Bihar Board Class 12 Accountancy 2025 Question Paper with Solutions PDF

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Updated on - Nov 24, 2025

Bihar Board Class 12 Accountancy Question Paper PDF with Solutions is available for download. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) conducted the Class 12 examination for a total duration of 3 hours 15 minutes, and the question paper was of a total of 100 marks.

Bihar Board Class 12 Accountancy 2025 Question Paper with Solutions PDF

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Question 1:

In the absence of partnership deed, partners are not entitled to get

  • (A) Salaries
  • (B) Commission
  • (C) Interest on capital
  • (D) All of these

Question 2:

A new partner brings for his share of Goodwill

  • (A) Cash
  • (B) Capital
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 3:

Which of the following is a nature of goodwill?

  • (A) Rat goodwill
  • (B) Cat goodwill
  • (C) Dog goodwill
  • (D) All of these

Question 4:

Under superprofit basis goodwill is calculated by

  • (A) Purchase year \(\times\) Average profit
  • (B) Purchase year \(\times\) Superprofit
  • (C) Purchase year + Average profit
  • (D) None of these

Question 5:

Factor(s) that affect(s) goodwill is/are

  • (A) Favourable location
  • (B) Capital required
  • (C) Efficiency of management
  • (D) All of these

Question 6:

What do you understand by superprofit ?

  • (A) Total profit \(\div\) No. of years
  • (B) Average profit - Normal profit
  • (C) Weighted profit \(\times\) No. of years purchase
  • (D) None of these

Question 7:

General Reserve Account always shows

  • (A) Debit Balance
  • (B) Credit Balance
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 8:

Revaluation Account is a

  • (A) Personal A/c
  • (B) Real A/c
  • (C) Nominal A/c
  • (D) None of these

Question 9:

Excess of credit side over the debit side in Revaluation Account is called

  • (A) Profit
  • (B) Loss
  • (C) Receipt
  • (D) Expense

Question 10:

Equal profit ratio of three partners is

  • (A) 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/6
  • (B) 4/9 : 1/9 : 2/9
  • (C) 1/3 : 1/3 : 1/3
  • (D) 1/2 : 1/4 : 1/4

Question 11:

According to Companies (Share capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 by which percentage of the amount of debentures will have to create Debenture Redemption Reserve, before the commencement of redemption of debentures ?

  • (A) 25%
  • (B) 50%
  • (C) 100%
  • (D) Zero

Question 12:

Deep Ltd. issued 10,00,000, 7% debentures of Rs. 100 each at a discount of 4%, redeemable after 5 years at a premium of 6%. Loss on the issue of debenture is

  • (A) Rs. 10,00,000
  • (B) Rs. 6,00,000
  • (C) Rs. 4,00,000
  • (D) None of these

Question 13:

The balance of 'Sinking Fund Account' after the redemption of debentures is transferred to

  • (A) Profit \& Loss Statement
  • (B) General Reserve A/c
  • (C) Sinking Fund A/c
  • (D) None of these

Question 14:

When debentures are issued at par and are redeemable at a premium, the loss on such an issue is debited to

  • (A) Profit \& Loss Statement
  • (B) Debenture Application \& Allotment A/c
  • (C) Loss on Issue of Debenture A/c
  • (D) Premium on Redemption A/c

Question 15:

Method(s) of redemption of debenture is/are

  • (A) Redemption by conversion
  • (B) Redemption on instalments
  • (C) Lumpsum payment method
  • (D) All of these

Question 16:

Sale of marketable securities will be shown under

  • (A) Operating activities
  • (B) Financing activities
  • (C) Investing activities
  • (D) Cash \& cash equivalent

Question 17:

Provision for Tax is

  • (A) Current liabilities
  • (B) Internal reserve
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 18:

An annual report is issued by a company for

  • (A) Directors
  • (B) Management
  • (C) Shareholders
  • (D) Auditors

Question 19:

Financial Statement is

  • (A) Anticipated fact
  • (B) Recorded fact
  • (C) Estimated fact
  • (D) None of these

Question 20:

Patents and copyrights fall under which category?

  • (A) Current Assets
  • (B) Liquid Assets
  • (C) Intangible Assets
  • (D) All of these

Question 21:

On death of a partner, the firm gets for joint life policy taken for all partners is

  • (A) Policy amount
  • (B) Surrender value
  • (C) Policy amount of deceased partner
  • (D) Surrender value of all partners

Question 22:

On the death of a partner, final payment is made through

  • (A) Capital A/c
  • (B) Executor's A/c
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) Loan A/c

Question 23:

When is the partner's executor account opened?

  • (A) On retirement of partner
  • (B) On death of partner
  • (C) On admission of partner
  • (D) None of these

Question 24:

Legal expenses are recorded in which side of Realisation A/c?

  • (A) Debit
  • (B) Credit
  • (C) Liabilities
  • (D) Assets

Question 25:

At the time of dissolution of firm, book value of assets is recorded in which side of Realisation Account?

  • (A) Debit
  • (B) Credit
  • (C) Liability
  • (D) None of these

Question 26:

Amount realised from sales of assets, on dissolution of firm is recorded in

  • (A) Realisation A/c
  • (B) Liabilities A/c
  • (C) Expenses A/c
  • (D) None of these

Question 27:

When a partner takes responsibility to make payment of any outside liability of the firm, the account credited will be

  • (A) Realisation A/c
  • (B) Cash A/c
  • (C) Partner's Capital A/c
  • (D) None of these

Question 28:

Unrecorded liabilities when paid are shown in

  • (A) Debit side of Realisation A/c
  • (B) Debit side of Bank A/c
  • (C) Credit side of Realisation A/c
  • (D) Credit side of Bank A/c

Question 29:

If at the time of dissolution nothing is said about liabilities, then

  • (A) Never paid
  • (B) Fully paid
  • (C) Partly paid
  • (D) None of these

Question 30:

On dissolution of the firm, Partners' Capital Accounts are closed through

  • (A) Realisation A/c
  • (B) Drawings A/c
  • (C) Bank A/c
  • (D) Loan A/c

Question 31:

The term 'Financial Statement' includes

  • (A) Statement of Profit and Loss
  • (B) Balance Sheet
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 32:

The form of Balance Sheet as per Companies Act, 2013 is

  • (A) Horizontal
  • (B) Vertical
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 33:

Fixed Assets are shown

  • (A) At par value
  • (B) At cost price less depreciation
  • (C) At cost price
  • (D) At realisable value less depreciation

Question 34:

Parties interested in financial statements are

  • (A) Managers
  • (B) Financial institutions
  • (C) Creditors
  • (D) All of these

Question 35:

When financial statements of two or more organisations are analysed, it is called

  • (A) Intra-firm analysis
  • (B) Inter-firm analysis
  • (C) Vertical analysis
  • (D) None of these

Question 36:

Financial analysis is useful for

  • (A) Investors
  • (B) Shareholders
  • (C) Debenture holders
  • (D) All of them

Question 37:

Which year can be selected for calculating trend percentage ?

  • (A) Current year
  • (B) Previous year
  • (C) Base year
  • (D) None of these

Question 38:

Sales less cost of goods sold is called

  • (A) Operating profit
  • (B) Gross profit
  • (C) Net profit
  • (D) Total profit

Question 39:

Which of the following is not the method of financial statement analysis ?

  • (A) Ratio Analysis
  • (B) Comparative Analysis
  • (C) Trend Analysis
  • (D) Capitalisation Method

Question 40:

Common size financial statements are mostly prepared in the form of

  • (A) Ratio
  • (B) Percentage
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 41:

Legacies should be treated as

  • (A) Liability
  • (B) Revenue Receipt
  • (C) Asset
  • (D) Income

Question 42:

All receipts of capital nature are shown in

  • (A) Income and Expenditure A/c
  • (B) Balance Sheet
  • (C) Profit and Loss A/c
  • (D) Cash Flow Statement

Question 43:

Subscription received in advance is

  • (A) Asset
  • (B) Income
  • (C) Expense
  • (D) Liability

Question 44:

In which year did the Partnership Act come into force ?

  • (A) 1932
  • (B) 1956
  • (C) 1947
  • (D) 2013

Question 45:

For the firm, interest on partner's drawing is a/an

  • (A) Expenditure
  • (B) Income
  • (C) Loss
  • (D) Receipt

Question 46:

In partnership, preparation of partnership agreement is

  • (A) Compulsory
  • (B) Voluntary
  • (C) Optional
  • (D) None of these

Question 47:

When capital is fixed, the capital accounts of partners show

  • (A) Debit balance
  • (B) Credit balance
  • (C) Profit
  • (D) Loss

Question 48:

To become a partner it is essential to be

  • (A) Adult
  • (B) Minor
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 49:

In the absence of partnership deed, partner

  • (A) shall be paid salaries
  • (B) shall not be paid salaries
  • (C) active partner shall be paid salaries
  • (D) none of these

Question 50:

The balance of Current Account can be

  • (A) Positive
  • (B) Negative
  • (C) Zero
  • (D) All of these

Question 51:

Which of the following items is not taken into consideration while computing current ratio ?

  • (A) Creditors
  • (B) Debtors
  • (C) Furniture
  • (D) Bank overdraft

Question 52:

Liquid assets include

  • (A) Bills Receivable
  • (B) Debtor
  • (C) Cash
  • (D) All of these

Question 53:

Tangible assets of a company are increased from Rs. 4,00,000 to Rs. 5,00,000. What is the percentage of change?

  • (A) 20%
  • (B) 25%
  • (C) 33 \(\frac{1}{3}\)%
  • (D) 50%

Question 54:

Operating ratio is

  • (A) Profitability ratio
  • (B) Activity ratio
  • (C) Solvency ratio
  • (D) None of these

Question 55:

Current assets include only those assets which are expected to be realised within

  • (A) 3 months
  • (B) 6 months
  • (C) 1 year
  • (D) 2 years

Question 56:

Creditors turnover ratio includes

  • (A) Total credit purchase
  • (B) Total credit sales
  • (C) Total cash sales
  • (D) Total cash purchase

Question 57:

Cash Flow Statement is prepared from

  • (A) Balance Sheet
  • (B) Profit \& Loss A/c
  • (C) Additional information
  • (D) All of these

Question 58:

While preparing the Cash Flow Statement, the 'cash purchase of building' will be classified as

  • (A) Operating activity
  • (B) Financing activity
  • (C) Investing activity
  • (D) None of these

Question 59:

Which of the following is not an application of cash ?

  • (A) Increase in Debtors
  • (B) Increase in Creditors
  • (C) Increase in Stock
  • (D) Increase in prepaid expenses

Question 60:

An example of cash flow from financing activities is

  • (A) Sale of goods
  • (B) Sale of investment
  • (C) Cash receipt from issue of shares
  • (D) Interest received

Question 61:

A company is incorporated by

  • (A) A Special Act of Parliament
  • (B) Companies Act
  • (C) Agreement of investors
  • (D) Both (A) and (B)

Question 62:

Discount on issue of shares is

  • (A) Capital gain
  • (B) Capital loss
  • (C) Revenue gain
  • (D) Revenue loss

Question 63:

A company issues its shares at a premium under which section of Indian Companies Act, 2013?

  • (A) 78
  • (B) 52
  • (C) 53
  • (D) None of these

Question 64:

The liability of members in a company is

  • (A) Limited
  • (B) Unlimited
  • (C) Stable
  • (D) Fluctuating

Question 65:

The amount received over and above the par value is credited to which account?

  • (A) Share Capital A/c
  • (B) Calls-in-advance A/c
  • (C) Securities Premium A/c
  • (D) Share Forfeiture A/c

Question 66:

Balance of Share Forfeiture A/c is shown in the Balance Sheet under the item

  • (A) Share Capital A/c
  • (B) Current Liabilities and Provision
  • (C) Unsecured loan
  • (D) Reserve and Surplus

Question 67:

Which of the following should be deducted from the called-up capital to find out paid-up capital?

  • (A) Call-in-advance
  • (B) Calls-in-arrear
  • (C) Share forfeiture
  • (D) Premium

Question 68:

Sweat equity shares are issued to

  • (A) Employees
  • (B) Directors
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of them

Question 69:

A company issued 10,000 shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of 10%. The amount of premium will be

  • (A) Rs. 10,000
  • (B) Rs. 20,000
  • (C) Rs. 8,000
  • (D) Rs. 5,000

Question 70:

To whom is dividend given at a fixed rate in a company ?

  • (A) Equity shareholders
  • (B) Preference shareholders
  • (C) Debenture holders
  • (D) Promoters

Question 71:

Which of the following is a capital receipt?

  • (A) Subscription
  • (B) Donation
  • (C) Building fund
  • (D) Interest on fixed deposit

Question 72:

The surplus / deficit of not-for-profit organisation is ascertained by

  • (A) Income \& Expenditure A/c
  • (B) Receipts and Payments A/c
  • (C) Profit \& Loss A/c
  • (D) Income Statement

Question 73:

Which of the following is a revenue expenditure ?

  • (A) Purchase of furniture
  • (B) Payment of salaries
  • (C) Construction of building
  • (D) Purchase of machinery

Question 74:

Donations received for specific purpose are treated as

  • (A) Asset
  • (B) Liability
  • (C) Capital receipt
  • (D) Expense

Question 75:

The summary of cash and bank transaction shows

  • (A) Cash A/c
  • (B) Bank A/c
  • (C) Receipts and Payments A/c
  • (D) Bank overdraft

Question 76:

Payment of honorarium to Secretary is treated as

  • (A) Capital expenditure
  • (B) Revenue expenditure
  • (C) An income
  • (D) All of these

Question 77:

Which of the following shows transactions related to one year?

  • (A) Receipts and Payments A/c
  • (B) Income \& Expenditure A/c
  • (C) Balance Sheet
  • (D) None of these

Question 78:

Entrance fee is treated as

  • (A) Capital Receipt
  • (B) Revenue Receipt
  • (C) Donation
  • (D) Subscription

Question 79:

What is used to prepare the opening Balance Sheet ?

  • (A) Income and Expenditure A/c
  • (B) Receipts \& Payments A/c
  • (C) Cash A/c
  • (D) Capital A/c

Question 80:

Outstanding subscription is shown in

  • (A) Balance Sheet
  • (B) Income \& Expenditure A/c
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 81:

Which of the following assets is compulsorily revalued at the time of admission of a new partner ?

  • (A) Stock
  • (B) Fixed Assets
  • (C) Investment
  • (D) Goodwill

Question 82:

Decrease in the value of fixed asset is called as

  • (A) Loss
  • (B) Profit
  • (C) Depreciation
  • (D) None of these

Question 83:

Revaluation Account is alike a

  • (A) Profit and Loss Adjustment A/c
  • (B) Profit and Loss A/c
  • (C) Trading A/c
  • (D) Realisation A/c

Question 84:

When a new partner does not bring his share of goodwill in cash, then the amount is debited to

  • (A) Cash A/c
  • (B) Premium A/c
  • (C) New Partner's Capital A/c
  • (D) Capital A/c of Old Partners

Question 85:

The Partner's Capital Account is credited with

  • (A) Interest on Capital
  • (B) Interest on Drawings
  • (C) Drawings
  • (D) Share in Loss

Question 86:

The accumulated profits are transferred to

  • (A) Realisation A/c
  • (B) Partners' Capital A/c
  • (C) Bank A/c
  • (D) Profit \& Loss Appropriation A/c

Question 87:

Reconstitution of partnership is

  • (A) Necessary
  • (B) Unnecessary
  • (C) Situational
  • (D) None of these

Question 88:

In which ratio, the cash brought in for goodwill by the new partner is shared by the existing partners ?

  • (A) Profit sharing ratio
  • (B) Capital ratio
  • (C) Sacrificing ratio
  • (D) Old ratio

Question 89:

Hari, Roy and Prasad are partners and their profit sharing ratio is 3:5:1. Roy now wants to retire and his share is taken by Prasad. New ratio of Hari and Prasad will be

  • (A) 2:1
  • (B) 1:2
  • (C) 3:5
  • (D) Equal

Question 90:

X, Y and Z are partners sharing profit in the ratio of 3:4:3. Y retires and X and Z share their profits in equal ratio. New ratio of X and Z will be

  • (A) 1:2
  • (B) 2:1
  • (C) 3:1
  • (D) 1:1

Question 91:

Forfeiture of share results in the reduction of

  • (A) Paid-up capital
  • (B) Authorised capital
  • (C) Fixed assets
  • (D) Reserved capital

Question 92:

A company signs through

  • (A) Seal
  • (B) Stamp
  • (C) Both (A) and (B)
  • (D) None of these

Question 93:

Debenture is the part of

  • (A) Share capital
  • (B) Long-term borrowings
  • (C) Owner's capital
  • (D) None of these

Question 94:

Debenture holders are the

  • (A) Customers of the company
  • (B) Creditors of the company
  • (C) Owners of the company
  • (D) None of these

Question 95:

What is the nature of Debenture application account ?

  • (A) Real A/c
  • (B) Personal A/c
  • (C) Nominal A/c
  • (D) None of these

Question 96:

Interest payable on debentures is

  • (A) An appropriation of profits of the company
  • (B) Transfer to sinking fund
  • (C) A charge against the profit of the company
  • (D) None of these

Question 97:

In case of issue of debentures as a collateral security for the loan taken from the bank, which account will be debited ?

  • (A) Bank A/c
  • (B) Bank Loan A/c
  • (C) Debenture A/c
  • (D) Debenture Suspense A/c

Question 98:

In the Balance Sheet of a company, debentures are shown under which head ?

  • (A) Unsecured loan
  • (B) Long-term borrowings
  • (C) Current liabilities
  • (D) Reserve \& Surplus

Question 99:

Discount on issue of debentures is recorded in the form of

  • (A) Intangible Asset
  • (B) Current Asset
  • (C) Current Liabilities
  • (D) Miscellaneous Expenditure

Question 100:

Premium on redemption of debenture is a

  • (A) Personal A/c
  • (B) Real A/c
  • (C) Nominal A/c
  • (D) Suspense A/c

Question 101:

Mention two objectives of financial statements.


Question 102:

State two objectives of common size statement.


Question 103:

What is meant by analysis of financial statements ?


Question 104:

Why are assets and liabilities revalued on the death of a partner ?


Question 105:

When and why is realisation account prepared ?


Question 106:

Under what circumstances is a partnership firm compulsorily dissolved?


Question 107:

What is meant by number of years' purchase at the time of valuation of goodwill?


Question 108:

State the conditions for valuation of goodwill.


Question 109:

Write any two points of difference between sacrificing ratio and gaining ratio.


Question 110:

What is trend analysis ?


Question 111:

What do you understand by common size statement ?


Question 112:

State two objectives of ratio analysis.


Question 113:

Differentiate between shares and debentures on any two points.


Question 114:

What is lumpsum payment method of redemption of debenture ?


Question 115:

What is meant by redemption of debentures ?


Question 116:

Write the formula of calculating gaining ratio.


Question 117:

X and Y are partners. They share profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1. They admit Z into partnership by giving 1/4th share in future profits. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.


Question 118:

What is called accumulated profit ?


Question 119:

How is Capital Fund calculated ?


Question 120:

Distinguish between charge against profit and appropriation of profit.


Question 121:

What is partnership deed ?


Question 122:

X, Y and Z are partners sharing profit in the ratio of 3:2:2. Y retires. X and Z decide to share profit in future in the ratio of 4:3. Calculate gaining ratio.


Question 123:

What is joint life policy?


Question 124:

State the items which are debited to deceased partner's capital account.


Question 125:

Name any two solvency ratios.


Question 126:

What are the objectives of preparing Cash Flow Statement?


Question 127:

Give two examples of cash outflow from investing activities.


Question 128:

What is Sweat equity share?


Question 129:

Why does company forfeit shares ?


Question 130:

What is Redeemable Debenture ?


Question 131:

What is Receipts and Payments Account ? How is it different from Income and Expenditure Account ?


Question 132:

What is partnership firm ? State its main characteristics.


Question 133:

What is meant by comparative income statement ? How is it prepared ?


Question 134:

What is Cash Flow Statement ? Describe its uses.


Question 135:

The total capital of the firm of Sourabh, Mohit and Nikhil was Rs. 1,00,000. The net profits for the last three years were: 2019-20 Rs. 40,000; 2020-21 Rs. 46,000 and 2021-22 Rs. 52,000. There was an abnormal loss of Rs. 3,000 in 2020-21. Goodwill of the firm was to be valued at 2 years' purchase of the average profit of last three years. Calculate the goodwill of the firm.


Question 136:

What journal entries would you pass for the following transactions on the dissolution of a firm of A and B?

i) Dissolution expenses amounted to Rs. 500.

ii) Unrecorded assets realised Rs. 2,500.

iii) Stock worth Rs. 2,000 already transferred to realisation account was taken over by a partner A.

iv) Creditors, already transferred to realisation account were paid Rs. 3,000.

v) Profit on realisation Rs. 4,000 is to be distributed between A and B in the ratio of 3:1.


Question 137:

Cemto Ltd. forfeited 6,000 shares of Rs. 10 each issued at a premium of Rs. 2 per share for the non-payment of final call of Rs. 3 per share. 300 of the forfeited shares were re-issued for Rs. 8 per share as fully paid up. Pass necessary journal entries for the forfeiture and re-issue of shares. Also prepare share forfeited account.


Question 138:

A Ltd. provides the following information :

i) Closing Stock Rs. 1,00,000

ii) Creditors Rs. 86,000

iii) Cash Rs. 20,000

iv) Bills Receivable Rs. 18,000

v) Sales Rs. 6,00,000

vi) Fixed Assets Rs. 1,20,000

vii) Bank Rs. 42,000

viii) Overdraft Rs. 34,000

You are required to calculate the following ratios :

(a) Current Ratio, (b) Quick Ratio, (c) Stock Turnover Ratio, (d) Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio.

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