Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Introduction to Accounting

Question:

Read the given below two statements and mark the correct answer.

Assertion (A): Liabilities are obligations or debts that an enterprise has to pay at some time in the future.
Reason (R) : They does not represent creditors’ claims on the firm’s assets.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False

Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 3- Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False.

* Liabilities represent creditors’ claims on the firm’s assets. That's why reason is false.

Liabilities are obligations or debts that an enterprise has to pay at some time in the future. They represent creditors’ claims on the firm’s assets. Both small and big businesses find it necessary to borrow money at one time or the other, and to purchase goods on credit. Super Bazar, for example, purchases goods for ₹10,000 on credit for a month from Fast Food Products on March 25, 2020. If the balance sheet of Super Bazaar is prepared as at March 31, 2020, Fast Food Products will be shown as creditors on the liabilities side of the balance sheet. If Super Bazaar takes a loan for a period of three years from Delhi State Co-operative Bank, this will also be shown as a liability in the balance sheet of Super Bazaar. Liabilities are classified as current and non-current.