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XAT 2023 Interest — Previous Year Question

Paper

XAT 2023

Section

Quantitative

Topic

Interest

Difficulty

Hard

Question

XAT 2023

Slot-1

Jose borrowed some money from his friend at simple interest rate of 10%10\% and invested the entire amount in stocks. At the end of the first year, he repaid 15\tfrac{1}{5} of the principal amount. At the end of the second year, he repaid half of the remaining principal amount. At the end of third year, he repaid the entire remaining principal amount. At the end of the fourth year, he paid the last three years’ interest amount. As there was no principal amount left, his friend did not charge any interest in the fourth year. At the end of fourth year, he sold out all his stocks. Later, he calculated that he gained Rs. 9750097500 after paying principal and interest amounts to his friend. If his invested amount in the stocks became double at the end of the fourth year, how much money did he borrow from his friend?

Rs. 250000250000

Rs. 200000200000

Rs. 150000150000

Rs. 125000125000

None of the above

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