Accountancy Part ADatabase Management System for Accounting

The default extension of MS Access (2007) file is:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → .accdb

From MS Access 2007 onwards, a database file is saved with the extension .accdb; Access adds it by itself even if it is not typed. A .doc file is a word-processing document and an .exe file is a program file, while .end is not the extension of any Access database.

Note: This question is from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The topic is not there in the latest NCERT book (2026-27), but it is still in the CUET 2026 syllabus, so do not skip it.

NCERT (Pre-rationalised edition):
Creating Database Tables in Microsoft Access – “… Also note that even if you do not type the default extension “.accdb” with the file name, it will be automatically added by the application.”