New Delhi, June 19 -- If you are planning to invest in a large cap mutual fund, it is vital to evaluate the past few years' returns of that scheme and compare the same with those of other schemes in the same category. How does it help?

Well, there is no guarantee that the scheme which has delivered good returns in the recent past will continue to deliver the same returns in the future as well. Nevertheless, it gives an indication of the trajectory of returns which the scheme has been following. And a comparison with its peers (especially in case of active funds) shows its relative performance.

Here we list out the top performing large cap mutual funds which have delivered over 21 percent annualised return in the past five years.

Those ...