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ISLAMIAT
EVERYDAY SCIENCE
36) Question on working principle of pressure cooker?
37) Why rainbow is seen after rain? due to water drops suspended in the air.
38) Burning of wood emits which gas? Carbon Monoxide
39) One horse power is ? 746 watts
40) Boiling point of water ?
Options. a) 100 Celsius b) Depends on atmospheric pressure. c) Doesn't depends on A.P. d)
None of these.
41) Source of Vitamin A? Carrots.
42? Washing Soda is? Sodium Carbonate
43? Question on Thunder.Why lightning occurs before the sound of thunder?
44) Metal used in filament of bulb? Tungsten
45) Increase in temperature causes respiration?
Options:a) Increase b) decrease c) Slowly decrease d) Rapidly increase
46) Einstein was given noble prize in? Physics
47) Normal pulse? 72
48) Tarbela dam is built on which river? Indus River.
49) Abdul Salam was awarded Noble Prize in ? 1979
50) First PM of Pakistan? L.A.Khan
51) state bank of pak formed= 1st july 1948.
52) first consititution = 23 march 1956.
MATHEMATICS
1) If area of a circle is 16 phi. What is it's diameter? 32
2) Three decimal number were given.It was asked to add them. Like 0.67+4.3+2.0
3) Four numbers were given and it was asked which is the largest.
Like A) 1100 B) 2% C)0.8 D) 0.28
4)A number that is divisible by 34 & 36, Is also divisible by
A) 20 B) 16 C) 30 D)32
5) 0.2 % in decimal form is
A) 2 B) 0.02 C) 0.002 D) 0.2
6) Ratio of two numbers .
7) In 2 hours which fraction represents 15 minutes.
A) 18 B) 34 C) 512 D
Ans=1\8 or 18
8) 10.2% is
9) If 8 workers build a house in 16 days. Then how many men will be required to build it in 14
days?
This was a question of direct proportion
10) If Ali gets 81,82, 88,76,83 marks in each test. What should be his marks in next test so
that the average is 82.
11)If the area of a rectangle is 480.What is it's perimeter.
12) The average of 11a+9,2a+6,7a+8,-4a+1,5a+3 is
13) After a discount of 10% .The price of a shirt becomes 2240 . What is the original price?
14) if 12a -3=6a+2.The value of a is?
1-Area of rectangle is 48 what is diameter ? 32
2- what fraction 2 hours of 15 minutes.
3-a number is divided by 24 and 32. Which is third no also divided by that? = 48
4- 0.625 , 4.2 and 2 what is total ?
5- which is greater ? a) 0.28 b) 30% c) = 30%
6- 12 man do work in 20 days how many man do tha work in 36 days.
7- wha is ratio of 12 foot and 8 inch.= 18
1. Wool gathering
meaning- indulgence in aimless thoughts and dreamy imagination; absent minded.
usage: Mother advised to her son to not wool gather and be serious
2. Under the harrow
meaning: in difficult situation; distress
usage:After giving divorce to her wife he is under the harrow now.
3. Cold comfort
meaning: little comfort or encouragement.
usage: After getting job Aslam is in cold comfort.
4. A gold digger
meaning: a relationship mad by women with a man to seek his money or gift.
usage: The new secretary seem to be gold digger.
5. Walk with God
meaning: to live in accordance with the commandments of God.
usage: He is very pious person because he walk with god.
6. On the thin ice
meaning: in a risky and dangerous situation.
usage: Aslam made many mistakes in the Essay paper and now his is on the thin ice
7. A queer fish
meaning: a person of old habits
usage: Aslam father in law is a queer fish
8. Unearthly hour
meaning: at a very earlier time of morning
usage: it is midnight what brought you to come here.
9.Grateful:
Meaning: showing or expressing thanks, especially to another person
Use in sentence: I'm so grateful (to you) for all that you've done.
10.Gratified:
Meaning: to please someone, or to satisfy a wish or need
Use in sentence: We were gratified by the response to our appeal.
11.Imaginary:
Meaning: describes something that is created by and exists only in the mind; that is not real
Use in sentence: As a child I had an imaginary friend called Polly.
12.Imaginative:
Meaning: of, relating to, or characterized by imagination
Use in sentence: The architects have made imaginative use of glass and transparent plastic.
13.Negligent:
Meaning: not being careful or giving enough attention to people or things that are your responsibility
Use in sentence: The judge said that the teacher had been negligent in allowing the children to swim in
dangerous water.
14.Negligible:
Meaning: too slight or small in amount to be of importance
Use in sentence: The difference between the two products is negligible.
15.Placable:
Meaning: to stop from being angry
Use in sentence: The Canaanites had many gods and they ran here, there and everywhere to placate these
gods.
16.Placeable:
Meaning: capable of being recognized
Use in sentence: An easy thing you could do is making clocks placeable on walls.
17.Restive:
Meaning: unwilling to be controlled or be patient
Use in sentence: The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
18.Restless:
Meaning: unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored
Use in sentence: He's a restless type - he never stays in one country for long.
45-light of sun reach in earth 8.5 mint( while other options was 3mint 4mint 6.5 mint)
The First Battle of Panipat (1526), between the Mughal Babur and the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, resulting
in a Mughal victory
The Second Battle of Panipat (1556), between the Mughal Akbar and Hemu - the Hindu ruler of north India
from Delhi, resulting in a Mughal victory
The Third Battle of Panipat (1761), between the Durrani Empire of Afghanistan and the Maratha Empire,
resulting in a Durrani victory
a) Jupiter
b) Venus
c) Saturn
d) Uranus
e) None of these
2. Sun is a:
a) Planet
b) Comet
c) Satellite
d) Aurora
e) None of these
4. A unit of length equal to the average distance between the earth and sun is called
a) Light year
b) Astronomical unit
c) Parsec
d) Parallax
e) None of these
6. The ozone layer protects the earth from rays sent by the sun:
a) Ultraviolet rays
b) Infrared rays
c) Gamma rays
d) radioactive rays
e) None of these
7. The ozone layer is present about 30miles (50km) in atmosphere above earth. The stratum (layer) of
atmosphere in which ozone layer lies is called as:
a) Exosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) ionosphere
e) Troposphere
8. Which rocks are formed by the alteration of pre-existing rocks by great heat or pressure
a) Igneous rocks
b) Sedimentary rocks
c) Metamorphic rocks
d) Acid rocks
e) Basic rocks
a) Chemical effect
b) Magnetic effect
c) Heating effect
d) All of these three
e) None of these
a) Watt hour
b) Kilowatt hour
c) Joule hour
d) Kilojoule hour
e) None of these
13. The magnet always points in the same direction, if move freely i.e. towards north and south poles, because
of:
a) Gravitational field
b) A lot of metals deposits on north and south poles
c) Due to attraction of north pole and repulsion of Western pole
d) Earth is a huge magnet
e) None of these
14. When sound is reflected from floor, ceiling or a wall , it mixes with the original sound and change its
complexion, it is called as
a) Sound
b) Echo
c) Reverberation
d) noise
e) None of these
17. The time light takes from Sun to reach Earth is:
a) 8 minutes
b) 25 minutes
c) 45 minutes
d) 60 minutes
e) None of these
a) 50 Million Km
b) 100 Million Km
c) 150 Million Km
d) 200 Million Km
e) None of these
19. the most suitable thermometer for measuring the boiling point of water is:
a) Mercury thermometer
b) Alcohol thermometer
c) Bimetallic thermometer
d) Liquid crystal thermometer
e) None of these
a) 32C
b) 0C
c) 4C
d) 100C
e) None of these
a) Atoms
b) Molecules
c) Compounds
d) Isotopes
e) None of these
a) Physical
b) Chemical
c) Physiological
d) Morphological
e) None of these
a) -32C
b) -80C
c) -100C
d) -196C
e) None of these
27. If an alkali is slowly added to an acidic solution, the pH of the acidic solution will:
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Increase to 7 and then decrease
d) Decrease to 7 and then increase
e) Will remain same
28. The usual raw material for ceramics, generally found beneath the top soil is?
a) Sand
b) Slit
c) Clay
d) Plaster of Paris
e) Melamine
a) Synthetic rubber
b) Nylon
c) Cellulose
d) Protein
e) None of these.
a) Marconi
b) Galileo
c) John Beard
d) Edison
e) Graham Bell.
31. Information can be sent over long distances in the form of:
33.Computers can:
a) Insecticides
b) Fungicides
c) Herbicides
d) Fumigants
e) None of these.
36. The cytoplasm consists of several types of structures, which are called:
a) Protoplasm
b) Nucleus
c) Cytochromes
d) Organelles
e) None of these.
37. The structure of DNA was elaborated by Watson and Crick in:
a) 1909
b) 1923
c) 1945
d) 1953
e) None of these.
a) Beriberi
b) Night blindness
c) Rickets
d) Scurvy
e) None of these.
41. To measure the specific gravity of milk, the instrument used is:
a) Hygrometer
b) Barometer
c) Lactometer
d) Hydrometer
e) None of these.
a) Photosynthesis
b) Digestion
c) Excretion
d) Metabolism
e) None of these.
a) Saprophytes
b) Parasites
c) Epiphytes
d) Pathogens
e) None of these.
a) Frugivorous
b) Herbivorous
c) Carnivorous
d) Omnivorous
e) Insectivorous.
a) Evaporation
b) Transpiration
c) Evapo-Transpiration
d) Respiration
e) None of these.
46. the study of how plants and animals interact with one another and with the non-living environment is called
as:
a) Ecosystem
b) Sociology
c) Ecology
d) Habitat
e) None of these.
a) 200
b) 202
c) 204
d) 206
e) None of these.
49. In human eye, the light sensitive layer made of specializes nerve cells, rods and cones is called as:
a) The pupil
b) The cornea
c) The sclera
d) The iris
e) The retina.
PART II
Q2: Write a short note on the following Muslim scientists by giving their exact life span and contribution to the
field of science:-
a) Jabar-bin-Hayan b) Bu Ali Sina
Q5: (a) Basically how many forms of energy are there? Also name these.
(b) Enlist different types of energy.
(c) What is renewable energy source? Quote three examples of renewable energy sources.
Q6: Is plastic a natural or an artificial polymer? Describe various types of plastics and their uses.
(2) For preparing balance sheets prepaid expenses are shown as part of:
(a) Liability
(b) Equities
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(3) Unpaid and unrecorded expenses are called:
(a) Prepaid expenses
(b) Accrued expenses
(c) Additional expenses
(d) None of these
(4) Amount, cash, or other assets removed from business by owner is:
(a) Capital
(b) Drawings
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(5) Under the diminishing balance method, depreciation amount is:
(a) Payment
(b) Receipt
(c) Expenditure
(d) None of these
(6) Users of accounting information include:
(a) The tax authorities
(b) Investors
(c) Creditors
(d) All of these
(7) The business form(s) in which the owner(s) is (are) personally liable is
(are) the:
(a) Partnership only
(b) Proprietorship
(c) Corporation only
(d) Partnership and proprietorship
(e) None of these
(8) The investment of personal assets by the owner:
(a) Increases total assets and increases owners equity
(b) Increases total assets only
(c) Has no effect on assets but increases owners equity
(d) Increase assets and liabilities
(e) None of these
(9) All of the following are forms of organizations except:
(a) Proprietorship
(b) Corporation
(c) Retailer
(d) Partnership
(e) None of these
(10) Economic resources of a business that are expected to be of benefit in
the future are referred to as:
(a) Liabilities
(b) Owners equity
(c) Withdrawals
(d) Assets
(e) None of these
(11) An owner investment of land into the business would:
(a) Decrease withdrawals
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) Decrease assets
(e) None of these
(12) A cash purchase of supplies would:
(a) Decrease owners equity
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Have no effect on total assets
(d) None of these
(13) An owner investment of each into the business would:
(a) Increase assets
(b) Decrease liabilities
(c) Increase withdrawals
(d) Decrease owners equity
(e) None of these
(14) The payment of rent each month for office space would:
(a) Decrease total assets
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) None of these
(15) Real accounts are related to:
(a) Assets
(b) Expenses and incomes
(c) Customers and Creditors etc.
(d) None of these
(16) Which one of the following accounts would usually have a debit
balance?
(a) Cash
(b) Creditors
(c) Accounts payable
(d) Salaries Expenses
(e) None of these
(17) Quick assets include which of the following?
(a) Cash
(b) Accounts Receivable
(c) Inventories
(d) Only (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
(18) Net income plus operating expenses is equal to:
(a) Net sales
(b) Cost of goods available for sale
(c) Cost of goods sold
(d) Gross profit
(e) None of these
(19) The maximum number of partners in Pakistan can be fixed at the
following:
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75
(d) None of these
(20) Balance sheet is always prepared:
(a) For the year ended
(b) As on a specific date
(c) None of these
(1) The measureable value of an alternative use of resources is referred to
as:
(a) An opportunity cost
(b) An imputed cost
(c) A different cost
(d) A sunk cost
(e) None of these
(a) Organizational chart
(b)Management chart
(c) Budget
(d) Procedural chart
(e) None of these
(3) A cost center is:
(a) A unit of production in relation to which costs are ascertained
(b) A location which is responsible for controlling direct costs
(c) Part of the factory overhead system by which costs are gathered
(d) Any location or department which incurs cost
(e) None of these
(4) At break-even point of 400 units sold the variable costs were Rs. 400
and the fixed costs were Rs.200. What will be the 401 units sold contributing
to profit before income tax?
(a) Rs. 0.00
(b) Rs. 0.50
(c) Rs. 1.00
(d) Rs. 1.50
(e) None of these
(5) In considering a special order situation that will enable a company to
make use of currently idle capacity, which of the following cost will be
irrelevant:
(a) Materials
(b) Depreciation
(c) Direct labour
(d) Variable factory overhead
(e) None of these
(6) A fixed cost:
(a) May change in total when such change is not related to changes in
production
(b) Will not change in total because it is not related to changes in production
(c) Is constant per unit for each unit of change in production
(d) May change in total, depending on production with the relevant range
(e) None of these
(7) Completion of a job is result in:
(a) DR finished goods .. CR WIP
(b) DR Cost of goods CR finished goods
(c) DR WIP ..... CR FOH control
(d) DR FOH control ... CR FOH applied
(e) None of these
(8) Operating cost in often named as:
(a) Manufacturing cost plus commercial expenses
(b) Prime cost plus factory overheads
(c) Direct material plus direct labour
(d) Selling plus administrative expenses
(e) None of these
(9) Expenses such as rent and depreciation of a building are shared by
several departments these are:
(a) Indirect expenses
(b) Direct expenses
(c) Joint expenses
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(10) If under applied FOH is closed to cost of goods sold, the journal entry
is:
(a) DR Cost of goods sold .. CR FOH control
(b) DR FOH control .... CR Cost of goods sold
(c) DR FOH control .... CR Profit % loss account
(d) None of these
(11) Re-order quantity 3600 units
Maximum consumption 900 units per week
Minimum comsumption .300 units per week
Re-order period ..5 weeks
Based on this data Re-order level is:
(a) 4500 units
(b) 3900 units
(c) 1200 units
(d) 400 units
(e) None of these
(12) The time lag between indenting and receiving material is called:
(a) Lead time
(b) Idle time
(c) Stock out time
(d) None of these
(13) A credit balance remaining in FOH Control account is called:
(a) Over-applied overhead
(b) Under-applied overhead
(c) Actual overhead
(d) None of these
(14) Direct material cost plus direct labour cost is called:
(a) Prime cost
(b) Conversion cost
(c) Product cost
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
(15) Productivity means:
(a) The ability to produce
(b) All units produced
(c) Good units produced
(d) None of these
(16) A segment of the business that generates both revenue and cost is
called:
(a) Profit Center
(b) Cost Center
(c) Cost driver
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
(17) Verification includes:
(a) Checking vouchers
(b) Examining audit report
(c) None of these
(18) Audit of a bank is generally conducted through:
(a) Routine checking
(b) Vouching
(c) Balance sheet audit
(d) None of these
(19) Economics resources of a business that are expected to be of benefit in
the future are referred to as:
(a) Liabilities
(b) Owners equity
(c) Withdrawals
(d) Assets
(e) None of these
FPSC Senior Auditors Test Preparation Basic Accounting Terms
and Questions for Test
Definition of accounting: the art of recording, classifying and summarizing
in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events
which are, in part at least of a financial character and interpreting the results
there of.
2. Book keeping: It is mainly concerned with recording of financial data
relating to the business operations in a significant and orderly manner.
3. Concepts of accounting:
A. Separate entity concept
B. Going concern concept
C. Money measurement concept
D. Cost concept
E. Dual aspect concept
F. Accounting period concept
G. Periodic matching of costs and revenue concept
H. Realization concept.
4 Conventions of accounting:
A. Conservatism
B. Full disclosure
C. Consistency
D. Materiality
5. Systems of book keeping:
A. single entry system
B. double entry system
6. Systems of accounting:
A. Cash system accounting
B. Mercantile system of accounting.
7. Principles of accounting:
A. Personal a/c: Debit the receiver
Credit the giver
B. Real a/c: Debit what comes in
Credit what goes out
C. Nominal a/c: Debit all expenses and losses
Credit all gains and incomes
8. Meaning of journal: Journal means chronological record of transactions.
9. Meaning of ledger: Ledger is a set of accounts. It contains all accounts of
the business enterprise whether real, nominal, personal.
10. Posting: It means transferring the debit and credit items from the journal
to their respective accounts in the ledger.
11. Trial balance: Trial balance is a statement containing the various ledger
balances on a particular date.
12. Credit note: The customer when returns the goods get credit for the
value of the goods returned. A credit note is sent to him intimating that his
a/c has been credited with the value of the goods returned.
13. Debit note: When the goods are returned to the supplier, a debit note is
sent to him indicating that his a/c has been debited with the amount
mentioned in the debit note.
14. Contra entry: Which accounting entry is recorded on both the debit and
credit side of the cashbook is known as the contra entry.
15. Petty cash book: Petty cash is maintained by business to record petty
cash expenses of the business, such as postage, cartage, stationery, etc.
16. Promissory note: an instrument in writing containing an unconditional
undertaking signed by the maker, to pay certain sum of money only to or to
the order of a certain person or to the barer of the instrument.
17. Cheque: A bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and payable on
demand.
18. Stale Cheque: A stale cheque means not valid of cheque that means
more than six months the cheque is not valid.
20. Bank reconciliation statement: It is a statement reconciling the balance
as shown by the bank passbook and the balance as shown by the Cash
Book. Obj: to know the difference & pass necessary correcting, adjusting
entries in the books.
21. Matching concept: Matching means requires proper matching of
expense with the revenue.
22. Capital income: The term capital income means an income which does
not grow out of or pertain to the running of the business proper.
23. Revenue income: The income, which arises out of and in the course of
the regular business transactions of a concern.
24. Capital expenditure: It means an expenditure which has been incurred
for the purpose of obtaining a long term advantage for the business.
25. Revenue expenditure: An expenditure that incurred in the course of
regular business transactions of a concern.
26. Differed revenue expenditure: An expenditure, which is incurred during
an accounting period but is applicable further periods also. Eg: heavy
advertisement.
27. Bad debts: Bad debts denote the amount lost from debtors to whom the
goods were sold on credit.
28. Depreciation: Depreciation denotes gradually and permanent decrease
in the value of asset due to wear and tear, technology changes, laps of time
and accident.
29. Fictitious assets: These are assets not represented by tangible
possession or property. Examples of preliminary expenses, discount on
issue of shares, debit balance in the profit And loss account when shown on
the assets side in the balance sheet.
30. Intangible Assets: Intangible assets mean the assets which is not having
the physical appearance. And its have the real value, it shown on the
assets side of the balance sheet.
31. Accrued Income: Accrued income means income which has been
earned by the business during the accounting year but which has not yet
been due and, therefore, has not been received.
32. Outstanding Income: Outstanding Income means income which has
become due during the accounting year but which has not so far been
received by the firm.
33. Suspense account: The suspense account is an account to which the
difference in the trial balance has been put temporarily.
34. Depletion: It implies removal of an available but not replaceable source,
Such as extracting coal from a coal mine.
35. Amortization: The process of writing of intangible assets is term
as amortization.
36. Dilapidation: The term dilapidation to damage done to a building or other
property during tenancy.
37. Capital employed: The term capital employed means sum of total long
term funds employed in the business. i.e.
(Share capital+ reserves & surplus +long term loans (non business assets
+ fictitious assets)
38. Equity shares: Those shares which are not having pref. rights are called
equity shares.
39. Pref.shares: Those shares which are carrying the pref.rights are called
pref. shares Pref.rights in respect of fixed dividend. Pref.right to repayment
of capital in the event of company winding up.
40. Leverage: It is a force applied at a particular work to get the desired
result.
41. Operating leverage: the operating leverage takes place when a changes
in revenue greater changes in EBIT.
42. Financial leverage: it is nothing but a process of using debt capital to
increase the rate of return on equity
43. Combine leverage: It is used to measure of the total risk of the firm =
operating risk + financial risk.
44. Joint venture: A joint venture is an association of two or more the
persons who combined for the execution of a specific transaction and divide
the profit or loss their of an agreed ratio.
45. Partnership: Partnership is the relation b/w the persons who have
agreed to share the profits of business carried on by all or any of them
acting for all.
46. Factoring: It is an arrangement under which a firm (called borrower)
receives advances against its receivables, from financial institutions (called
factor)
47. Capital reserve: The reserve which transferred from the capital gains is
called capital reserve.
48. General reserve: the reserve which is transferred from normal profits of
the firm is called general reserve
49. Free Cash: The cash not for any specific purpose free from any
encumbrance like surplus cash.
50. Minority Interest: Minority interest refers to the equity of the minority
shareholders in a subsidiary company.
51. Capital receipts: Capital receipts may be defined as non-recurring
receipts from the owner of the business or lender of the money crating a
liability to either of them.
52. Revenue receipts: Revenue receipts may defined as A recurring
receipts against sale of goods in the normal course of business and which
generally the result of the trading activities.
53. Meaning of Company: A company is an association of many persons
who contribute money or moneys worth to common stock and employs it for
a common purpose. The common stock so contributed is denoted in money
and is the capital of the company.
54. Types of a company:
1. Statutory companies
2. Government company
3. Foreign company
4. Registered companies:
A. Companies limited by shares
B. Companies limited by guarantee
C. Unlimited companies
D. private company
E. public company
55. Private company: A private co. is which by its AOA: Restricts the right of
the members to transfer of shares Limits the no. Of members 50. Prohibits
any Invitation to the public to subscribe for its shares or debentures.
56. Public company: A company, the articles of association of which does
not contain the requisite restrictions to make it a private limited company, is
called a public company.
57. Characteristics of a company:
> Voluntary association
> Separate legal entity
> Free transfer of shares
> Limited liability
> Common seal
> Perpetual existence.
58. Formation of company:
> Promotion
> Incorporation
> Commencement of business
59. Equity share capital: The total sum of equity shares is called equity
share capital.
60. Authorized share capital: It is the maximum amount of the share capital,
which a company can raise for the time being.
61. Issued capital: It is that part of the authorized capital, which has been
allotted to the public for subscriptions.
62. Subscribed capital: it is the part of the issued capital, which has been
allotted to the public
63. Called up capital: It has been portion of the subscribed capital which has
been called up by the company.
64. Paid up capital: It is the portion of the called up capital against which
payment has been received.
65. Debentures: Debenture is a certificate issued by a company under its
seal acknowledging a debt due by it to its holder.
66. Cash profit: cash profit is the profit it is occurred from the cash sales.
67. Deemed public Ltd. Company: A private company is a subsidiary
company to public company it satisfies the following terms/conditions Sec
3(1)3:
1. Having minimum share capital 5 lakhs
2. Accepting investments from the public
3. No restriction of the transferable of shares
4. No restriction of no. of members.
5. Accepting deposits from the investors
68. Secret reserves: Secret reserves are reserves the existence of which
does not appear on the face of balance sheet. In such a situation, net
assets position of the business is stronger than that disclosed by the
balance sheet.
These reserves are created by:
1. Excessive depot an asset, excessive over-valuation of a liability.
2. Complete elimination of an asset, or under valuation of an asset.
69. Provision: provision usually means any amount written off or retained by
way of providing depreciation, renewals or diminutions in the value of assets
or retained by way of providing for any known liability of which the amount
cannot be determined with substantial accuracy.
70. Reserve: The provision in excess of the amount considered necessary
for the purpose it was originally made is also considered as reserve
Provision is charge against profits while reserves is an appropriation of
profits Creation of reserve increase proprietors fund while creation of
provisions decreases his funds in the business.
71. Reserve fund: The term reserve fund means such reserve against which
clearly investment etc.,
72. Undisclosed reserves: Sometimes a reserve is created but its identity is
merged with some other a/c or group of accounts so that the existence of
the reserve is not known such reserve is called an undisclosed reserve.
73. Finance management: Financial management deals with procurement of
funds and their effective utilization in business.
74. Objectives of financial management: financial management having two
objectives that Is:
1. Profit maximization: The finance manager has to make his decisions in a
manner so that the profits of the concern are maximized.
2. Wealth maximization: Wealth maximization means the objective of a firm
should be to maximize its value or wealth, or value of a firm is represented
by the market price of its common stock.
75. Functions of financial manager:
> Investment decision
> Dividend decision
> Finance decision
> Cash management decisions
> Performance evaluation
> Market impact analysis
76. Time value of money: The time value of money means that worth of a
rupee received today is different from the worth of a rupee to be received in
future.
77. Capital structure: It refers to the mix of sources from where the long-
term funds required in a business may be raised; in other words, it refers to
the proportion of debt, preference capital and equity capital.
78. Optimum capital structure: Capital structure is optimum when the firm
has a combination of equity and debt so that the wealth of the firm is
maximum.
79. Wacc: It denotes weighted average cost of capital. It is defined as the
overall cost of capital computed by reference to the proportion of each
component of capital as weights.
80. Financial break-even point: It denotes the level at which a firms EBIT is
just sufficient to cover interest and preference dividend.
81. Capital budgeting: Capital budgeting involves the process of decision
making with regard to investment in fixed assets. Or decision making with
regard to investment of money in long term projects.
82. Payback period: Payback period represents the time period required for
complete recovery of the initial investment in the project.
83. ARR: Accounting or average rates of return means the average annual
yield on the project.
84. NPV: The Net present value of an investment proposal is defined as the
sum of the present values of all future cash inflows less the sum of the
present values of all cash out flows associated with the proposal.
85. Profitability index: Where different investment proposal each involving
different initial investments and cash inflows are to be compared.
86. IRR: Internal rate of return is the rate at which the sum total of
discounted cash inflows equals the discounted cash out flow.
87. Treasury management: It means it is defined as the efficient
management of liquidity and financial risk in business.
88. Concentration banking: It means identify locations or places where
customers are placed and open a local bank a/c in each of these locations
and open local collection canter.
89. Marketable securities: Surplus cash can be invested in short term
instruments in order to earn interest.
90. Ageing schedule: In an ageing schedule the receivables are classified
according to their age.
91. Maximum permissible bank finance (MPBF): It is the maximum amount
that banks can lend a borrower towards his working capital requirements.
92. Commercial paper: A cp is a short term promissory note issued by a
company, negotiable by endorsement and delivery, issued at a discount on
face value as may be determined by the issuing company.
93. Bridge finance: It refers to the loans taken by the company normally
from commercial banks for a short period pending disbursement of loans
sanctioned by the financial institutions.
94. Venture capital: It refers to the financing of high-risk ventures promoted
by new qualified entrepreneurs who require funds to give shape to their
ideas.
95. Debt securitization: It is a mode of financing, where in securities are
issued on the basis of a package of assets (called asset pool).
96. Lease financing: Leasing is a contract where one party (owner)
purchases assets and permits its views by another party (lessee) over a
specified period
97. Trade Credit: It represents credit granted by suppliers of goods, in the
normal course of business.
98. Over draft: Under this facility a fixed limit is granted within which the
borrower allowed to overdraw from his account.
99. Cash credit: It is an arrangement under which a customer is allowed an
advance up to certain limit against credit granted by bank.
100. Clean overdraft: It refers to an advance by way of overdraft facility, but
not back by any tangible security.