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Q.The process of transferring the debit and credit items from Journal to Ledger accounts is called :

(a) Journalising
(b) Casting
(c) Balancing
(d) Posting
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Posting is the process of transferring debit and credit entries from the journal to the appropriate ledger accounts.

The stages of recording are:

  1. Journalising — recording a transaction in the journal in the order it occurs.
  2. Posting — transferring each debit and credit item from the journal to the concerned account in the ledger.
  3. Casting — totalling the amount columns of an account or book.
  4. Balancing — ascertaining the net difference between the debit and credit sides of a ledger account. …

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