Class X ICSE Maths Chapter Shares & Dividend Exercise 3
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Q2 A company declares 8 percent dividend to the shareholders. If a man receives Rs 2840 as his dividend, find the nominal value of his shares.
Q3 Aman buys 200 ten-rupee shares at Rs 12.50 each and receives a dividend of 8%. Find the amount invested by him and the dividend received by him in cash.
Q4 Find the market price of 5% Rs 100 share when a person gets a dividend of Rs 65 by investing Rs 1430.
Q5 Salman buys 50 shares of face value 7100 available at Rs 132.
(i) What is his investment?
(ii) If the dividend is 7.5% p.a., what will be his annual income?
(iii) If he wants to increase his annual income by Rs 150, how many extra shares should he buy?
Q6 A lady holds 1800, Rs 100 shares of a company that pays 15% dividend annually. Calculate her annual dividend. If she had bought these shares at 40% premium, what percentage return does she get on her investment?
Q7 What sum should a person invest in Rs 25 shares, selling at Rs 36, to obtain an income of Rs 720, if the dividend declared is 12%? Also find the percentage return on his income.
Q8 Ashok invests Rs 26400 on 12% Rs 25 shares of a company. If he receives a dividend of Rs 2475, find:
(i) the number of shares he bought.
(ii) the market value of each share.
Q9 Aman invests Rs 4500 in shares of a company which is paying 7.5% dividend. If Rs 100 shares are available at a discount of 10%, find
(i) the number of shares he purchases.
(ii) his annual income.
Q10 Amit Kumar invests Rs 36000 in buying %100 shares at 20 premium. The dividend is 15% per annum. Find :
(i) the number of shares he buys.
(ii) his yearly dividend.
(iii) the percentage return on his investment.
Q11 Mr. Tiwari invested Rs 29040 in 15% Rs 100 shares at a premium of 20%. Calculate:
(i) the number of shares bought by Mr. Tiwari.
(ii) Mr. Tiwari’s income from the investment.
(iii) the percentage return on his investment.
Q12 A man buys shares at the par value of Rs 10 yielding 8% dividend at the end of a year. Find the number of shares bought if he receives a dividend of Rs 300.
Q13 A man invests Rs 8800 on buying shares of face value of rupees hundred each at a premium of 10%. If he earns Rs 1200 at the end of year as dividend, find:
(i) the number of shares he has in the company.
(ii) the dividend percentage per share.
Q14 A man invested Rs 45000 in 15% 100 shares quoted at Rs 125. When the market value of these shares rose to Rs 140, he sold some shares, just enough to raise Rs 8400. Calculate:
(i) the number of shares he still holds.
(it) the dividend due to him on these shares.
Q15 Ajay owns 560 shares of a company. The face value of each share is Rs 25. The company declares a dividend of 9%. Calculate:
(i) the dividend that Ajay will get.
(it) the rate of interest, on his investment, if Ajay has paid Rs 30 for each =share
Q16 A company with 10000 shares of nominal value of Rs 100 declares an annual dividend of 8% to the shareholders.
(i) Calculate the total amount of dividend paid by the company.
(i) Ramesh bought 90 shares of the company at Rs 150 per share.
Calculate the dividend he received and the percentage return on his investment.
Q17 A company with 4000 shares of nominal value of Rs 110 declares annual dividend of 15%. Calculate:
(i) the total amount of dividend paid by the company.
(ii) the annual income of Shah Rukh who holds 88 shares in the company.
(iii) if he received only 10% on his investment, find the price Shah Rukh paid for each share.
Q18 By investing Rs Rs 7500 in a company paying 10 percent dividend, an income of Rs 500 is received. What price is paid for each Rs 100 share?
Q19 A dividend man buys 400 ten-rupee shares at a premium of Rs 2.50 on each share. If the rate of is 8%, find
(i) his investment
(ii) dividend received
(iii) yield.
Q20 A man invests Rs 10400 in 6% shares at Rs 104 and Rs 11440 in 10.4% shares at Rs 143. How much income would he get in all?
Q21 Two companies have shares of 7% at Rs 116 and 9% at Rs 145 respectively. In which of the shares would the investment be more profitable?
Q22 Which is better investment : 6% Rs 100 shares at Rs 120 or 8% Rs 10 shares at Rs 15?
Q23 A man invests Rs 10080 in 6% hundred-rupee shares at Rs 112. Find his annual income. When the shares fall to Rs 96 he sells out the shares and invests the Proceeds in 10% ten-rupee shares at Rs 8. Find the change in annual income.
Q24 Sachin invests Rs 8500 in 10% Rs 100 shares at Rs 170. He sells the shares when the price of each share rises by Rs 30. He invests the proceeds in 12% Rs 100 shares at Rs 125. Find
(i) the sale proceeds.
(ii) the number of Rs 125 shares he buys.
(iii) the change in his annual income.
Q25 A person invests Rs 4368 and buys certain hundred-rupee shares at 291. He sells out shares worth Rs 2400 when they have risen to Rs 95 and the remainder when they have fallen to Rs 85. Find the gain or loss on the total transaction.
Q26 By purchasing Rs 50 gas shares for Rs 80 each a man gets 4% profit on his investment. What rate percent is comapany paying ? What is his dividend if he buys 200 shares ?
Q27 Rs 100 shares of a company are sold at a discount of 20. If the return on the investment is 15%, find the rate of dividend declared.
Q28 A company on the declared investment a dividend of 14%. Find the market value of Rs 50 shares if the return on the investment was 10%.
Q29 Acompany with 10000 shares of Rs 100 each, declares an annual dividend of 5%
(i) What is the total amount of dividend paid by the company?
(ii) What would be the annual income of a man, who has 72 shares, in the company?
(iii) If he received only 4% on his investment, find the price he paid for each share.
Q30 A man sold some Rs 100 shares paying 10% dividend at a discount of 25% and invested the proceeds in Rs 100 shares paying 16% dividend quoted at Rs 80 and thus increased his income by Rs 2000. Find the number of shares sold by him.
Q31 A man invests Rs 6750, partly in shares of 6% at Rs 140 and partly in shares of 5% at Rs 125. If his total income is Rs 280, how much has he invested in each?
Q32 Divide Rs 20304 into two parts such that if one part is invested in 9% Rs 50 shares at 8% premium and the other part is invested in 8% Rs 25 shares at 8% discount, then the annual incomes from both the investments are equal.
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