Q1 Find the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 8000 at 5% per annum for 2 years. Solution

Q2 A man invests ₹ 46875 at 4% per annum compound interest for 3 years. Calculate: Solution

Q3 Calculate the compound interest for the second year on ₹ 8000 for three years at 10% p.a. Also find the sum due at the end of third year. Solution

Q4 Ramesh invests ₹ 12800 for three years at the rate of 10% per annum compound interest.

Find: (i) the sum due to Ramesh at the end of the first year.
(ii) the interest he earns for the second year.
(iii) the total amount due to him at the end of three years. Solution

Q5 The simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 12% per annum is ₹ 1380. Find:

(i) the sum of money.
(ii) the compound interest on this sum for one year payable half-yearly at the same rate. Solution

Q6 A person invests ₹ 10000 for two years at a certain rate of interest, compounded annually. At the end of one year this sum amounts to ₹ 11200. Calculate:

(i) the rate of interest per annum.
(ii) the amount at the end of second year. Solution

Q7 Mr. Lalit invested ₹ 75000 at a certain rate of interest, compounded annually for two years. At the end of first year it amounts to ₹ 5325. Calculate

(i) the rate of interest.
(ii) the amount at the end of second year, to the nearest rupee. Solution

Q8 A man invests ₹ 5000 for three years at a certain rate of interest, compounded annually. At the end of one year it amounts to ₹ 5600. Calculate:

(i) the rate of interest per annum
(ii) the interest accrued in the second year.
(iii) the amount at the end of the third year. Solution

Q9 Find the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 2000 at 10% p.a. for 2 years, compounded annually. Solution

Q10 Find the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 50000 for 1 ½ years at 8% per annum, the interest being compounded semi-annually. Solution

Q11 Calculate the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 5000 in 2 years when the rate of interest for successive years is 6% and 8%, respectively. Solution

Q12 Calculate the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 17000 in 3 years when the rate of interest for successive years is 10%, 10% and 14%, respectively. Solution

Q13 A sum of ₹ 9600 is invested for 3 years at 10% per annum at compound interest. Solution

Q14 The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10% p.a. is ₹ 1600. Find the amount due and the compound interest on this sum of money at the same rate after 3 years, interest being reckoned annually. Solution

Q15 Vikram borrowed ₹ 20000 from a bank at 10% per annum simple interest. He lent it to his friend Venkat at the same rate but compounded annually. Find his gain after 2 ½ years. Solution

Q16 A man borrows ₹ 6000 at 5% compound interest. If he repays ₹ 1200 at the end of each year, find the amount outstanding at the beginning of the third year. Solution

Q17 Mr. Dubey borrows ₹ 100000 from State Bank of India at 11% per annum compound interest. He repays ₹ 41000 at the end of first year and ₹ 47700 at the end of second year. Find the amount outstanding at the beginning of the third year. Solution

Q18 Jaya borrowed ₹ 50000 for 2 years. The rates of interest for two successive years are 12% and 15% respectively. She repays ₹ 33000 at the end of first year. Find the amount she must pay at the end of second year to clear her debt. Solution