CUET Exam

Accountancy/ Book Keeping (301) Syllabus for CUET (UG) 2025

Unit I: Accounting for Partnership

  • Nature of Partnership Firm: Partnership deed (meaning, importance).
  • Final Accounts of Partnership: Fixed v/s Fluctuating capital,
  • Division of profit among partners, Profit and Loss Appropriation account.

Unit II: Reconstitution of Partnership

  • Changes in profit sharing ratio among the existing partners – Sacrificing ratio and Gaining ratio.
  • Accounting for Revaluation of Assets and Liabilities and Distribution of reserves and accumulated profits.
  • Goodwill: Nature, Factors affecting and Methods of valuation: Average profit, Super profit, Multiplier and Capitalisation methods.
  • Admission of a Partner: Effect of admission of partner, Change in profit sharing ratio, accounting treatment for goodwill, Revaluation of assets and liabilities, Reserves (accumulated profits) and adjustment of capitals.
  • Retirement/Death of a Partner: Change in profit sharing ratio, accounting treatment of goodwill, revaluation of assets and liabilities, Adjustment of accumulated profits (Reserves).

Unit III: Dissolution of Partnership Firm

  • Meaning, Settlement of accounts: Preparation of realisation account and related accounts (excluding piecemeal distribution, sale to a company and insolvency of a Partner)

Unit IV: Company Accounts: Accounting for Share and Debenture

  • Share Capital: Meaning, Nature and Types
  • Accounting for Share Capital: Issue and Allotment of Equity and Preference Shares; Over subscription and under subscription; Issue at par, premium and at discount; Calls in advance, Calls in arrears, Issue of shares for consideration other than cash.
  • Forfeiture of Shares: Accounting treatment, Re-issue of forfeited shares.
  • Presentation of shares and Debentures Capital in the company’s balance sheet.
  • Issue of Debenture – At par, premium and discount; Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash.

Unit V: Analysis of Financial Statements

  • Financial Statements of a Company: Preparation of simple financial statements of a company in the prescribed form with major headings only.
  • Financial Analysis: Meaning, Significance and Purpose, Limitations.
  • Tools for Financial Analysis: Comparative statements, Common size statements.
  • Accounting Ratios: Meaning and Objectives and types: Liquidity Ratio, Solvency Ratio, Activity Ratio, Profitability Ratio
  • Cash Flow Statement: Meaning and Objectives, Preparation, Adjustments related to depreciation, dividend and tax, sale, and purchase of non-current assets (as per revised standard issued by ICAI).

Optional to Unit V

Unit V: Computerised Accounting System

  • Overview of Computerised Accounting System
  • Concept and Types of Computerised Accounting System (CAS),
  • Features of a Computerised Accounting System, Advantages, limitations
  • Structure of a Computerised Accounting System: chart of accounts, Codification and Hierarchy of account heads.
  • Accounting Applications of Electronic Spreadsheet
  • Features offered by Electronic Spreadsheet. Applications of Electronic Spreadsheet in generating accounting information, preparing depreciation schedule, loan repayment schedule, payroll accounting.
  • Graphs and Charts in electronic spreadsheet

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