IC28 Mock Test Sample 12
These questions cover annuities, loan redemption, sinking funds, deferred annuities, increasing and decreasing annuities, and loan repayment methods. The concepts include present value, accumulated value, principal outstanding, interest and principal portions of instalments, sinking fund deposits, and repayment schedules under varying interest rates. The chapter also explains loans repaid through level instalments, p-thly payments, and redemption through sinking funds. Mathematical relationships between annuity symbols such as a n ∣ , s n ∣ , and increasing annuities are highlighted. Applications include educational loans, bonds, perpetuities, and practical repayment calculations under effective and nominal rates of interest.
Q1. The principal outstanding at the end of one year (after first level payment of unit annuity loan) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q2. The interest contained in the m-th yearly instalment (formula 4.1) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q3. The principal contained in the m-th yearly instalment (formula 4.2) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q4. The principal outstanding at the end of m years (formula 4.3) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q5. In Example 1, a loan of Rs. 10,000 at 8% repaid over 5 years has level annual instalment X equal to approximately:
a) Rs. 2000
b) Rs. 2504.56
c) Rs. 3000
d) Rs. 1500
Q6. In Example 1, the principal contained in the 3rd instalment using relation (4.2) is approximately:
a) Rs. 1988.20
b) Rs. 2504.56
c) Rs. 1235.76
d) Rs. 2180.20
Q7. In Example 1, the principal outstanding at the end of 3 years (using 4.3) is approximately:
a) Rs. 4466.38
b) Rs. 5000
c) Rs. 6500
d) Rs. 3000
Q8. For a loan repaid by p instalments per year of , with annual rate i, the annual payment x equals (formula 4.4):
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q9. The interest repaid in the m-th instalment for a p-thly payable loan (formula 4.5) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q10. The principal repaid in the m-th instalment of a p-thly payable loan (formula 4.6) is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q11. For a p-thly payable loan, successive principal repayments form a geometric progression with common ratio:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q12. In Example 1 (monthly instalments), the monthly instalment for Rs. 10,000 loan at 10% effective over 5 years is approximately:
a) Rs. 167
b) Rs. 210.36
c) Rs. 250
d) Rs. 300
Q13. In Example 2, a loan of Rs. 15,000 repaid by 5 instalments every 2 years at 8% p.a. effective. The biennial instalment is:
a) Rs. 3000
b) Rs. 4000
c) Rs. 4649.70
d) Rs. 5000
Q14. In Example 2, the effective rate per 2-year period equivalent to 8% p.a. effective is:
a) 0.16
b) 0.1664
c) 0.08
d) 0.20
Q15. In Example 3, a loan of Rs. 16000 over 15 years at 8% for first 6 years and 7% thereafter. The level yearly instalment is approximately:
a) Rs. 1500
b) Rs. 1833.05
c) Rs. 2000
d) Rs. 1700
Q16. In Example 3, the interest content of the 1st year payment (at 8% on Rs. 16000) is:
a) Rs. 1280
b) Rs. 1100
c) Rs. 1500
d) Rs. 800
Q17. What is a 'sinking fund'?
a) A fund that loses value over time
b) An accumulation fund built up by periodic deposits to repay capital at a future date
c) A loan repayment account
d) An investment in mutual funds
Q18. For a unit loan of n years at rate i, the uniform annual sinking fund deposit needed is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q19. Total annual outlay under sinking fund method (interest + sinking fund) for unit loan equals (formula 4.8):
a)
b)
c)
d)
Q20. In Example 4, a sinking fund of uniform payments to provide Rs. 3500 at end of 20 years at 10% requires annual contribution of approximately:
a) Rs. 50
b) Rs. 61.11
c) Rs. 75
d) Rs. 100