Simple Interest - MCQ 2 - GMAT MCQ

Manish borrows 8000 at simple interest from a money lender. At the end of 3 years, he again borrows 7000 and closes his account after paying 8415 as interest after 8 years from the time he made the first borrowing. Find the rate of interest.

A portion of Rs.8500 is invested at a8% per annum, while the remainder is invested at a 3% per annum. If the annual income from the portion earning a 8% per annum is thrice that of the other portion, what is the total income from the two investments after one year?

Raghu lends Rs 50,000 of two of his friends. He gives Rs 30,000 to the first at 6% p.a. simple interest. He wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole. The simple interest rate at which he should lend the remaining sum of money to the second friend is

The rate of Simple Interest in SBI & BOB are in the ratio of 5:7. Gokul wants to deposit his total savings in two banks in such a way that he receive equal halfyearly interest from both banks.He should deposit in both banks SBI & BOB in the ratio of

Vinay borrowed some money for one year at 8% per annum simple interest and after 18 months , he again borrowed the same money at a Simple Interest of 32% per annum. In both the cases, he paid Rs.5452. Which of the following could be the amount that was borrowed by Hari in each case if interest is paid half yearly?

Ravi borrows a sum of Rs.2000 at the beginning of a year. After four months Rs.2600 more is borrowed at a rate of interest double the previous one. At the end of one year, the sum of interest on both the loans is Rs.494. What is the first rate of interest per annum?

A Principal amount give Rs.12750 as SI for 7 years at the rate of 10% to get the same amount of interest of 10 years, what will be the rate of interest ?

Vikram invests some money in three different schemes for 4 years, 8 years and 12 years at 10%, 15% and 20% Simple Interest respectively. At the completion of each scheme, he gets the same interest. The ratio of his investments is

Mr. Ravi finds that due to a fall in the rate of interest from 9% to 6%, his yearly income diminishes by Rs.267. His capital is ?

Out of Rs. 50,000 that a man has, he lends Rs. 8,000 at 11/2 % per annum simple interest and Rs. 24,000 at 6% per annum simple interest. He lends the remaining money at a certain rate of interest so that he gets total annual interest of Rs. 3,680. The rate of interest per annum, at which the remaining money is lent, is ?

Vikram lends Rs 30,000 of two of his friends. He gives Rs 15,000 to the first at 6% p.a. simple interest. He wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole. The simple interest rate at which he should lend the remaining sum of money to the second friend is

Suresh lends 40% of his money at 15% per annum, 50% of the 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?

Ajay borrows Rs 1000 at the rate of 12% per annum simple interest and Babu borrows Rs 1050 at the rate of 10% per annum simple interest. In how many years will their amounts of debts be equal?

 A sum of Rs. 8800 is to be divided among three brothers Anil, Deepak and Ramesh in such a way that simple interest on each part at 5% per annum after 1, 2 and 3 year respectively remains equal. The share of Anil is more than that of Ramesh by?

 Mayank invested a certain sum of money in a simple interest bond, that value grew to Rs. 300 at the end of 3 year and to Rs. 400 at the end of another 5 year.Then what was the rate of interest in which he invested his sum?

 Vivek took a loan from the bank at 8% per annum, and was supposed to pay a sum of Rs.2500 at the end of 4 years. If the same sum is cleared off in four equal annual instalments at the same rate, then the amount of annual instalment will be?

Vithya gave Rs.20000/- to Priya for 5 years and Rs.30000/- to Vijay for 2 years. If the rate of interests is the same and she received Rs.12800- as SI from both. What is the rate of interest?