Read below DK Goel Solutions Chapter 1 Meaning and Objectives of Accounting. These solutions have been prepared based on the latest DK Goel Accountancy book issued for this academic year.

The book is really useful as it explains the fundamental elements of Accountancy and also the actual meaning of the term ‘Accountancy.’, an insight into Balance Sheets, brief on Financial Statements, the basics about Debtors, insight of the Profit & Loss system and meaning of Cash Discount.

These solutions are free and will help you to prepare for Class 11 Accountancy.

Meaning and Objectives of Accounting DK Goel Class 11 Accountancy Solutions

Students can refer below for DK Goel Solutions Chapter 1 solutions for all questions given in your DK Goel Accountancy Textbook for Class 11

Question 1: 

Solution 1: Accounting is a system of figuring out financial transactions, measuring them in money terms, recording them in primary books, classifying, summarizing, reading, deciphering them, and communicating the end result to the customers.

Question 2: 

Solution 2:

Debtors	Creditors
Debtors are persons and entities own to the business an amount for buying goods and services on credit.	Creditors are persons and entities who have to be paid by business an amount for providing the enterprise goods and services on credit.

Question 3: 

Solution 3: A deduction is given at the time of payment on the amount payable called cash discount.

Question 4: 

Solution 4: Debtors are persons and entities own to the business an amount for buying goods and services on credit. Creditors are persons and entities who have to be paid by business an amount for providing the enterprise goods and services on credit.

Question 5: 

Solution 5: We can determine Profit or loss of a specific term by profit and loss account and trading account. Gross Profit can be determined by trading and Net Profit can be determining by profit and loss account.

Question 6: 

Solution 6: The final position of a firm established by the balance sheet.

Question 7:

Solution 7: Book keeping is the branch of commerce, which keeps a record of monetary transactions in a set of books.

Question 8: 

Solution 8:

Book-keeping	Accountancy
Bookkeeping is the first stage of accounting. It deals with the recording of monetary events. Bookkeeping is an important part of any business that involves the systematic and orderly recording of events to determine profits and losses of a business.	Accounting is concerned with summarizing the recorded transactions, interpreting them and communicating the results.

Question 9: 

Solution 9: The end product of financial accounting is financial statement. Trading account, Profit & Loss and Balance sheet are the financial statement.

Question 10: 

Solution 10: Owners and Managers are the main users of accounting information.

Question 11: 

Solution 11: Directors, owners, partners, managers, and employees are the internal users of accounting information.

Question 12: 

Solution 12: Investors, government, creditors, employee, lenders, and customers are the external users of accounting information.

Question 13: 

Solution 13: Investors involve their own money in business for high returns. Investors do not have direct control over business. Thus, they depend only accounting information. The natures of information needed by investors are regarding risks and return on investment.

Question 14: 

Solution 14: Repaying capacity of the business, Profitability, Liquidity, Operational efficiency and Potential growth of business are the information needed by long-term investors.

Question 15: 

Solution 15: Sales, costs, purchases, unused stock etc. the information required by management. From these information’s management can make future plans for business, controlling and decision making.

Question 16: 

Solution 16: Below are the two advantages of accounting are:-

1.) It provides information useful for predicting and evaluating the amount, timing and uncertainty of potential cash flow.

2) Financial position of the business also provided by accounting.

Question 17: 

Solution 17: Accounting information relates to the past transactions and related to quantitative in nature; it does not provide qualitative and non-financial information of the business.

Question 18: 

Solution 18: The two qualitative characteristics of accounting information are Reliability and comparability.

Question 19:

Solution 19: The qualitative characteristic of accounting that requires the use of common unit and format of reporting is Comparability.

Question 20: 

Solution 20: The qualitative characteristic of accounting information denoted by this statement is Reliability.

Question 21:

Solution 21: Below are the two functions of accounting are:-

(i) Recognizing of monetary Transactions.

(ii) Recording in Book of Original Entry.

Question 22: 

Solution 22: The traditional function of accounting is Recording of Financial transaction.

Question 23: 

Solution 23: Below are the characteristics of Accounting:-

1) Identifying: The first step in accounting is to determining what transactions to be recorded. Identify those events which are to be recorded. The financial activities to be reported in the account books. It includes all business operations being monitored and those incidents or transactions that can be called financial transactions being chosen.

2) Recording: A transaction can only be reported in the account books if it is treated as an economic occurrence that can be calculated in terms of money.

When economic activities are defined and calculated in economic terms, they will be reported in monetary and chronological terms in the accounting books.

3) Classifying: When journal or subsidiary books are done, then the accounting transactions are classified.

Classification here implies the division of one form of transaction and different accounts in one location. The book in which, according to its purpose, each kind of transaction is documented is known as Ledger.

4) Communication: The Economic events are identified, measured and recorded in order that the pertinent information is generated and communicated in a certain form to management and other internal and external uses.

Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Questions for DK Goel Solutions Chapter 1:-

Question 1: 

Solution 1: The traditional function of accounting is recording of financial transaction.

Question 2:

Solution 2: Yes, the basic objective of book-keeping to maintain systematic records or to ascertain net results of operations of a financial transaction.

Question 3:

Solution 3: No, Recording of financial transactions and preparing financial statements are the not only objectives of accounting.

There are many objectives of accounting besides recording. Examples ascertain the profit or loss during the particular accounting year, ascertain the financial position of the business etc.

Questions 4:

Solution 4: The first step of the accounting process is recording of transactions.

Question 5:

Solution 5: The last step of the accounting process is communicating.

Question 6: 

Solution 6: No, above transaction not recorded in the books of accounts, because here we only appointed Mr. Vadera it has not resulted in any change in the financial position of the firm.

Question 7: 

Solution 7: No, comparability of current year figures with previous year is a qualitative characteristic of financial information.

Question 8: 

Solution 8: Below are the two examples of transactions that are not recorded in accounting are:-

(i) Thinking to purchases fixed assets.

(ii) Order received for sale

Question 9: 

Solution 9: No, this transaction is not recorded in the books of account because only receiving of an order has not treated as sales.