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Q.Main objective of preparing ledger accounts is to :

(a) Ascertain the profit or loss and the financial position
(b) Ascertain the financial position
(c) Know the balance of each ledger account
(d) Ascertain the profit or loss
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The main objective of preparing ledger accounts is to know the balance of each account, so the answer is (c).

The ledger is the principal book where all transactions relating to a particular account (a person, asset, expense or income) are brought together at one place by posting from the journal and subsidiary books. When each account is balanced, it reveals the net balance — for example, how much a customer owes or how much cash is on hand.

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