Question 1: A man bought Rs. 40 shares at a premium of 40%. Find his income, if he invests Rs. 14,000 in these shares and receives a dividend at the rate of 8% on the face value of the shares.
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Question 2: A man bought Rs. 40 shares at a discount of 40%. Find his income, if he invests Rs. 12,000 in these shares and receives a dividend at the rate of 11% on the face value of the shares.
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Question 3: A sum of Rs. 11,800 is invested in Rs. 50 shares available at 12% discount. Find the income, if a dividend of 12% is given on the shares.
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Question 4: A man buys buys Rs. 80 shares at 30% premium in a company paying 18% dividend. Find: i) The market value of 150 shares; ii) His annual income from these shares. iii) His % return from this investment.
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Market Value of 150 shares
Question 5: A person invests Rs. 5625 in a company paying 7% per annum when a share of Rs. 10 stands for Rs. 12.50. Find his income from this investment. If he sells 60% of these shares for Rs. 10 each. Find his gain or loss in this transaction.
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Question 6: A person buys 85 shares (par value Rs. 100) at Rs. 150 each. i) If the dividend is 6.5%, what will be her annual income? ii) In order to increase her income by Rs. 260; how much more should she invest?
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Hence the investment
Question 7: A company gives dividend on its Rs. 60 shares, whereas the return on the investment in these shares is
latex \displaystyle . If the market value of each share is Rs. 50, find the value of
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Question 8: How much should a man invest in Rs. 100 shares selling at Rs.85 to obtain an annual income of Rs. 1,800; If the dividend declared is 12%? Also, find the percentage return on this investment.
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Hence Investment
Question 9: A dividend of 10% was declared on shares with a face value of Rs. 60. If the rate of return is 12%, calculate: i) The market value of the share. ii) The amount to be invested to get an annual income of Rs. 1,200
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Hence the investment
Question 10: A person has a choice to invest in ten-rupees shares of two firms at Rs. 13 or at Rs. 16. If the first firm pays 5% dividend and the second firm pays 6%dividend per annum, find: i) Which firm is paying better; ii) If he invests equally in both the firms and the difference between the returns from them is Rs. 30, find how much, in all, does he invest.
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First Investment
Second Investment
Therefore the first investment is better.
Let us say that he invests in both the investments
Therefore
Hence total investment
Question 11: A man invested Rs. 45,000 in 15% Rs.100 shares quoted at Rs. 125, when the M.V. 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; ii) The dividend due to him on these remaining shares. [2004]
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Selling Value of the share
Amount of money raised
Shares left
Question 12: A person invested Rs. 29,040 in 15% Rs.100 shares quoted at a premium of 20%. Calculate; i) The number of shares bought by him; ii) His income from the investment. ii) The percentage return on his investment;
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Question 13: A dividend of 12% was declared on Rs. 150 shares selling at a certain price. If the rate of return is 10%, calculate: i) The market value of the shares. ii) The amount to be invested to obtain an annual dividend of Rs. 1,350.
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Hence the investment
Question 14: Divide Rs. 50,760 into two parts such that if one part is invested in 8% Rs. 100 shares at 8% discount and the other in 9% Rs. 100 shares at 8% premium, the annual incomes from both the investments are equal.
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First Investment
Let the amount invested
Second Investment
Therefore the amount invested
Given that dividend earned in both investments is equal.
Hence the first investment and second investment
Question 15: A person invested of his saving in 20% Rs. 50 shares quoted at Rs. 60 and the remainder of the savings in 10% Rs. 100 shares quoted at Rs. 110. if his total income from these investments is Rs. 9,200; find: i) His total savings ii) The number of Rs. 50 shares; ii) The number of Rs. 100 shares;
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First Investment
Let the amount invested
Second Investment
Therefore the amount invested
Given that dividend earned in both investments is 9200 Rs.
Hence the first investment and second investment
Question 16: Vivek invests Rs. 4,500 in 8%, Rs.10 shares at Rs. 15. He sells the shares when the price rises to Rs. 30, and invests the proceeds in 12% Rs. 100 shares at Rs. 125. Calculate; i) The sale proceeds ii) The number of Rs. 125 shares he buys; iii) The change in his annual income from the dividend. [2010]
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First Investment
Let the amount invested
Sale Proceed
Second Investment
Therefore the amount invested
Hence the change in income
Question 17: Parekh invested Rs. 52,000 on Rs. 100 shares at a discount of Rs. 20 paying 8% dividend. At the end of one year he sells the shares at a premium of Rs. 20; find: i) The annual dividend; ii) The profit earned including his dividend. [2011]
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Sale proceeds
Profit
Question 18: Salman buys 50 shares of face value Rs. 100 available at Rs. 132. i) What is his investment? ii) If the dividend is 7.5%, 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? [2013]
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Investment
Question 19: Salman invests a sum of money in Rs. 50 shares, paying 15% dividend quoted at 20% premium. If his annual dividend is Rs. 600, Calculate; i) The number of shares he bought; ii) His total investment; ii) The rate of return on his investment. [2004]
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Investment