Opportunity Cost can be best described as: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Opportunity Cost can be best described as:
A. The benefit sacrificed when choosing one alternative over the next best alternative
B. The direct cost of making a product
C. The cost of idle time
D. A cost that cannot be changed
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Opportunity cost is a crucial economic and management concept reflecting the value of the foregone alternative in decision making.

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Practice More Accountancy and Book Keeping Questions

Question #1
A firm's 'Re-order Level' is calculated as:
A. Maximum consumption * maximum lead time
B. Average consumption * average lead time
C. Minimum consumption * minimum lead time
D. Maximum consumption * minimum lead time

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Re-order level = Maximum consumption * Maximum lead time, ensuring stock doesn't run out.

Question #2
S1: Revaluation Account is prepared to record changes in the values of assets and liabilities. S2: The profit or loss on revaluation is transferred to the old partners' capital accounts in their sacrificing ratio. Which statement(s) is/are correct?
A. S2 only
B. Neither S1 nor S2
C. S1 only
D. Both S1 and S2

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Revaluation Account records the changes in asset and liability values at the time of admission/retirement. The net profit or loss is distributed among the old partners in their old profit-sharing ratio (which is the sacrificing ratio for the retiring partner). Both are correct.

Question #3
In government accounting, the 'Appropriation Audit' is conducted by:
A. Chartered accountant
B. Internal auditor
C. Tax auditor
D. CAG

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
CAG audits appropriation accounts to ensure expenditure is within the grants authorized by Parliament.