art depending on who uses Economics and for what purpose.

6. Micro economic theory studies how a free enterprise economy determines:

The Price of goods
The price of services
The price of resources
The price of labour

7. Which of the following is incorrect?

Microeconomics is concerned primarily with the problem of what, how and for whom to produce
Microeconomics is concerned primarily with the economic behavior of individual decision making units when at equilibrium
Microeconomics is concerned primarily with the time path and processes by which one equilibrium position evolves into another
Microeconomics is concerned primarily with comparative statics rather than dynamics.

8. The meaning of the word ‘economic’ is most closely associated with the word:

Free
Scarce
Unlimited
Unrestricted

9. Microeconomics studies the decision making behaviour of:

Society as a whole
An individual or household
A group of individuals
Economy as a whole

10. The subject matter of economics is the study of:

Wealth
Welfare
Scarcity
Scarcity and Choice

CUCET 2026 Sample Paper