Simple Interest Questions for Competitive Exams
What equal installment of annual payment will discharge a debt which is due as ₹ 848 at the end of 4 years at 4 % per annum simple interest?
(A) ₹ 250
(B) ₹ 225
(C) ₹ 212
(D) ₹ 200
Correct Answer : A
A person invested a total sum of Rs 7900 in three different schemes of simple interest at 3% , 5% and 8% per annum. At the end of one year he got same interest in all three schemes. What is the money (in Rs) invested at 3 %?
(A) 4000
(B) 5600
(C) 2900
(D) 3500
Correct Answer : A
A sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts to ₹720 after 2 years and 1020 after a further period of 5 years. Find the principal.
(A) ₹ 1740
(B) ₹ 120
(C) ₹ 6000
(D) ₹ 600
Correct Answer : D
A person lends 40 % of his sum of money at 15 % per annum, 50 % of rest at 10 % per annum and the rest at 18 % per annum rate of interest. What would be the annual rate of interest, if the interest is calculated on the whole sum?
(A) 14.4 %
(B) 13.33 %
(C) 13.4 %
(D) 14.33 %
Correct Answer : A
Daljit lent Rs.10800 to Jabir for 3 years and Rs.7500 to Kabir for 2 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs.1422 in all from both of them as interest . The rate of interest per annum is
(A) 3%
(B) 4.5%
(C) 3.5%
(D) 4%
Correct Answer : A
A sum of ₹ 800 amounts to ₹ 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?
(A) ₹ 942
(B) ₹ 982
(C) ₹ 992
(D) ₹ 962
Correct Answer : C
A person borrows some money for 5 years and the ratio of the loan amount: total interest amount is 5 : 2. Then find the ratio of the loan amount: interest rate is equal to
(A) 5 : 2
(B) 25 : 2
(C) 2 : 25
(D) 2 : 1
Correct Answer : B
A certain sum becomes Rs. 1020 in 5 years and Rs. 1200 in 8 years at simple interest. What is the value of principal?
(A) 700
(B) 720
(C) 820
(D) 780
Correct Answer : B
Ratio of the principal and the amount after 5 year is 10:12. Then the rate of interest per annum is
(A) 8%
(B) 20%
(C) 12%
(D) 16%
Correct Answer : B
A person borrows 5,000 for 2 years at 4 % per annum simple interest. He immediately lends it to another person at $$6{1\over 4}\% $$ per annum simple interest for 2 years. His gain in this transaction is
(A) ₹ 225
(B) ₹ 150
(C) ₹ 112.50
(D) ₹ 450
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :