(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Vikram bought 200 shares of Rs 25 each of 'Calcutta Jute Co.' paying 8% of dividend. Vikram bought them at such a price that he gets 10% of his money. At what price did he buy the share?

Archana bought 250 shares of Rs 50 each of 'Indal' paying 12% of dividend. She bought them at such a price that she gets 15% return on her investment. At what share did she buy the shares?

Which among these is a better investment:

12% at 125 or 16% at 150

Which among these is a better investment:

16% at 80 or 18% at 120

Which among these is a better investment:

15% at 80 or 12% at 75

Which among these is a better investment:

18% at 120 or 22% at 150

Which among these is a better investment:

12.5% at 125 or 7.5% at 80

Usha sold 350 shares of Rs 150 each paying 6% dividend at Rs 120 and invested the proceeds in Rs 75 shares at par paying 8% dividend. Calculate the number of Rs 75 shares she bought and the change in her annual income.

Amitesh had 400 shares of Rs 100 each of 'Telco' paying a dividend of 12.5%. He sold them at a market price of Rs 125 and invested the proceeds in Rs 50 shares of 'Adani Motors' available in the market at Rs 80 and paying a dividend of 16%. How many shares of Adani Motors did Amitesh buy and what is the change in his annual income?

Mr Lele sold 250 shares of Rs 75 each of 'IOCL' paying 8% of dividend at Rs 112. He invested the proceeds in buying Rs 125 shares of HPCL paying 8% of dividend available at Rs 140. Calculate the number of shares of HPCL that Mr Lele bought and the change in his annual income.

Rohit had 1000 shares of Rs 125 each of 'New Delhi Times' paying a dividend of 12%. He sold all of them at a market rate of Rs 150 and invested the proceeds in buying Rs 25 shares of BVL available at Rs 60 and paying 20% dividend. How many shares of BVL did Rohit buy and what is the change in his annual income?

Mr Lal wants to give a monthly scholarship of Rs 225 to a poor student. How many 15%, Rs 100 shares of 'Mercantile Co-operative Bank' should he purchase to realize his aim? What will be his investment if the market price of the share is Rs 120?

Gayathri wants to have a monthly income of Rs 500.For this she purchased Rs 75 shares of 'V.G.Electronics' paying 20% dividend. How many shares did Gayathri purchased and what is her investment if the market price of the share is Rs 62.50?

Ramesh had Rs 100 shares of 'Bihar Steel' paying 8% dividend. He sold them at a market price of Rs 130 and invested the proceeds in buying Rs 50 shares of 'Jindal steel' available at Rs 75 and paying 12% dividend. He thus increased the annual income by Rs 360. How many shares did Ramesh sell?

Payal had Rs 125 shares of 'Asian Chemicals' paying 12% dividend. She sold them at Rs 150 and invested the proceeds in Rs 50 shares of 'Saras Chemicals' at Rs 40 and paying 10% dividend. She thus increased her income by Rs 825. Find the number of shares of 'Asian chemicals' that Payal sold.

Ananth had Rs 50 shares of 'Esco' paying 6% dividend. He sold them at a market price of Rs 80 and invested the proceeds in buying Rs 100 shares of 'Y2K Software' at Rs 150 and paying 11% dividend. He thus increased his annual income by Rs 2,150. How many shares of 'Esco' did he sell?

Krithika wants to invest Rs 10,000 in shares of different companies such that the percentage return on her investment is 8%. She invested Rs 4,500 in 6% Rs 100 shares at Rs 75, Rs 2,500 in 8% Rs 100 shares at par and the rest in 16% Rs 100 shares. Find the rate at which she bought the 16% shares.

Pramod wants to invest Rs 35,000 in shares such that the percentage return on his investment is `8 1/7 %`. He invested Rs 6,000 in 6 % Rs 50 shares of  'Lakme' at Rs 40, Rs 15,000 in 8 % Rs 100 shares of 'Volta' at Rs 125 and the remaining in 12 %  shares of 'BPL'. At what rate did he buy the 'BPL' shares? 

Find without division, the remainder in the following: 

5x² - 9x + 4 is divided by (x - 2) 

Find without division, the remainder in the following: 

5x³ - 7x² +3 is divided by (x-1)