VERIFICATION OF STOCK ITEMS : Now you know that a stock register is the key for the verification of all the items purchased from time to time. Let us now perform the second activity of this exercise i.e., stock verification.

 Procedure : Verify the physical presence of the items kept in the stock that are listed in the register. For this choose any alphabet in the index and take at least two items listed under that alphabet.

You should select the items that are listed serial wise and not randomly. Say for example under the letter 'A' you will find in alphabetical order, the name of all the items beginning with the letter 'A' that are present in the stock, e.g., alcohol, ammeter, analogue multimeter, autoclave, etc. Likewise you will find the list of articles under alphabets B,C and so on upto Z.

Now from the index find out the sequence pages of the articles you have chosen to verify. For example from the page 'A' of the index of stock register you have selected "autoclave". From the index find out the sequence page number(s) allotted to "autoclave". Open these sequence pages and read the information given about "autoclave". Make a note of the article and its details like brand (make), details of issues such as purchase date and number, net quantity etc.

In this way you select two items, check the details of these items in the sequence pages and prepare a list in the columns under report I. You should not repeat the items, which other students of your group are dealing with. In your group all the students should preferably select different items. Show the list of the items, you have to verify, to your counsellor and take his/her approval. Seldom it may also happen that sequence pages about any item are All the four Activities completely missing. If so is the case inform your counsellor. You have to write of this Exercise are to the make brand and quantity mentioned in the last entry from the specified pages of the stock register in the table given under Report