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Solved stock and shares MCQs — 25 questions on cost price and cash realized with brokerage, dividend income, yield and market value, premium and discount shares, and split investments, with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers stock and share problems.
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This is the Arithmetic: Stock and Shares solved MCQ bank from Advanced FPSC & Other Federal Model Papers (Edition 32): 25 questions (book pp. 759-760) on cost price and cash realized with brokerage, the number of shares purchasable for a given sum, dividend income and yield on stocks bought at a premium or discount, market value from a dividend rate and a yield, and split investments between two stocks, each with a worked explanation and a verified answer.
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Correct Answer: Rs.96.25
A Rs.100 stock at 4 discount costs Rs.96 in the market, plus brokerage of 1/4% of Rs.100 = Rs.0.25, giving Rs.96.25.
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Correct Answer: Rs.106
Selling at Rs.106.25 less brokerage of 1/4% of Rs.100 = Rs.0.25 leaves Rs.106.00 in cash.
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Correct Answer: 500
Each share costs Rs.25 plus 2% brokerage on Rs.25 = Rs.25.50, and Rs.12750 divided by Rs.25.50 gives 500 shares.
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Correct Answer: 12.5%
Rs.128 invested buys Rs.100 of stock paying Rs.16, so the yield is 16 divided by 128 times 100 = 12.5%.
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Correct Answer: Rs.13
Dividend is paid on the face value, so a Rs.100 stock at 13% pays Rs.13, whatever its market price of Rs.105.
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Correct Answer: Rs.648
Rs.4455 at Rs.8.25 buys 540 shares of face value Rs.5400, and 12% of Rs.5400 is Rs.648.
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Correct Answer: Rs.600
At 20% premium each Rs.100 share costs Rs.120, so Rs.14400 buys 120 shares of face value Rs.12000, and 5% of Rs.12000 is Rs.600.
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Correct Answer: Rs.75
A Rs.100 stock paying Rs.6 must cost 6 divided by 8 times 100 = Rs.75 to yield 8%.
Correct Answer: Rs.112.50
A Rs.100 stock paying Rs.9 must cost 9 divided by 8 times 100 = Rs.112.50 to yield 8%.
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Correct Answer: Rs.120
A Rs.100 stock paying Rs.12 must cost 12 divided by 10 times 100 = Rs.120 to yield 10%.
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Correct Answer: Rs.96
Rs.135 income at 8% means a face value of Rs.135 divided by 0.08 = Rs.1687.50, so the price is Rs.1620 divided by Rs.1687.50 times 100 = Rs.96.
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Correct Answer: Rs.10000
At 12%, Rs.1200 of income needs a face value of Rs.1200 divided by 0.12 = Rs.10000 of stock.
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Correct Answer: Rs.6240
At 10%, Rs.650 of income needs a face value of Rs.6500, bought at Rs.96 per Rs.100 of stock for Rs.6500 times 0.96 = Rs.6240.
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Correct Answer: Rs.5760
At 16 2/3%, Rs.1500 of income needs a face value of Rs.1500 times 6 = Rs.9000, bought at Rs.64 per Rs.100 of stock for Rs.5760.
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Correct Answer: 8%
Rs.1552 at Rs.97 buys a face value of Rs.1552 divided by 0.97 = Rs.1600, and Rs.128 on Rs.1600 is 8%.
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Correct Answer: 15%
Each share costs Rs.50 minus Rs.5 = Rs.45 and pays 13.5% of Rs.50 = Rs.6.75, so the yield is Rs.6.75 divided by Rs.45 times 100 = 15%.
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Correct Answer: Rs.15
Each share pays 9% of Rs.20 = Rs.1.80, and to yield 12% it must cost Rs.1.80 divided by 0.12 = Rs.15.
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Correct Answer: Rs.40
Each share pays 10% of Rs.50 = Rs.5, and to yield 12.5% it must have cost Rs.5 divided by 0.125 = Rs.40.
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Correct Answer: Rs.124.75
At 10.5%, Rs.756 of income needs a face value of Rs.7200, so Rs.9000 buys Rs.7200 of stock at Rs.125 per Rs.100 including brokerage, giving a market value of Rs.125 minus Rs.0.25 = Rs.124.75.
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Correct Answer: Rs.4000
The 12% stock at 120 yields 10% and the 15% stock at 125 yields 12%; with Rs.x in the first, 0.10x plus 0.12 times (12000 minus x) = 1360, giving x = Rs.4000.
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Correct Answer: Rs.5000
The 9% stock at 75 yields 12% and the 10% stock at 80 yields 12.5%; with Rs.x in the first, 0.12x = 0.125 times (9800 minus x), giving x = Rs.5000.
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Correct Answer: Rs.912
Each share costs Rs.10 minus Rs.0.75 discount plus Rs.0.25 brokerage = Rs.9.50, and 96 shares cost 96 times Rs.9.50 = Rs.912.
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Correct Answer: Rs.3440
Each Rs.100 of stock costs Rs.107 plus Rs.0.50 brokerage = Rs.107.50, so Rs.3200 of stock costs 32 times Rs.107.50 = Rs.3440.
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Correct Answer: Rs.200
Dividend is paid on the face value, so 8% of Rs.2500 is Rs.200, whatever the market price of Rs.106.
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Correct Answer: Rs.115.20
The 10% stock at 96 yields 10 divided by 96 times 100 = 10.4167%, so a 12% stock must cost 12 divided by 0.104167 = Rs.115.20 to yield the same.
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Questions
25 questions, all printed in the book and all published — there are no drops in this set. Every answer was re-solved from scratch and agrees with the book's printed Answer Key on p. 760, so there are no overrides either.
Cost price of a stock at a discount with brokerage, cash realized on selling stock, how many shares a sum buys with brokerage, yield on a stock bought above or below par, dividend income from a face value, market value of a stock from its dividend rate and yield, quoted price from investment and income, face value or investment needed for a target income, dividend rate from investment and income, interest on shares bought at a discount, share price for a target rate of interest, market value with brokerage, and split investments between two stocks for a given total dividend or for equal incomes.
Yes. Every published answer was solved from scratch and checked against the book's printed Answer Key (p. 760), and all 25 published answers agree with the key — zero overrides and zero drops in this set.
It is drawn from an FPSC model-paper book, but stock and shares problems appear in the same form in PPSC, NTS, PTS, CSS MPT and all Pakistan one-paper exams, so it serves aspirants of every body.
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