Simple Interest and Compound Interest: Practice Questions

Q.1.The difference in simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum of money in 2 years at 10 % p.a. is Rs. 50. The sum is
a) Rs. 10000
b) Rs. 6000
c) Rs. 5000
d) Rs. 2000
e) None of these
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Q.2. The difference in simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum of money in 2 years at 18 % p.a. is Rs. 162. The sum is
a) Rs. 4000
b) Rs. 5200
c) Rs. 4250
d) Rs. 5000
e) None of these
Q.3. The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years is Rs. 208 and the simple interest for the same time at the same rate is Rs. 200. Find the rate %.
a) 5 %
b) 6 %
c) 7 %
d) 4 %
e) 8 %
Q.4.The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10 % is Rs. 25. The sum is
a) Rs. 1200
b) Rs. 2500
c) Rs. 750
d) Rs. 1250
e) Rs. 2000
Q.5.The simple interest on a certain sum for 3 years in Rs. 225 and the compound interest on the same sum for 2 years is Rs. 165. Find the rate percent per annum.
a) 20 %
b) 2.5 %
c) 5 %
d) 15 %
e) 7.5%
Q.6.The simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years is Rs. 150 and the compound interest on the same sum at same rate for 2 years is Rs. 155. The rate % p.a. is
a) 16 %
b) 20/3 %
c) 12 %
d) 10 %
e) None of these
Q7.Mihir’s capital is 5/4 times more than Tulsi’s capital. Tulsi invested her capital at 50 % per annum for 3 years (compounded annually). At what rate % p.a. simple interest should Mihir invest his capital so that after 3 years, they both have the same amount of capital?
a) 20/3 %
b) 10 %
c) 50/3 %
d) 1.728 %
e) None of these
Q8.The difference in simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum of money in 3 years at 10 % p.a. is Rs. 372. The sum is
a) Rs. 8000
b) Rs.9000
c) Rs. 10000
d) Rs. 12000
e) None of these
Q9.Sahil’s capital is 1/6 times more than Chaya’s capital. Chaya invested her capital at 20 % per annum for 2 years (compounded annually). At what rate % p.a. simple interest should Sahil invest his capital so that after 2 years, they both have the same amount of capital?
a) 10%
b) 11 5/7%
c) 20%
d) 13 5/7%
e) None of these
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Q10.The difference in simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum of money in 3 years at 20 % p.a. is Rs. 640. The sum is
a) Rs. 5000
b) Rs. 8500
c) Rs. 8250
d) Rs. 6000
e) None of these
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