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This section includes 1502 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1201. |
An amount of Rs. 3000 becomes Rs. 3600 in four years at simple interest. If the rate of interest was 1% more, then what was be the total amount? |
| A. | Rs. 3800 |
| B. | Rs. 3780 |
| C. | Rs. 3720 |
| D. | Cannot be determined |
| Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
| 1202. |
A certain sum is invested at simple interest at 18% p.a. for two years instead of investing at 12% p.a. for the same time period. Therefore the interest received is more by Rs. 840. Find the sum? |
| A. | Rs. 7000 |
| B. | Rs. 8500 |
| C. | Rs. 8000 |
| D. | Rs. 7500 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 8500 | |
| 1203. |
A sum of money triples itself in twelve years at simple interest. Find the rate of interest? |
| A. | 12 1/2 % p.a. |
| B. | 14 4/7 % p.a. |
| C. | 15 2/3 % p.a. |
| D. | 13 3/8 % p.a. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1204. |
A certain sum becomes Rs. 20720 in four years and 24080 in six years at simple interest. Find sum and rate of interest? |
| A. | Rs. 12000; 12% p.a. |
| B. | Rs. 14000; 12% p.a. |
| C. | Rs. 12000; 15% p.a. |
| D. | Rs. 14000; 15% p.a. |
| Answer» C. Rs. 12000; 15% p.a. | |
| 1205. |
In how many years does a sum of Rs. 5000 yield a simple interest of Rs. 16500 at 15% p.a.? |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» B. 24 | |
| 1206. |
How much interest can a person get on Rs. 8200 at 17.5% p.a. simple interest for a period of two years and six months? |
| A. | Rs. 3770 |
| B. | Rs. 2850.50 |
| C. | Rs. 3587.50 |
| D. | 3750 |
| Answer» D. 3750 | |
| 1207. |
Rs.800 amounts to Rs.920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest is increased by 3%, it would amount to how much? |
| A. | Rs.1056 |
| B. | Rs.1112 |
| C. | Rs.1182 |
| D. | Rs.992 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1208. |
If Rs.450 amount to Rs.540 in 4 years, what will it amount to in 6 years at the same rate % per annum? |
| A. | Rs.575 |
| B. | Rs.675 |
| C. | Rs.585 |
| D. | Rs.685 |
| Answer» D. Rs.685 | |
| 1209. |
A person lent a certain sum of money at 4% per annum at simple interest and in 8 years the interest amounted to Rs.340 less than the sum lent. What was the sum lent? |
| A. | Rs.400 |
| B. | Rs.450 |
| C. | Rs.550 |
| D. | Rs.500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1210. |
If A lends Rs.3500 to B at 10% per annum and B lends the same sum to C at 11.5% per annum then the gain of B in a period of 3 years is? |
| A. | Rs.107.50 |
| B. | Rs.115.50 |
| C. | Rs.157.50 |
| D. | Rs.177.50 |
| Answer» D. Rs.177.50 | |
| 1211. |
A sum of Rs. 2665 is lent into two parts so that the interest on the first part for 8 years at 3% per annum may be equal to the interest on the second part for 3 years at 5% per annum. Find the second |
| A. | Rs.1678 |
| B. | Rs.1640 |
| C. | Rs.2341 |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Rs.2341 | |
| 1212. |
The equal amounts of money are deposited in two banks each at 15% per annum for 3.5 years and 5 years respectively. If the difference between their interests is Rs.144, find the each sum? |
| A. | Rs.3467 |
| B. | Rs.640 |
| C. | Rs.500 |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Rs.500 | |
| 1213. |
A part of certain sum of money is invested at 9% per annum and the rest at 12% per annum, if the interest earned in each case for the same period is equal, then ratio of the sums invested is? |
| A. | 2:3 |
| B. | 3:4 |
| C. | 4:3 |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 1214. |
A sum of money becomes double itself in 8 years at simple interest. How many times will it become 10 years at the same rate? |
| A. | 2 1/4 |
| B. | 4 1/4 |
| C. | 5 1/4 |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. 4 1/4 | |
| 1215. |
A sum of money becomes triple itself in 5 years at simple interest. How many years will it become six times at the same rate? |
| A. | 12 1/2 years |
| B. | 12 years |
| C. | 11 1/2 years |
| D. | 11 years |
| Answer» B. 12 years | |
| 1216. |
In how many years will a sum of money doubles itself at 5% per annum on simple interest? |
| A. | 22 years |
| B. | 20 years |
| C. | 21 years |
| D. | 29 years |
| Answer» C. 21 years | |
| 1217. |
In what time will Rs.4000 lent at 3% per annum on simple interest earn as much interest as Rs.5000 will earn in 5 years at 4% per annum on simple interest? |
| A. | 8 1/3 years |
| B. | 9 years |
| C. | 7 1/2 years |
| D. | 7 1/3 years |
| Answer» B. 9 years | |
| 1218. |
The simple interest on a sum of money is 4/9 of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent. Find the rate and the time? |
| A. | 6 2/3 years; 6 2/3 % |
| B. | 5 1/3 years; 5 1/3 % |
| C. | 4 2/3 years; 4 2/3 % |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. 5 1/3 years; 5 1/3 % | |
| 1219. |
Rs.1500 is divided into two parts such that if one part is invested at 6% and the other at 5% the whole annual interest from both the sum is Rs.85. How much was lent at 5%? |
| A. | Rs.1000 |
| B. | Rs.750 |
| C. | Rs.600 |
| D. | Rs.500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1220. |
A certain sum of money doubles itself in 10 years in how much many years will it trible itself at the same rate? |
| A. | 20 years |
| B. | 15 years |
| C. | 30 years |
| D. | 17 1/2 years |
| Answer» B. 15 years | |
| 1221. |
A milkman sells cow milk at the rate of Rs. 55 litre including a profit 12 per cent. He also sells buffalo milk at the rate of Rs. 36 per litre including a profit of 20%. How much profit will he earn |
| A. | Rs. 632 |
| B. | Rs. 624 |
| C. | Rs. 646 |
| D. | Rs. 642 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1222. |
If a sum of Rs. 13040 is to be repaid in two equal installments at 3(3/4)% per annum, what is the amount of each installment? |
| A. | 7045 |
| B. | 8000 |
| C. | 65067 |
| D. | 6889 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1223. |
If a certain sum of money becomes doubles at simple interest in 12 years, what would be the rate of interest per annum? |
| A. | 8(1/3) |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 1224. |
A sum of money becomes 7/4 of itself in 6 years at a certain rate of simple interest. Find the rate of interest. |
| A. | 12% |
| B. | 12(1/2)% |
| C. | 8% |
| D. | 14% |
| Answer» C. 8% | |
| 1225. |
Divide Rs. 6000 into two parts so that simple interest on the first part for 2 years at 6% p.a. may be equal to the simple interest on the second part for 3 years at 8% p.a. |
| A. | Rs. 4000, Rs. 2000 |
| B. | Rs. 5000, Rs. 1000 |
| C. | Rs. 3000, Rs. 3000 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rs. 5000, Rs. 1000 | |
| 1226. |
A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will it amount to 8 times? |
| A. | 9 years |
| B. | 8 years |
| C. | 27 years |
| D. | 12 years |
| Answer» B. 8 years | |
| 1227. |
A sum becomes 4 times at simple interest in 10 years. What is the rate of interest? |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 20% |
| C. | 30% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» D. 40% | |
| 1228. |
Raju lent Rs. 400 to Ajay for 2 years and Rs. 100 to Manoj for 4 years and received together from both Rs. 60 as interest. Find the rate of interest, simple interest being calculated. |
| A. | 5% |
| B. | 6% |
| C. | 8% |
| D. | 9% |
| Answer» B. 6% | |
| 1229. |
In what time will the simple interest on Rs. 1750 at 9% per annum be the same as that on Rs. 2500 at 10.5% per annum in 4 years? |
| A. | 6 years and 8 months |
| B. | 7 years and 3 months |
| C. | 6 years |
| D. | 7 years and 6 months |
| Answer» B. 7 years and 3 months | |
| 1230. |
The difference between simple and compound interest on a sum of money at 20% per annum for 3 years is Rs. 48. What is the sum? |
| A. | Rs. 550 |
| B. | Rs. 500 |
| C. | Rs. 375 |
| D. | Rs. 400 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 400 | |
| 1231. |
Asif borrows Rs. 1500 from two moneylenders. He pays interest at the rate of 12% per annum for one loan and at the rate of 14% per annum for the other. The total interest he pays for the entire year i |
| A. | Rs. 1200 |
| B. | Rs.1300 |
| C. | Rs. 1400 |
| D. | Rs. 300 |
| Answer» B. Rs.1300 | |
| 1232. |
What will be the simple interest on Rs. 700 at 9% per annum for the period from February 5, 1994 to April 18, 1994? |
| A. | Rs. 12.60 |
| B. | Rs. 11.30 |
| C. | Rs. 15 |
| D. | Rs. 13 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 11.30 | |
| 1233. |
What is the rate of simple interest for the first 4 years if the sum of Rs. 360 becomes Rs. 540 in 9 years and the rate of interest for the last 5 years is 6%? |
| A. | 4% |
| B. | 5% |
| C. | 3% |
| D. | 6% |
| Answer» C. 3% | |
| 1234. |
Rahul purchased a Maruti van for Rs. 1, 96,000 and the rate of depreciation is 14(2/7) % per annum. Find the value of the van after two years. |
| A. | Rs. 1,40,000 |
| B. | Rs.1,44,000 |
| C. | Rs. 1,50,000 |
| D. | Rs. 1,60,000 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 1,50,000 | |
| 1235. |
In what time will Rs. 3300 becomes Rs. 3399 at 6% per annum interest compounded half-yearly? |
| A. | 6 months |
| B. | 1 year |
| C. | 1(1/2) years |
| D. | 3 months |
| Answer» B. 1 year | |
| 1236. |
Find the principal if the interest compounded at the rate of 10% per annum for two years is Rs. 420. |
| A. | Rs. 1000 |
| B. | Rs. 2200 |
| C. | Rs. 2000 |
| D. | Rs. 1100 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 1100 | |
| 1237. |
Find the compound interest on Rs. 1000 at the rate of 20% per annum for 18 month when interest is compounded half yearly. |
| A. | Rs. 331 |
| B. | Rs. 1331 |
| C. | Rs. 320 |
| D. | Rs. 325 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 1331 | |
| 1238. |
What is the simple interest on a sum of Rs. 700 if the rate of interest for the first 3 years is 8% per annum and for the last 2 years is 7.5% per annum? |
| A. | Rs. 269.5 |
| B. | Rs. 283 |
| C. | Rs. 273 |
| D. | Rs. 280 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 280 | |
| 1239. |
What is the difference between the simple interest on a principal of Rs. 500 being calculated at 5% per annum for 3 years and 4% per annum for 4 years? |
| A. | Rs. 5 |
| B. | Rs. 10 |
| C. | Rs. 20 |
| D. | Rs. 40 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 10 | |
| 1240. |
Find the rate of interest if the amount after 2 years of simple interest on a capital of Rs. 1200 is Rs. 1440. |
| A. | 8% |
| B. | 9% |
| C. | 10% |
| D. | 11% |
| Answer» D. 11% | |
| 1241. |
Find the difference between the simple interest and the compound interest at 5% per annum for 2 years on principal of Rs. 2000. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 10.5 |
| C. | 4.5 |
| D. | 5.5 |
| Answer» B. 10.5 | |
| 1242. |
Rs. 2100 is lent at compound interest of 5% per annum for 2 years. Find the amount after two years. |
| A. | Rs. 2300 |
| B. | Rs. 2315.25 |
| C. | Rs. 2310 |
| D. | Rs. 2320 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 2310 | |
| 1243. |
Interest obtained on a sum of Rs. 5000 for 3 years is Rs. 1500. Find the rate percent. |
| A. | 8% |
| B. | 9% |
| C. | 10% |
| D. | 11% |
| Answer» D. 11% | |
| 1244. |
Rs. 1200 is lent out at 5% per annum simple interest for 3 years. Find the amount after 3 years. |
| A. | Rs. 1380 |
| B. | Rs. 1290 |
| C. | Rs. 1470 |
| D. | Rs.1200 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 1290 | |
| 1245. |
Find the simple interest on Rs. 5200 for 2 years at 6% per annum. |
| A. | Rs. 450 |
| B. | Rs. 524 |
| C. | Rs. 600 |
| D. | Rs. 624 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1246. |
What should be the least number of years in which the simple interest on Rs. 2,600 at 6(2/3)% will be an exact number of rupees? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 1247. |
Pratibha invests an amount of Rs. 15,860 in the names of her three daughters A, B and C in such a way that they get the same interest after 2, 3 and 4 years, respectively. If the rate of simple intere |
| A. | (1/15): (1/10): (1/20) |
| B. | (1/10): (1/15): (1/20) |
| C. | (1/15): (1/20): 10 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. (1/15): (1/20): 10 | |
| 1248. |
A sum of Rs. 18,750 is left by will by a father to be divided between 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 |
| A. | Rs. 9,500, Rs. 9,250 |
| B. | Rs. 8,000, Rs. 1,750 |
| C. | Rs. 9,000, Rs. 9,750 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1249. |
A sum of Rs. 1,440 is lent out in three parts in such a way that the interest 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 differ |
| A. | Rs. 400 |
| B. | Rs. 560 |
| C. | Rs. 460 |
| D. | Rs. 200 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 460 | |
| 1250. |
Arun borrowed a sum of money from Jayant at the rate of 8% per annum simple interest for the first four years, 10% per annum for the next 6 years and 12% per annum for the period beyond 10 years. If h |
| A. | Rs. 12,000 |
| B. | Rs. 10,000 |
| C. | Rs. 8,000 |
| D. | Rs. 9,000 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 9,000 | |