Class 11 Accountancy — Chapter 3: Recording of Transactions-I

What you'll learn

• ▸Business Transactions and Source Documents
• ▸Accounting Vouchers
• ▸Types of Vouchers
• ▸The Accounting Equation
• ▸Rules of Debit and Credit
• ▸Journal - The Book of Original Entry
• ▸Ledger and Posting

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 1110CH03 Recording of Transactions-I 3 In chapter 1 and 2, while explaining the development and importance of accounting as a source of disseminating the financial information along with the discussion on basic accounting concepts that guide the recording of business …

Practice Questions from this Chapter

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1. Explain transaction "give and take." Get Solution →
2. Show types of old receipts. Get Solution →
3. Describe first record-keeping systems. Get Solution →
4. According to the chapter, what is the basic book of original entry where transactions are first recorded? Get Solution →
5. What is the document that provides evidence of a business transaction called? Get Solution →
6. What is the fundamental accounting equation presented in the chapter? Get Solution →
7. In the accounting equation A = L + C, what does 'C' represent? Get Solution →
8. What is the name of the principal book where transactions from the journal are posted to individual accounts? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 The oldest recorded transaction is over 5,000 years old, inscribed on Sumerian clay tablets.
• 💡 Luca Pacioli, a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, formalized double-entry accounting in 1494.
• 💡 Ancient Egyptians meticulously recorded all temple wealth and state grain in elaborate accounting systems.
• 💡 The earliest known paper money, a transaction document, first appeared in 7th-century China.
• 💡 Roman merchants sometimes used wax tablets as simple "receipts" to record exchanges.

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