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    The document contains 9 essay questions related to cost accounting. The questions cover topics like machine hour rates, break-even analysis, process costing, labor variances, and contract accounting. They involve calculating costs, variances, and profits using data on materials, labor, overhead and sales provided in multi-step word problems.

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    The document discusses various cost accounting concepts like direct and indirect expenses, cost centers, standard costing, process costing etc. It also provides examples of cost variances and contract costing.

    Direct expenses, indirect expenses, prime cost, works cost, total cost of production, fixed costs, variable costs are some of the types of costs discussed with examples.

    Machine hour rate is calculated by allocating the departmental overhead expenses to different machines based on their horsepower, area occupied and book value. It is calculated by dividing the total overhead allocated to a machine by its working hours.

    Model Test Paper 2013 B.Com.

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    ABST-II Cost Accounting
    Very short questions. 1. What do you understand by key factor? Give example. 2. Give four examples of direct expenses? 3. Define different components of total cost? 4. What is the difference between works overhead and works cost? 5. Write four differences between cost accounting and financial accounting? 6. Explain the term cost center? 7. Write two objective of material control. 8. What is ABC technique? 9. What is JIT purchase? 10. What is meant by wages abstracts? 11. State the name of four industries where process costing is applied. 12. What is the importance of escalation clause? 13. What is meant by retention money? 14. What do you mean by abnormal loss? Short questions 1. Differentiate between costing & cost accounting. 2. Write the formula of Emerson plan. 3. State two factors affecting breakeven point. 4. What do you mean by Standard Costing? Essay type questions. 1. A Production Department of a manufacturing company has three different machines, for each of which it is desired to establish machine hour rate. The overhead expenses for this department for the year ended 31st March, 1996 are: Rs. Rs. Consumable Stores: Power 720 Machine No. 1 300 Heat and Light 400 Machine No. 2 500 Rent and Rates 2,400 Machine No. 3 600 Insurance of Buildings 200 Repairs and Maintenance: Machine No. 1 400 Insurance of Machine 480 Machine No. 2 600 Depreciation of Machines 7,200 Machine No. 3 800 Supervision 4,400 General Charges 1,100 Additional information available are as follows: Effective Area occupied Book Value of Working hours H.P. (Sq.ft.) Machines Machine No. 1 5 100 12,000 1,000 Machine No. 2 10 500 20,000 2,500 Machine No. 3 15 400 16,000 2,000 You are required to calculate Machine Hour Rate for each of the three machines. Show clearly the basis of apportionment that you use.

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    Shree Ltd. furnishes the following data relating to the year 2007-08. Rs. Rs. Sales 2700000 3000000 Total Cost 2400000 2580000 Assuming that there is no change in selling price and variable cost and that fixed cost is incurred uniformly in two half year periods. Calculate the following for the year 2007-08. (i) Profit Volume Ratio and fixed expenses (ii) Break-Even Sales (iii) Margin of safety (iv)Sales needed for a profit of Rs. 8,80000 (v) Profit when sales are Rs. 60,00000 (vi) Sales to earn a profit of 10% on sales. The Bharat Chemicals Ltd. manufactures and sales chemicals produced by three processes known as X, Y, Z. In each process 2% of the total weight put is lost and 10% is scrap, which from process x and y realized Rs. 100 a ton and from process Z Rs. 200 a ton. The details of the three processes are as follows:X Y Z Sent to warehouse for sale 25% 50% 100% Passed to the next process 75% 50% Material used 1000 ton 140 ton 1348 ton Cost per ton of material Rs. 120 Rs. 200 Rs. 80 Manufacturing Expenses Rs. 30800 Rs. 25760 Rs. 18100 Prepare process A/c, showing the cost per ton of each product. Standard labor data for the production of an article is as follows: Rs. 24 4 12 40 Actual data for the production of 100 articles was obtained from the records: 400 skilled workers for 2 hours @2.50 per hour = 2000 200 unskilled workers for 3 hours @ Rs. 1.50 per hour = 900 450 semiskilled workless for 2 hours @ Rs. 2 per hour = 1800 4700 Calculate labour variances. 4 skilled workers for 2 hours @ Rs. 3 per hour 2 unskilled workers for 2 hours @ Rs. 1 per hour 2 semi-skilled workers for 4 hours @ Rs. 1.50 per hour = = =

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    The following costing information is related to commodity 'X" for the year ending 31st March, 2006. Rs. Rs. Purchase of raw materials 2,40,000 Stock (31-3-96): Factory rent 16,000 Raw materials 44,480 Carriage inwards 2,880 Work-in-progress 40,000 Other factory overhead 80,000 Finished goods 64,000 (4000 tons) Direct wages 2,00,000 Sales-Finished goods 5,98,000 Stock (1-4-95) Administration Overhead 8,000 Raw Materials 40,000 Selling Overhead Re. 1 per ton Sold Work-in-progress 9,600 Finished goods (2000 tons) 30,000 32,000 Tons of commodity was produced during the period. You are to ascertain (i) Prime Cost; (ii) Works Cost; (iii) Total Cost of Production: (iv) Gross Profit: and (v) Net Profit per ton.

    Q.6 The following information relate to contract. You are required to prepare the contract account and contractors account assuming that the amount due from contractee was duly received. Rs. Rs. Direct Materials 20,250 Tractor Expenses : Direct Wages 15,500 Running Material 2,300 Stores issued 10,500 Wages of Drivers 3,000 Loose Tools 2,400 Direct Charges 2,650

    The contract was for Rs. 90,000 and the contract took 13 weeks in its completion. The value of loose tools and stores returned at the end of the year were Rs. 200 and Rs. 3,000 respectively. The plant was also returned at a value of Rs. 16,000 after charging depreciation is to be charge to contract @ 15% per annum. The administration and office expenses are 10% of works cost. Q.7 A product passes through two processes viz. A and B prepare process accounts from the following: Process A Process B Rs. Rs. Input (in units 5,000) 5,000 -Material consumed 6,000 3,000 Wages 7,000 4,000 Manufacturing expenses 2,000 2,000 Normal wastage 5% 10% Scrap value of normal wastage (per 100 units) 16 20 Output (unit) 4,700 4,250 From the following information, you are required to calculate the cost of running a motor truck per ton-kms. Total tonnage carried in week: 30 tons Total Kilometers run in a week: 1,000 Kms. Details of the above are as follows:Day Kilometers Tons Monday 250 6.0 Tuesday 200 5.0 Wednesday 200 4.5 Thursday 100 5.5 Friday 150 5.0 Saturday 100 4.0 1,000 30.0 Expenses for the week are as follows: Driver's Salary Rs. 1,200 per month Cleaner's Salary Rs. 960 per month Diesel, Oil etc. 60 paise per km. Repairs & Maintenance Rs. 1,200 per month Depreciation Rs. 19,200 per month Other Expenses Rs. 800 per month You may assume four weeks in a month for your calculations. The Standard Metal Co. Ltd. : manufactures, a single product. The standard of which is as follows: Material X 60% at Rs. 20 Material Y 40% at Rs. 10 Normal loss in production is 20% of input. Due to shortage of material X, the standard mix was charged. Actual results for March, 1996 were as follows:Material X 210 kgs. at Rs. 20 = 4,200 Material Y 190 kgs. at Rs. 9 = 1,710 Input 400 kgs. Rs. 5,910 Loss 70 kgs. Output 330 kgs. Calculate Material Variances.

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