A painting contractor tells the owner of a large custom-built cupboard that the painting cost will be proportional to the square of a cupboard's surface area as measured in square-m. The owner dismantles the cupboard into 4 modules in the ratio 3:5:6:8 of its surface area, such that no new surfaces are required to be painted. If the owner's savings turn out to be Rs 1400 due to the dismantling, what was original painting cost quoted by the contractor?

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Option 1: Rs 536

Option 2: Rs 1936

Option 3: Rs 484

Option 4: None of these

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