PES JS 3 Business Studies (Objective) Mock 1 Exam 2025/2026
  • 1. A ------------ is a document completed whenever an organization wishes to make a purchase
A) Delivery note
B) Invoice
C) Local purchase order
D) Pro forma invoice
  • 2. Which of these is not a type of office equipment?
A) Telephone
B) Typewriter
C) Fox machine
D) Computer
  • 3. _________ is suitable and reliable way to storing documents.
A) Arranging
B) Filing
C) Bookkeeping
D) Sorting
  • 4. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of the stencil duplicating process?
A) Pictures cannot be transferred into the copy paper
B) Used stencils can be stored for further use
C) It cannot produce mulit-colors on the same document
D) Once used, the stencil cannot be altered
  • 5. ________ machines are capable of making exact copies from the original documents.
A) Stencil duplicating
B) Duplicating
C) Photocopying
D) Offset litho
  • 6. A _________ is an office machine used for typing letter and other documents.
A) Photocopier
B) Telephone
C) Typewriter
D) Telex
  • 7. Which of the following is not an advantage of office equipment?
A) Time is saved
B) They reduce monotony and boredom
C) Little labor is involved
D) They are too expensive
  • 8. The machine which brings out the finished work from the computer on paper is called __________
A) Fax machine
B) Printer
C) Typewriter
D) Photocopier
  • 9. Which of the following is not a type of filing cabinet?
A) Steel cabinet
B) Revolving cabinet
C) Fire-resisting cabinet
D) Unilateral cabinet
  • 10. An invoice contains the following except __________
A) Profit
B) Total profit
C) Date
D) Unit profit
  • 11. Which of the following is not a denomination of the naira?
A) #5000
B) #100
C) #200
D) #500
  • 12. A ________ shows the record of transaction between the buyer and the seller
A) Teller
B) Cheque
C) Pass book
D) State of account
  • 13. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the advertising?
A) It enhance goodwill
B) It add costs
C) It helps to increase sales
D) It does not misled
  • 14. The ________ is an advertising medium that is both audio and visual in nature.
A) Radio
B) Tape
C) Newspaper
D) Television
  • 15. Which of these is a direct advertising medium?
A) Newspaper
B) Magazine
C) Catalog
D) Radio
  • 16. Which of the following is an advantage of advertising?
A) It is cheap to acquire
B) It is expensive and wasteful
C) It helps the consumer to choose from available product
D) It encourages decay of social valua
  • 17. Air transport is not suitable for moving very ________ goods.
A) Fragile
B) Heavy
C) Expensive
D) Light
  • 18. Passenger and goods can be moved to your doorstep through ___________ transportation.
A) Water
B) Rail
C) Air
D) Road
  • 19. Tanker and pipelines are used to transport __________.
A) Liquid
B) Passengers
C) Solids
D) Goods
  • 20. Which of these is not an example road transport?
A) Bus
B) Truck
C) Car
D) Rail
  • 21. The following are means of communication except _________
A) Postal system
B) Telephone
C) Photocopier
D) Internet
  • 22. ________ is the response to the message which has been received.
A) Writer
B) Receiver
C) Information
D) Feedback
  • 23. Communication must involve ________ and ______
A) The sender and the receiver
B) The maker and the giver
C) The hearer and the doer
D) The writer and the sender
  • 24. The left-hand side of the cash book is ___________
A) Discount
B) Credit
C) Debit
D) Folio
  • 25. The balance sheet is divided into two part, namely _______
A) Life and right side
B) Credit and dedit side
C) Fixed and current assets side
D) Assets and liabilities side
  • 26. The Apex Bank in Nigeria is _________
A) Stanbic Bank PLC
B) Central Bank of Nigeria
C) First Bank of Nigeria
D) Union Bank of Nigeria
  • 27. Methods of buying do not include __________
A) Cheque
B) Description
C) Tasting
D) Sample
  • 28. The primary aim of a trade is to ___________
A) render help
B) make profit
C) get contract
D) laugh
  • 29. A telephone call between people in different countries is know as _________ call
A) Trunk
B) State
C) Local
D) International
  • 30. Business formed by two to twenty people is called __________
A) Public company
B) Private business
C) Partnership
D) Sole trade business
  • 31. The death of the owner may end the business in __________
A) Joint stock
B) Partnership
C) Sole proprietorship
D) Public corporation
  • 32. Which column of cash book is used for recording description of transaction?
A) Amount
B) Particulars
C) Date
D) Folio
  • 33. A department which deals with staff recruitment, promotion and welfare is _______.
A) Personnel department
B) Account department
C) Production department
D) Sales department
  • 34. The act of representing spoken sound by written signs is known as _________
A) Verb
B) Recorder
C) Shorthand
D) Oral english
  • 35. _______ is the transfer of risk of life or properties.
A) Store
B) Wild
C) Insurance
D) Banking
  • 36. All of the following are documents commonly found in the wages department except ________
A) Wages and salaries
B) Pay slip
C) Time card
D) Pay roll
  • 37. Vowels in shorthand are represented by dots and _________
A) Stroke
B) Curve
C) Dashes
D) Sign
  • 38. Shorthand is written according to ______
A) Spelling
B) Signs
C) Consonants
D) Pronunciation
  • 39. Pitman shorthand was introduced by _______
A) Sir Isaac Pitman
B) Sir Joseph Pitman
C) Sir John Pitman
D) Sir Isiah Pitman
  • 40. Double entry principles state that ______
A) for every profit, there must be a corresponding loss
B) for every credit entry transaction, there must be a corresponding debit entry
C) for every input, there must be a corresponding output
D) for every debtor, there must be a corresponding creditor
  • 41. Trading account is prepared to know
A) Dividend
B) Cost of sales
C) Gross profit or loss
D) Surplus
  • 42. Trade within the country is ________
A) International trade
B) Foreign goods
C) Foreign trade
D) Home trade
  • 43. The ledger account is divided vertically into _______
A) 5
B) 3
C) 4
D) 2
  • 44. Things bought are called purchases while those sold are called _________
A) Sales
B) Trade
C) Discount
D) Salary
  • 45. Assets that are not permanent in nature are called ______ assets.
A) Liability
B) Fixed
C) Tangible
D) Current
  • 46. An example of fixed asset is _______
A) Timber
B) Groundnut
C) Shoes
D) Cocoa
  • 47. An office machine used to add figures together is called _________.
A) Stapler
B) Typewriter
C) Calculator
D) Porch
  • 48. _______ is a place where money and other valuable goods are kept.
A) Bank
B) Purse
C) House
D) Room
  • 49. All these are principles of insurance except ______
A) utmost good faith
B) indemnity
C) dividend
D) subrogation
  • 50. Another name for mail is ________
A) Document
B) Letter
C) Call
D) Passport
  • 51. The act of buying and selling of goods and services is ________.
A) Trade
B) Bank
C) Market
D) School
  • 52. Which of the following is not an extractive occupation?
A) Forest
B) Dentistry
C) Mining
D) Farming
  • 53. The effort made by the government to safeguard consumers from being cheated is ________
A) Consumerism
B) Consumer protection
C) Consumer awareness
D) Consumer right
  • 54. One of the following is an organ of consumer protection.
A) NITEL
B) NIPOST
C) SAVICOM
D) Email
  • 55. _________ is a sum of money paid regularly to a person who no longer works because of age or length of years of service.
A) National scheme
B) Wages
C) Pension
D) Salaries
  • 56. A statement used to check the arithmetical accuracy of business records is ___________.
A) Trial balance
B) Balance sheet
C) Profit and loss
D) Trading
  • 57. _________ is what is owned by the business.
A) Asset
B) Liability
C) Loan
D) Balance sheet
  • 58. What business owes to outsiders which has to be paid are called _____
A) Bank draft
B) Loan
C) Liabilities
D) Assets
  • 59. One of these can be found in the office
A) Table
B) Knife
C) Spoon
D) Pot
  • 60. A person who produces goods and services is called ____
A) consumer
B) producer
C) wholesaler
D) retailer
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