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Two hundred rupees are/is a lot of money.
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It’s better to rephrase a bit —
Two hundred rupees are considered a lot of money.
Two hundred rupees are considered a lot of money.
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Webpages with good explanations about this.
Basic rules about subject-verb agreement:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
Also this:
<b><i>...remember that the number (singular or plural) <u>of the subject</u>, not the predicate, determines the number of the verb.</b></i>
from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm#collective_nouns
Basic rules about subject-verb agreement:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
Also this:
<b><i>...remember that the number (singular or plural) <u>of the subject</u>, not the predicate, determines the number of the verb.</b></i>
from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm#collective_nouns