SAMPLE PAPER

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

ENGLISH

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate option, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.

1.You must stick ______your views.

A.for

B.to

C.in

D.from

2.The first engine ______heat to drive a machine was the steam engine.

A.made use of

B.to make use of

C.of using

D.of making use

Five lettered pairs (A to E) follow a related pair of words given in capitals. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair in capitals.

3.PAGE: BOOK::

A.sailors: crew

B.petal: flower

C.leaf: stalk

D.singers: chorus

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

4.PUBLIC:

A.civic

B.private

C.republic

D.long

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.

5.STIPEND:

A.bonus

B.commission

C.gift

D.salary

Questions 6-7 are based on the following passage.

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety. Machines have their own pace and their demands, a man who has a costly plant must keep it working. The great trouble with machines, from the point of view of emotions, is its automation.

6.In the above passage "deprive" means

A.distract

B.take away from

C.deride

D.vest with

7.The trouble with machines is

A.their spontaneity

B.their emotions

C.their automation

D.all of the above

ANALYTICAL REASONING

Questions 8-10

In BahriaTown, six houses R, S, W, X, Y and Z, are to be colored with different colors. Adjacent houses cannot be colored with the same color. The only houses adjacent to each other are as follows:

R, S, X and Y are each adjacent to W.

X is adjacent to Y.

R and S are each adjacent to Z.

8.Which of the following is a pair of houses that must be colored in different color from each other?

A.Y and Z

B.R and X

C.S and X

D.S and Z

9.If X is colored in the same color as Z, then it must be true that

A.W is colored in a different color from any other house

B.R is colored in the same color as Y

C.S is colored in the same color as X

D.X is colored in the same color as Y

10.Which of the following houses can be colored in the same color as W?

A.S

B.X

C.Y

D.Z

Amir said, "All lemons I have tasted are sour; therefore, all lemons are sour."

11.Which one of the following most closely parallels the logic of the above statement?

A.My income has increased each year for the past four years; therefore, it will increase again next year.

B.I sped to work every day last week and I did not get a ticket; therefore, they do not give tickets for speeding around here anymore.

C.All rubies are red. This gem is green; therefore, it is not a ruby.

D.Every student I had in school was selfish; therefore, all students are selfish.

12.Find out the odd one out

A.Doctor

B.Pharmacist

C.Hospital

D.Nurse

13.Complete the series: D, F, H, J, ______.

A.K

B.L

C.M

D.N

E.I

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

14.Everest is the world’s highest mountain, what is the name of the second highest?

A.K2

B.Annapuma

C.Nanga Purbat

D.Tirch Mir

15.The capital of China is:

A.Shangai

B.Beijing

C.Xian

D.Tokyo

16.The brightest star in the sky is:

A.Alfa Centauri

B.Proxima Centauri

C.Sirius

D.Sun

17.Kohat Tunnel is in which province?

A.Punjab

B.Sindh

C.Baluchistan

D.Khyber Pakhtoon Khaw

18.Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakar is buried in:

A.Multan

B.Lahore

C.Pakpattan

D.Okara

SUBJECT

19.Assets minus liabilities equal:

A.Stock Holder’s Equity

B.Owner’s Equity

C.Capital

D.All of the Above

20.A business has a separate entity from its owners. This accounting concept is called as:

A.Cost Concept

B.Separate Entity Concept

C.Unique Entity Concept

D.Going Concern Concept

21.Unearned Revenue is what type of account?

A.Asset

B.Liability

C.Stockholder’s (Owner’s) Equity

D.Revenue

E.Contra Asset

22.The process of collecting, summarizing, analyzing, and reporting financial information about an organization is called:

A.Posting

B.Recording

C.Accounting

D.Financial Analysis

23.A length of time over which a company's business transactions are recorded and at the end of which the company's financial statements are prepared is called:

A.Accounting Cycle

B.Accounting Process

C.Accounting Period

D.All of the above

24."Working capital" means the same thing as

A.Current assets less Current liabilities

B.Fixed assets

C.Current assets

D.Total assets

25.Per unit cost means:

A.Cost of goods sold divided by the total production

B.Cost of goods manufactured divided by the total production

C.Total factory cost divided by the total units

D.Total cost divided by total units

E.Total expenditure divided by total units

26.If the mode of the data is 18 and the mean is 24, then median is:

A.18

B.21

C.24

D.22

27.Interest on an over draft is ______, from the customers point of view.

A.an expenditure

B.an income

C.profit

D.reserve

E.loss

28.A balance sheet tells us about:

A.Company’s liquidity

B.Financial health

C.Stockholders’ equity

D.All of the above

ANSWER KEY

Q #. / Right Choice
1 / B
2 / B
3 / B
4 / B
5 / D
6 / B
7 / C
8 / D
9 / A
10 / D
11 / D
12 / C
13 / B
14 / A
15 / B
16 / D
17 / D
18 / C
19 / D
20 / B
21 / B
22 / C
23 / C
24 / C
25 / B
26 / D
27 / A
28 / D

1

SAMPLE PAPER ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT