Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Financial Mathematics

Question:

The purchase price of a ₹1,000, 8% bond, dividends payable semi-annually redeemable at par in  years, if the yield rate is to be 8% compounded semi-annually, is : [given $(1.04)^{-10}=0.6755$]

Options:

₹900

₹1,000

₹1,050

₹800

Correct Answer:

₹1,000

Explanation:

$\text{Face value}=1000.$

$\text{Coupon rate}=8\%\text{ p.a. paid semi-annually}.$

$\text{Coupon per half-year}= \frac{8\%}{2}\times1000=40.$

$\text{Yield rate}=8\%\text{ p.a. compounded semi-annually}.$

$\text{Yield per half-year}=4\%.$

$\text{Since coupon rate = yield rate,}$

$\text{Purchase price of bond}=\text{Face value}.$

$\text{Purchase price}=₹1000.$