Costing

Costing MCQs with Answers and Explanations | Cost Accounting Objective Questions

Sharpen your understanding of Costing and Cost Accounting with our collection of MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Covering key topics such as marginal costing, standard costing, process costing, job order costing, variance analysis, budgeting, cost control, and managerial decision-making, these objective questions are highly useful for students, teachers, and candidates preparing for professional and competitive exams (CA, ACCA, ICMA, MBA, CSS, PMS, NTS, FPSC, PPSC, UPSC, etc.). Each question includes a clear solution and explanation to strengthen concepts, improve problem-solving skills, and enhance exam preparation. Perfect for practice, self-assessment, and revision in the field of Cost Accounting.

621. Abnormal cost is the cost:

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Cost normally incurred at a given level of output
Cost not normally incurred at a given level of output
Cost which is charged to customer
Cost which is included in the cost of the product
✅ The correct answer is B.
Abnormal cost is the cost not normally incurred at a given level of output. These costs are not normally incurred at a given level of output in conditions in which normal levels of output occur.

624. Abnormal process loss can be transferred to ________.

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costing profit and loss a/c
financial profit and loss a/c
manufacturing
trading
✅ The correct answer is A.
Abnormal process loss can be transferred to costing profit and loss a/c. Process account is to be credited by abnormal loss account with cost of material, labour and overhead equivalent to good units and the loss due to abnormal is transferred to Costing Profit and Loss Account.

625. Budgeted sales of X for March are 18000 units. At the end of the production process for X, 10% of production units are scrapped as defective. Opening inventories of X for March are budgeted to be 15000 units and closing inventories will be 11,400 units. All inventories of finished goods must have successfully passed the quality control check. The production budget for X for March, in units is:

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12960
14400
15840
16000
✅ The correct answer is D.
Budgeted sales 18000
Budgeted reduction in finished goods (3600) = 15000-11400
Budgeted production of completed units 14400
Allowance for defective units
(10%of output=1/9 of Input) 1600

Production budget 16000

626. If credit sales for the year is Rs 5,40,000 and Debtors at the end of year is Rs 90,000 the Average Collection Period will be

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30 days
61 days
90 days
120 days
✅ The correct answer is B.
Rs. 540000 divided by Rs. 90,000 = 6 times per year. Since there were 365 days during the recent year, the average collection period is 365 days divided by the turnover ratio of 6 = 60.8333 days or 61 days.

627. “Which of the following would explain an adverse variable production overhead efficiency variance? 1 Employees were of a lower skill level than specified in the standard 2 Unexpected idle time resulted from a series of machine breakdown 3 Poor Quality material was difficult to process”

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(1), (2) and (3)
(1) and (2)
(2) and (3)
(1) and (3)
✅ The correct answer is D.
The following that would explain an adverse variable production overhead efficiency variance are Employees were of a lower skill level than specified in the standard and Poor Quality material was difficult to process.