Interest – Set 1 January 26, 2025 by aasi 0% Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Interest – Set 1 Dear ! This is Interest – Set 1 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) Rs. 260200 is divided between Ram and Shyam so that the amount that Ram receives in 3 years is the same as that Shyam receives in 6 years. If the interest is compounded annually at the rate of 4% per annum then Ram’s share is = ? Rs. 117745.02 Rs. 137745.02 Rs. 157745.02 Rs. 177745.02 2 / 50 2) If a sum of money becomes Rs. 4000 in 2 years and Rs. 5500 in 4 years 6 months at the same rate of simple interest per annum. Then the rate of simple interest is = ? 21.7% 22.6% 21.4% 22.2% 3 / 50 3) In simple interest rate per annum a certain sum amounts to Rs. 5182 in 2 years and Rs. 5832 in 3 years. The principal in rupees is = ? Rs. 3882 Rs. 3872 Rs. 3862 Rs. 3892 4 / 50 4) The sum invested in scheme B is thrice the sum invested in scheme A. The investment in scheme A is made for 4 years at 8% p.a. simple interest and in scheme B for 2 years at 13% p.a. simple interest. The total interest earned from both the schemes is Rs. 1320. How much amount was invested in scheme A? Rs. 1260 Rs. 1200 Rs. 1360 Rs. 1300 5 / 50 5) The interest earned on Rs. 15000 in 3 years at simple interest is Rs. 5400. Find the rate of interest per annum? 6% 8% 10% 12% 6 / 50 6) A sum becomes its double in 10 years. Find the annual rate of simple interest? 5% 10% 7% 11% 7 / 50 7) A sum of Rs. 3000 yields an interest of Rs. 1080 at 12% per annum simple interest in how many years ? 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 8 / 50 8) Alipta got some amount of money from her father. In how many years will the ratio of the money and the interest obtained from it be 10 : 3 at 6% simple interest per annum ? 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 9 / 50 9) If a sum of money double itself in 8 years, then the interest rate in percentage is ? 8.5% 9.5% 12.5% 11.5% 10 / 50 10) The simple interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 5% per annum for 8 years is Rs. 840. Rate of interest for which the same amount of interest can be received on the same sum after 5 years is = ? 4% 8% 6% 12% 11 / 50 11) Find the amount to be received after 2 years 6 months at the rate of 5% p.a. of simple interest on a sum of Rs. 3200? Rs. 1600 Rs. 2600 Rs. 4600 Rs. 3600 12 / 50 12) A person invests money in three different schemes for 6 years, 10 years and 12 years at 10 percent, 12 percent and 15 percent simple interest respectively. At the completion of each scheme, he gets the same interest. The ratio of his investment is? 3 : 3 : 2 4 : 3 : 2 6 : 3 : 2 7 : 3 : 2 13 / 50 13) If the simple interest on Rs. 1 for 1 month is 1 paisa, then the rate percent per annum will be = ? 10% 12% 14% 16% 14 / 50 14) A certain sum doubles in 7 years at simple interest. The same sum under the same interest rate will become 4 times in how many years = ? 21 years 22 years 23 years 24 years 15 / 50 15) A sum of Rs. 1440 is lent out in three parts in such away that the interests on first part at 2% for 3 years, second part at 3% for 4 years and third part at 4% for 5 years are equal. Then the difference between the largest and the smallest sum is? Rs. 360 Rs. 460 Rs. 560 Rs. 660 16 / 50 16) A sum of Rs. 1550 was lent partly at 5% and partly at 8% p.a. simple interest. The total interest received after 3 years was Rs. 300. The ratio of the money lent at 5% to that lent at 8% is? 4 : 5 8 : 7 12 : 11 16 : 15 17 / 50 17) A money lender claims to lend money at the rate of 10% per annum simple interest. However, he takes the interest in advance when he lends a sum for one year. At what interest rate does he lend the money actually ? 10% 11.11% 12.11% 13% 18 / 50 18) For 2 years, a sum was put at SI at a certain rate. If the rate was 3% higher, it would have fetched Rs. 300 more. What will be the sum ? Rs. 3000 Rs. 4000 Rs. 5000 Rs. 6000 19 / 50 19) A certain sum of money amount to Rs 2200 at 5% interest Rs 2320 at 8% interest in the same period of time. The period of time is = ? 1 years 2 years 3 years 4 years 20 / 50 20) I had Rs. 10000 with me. Out of this money I lent some money to A for 2 years @ 15% simple interest. I lent the remaining money to B for an equal number of years @18% simple interest. After 2 years, I found that A had given me Rs. 360 more as interest as compared to B. The amount of money which I had lent to B must have been? Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 4000 21 / 50 21) A sum of Rs. 18750 is left by a will by a father to be divided between the two sons, 12 and 14 years of age, so that when they attain maturity at 18, the amount (principal + interest) received by each at 5 percent simple interest will be the same. Find the sum alloted at present to each son? Rs. 9500, Rs. 9250 Rs. 8000, Rs. 1750 Rs. 9000, Rs. 9750 None of these 22 / 50 22) Vishwas borrowed a total amount of Rs. 30000, part of it on simple interest rate of 12 p.c.p.a. and remaining on simple interest rate of 10 p.c.p.a. If at the end of 2 year she paid in all Rs. 36480 to settle the loan amount, what was the amount borrowed at 12 p.c.p.a ? Rs. 10000 Rs. 11000 Rs. 12000 Rs. 13000 23 / 50 23) Tushar borrowed a sum of Rs. 12000 at 15% per annum from a money – lender on 13th January, 1987 and return the amount on 8th June, 1987 to clear his debt. Then the amount paid by Tushar to the money – lender to clear his debt was = ? Rs. 15000 Rs. 11394 Rs. 12720 Rs. 13650 24 / 50 24) The simple interest on Rs. 36000 for the period from 5th January to 31st May, 2013 at 9.5% per annum is = ? Rs. 1068 Rs. 1368 Rs. 1168 Rs. 1268 25 / 50 25) A boy aged 12 years is left with Rs. 100000 which is under a trust. The trustees invest the money at 6% per annum and pay the minor boy a sum of Rs. 2500, for his pocket money at the end of each year. The expenses of trust come out to be Rs. 500 per annum. Find the amount that will be handed over to the minor boy after he attains the age of 18 years ? Rs. 108000 Rs. 128000 Rs. 118000 Rs. 138000 26 / 50 26) If the rate increases by 2%, the simple interest received on a sum of money increases by Rs. 108. If the time period is increased by 2 years, the simple interest on the same sum increases by Rs. 180. The sum is? Rs. 5200 Rs. 5300 Rs. 5400 Data inadequate 27 / 50 27) A computer is available for Rs. 39000 cash or Rs. 17000 as cash down payment followed by five monthly instalments of Rs. 4800 each. What is the rate of interest under the instalment plan? 35.71 % p.a. 36.71 % p.a. 37.71 % p.a. 38.71 % p.a. 28 / 50 28) A sum of Rs. 10 is lent to be returned in 11 monthly instalments of Rs. 1 each, interest being simple. The rate of interest is? 21.9% 20% 22% 22.5% 29 / 50 29) Mr. Dutta desired to deposit his retirement benefit of Rs. 3 lacs partly to a post office and partly to a bank at 10% and 6% simple interests respectively. If his monthly income was Rs. 2000, then the difference of his deposits in the post office and in the bank was = ? Rs. 3000 Rs. 4000 Rs. Nil Rs. 9000 30 / 50 30) If the ratio of principal and the simple interest of 5 years is 10 : 3, then the rate of interest is = ? 4% 6% 8% 10% 31 / 50 31) A man buys a TV priced at Rs. 16000. He pays Rs. 4000 at once and the rest after 15 months on which he is charges a simple interest at the rate of 12% per year. The total amount he pays for TV is = ? Rs. 16800 Rs. 17800 Rs. 16800 Rs. 14800 32 / 50 32) What equal installment of annual payment will discharge a debt which is due as Rs. 848 at the end of 4 years at 4% per annum simple interest ? Rs. 400 Rs. 500 Rs. 300 Rs. 200 33 / 50 33) A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 3 years. Had it been put at 1% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 5100 more. The sum is? Rs. 1, 70, 000 Rs. 1, 50, 000 Rs. 1, 25, 000 Rs. 1, 20, 000 34 / 50 34) A man invested Rs. 5000 at some rate of simple interest and Rs. 4000 at 1 percent higher rate of interest. If the interest in both the cases after 4 years is same, the rate of interest in the former case is? 4% p.a. 8% p.a. 12% p.a. 16% p.a. 35 / 50 35) Arvind deposited a sum of money with a bank on 1st january, 2012 at 8% simple interest per annum. He received an amount 3144 on 7th August, 2012. The money he deposited with the bank was = ? Rs. 1000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 5000 Rs. 6000 36 / 50 36) The principal which gives Rs 1 interest per day at a rate of 5% simple interest per annum is = ? Rs. 7100 Rs. 7200 Rs. 7400 Rs. 7300 37 / 50 37) A sum of Rs. 7930 is divided into 3 parts and given at loan at 5% simple interest to A, B and C for 2, 3 and 4 years respectively. If the amounts of all three are equal after their respective periods of loan, then the A received a loan of = ? Rs. 2760 Rs. 2660 Rs. 2860 Rs. 2960 38 / 50 38) Two equal sums of money are lent at the same time at 8% and 7% per annum simple interest. The former is recovered 6 months earlier than the latter and the amount in each case is Rs. 2560. The sum and the time for which the sums of money are lent out are Rs. 1500, 3.5 years and 4 years Rs. 3000, 4 years and 4.5 years Rs. 2000, 3.5 years and 4 years Rs. 2000, 4 years and 5.5 years 39 / 50 39) A person invested some account at the rate of 12% simple interest and a certain amount at rate of 10% simple interest. He received yearly interest of Rs. 130. But if he had interchanged the amounts invested,he would have received Rs. 4 more as interest. How much did he invest at 12% simple interest ? Rs. 300 Rs. 400 Rs. 500 Rs. 600 40 / 50 40) A some of money lent out at simple interest amount to Rs. 720 after 2 years and Rs. 1020 after a further period of 5 years. Find the principal ? Rs. 400 Rs. 600 Rs. 800 Rs. 700 41 / 50 41) Ram deposited a certain sum of money in a company at 12% per annum simple interest for 4 years and deposited equal amounts in fixed deposit in a bank for 5 years at 15% per annum simple interest. If the difference in the interest from two sources is Rs. 1350 then the sum deposited in each case is = ? Rs. 3000 Rs. 4000 Rs. 6000 Rs. 5000 42 / 50 42) The amount Rs. 2100 become Rs. 2352 in 2 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is decreased by 1% , what is the new interest ? Rs. 210 Rs. 220 Rs. 230 Rs. 240 43 / 50 43) Rahul borrowed a sum of Rs. 1150 from Amit at the simple interest rate of 6 p.c.p.a. for 3 Years. He then added some more money to the borrowed sum and lent it to Sachin for the same time at 9 p.c.p.a simple interest. If Rahul gains Rs. 274.95 by way of interest on borrowed sum as well as his own amount from the whole transaction, then what is the sum lent by him to Sachin ? Rs. 1685 Rs. 1785 Rs. 1885 Rs. 1985 44 / 50 44) A lends Rs. 2500 to B and a certain sum to C at the same time at 7% p.a. simple interest. If after 4 years, A altogether receives Rs. 1120 as interest from B and C, then the sum lent to C is? Rs. 1000 Rs. 1100 Rs. 1500 Rs. 1600 45 / 50 45) A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at the simple interest rate. If the rate is increased by 3% p.a. What will be the sum amount to in the same period ? Rs. 952 Rs. 982 Rs. 962 Rs. 992 46 / 50 46) Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. for the first three years, 9% p.a. for the next five years and 13% p.a. for the period beyond eight years. If the total interest paid by him at the end of eleven years is Rs. 8160, the money borrowed by him (in Rupees) was? Rs. 9000 Rs. 8000 Rs. 7000 Rs. 5000 47 / 50 47) If x, y, z are three sum of money such that y is the simple interest on x and z is the simple interest on y for the same time and at the same rate of interest, then what is the relation between x, y, z we have = ? y2 = zx x2 = yz xyz = 1 x2 = xy 48 / 50 48) If the simple interest for 6 years be equal to 30% of the principal, it will be equal to the principal after? 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years 49 / 50 49) A person deposits Rs. 500 in 4 years and Rs. 600 for 3 years at the same rate of simple interest in a bank. Altogether he received Rs. 190 as interest. The rate of simple interest per annum was = ? 1% 3% 5% 7% 50 / 50 50) A certain scheme of investment in simple interest declares that it triples the investment in 8 years. 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