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1.

List down any two features of GNUKhata.

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1. It is free and open source accounting software. 

2. It is based on double entry book keeping. 

3. All financial reports can be prepared. 

4. Display of dual ledger facility. 

5. Attachment of source document to vouchers is possible. 

6. Linking of sales ad purchases transactions to invoice. 

7. Export or import of data from spread sheet is possible. 

8. It ensures password security and data audit facility.

2.

What is the use of ‘Theme’ tab in GNUKhata Menu Bar?

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‘Theme’ tab is used to change the theme Background of the screen.

3.

List down the Income and Expenditure account groups in GNUKhata

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  • Direct Income
  • Direct Expenses 
  • Indirect Income 
  • Indirect Expenses
4.

Identify the group and sub group under which the following ledger accounts are to be created. (a) Depreciation (b) Carriage inward (c) Bills Receivable (d) Drawings

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Ledger AccountGroupSub Group
a)Depreciationindirect expenses None
b)Carriage inwardDirect ExpensesNone
c)Bills receivableCurrent AssestsSundry Debtors
d)DrawingsCapitalNone

5.

What do you mean by ‘Year End Activities’?

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Year End Activities consists of the following Year End Activities

  • Closing Ledger Accounts. 
  • Opening Ledger Accounts for the next year.

(A) Closing of Accounts: GNUKhata has a module to Close books at the click of a mouse, when this module is activated, balances in all expenses and incomes accounts are transferred to Profit and Loss/ Income & Expenditure account and the accounts are closed. After Close books is done, transactions cannot be recorded but ledger accounts can be viewed. 

(B) Opening Ledger Accounts for the next year: GNUKhata has a module to Roll over ledger accounts at the click of a mouse. This module opens accounts for the next year automatically and since it is automatic, it is error free. When Roll over is done. 

  • New organisation with the same name and type is created by GNUKhata for the next accounting year. 
  • Assets and liabilities accounts automatically open under its respective Groups and Sub Groups with opening balances. 
  • Expenses and income accounts are opened under their respective Groups and Sub Groups without opening balances 
  • The closing stock gets transferred to the next year as opening stock. 

This module can only be activated after close Books is done.

6.

What are the different vouchers in GNUKhata?

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Sl No.Voucher typePurposeFunction keys
1ReceiptFor recording receipt of cash/chequeF4
2Paymentfor recording payments made by cash or trough bankF5
3SalesFor recording cash and credit sale of goodsF6
4PurchaseFor recording cash and credit purchase of goodsF7
5ContraFor recording deposits or withdrawals of cash from bank and tranfer of fund from one bank to anotherF8
6JournalFor recording rectifying entries, transfer entries, adjustment entries, purchase of fixed assets on credit and sale of fixed assets on creditF9
7Sales returnFor recording return of goods by a customerCtlrl + 1
8Purchase returnFor recording return of goods to a supplierCtrl + 2
9Credit noteFor recording reduction in the prices charged to a customerCtrl + 3
10Debit noteFor recording reduction in the price given by a supplierCtrl + 4

7.

Write the steps in the preparation of final accounts by using GNUKhata.

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Step 1 – Creation of new organisation 

Step 2 – Creation of Admin and Login 

Step 3 – Creation of Sub Groups 

Step 4 – Creation of Ledger Accounts 

Step5 – Voucher Entry 

Step 6 – Editing opening stock and Closing stock account 

Step 7 – Display Ledger Accounts 

Step 8 – Display Trial Balance 

Step 9 – Display P & L Account 

Step 10 – Display Balance Sheet

8.

Which type of organisation can be created in GNUKhata?(a) Profit Making Organisations (b) Not for Profit Organisations (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of these.

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(c) (a) and (b)

9.

Only ______ user can log in as ‘Admin’ (а) One (b) Two (c) Many (d) None

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Correct answer is (a) One

10.

Write path for deleting an organisation.

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Log in as ‘Admin user’ → Administration menu → Select ‘Delete Organisation’.

11.

Complete the following:

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UseCommand
To remove access rights or privileges from the databaseRevoke
Extracts data from a tableInsert into Select

12.

Give a brief explanation about Bank Reconciliation Statement in GNUKhata

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1. Bank Reconciliation Statement is done to identify why there is difference between the two balances (Cash Book balance and pass book balance) 

2. The date of transaction is the Transaction Date 

3. The date on which a particular transaction appears in a Pass Book is called the Clearance Date. 

4. The period for which Bank Reconciliation is done is called Reconciliation Period. 

5. The reconciliation is done by comparing the Trans-action Date and Clearance Date.

13.

Which among the following is not a level of users in GNUKhata(a) Managing Director (b) Admin (c) Manager (d) Operator

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(a) Managing Director

14.

Write the path for starting GNUKhata

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Applications → Office → GNUKhata

15.

____ is a free and open source software for accounting, developed by Digital Freedom Foundation.

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GNUKhata  is a free and open source software for accounting, developed by Digital Freedom Foundation.

16.

Multiple choice select three correct answers:Valid relationships in RDBMS are (a) one to one (b) one to two (c) one to many (d) many to two (e) many to many (f) one to three

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(a) one to one, 

(c) one to many, 

(e) many to many

17.

Define Instruments of Monetary Policy.

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Instruments of Monetary Policy:

1. Quantitative Measures: The measures which impact the entire economy in a general or common way Eire called quantitative measures or general measures.

  • Bank Rate: The rate at which RBI lends to the commercial banks for long-term is called the bank rate.
  • Repo Rate: The rate at which RBI lends to the commercial banks for short-term is called the repo rate.
  • Reverse Repo Rate: The rate at which RBI borrows short-term funds from the commercial banks is csilled the reverse repo rate.
  • Monetary stability under emergency: In an emergency situation like an acute cash shortage to maintain monetary stability, commercial banks borrow from the RBI at fixed rate of interest. This rate is higher than repo rate.
  • Cash Reserve Ratio – CRR: A certain minimum cash which all commercial banks have to keep reserves with the RBI is called Cash Reserve Ratio. It fulfills the need of a comfortable amount of cash reserves with the banking system. It is used to control inflation.
  • Statutory Liquidity Ratio – SLR: In addition of CRR, under the Banking Regulation Act 1949, all banks have to maintain 25 % of their total deposits in the form of cash, gold and unencumbered approved securities. This is known as statutory liquidity ratio.
  • Open Market Operations – OMOs: Open > market operations refers to sale of or parchase of government securities / bonds by the RBI in the open market. Such operations are undertaken to regulate inflation and depression.
  • Sterilization Policy: When there is excessive flow of foreign exchange, then to control this situation the RBI indulges in sale of government securities in open market equal to the amount of inflow of foreign exchange and maintains the balance of monetary system. This is known as sterilization policy.

2. Qualitative Measures: These measures have unique impact on some sectors and are not meant to impact all sectors similarly.

These measures are as follows:

  • Security: Banks lend money against some security deposits like jewellery, car, home, land, etc. from the borrowers.
  • Margin: An individual is given only a certain percentage as loan of the total value of assets offered as security. This percentage is called margin.
  • Ceilling on credit: The RBI prescribes ceilings for credits for different purposes.
  • Discriminatory interest rate: RBI suggests different rates of interest for different types of lending. This is called the policy of discriminatory interest rate.
18.

Short cut keys for activating Credit Note is _______ (a) Ctrl + 1 (b) Ctrl + 2 (c) Ctrl + 3 (d) Ctrl + 3

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Correct answer is (d) Ctrl + 3

19.

To clone a voucher means (a) To delete a voucher (b) To copy a voucher (c) To edit a voucher (d) To print a voucher

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(b) To copy a voucher

20.

Short Cut keys Shift + Ctrl + R is used for ________

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Create Organisation

21.

Write the Journal entry, voucher Type and Short cut keys of the following transactions.1. Cash purchases worth Rs. 10,000 2. Sold goods to Akhil Rs. 6, 000 3. Akhil returned goods worth Rs. 2,000 4. Price of goods sold to Akhil reduced by Rs. 500 5. Credit Purchases from Linjo Rs, 8,000 6. Returned goods to Linjo Rs. 3,0007. Linjo reduced the price of goods sold to us by Rs. 1,000 8. Cash received from Akhil Rs.3,000 9. Cash paid to Linjo Rs. 4,000 10. Cash sales ₹ 800

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Transaction No.Journal EntryVoucher TypeShortcut key
1purchase a/c  Dr
Cash a/c        Cr
PurchaseF7
2Akhil a/c  Dr
sales a/c Cr
SalesF6
3sales Returns Dr
Akhil a/c         Cr
Sales ReturnCtrl + 1
4Sales Returns a/c Dr
Akhil a/c   Cr
Credit noteCtrl + 3
5Purchase a/c   Dr
Linjo a/c     Cr
PurchaseF7
6Linjo a/c      Dr
Purchase Returns Cr
Purchase ReturnCtrl + 2
7Linjo a/c     Dr
Purchase Retruns a/c    Cr
Debit noteCtrl +4
8Cash a/c   Dr
Akhil a/c    Cr
ReceiptF4
9Linjo a/c  Dr
Cash a/c   Cr
PaymentF5
10Cash a/c   Dr
Sales a/c
SalesF6

22.

Left side of the GNUKhata welcome screen shows _______ (a) Three buttons and dialog box (b) Description about double entry principles (c) Printer settings and network (d) Description about the advantages and developer of GNUKhata

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(d) Description about the advantages and developer of GNUKhata

23.

Choose the right statement (a) Once organisation is created, the financial year can be changed whenever necessary (b) Once organisation is created, the financial year can not be changed.

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(b) Once organisation is created, the financial year can not be changed.

24.

Assertion (A): Things used for domestic purposes can be reused and recycled.Reason (R): Organic waste matter should be disposed off far away from settlements.(a) Both A and R are incorrect (b) Both A and R are correct (c) A is correct and R is wrong (d) A and R are correct and A explains R

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(b) Both A and R are correct

25.

Assertion (A): Noise pollution is basically a problem of urban areas, industrial areas, transport areas due to bombardment, traffic etc.Reason (R): It has an impact on the habitat of animals migration and health of inhabitants.(a) A and R are correct and A explains R (b) A and R are correct and A does not explain R (c) A is incorrect and R is correct (d) Both A and R are incorrect

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(a) A and R are correct and A explains R

26.

…… disease is caused by water pollution.(a) Hypertension (b) Mental illness (c) Stress(d) Diarrhoea

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(d) Diarrhoea

27.

What are the control measures of Noise pollution?

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The control measures of noise pollution are: 

1. Development of green belt vegetation. 

2. Installation of decibel meters along highways and in places of public gatherings. 

3. Planting trees along the compound wall to protect houses.

28.

Give Reasons :“We must use forest products properly”.

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Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forest products are one of the most essential things in our day to day life. Therefore we must use forest products properly.

29.

Why do we get impervious diseases like skin cancer, blindness, loss of plankton?

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Due to the depletion of ozone layer, UV rays fall on the earth’s surface, and leads to impervious diseases like skin cancer, blindness, loss of plankton etc

30.

Give Reasons :“Pollution is an unfavourable modification of the natural world”.

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Pollute means to degrade or to make dirty. It is caused entirely (or) partly due to direct (or) indirect actions of human beings. So pollution is an unfavourable modification of the natural world.

31.

State the problems of urbanisation.

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As the town expands, it mounts more pressure on transport system, water supplies, sewage and profuse disposal. The overall development creates problems like air pollution, water pollution, traffic congestion and noise pollution etc., This disturbed environment affects the human beings as mental illness, heart troubles, breathing problems etc.

32.

Transforming raw materials into finished goods is activity.(a) primary (b) secondary(c) tertiary(d) quinary

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(b) secondary

33.

Dry recyclable wastes are …….. (a) food products (b) packing plastics(c) diapers (d) mobiles

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(b) packing plastics

34.

Distinguish the Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration  Immigration
Emigration means moving out or to leave a place.Immigration means to enter or come into a new country for the purpose of settling there.
35.

Distinguish the Metropolitan and Mega cities

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MetropolitanMega cities
Cities accommodating population between 10 lakhs and 50 lakhs are metropolitan cities.
E.g.: Madurai
Cities with more than 50 lakh population are called Megacities.
E.g.: Greater Chennai
36.

Mention the patterns of Rural Settlement.

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1. Rectangular pattern 

2. Linear pattern 

3. Circular or semicircular pattern 

4. Star like pattern 

5. Triangular pattern 

6. T-Shaped, Y-Shaped, Cross-Shaped or Cruciform settlements 

7. Nebular pattern

37.

The rural settlement that is found at the confluence of rivers is ……….(a) linear pattern (b) circular pattern (c) star like pattern (d) triangular pattern

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(d) triangular pattern

38.

Classify wastes.

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Wastes can be classified into five types, which are commonly found around the house. These . include liquid waste, solid rubbish, organic waste, recyclable rubbish and hazardous waste like e-waste.

39.

The physical factor is …… (a) temperature (b) war (c) trade (d) commerce

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(a) temperature

40.

The interaction between man as an individual with his family, occupation and society is …….. (a) Natural Environment (b) Human Environment (c) Man-made Environment (d) None of these

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(b) Human Environment

41.

What do you mean by Environmental Sustainability?

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Environmental sustainability is the ability of the environment to support a defined level of environmental quality and natural resource extraction rates forever to mankind. Unnecessary disturbances to the environment should be avoided whenever possible.

42.

Distinguish the Natural Environment and Human Environment.

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Natural EnvironmentHuman Environment
The components of natural components of environment are lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.Human environment is defined as the interaction between man as an individual, with his family, occupation and society.
This includes the biotic and abiotic components like ponds, lakes, grasslands, forests, mountains, etc.It is related to various cultural aspects such as education, religion, economics and politics.
43.

Distinguish the Rectangular Pattern and Linear Pattern.

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Rectangular PatternLinear Pattern
Rectangular pattern of settlements are found in plain areas or valleys. The roads are rectangular and cut each other at right angles.In a linear pattern, the houses are located along a road, railway line and along the edge of the river valley or along a levee.
44.

Distinguish the Town and City

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TownCity
A town is generally larger than a village, but smaller than a city. It has a population of less than 1 lakh.Cities are much larger than towns and have a greater number of economic functions. The population in cities are estimated to be more than 1 lakh.
E.g.: Arakkonam near ChennaiE.g.: Coimbatore
45.

Distinguish the Primary Activities and Secondary Activities

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Primary ActivitiesSecondary Activities
Primary Activities pertain to the extraction of raw materials from the earth’s surface. For example: food gathering, hunting, lumbering, fishing, cattle rearing, mining and agriculture.transform raw materials into finished goods. For example: Iron and Steel industries, automobilemanufacturing etc.
46.

Fill in the blanks. 1. …….. is the statistical study of human population. 2. ……. is an official enumeration of population carried out periodically. 3. …… is a condition when a country has more people than its resources to sustain. 4. Cities with more than 50 lakh population are called …….. 5. ……… Activities pertain to the extraction of raw materials from the earth’s surface. 6. …….. is a poisonous gas made up of molecules consisting three oxygen atoms. 7. ……. refers to the process of increase in urban population and urban areas in a country. 8. The economic sustainability is successfully implemented through strong ……

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1. Demography 

2. Census 

3. Overpopulation 

4. megacities 

5. Primary 

6. Ozone 

7. Urbanisation 

8. Public Distribution System

47.

The statistical study of human population is(a) Demography(b) Morphology(c) Etymology (d) Seismography

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(a) Demography

48.

Give reasons :Population growth has to be brought under

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Population growth leads to high competition for all available resources. It leads to poor quality of life, education, food supply, low income and so on.

The resources of Earth may exhaust one day and would lead to the end of mankind.

49.

Give reasons :The economy of the quaternary sector is called knowledge economy.

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Quaternary sector deals with the activities related to Research and Development, as well as knowledge. For e g. Services like consultation, education and banking. Hence, it is called as knowledge economy.

50.

Give reasons :Sustainable development growth has been set to protect the planet.

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The excessive usage of natural and manmade resources deplete its availability for the future generation. Hence conservation and awareness are the two important terms that can bring sustainability to our living: When we use the word sustainability to mean maintain, it means to maintain it forever. This is because our actions have a lasting effect on the environment and we should protect it for our future generations.