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PES JS 3 Business Studies (Objective) Mock 1 Exam 2025/2026
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  • 1. A ------------ is a document completed whenever an organization wishes to make a purchase
A) Delivery note
B) Invoice
C) Pro forma invoice
D) Local purchase order
  • 2. Which of these is not a type of office equipment?
A) Fox machine
B) Telephone
C) Typewriter
D) Computer
  • 3. _________ is suitable and reliable way to storing documents.
A) Arranging
B) Filing
C) Sorting
D) Bookkeeping
  • 4. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of the stencil duplicating process?
A) It cannot produce mulit-colors on the same document
B) Once used, the stencil cannot be altered
C) Pictures cannot be transferred into the copy paper
D) Used stencils can be stored for further use
  • 5. ________ machines are capable of making exact copies from the original documents.
A) Offset litho
B) Photocopying
C) Duplicating
D) Stencil duplicating
  • 6. A _________ is an office machine used for typing letter and other documents.
A) Telephone
B) Telex
C) Typewriter
D) Photocopier
  • 7. Which of the following is not an advantage of office equipment?
A) Little labor is involved
B) They are too expensive
C) They reduce monotony and boredom
D) Time is saved
  • 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) Revolving cabinet
B) Steel cabinet
C) Fire-resisting cabinet
D) Unilateral cabinet
  • 10. An invoice contains the following except __________
A) Total profit
B) Unit profit
C) Date
D) Profit
  • 11. Which of the following is not a denomination of the naira?
A) #200
B) #500
C) #100
D) #5000
  • 12. A ________ shows the record of transaction between the buyer and the seller
A) Teller
B) State of account
C) Pass book
D) Cheque
  • 13. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the advertising?
A) It does not misled
B) It add costs
C) It enhance goodwill
D) It helps to increase sales
  • 14. The ________ is an advertising medium that is both audio and visual in nature.
A) Newspaper
B) Tape
C) Radio
D) Television
  • 15. Which of these is a direct advertising medium?
A) Catalog
B) Magazine
C) Newspaper
D) Radio
  • 16. Which of the following is an advantage of advertising?
A) It encourages decay of social valua
B) It is expensive and wasteful
C) It is cheap to acquire
D) It helps the consumer to choose from available product
  • 17. Air transport is not suitable for moving very ________ goods.
A) Heavy
B) Fragile
C) Expensive
D) Light
  • 18. Passenger and goods can be moved to your doorstep through ___________ transportation.
A) Water
B) Road
C) Rail
D) Air
  • 19. Tanker and pipelines are used to transport __________.
A) Goods
B) Liquid
C) Solids
D) Passengers
  • 20. Which of these is not an example road transport?
A) Car
B) Truck
C) Bus
D) Rail
  • 21. The following are means of communication except _________
A) Internet
B) Postal system
C) Photocopier
D) Telephone
  • 22. ________ is the response to the message which has been received.
A) Information
B) Writer
C) Feedback
D) Receiver
  • 23. Communication must involve ________ and ______
A) The maker and the giver
B) The hearer and the doer
C) The writer and the sender
D) The sender and the receiver
  • 24. The left-hand side of the cash book is ___________
A) Credit
B) Folio
C) Discount
D) Debit
  • 25. The balance sheet is divided into two part, namely _______
A) Life and right side
B) Fixed and current assets side
C) Assets and liabilities side
D) Credit and dedit side
  • 26. The Apex Bank in Nigeria is _________
A) Central Bank of Nigeria
B) First Bank of Nigeria
C) Stanbic Bank PLC
D) Union Bank of Nigeria
  • 27. Methods of buying do not include __________
A) Sample
B) Tasting
C) Cheque
D) Description
  • 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) State
B) Local
C) Trunk
D) International
  • 30. Business formed by two to twenty people is called __________
A) Public company
B) Private business
C) Sole trade business
D) Partnership
  • 31. The death of the owner may end the business in __________
A) Public corporation
B) Partnership
C) Joint stock
D) Sole proprietorship
  • 32. Which column of cash book is used for recording description of transaction?
A) Folio
B) Date
C) Particulars
D) Amount
  • 33. A department which deals with staff recruitment, promotion and welfare is _______.
A) Production department
B) Personnel department
C) Sales department
D) Account department
  • 34. The act of representing spoken sound by written signs is known as _________
A) Recorder
B) Shorthand
C) Oral english
D) Verb
  • 35. _______ is the transfer of risk of life or properties.
A) Banking
B) Store
C) Wild
D) Insurance
  • 36. All of the following are documents commonly found in the wages department except ________
A) Pay roll
B) Time card
C) Pay slip
D) Wages and salaries
  • 37. Vowels in shorthand are represented by dots and _________
A) Sign
B) Dashes
C) Curve
D) Stroke
  • 38. Shorthand is written according to ______
A) Signs
B) Spelling
C) Pronunciation
D) Consonants
  • 39. Pitman shorthand was introduced by _______
A) Sir Isaac Pitman
B) Sir Isiah Pitman
C) Sir Joseph Pitman
D) Sir John Pitman
  • 40. Double entry principles state that ______
A) for every input, there must be a corresponding output
B) for every profit, there must be a corresponding loss
C) for every debtor, there must be a corresponding creditor
D) for every credit entry transaction, there must be a corresponding debit entry
  • 41. Trading account is prepared to know
A) Gross profit or loss
B) Surplus
C) Dividend
D) Cost of sales
  • 42. Trade within the country is ________
A) Foreign trade
B) International trade
C) Home trade
D) Foreign goods
  • 43. The ledger account is divided vertically into _______
A) 4
B) 3
C) 5
D) 2
  • 44. Things bought are called purchases while those sold are called _________
A) Salary
B) Sales
C) Discount
D) Trade
  • 45. Assets that are not permanent in nature are called ______ assets.
A) Liability
B) Fixed
C) Current
D) Tangible
  • 46. An example of fixed asset is _______
A) Shoes
B) Cocoa
C) Groundnut
D) Timber
  • 47. An office machine used to add figures together is called _________.
A) Stapler
B) Porch
C) Typewriter
D) Calculator
  • 48. _______ is a place where money and other valuable goods are kept.
A) Room
B) House
C) Bank
D) Purse
  • 49. All these are principles of insurance except ______
A) utmost good faith
B) dividend
C) indemnity
D) subrogation
  • 50. Another name for mail is ________
A) Document
B) Call
C) Letter
D) Passport
  • 51. The act of buying and selling of goods and services is ________.
A) Trade
B) Bank
C) School
D) Market
  • 52. Which of the following is not an extractive occupation?
A) Farming
B) Mining
C) Forest
D) Dentistry
  • 53. The effort made by the government to safeguard consumers from being cheated is ________
A) Consumer awareness
B) Consumer protection
C) Consumer right
D) Consumerism
  • 54. One of the following is an organ of consumer protection.
A) SAVICOM
B) NIPOST
C) Email
D) NITEL
  • 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) Pension
B) Salaries
C) Wages
D) National scheme
  • 56. A statement used to check the arithmetical accuracy of business records is ___________.
A) Profit and loss
B) Balance sheet
C) Trial balance
D) Trading
  • 57. _________ is what is owned by the business.
A) Liability
B) Asset
C) Loan
D) Balance sheet
  • 58. What business owes to outsiders which has to be paid are called _____
A) Loan
B) Liabilities
C) Assets
D) Bank draft
  • 59. One of these can be found in the office
A) Table
B) Pot
C) Spoon
D) Knife
  • 60. A person who produces goods and services is called ____
A) consumer
B) wholesaler
C) producer
D) retailer
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