Chapter 1 Introduction to Accounting Case Study Questions

Please refer to the Chapter 1 Introduction to Accounting Case Study Questions with answers provided below. We have provided Case Study Questions for Class 11 Accountancy for all chapters as per CBSE, NCERT and KVS examination guidelines. These case based questions are expected to come in your exams this year. Please practise these case study based Class 11 Accountancy Questions and answers to get more marks in examinations.

Case Study Questions Chapter 1 Introduction to Accounting

Read the following case study and answer questions 

Sen and Shetty are two friends who both have just attended their first class of accountancy .The friends were intrigued by the different branches of accounting and their widespread application. Sen personally liked the branch of accounting in which fund flow statement and budgetary control is used and that branch helps in planning and controlling of operations.As the concept of accounting was further explored, they began discussing the different users of accounting. Sen said that he finds it interesting that even the employees demand information relating to business . Shetty said he finds more interesting the fact that even competitors want information on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the enterprise and for making comparisons. Shetty further said that even accounting helps owners to compare one year’s costs, expenses, and sales with those of other years. However, they were quite shocked by the fact that the management-worker relations was not taken into consideration in the accounting.Meanwhile, Sen and Shetty had an argument at the end of the discussion. Sen was saying that accounting is an art whereas Shetty was saying that accounting is a science. Their teacher came in and said something to them which made them stop the argument .

Question. What might have their teacher said to solve their argument?
(a) Sen, please understand, Shetty is correct in this situation
(b) Shetty, please understand, Sen is correct in this situation
(c) Both are correct
(d) None is correct

Question. Shetty talked about which type of users of accounting?
(a) Internal users
(b) External users
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Question. Which limitation of accounting is being talked by them?
(a) Influenced by personal judgement
(b) Omission of qualitative information
(c) Incomplete information
(d) Based on historical costs

Question. Which advantage of accounting is being talked by Shetty in last part of first para?
(a) Provides information regarding profit and loss
(b) Provides completes and systematic record
(c) Enables comparative study
(d) Evidence in legal matters

Question. Which branch of accounting is liked by Sen?
(a) Financial accounting
(b) Cost accounting
(c) Management accounting
(d) Tax accounting

Read the following case study and answer questions

Ben and Jones started with Cash ₹ 10,000 and Machinery ₹ 1,00,000. They decided to set up a production line for PPE kits for the protection from Covid 19 virus. As their demand expanded , they decided to purchase one more machinery. For the same, they took bank overdraft and purchased the machinery. The quality of the company’s product was very high and therefore, it could develop a reputation for itself in the market and business was flourishing. After 1.5 years, their old machinery turned obsolete so they decided to sell the same.They sold it and got some cash proceeds. To further increase the brand presence among the concerned stakeholders, they decided to run advertisements from the cash proceeds of machinery sold. As more and more customers demanded their product, they decided to launch a discount for bulk purchases. The discount was not to be recorded in the books of accounts. This campaign was successful and they earned lot of profits from the same.

Question. Which type of discount is being discussed in the last part of passage?
(a) Trade discount
(b) Cash discount
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Can’t be determine

Question. Which asset is discussed in the line, “The quality of the company’s product was very high and therefore, it could develop a reputation for itself in the market and business was flourishing”?
(a) Tangible
(b) Intangible
(c) Current
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Question. Which type of liability is discussed in the passage?
(a) Non-current
(b) Current
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Can’t be determined

Question. What was the capital initially invested?
(a) ₹ 10,000
(b) ₹ 1,00,000
(c) ₹ 1,10,000
(d) Can’t be determined

Question. The passage involves capital receipts (apart from initial capital invested).
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Partially true
(d) Can’t say