CAT (QA) PYQs

Amala, Bina, and Gouri invest money in the ratio $3: 4: 5$ in fixed deposits having respective annual interest rates in the ratio $6: 5:4$. What is their total interest income (in Rs) after a year, if Bina's interest income exceeds Amala's by Rs $250$?

Gopal borrows Rs. $X$ from Ankit at $8 \%$ annual interest. He then adds Rs. $Y$ of his own money and lends Rs. $X+Y$ to Ishan at $10 \%$ annual interest. At the end of the year, after returning Ankit's dues, the net interest retained by Gopal is the same as that accrued to Ankit. On the other hand, had Gopal lent Rs. $X+2Y$ to Ishan at $10 \%$, then the net interest retained by him would have increased by Rs. $150$. If all interests are compounded annually, then find the value of $X+Y$.

John borrowed Rs.$2,10,000$ from a bank at an interest rate of $10 \%$ per annum, compounded annually. The loan was repaid in two equal installments, the first after one year and the second after another year. The first installment was interest of one year plus part of the principal amount, while the second was the rest of the principal amount plus due interest thereon. Then each installment, in Rs., is