Q.An industry for which multiple costing is suitable, is :
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A method of costing is the way cost is ascertained, chosen to suit the nature and manner of production: job costing (specific orders), batch costing (identical items in batches), contract costing (large site jobs), process costing (continuous processes), operating/service costing (services like transport and hospitals), unit/output costing (a single uniform product, the basis of the cost sheet), and multiple/composite costing (products assembled from many parts). A technique of costing is an approach applied on top of any method for control and decision-making: historical costing, standard costing (comparing actual with predetermined standards and analysing variances), marginal costing (charging only variable cost to products), absorption costing (charging both fixed and variable cost), budgetary control, and uniform costing. A method answers 'how is cost …
Multiple (composite) costing is used where a product is made of many assembled components, each costed differently, as in complex engineering products. An aircraft is assembled from thousands of such parts. …
Multiple costing suits a complex product assembled from many components (each costed by its own method) — an aircraft, option (a).
This CHSE Odisha +2 Cost Accounting question tests multiple (composite) costing, used where:
- The finished product consists of many different parts/components.
- Different components require different costing methods, which are then combined to find the total cost. …
- CBSE 2024Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Fill up the blanks :(x) ________ costing is suitable for readymade garment.
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Batch costing is suitable for readymade garments.
Readymade garments of a given size/design are manufactured together in identical lots (batches). Batch costing treats each batch as a cost unit, accumulates the cost of the whole batch, and finds cost per garment as:
- Cost per unit = Total cost of the batch ÷ Number of units in the batch. …
- CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.The method of costing suitable for industries where production is continuous :(a) Process costing(b) Job costing(c) Batch costing(d) Contract costing
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Continuous, mass production of a standard product is costed under Process costing.
This is a classic CHSE Odisha +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting objective on methods of costing (the Odisha commerce syllabus aligns with the NCERT/CBSE cost-accounting framework).
- Process costing is used where production is continuous and the product passes through several distinct processes/stages. Cost is accumulated for each process and then spread over the units produced — e.g. sugar, chemicals, paper, cement. …
- CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.The method of costing suitable for sugar industry, is :(a) Job costing(b) Process costing(c) Batch costing(d) Contract costing
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The sugar industry uses Process costing.
Sugar manufacture is a continuous, mass-production activity: cane juice passes through successive processes — extraction/crushing, clarification, evaporation, crystallisation, centrifuging — to yield a uniform product.
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- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.The industry to which process costing is applicable :(a) T.V. industry(b) Oil mill(c) Transport industry(d) Construction industry
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Process costing is used for continuous, mass-production industries where the product flows through successive processes — an oil mill fits this, so (b) is correct.
This CHSE Odisha +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting question tests which industry uses process costing, a common CBSE/NCERT-aligned commerce topic. Process costing is applied where:
- Production is continuous and the output is homogeneous (identical units).
- The product passes through several distinct processes in sequence, the finished output of one process becoming the raw material of the next.
- Cost is ascertained process-wise and then averaged over units produced.
Checking the options:
- (a) TV industry — assembly of distinct components, closer to job/batch work. …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.The industry to which job costing is applicable, is :(a) Brick industry(b) Flour mill(c) Printing press(d) Construction industry
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Job costing applies where work is done on identifiable, customer-specific orders — a printing press does exactly this, so (c) is correct.
This CHSE Odisha +2 Cost Accounting question (NCERT/CBSE-aligned commerce) tests job costing, used when:
- Production is undertaken against specific orders, each job being different.
- Cost is accumulated separately for each job.
Checking options:
- (a) Brick industry — mass, uniform output → process/unit costing. …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.The industry to which contract costing is applicable, is :(a) Sugar industry(b) Oil mill(c) Textile industry(d) Construction industry
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Contract costing applies to large, long-duration, site-based jobs like building and civil works — the construction industry, option (d).
This CHSE Odisha +2 Cost Accounting (NCERT/CBSE-aligned) item tests contract costing, a form of job costing used for:
- Large jobs carried out at a site (not in the factory).
- Work that runs over a long period (sometimes more than a year). …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Basically there are two types of costing. They are :(a) Job costing and Batch costing(b) Job costing and Process costing(c) Process costing and operation costing(d) Operating costing and operation costing
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The two basic methods of costing are job costing and process costing; the rest are variants — option (b).
In +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting (CHSE Odisha, NCERT/CBSE-aligned), there are two fundamental methods:
- Job costing — where output consists of separate, identifiable jobs/orders (batch costing, contract costing are its variants). …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Out of the following, the one which is not a method of costing, is :(a) Contract costing(b) Marginal Costing(c) Batch costing(d) Process costing
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Marginal costing is a technique of cost analysis/decision-making, not a method of ascertaining cost — so (b) is the odd one out.
This CHSE Odisha +2 Cost Accounting item distinguishes methods from techniques:
- Methods of costing (how cost is ascertained for a kind of production): job, batch, contract, process, operating, etc. …
- CBSE 2022Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.An industry for which multiple costing is suitable, is :(a) Aircraft(b) Washing machine(c) Soft drinks(d) Garments
›Reveal solutionSolution
Multiple costing suits a complex product assembled from many components (each costed by its own method) — an aircraft, option (a).
This CHSE Odisha +2 Cost Accounting question tests multiple (composite) costing, used where:
- The finished product consists of many different parts/components.
- Different components require different costing methods, which are then combined to find the total cost. …
- CBSE 2019Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.One of the following which is not a method of costing, is(a) Contract costing(b) Batch costing(c) Standard costing(d) Process costing
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The item that is not a method of costing is (c) Standard costing.
- Methods of costing suit the nature of the product/production: job, batch, contract, process, operating, unit (single/output) costing, etc. Contract costing, batch costing and process costing are all methods. …
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