PROFIT AND LOSS

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PROFIT AND LOSS1. Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 630 at a profit of 12.5%.

630 12.5%

(a)560 (b) 470 (c) 370 (d) 250

2. Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 1470 at a profit 162

%3

.

1470 2

16 %3

(a) 1520 (b) 1760 (c) 1260 (d) 1560

3. A man sells his goods at 1

8 %3

profit. Find the cost price of article if it is sold at 65780.

18 %

365780

(a)62730 (b) 58220 (c) 52730 (d) 60720

4. A shopkeeper sells his article at 162

%3

profit on selling price. Find his actual profit %.

216 %

3

(a) 35% (b) 20% (c) 50% (d) 30%

5. A man sells his goods at 25% loss on selling price. Find his loss %.

25%

(a)20% (b) 25% (c) 35% (d) 30%

6. A man sells his goods at 1

8 %3

profit on selling price. Find actual profit %.

18 %

3%

(a)81

10% (b) 5

111

% (c) 9111

% (d) 7115

%

7. Cost price of 16 articles is equal to selling price of 14 articles. Find profit or loss %.

16 14

(a)1427

% P (b) 1572

% P

(c) 1773

% L (d) 2085

% L

8. A man finds that the cost price of 2750 articles is same as selling price of 2500 articles. Find profit orloss%.

2750 2500 %

2

(a) 25% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 20%

9. Cost price of 12 articles is equal to selling price of 9 articles while the discount given on 10 articles isequal to the profit earn on 5 articles. Find the difference between profit % and discount %.

12 9 10 5

%

(a)26.28 (b) 22.22 (c) 25.22 (d) 22.33

10. CP of 12 articles is equal to selling price of 9 articles while the discount on 8 articles is equal to profitearn on 6 articles. Find discount %.

12 9 8 6

(a) 20.6% (b) 18.5% (c) 15.79% (d) 17.5%

11. After selling 72 articles a man losses selling price of 9 articles. Find loss %.

72 9

(a) 1725

% (b) 1552

% (c) 1119

% (d) 1291

%

12. After selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of selling price of 9 articles. Find profit %.

72 9

(a) 1427

% (b) 1572

% (c) 1893

% (d) 1683

%

13. After selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of cost price of 9 articles. Find profit %.

72 9

(a) 1212

% (b) 1521

% (c) 1962

% (d) 1751

%

14. After selling 72 articles a man losses cost price of 9 articles. Find loss %.

72 9

(a) 1415

% (b) 13 25

%

(c) 1212

% (d) 1521

%

15. After selling 10 candles a man earns a profit of the selling price of 3 pens. while selling 10 pens. aman losses selling price of 4 candles. The numerical value of profit % and loss % is equal. and the costprice of candle is half of the cost price of pen. Find the ratio of selling price of candle to pen.

10 3 10 4

% %

(a)53

(b)23

(c)34

(d)32

16. The profit earned when article is sold for Rs. 800 is 20 times the loss incured when it is sold for Rs. 275.Find at what price he sold his goods if he wants to earn 20 % profit.

800 275 20 20%

(a)330 (b) 480 (c) 360 (d) 370

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17. Profit after selling an article for Rs. 717 is 111

%9

more than the loss incurred when it is sold at Rs. 527.

What would be the selling price if he wants to earn a profit of 10%?

717 527 1

11 %9

10%

(a)Rs. 678.7 (b) Rs. 575.7

(c) Rs. 377.2 (d) Rs. 273.8

18. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP but he uses 30% less weight. Find the profit %.

30 % %

(a)4658

% (b) 4885

%

(c) 4267

% (d) 4576

%

19. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP, but he uses 960gm weight instead of 1 kg.Find his profit %.

1 kg 960

%

(a)972

% P (b) 416

% P

(c) 752

% P (d) 561

% L

20. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 44% loss but he uses 30% less weight. Find actual loss %.

44% 30%

(a)35% L (b) 40% P (c) 25% P (d) 20% L21. A shoopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 10% profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Find the

profit %.

10% 20% %

(a)3712

% P (b) 4021

% L

(c) 3575

% (d) 3357

%

22. A shoopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Thus gain 371

%2

.

Find the x.

x% 20% 1

37 %2

x

(a) 12% (b) 13% (c) 10% (d) 15%

23. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % Loss but he uses 20 % less weight. Thus gain 20% .Findthe x.

x% 20% 20%

x

4

(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 9% (d) 8%

24. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % loss but he uses 25 % less weight. Thus gains 20% . Findthe x.

x% 25% 20%

x

(a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 20% (d) 15%

25. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 10% at the time of buying the goods and 10% cheating at thetime of selling the goods. Find the profit %.

10% %

(a)2392

% (b) 20102

%

(c) 2229

% (d) 15123

%

26. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 20 % at the time of buying the goods and 40 % cheatingat the time of selling the goods. He promises to sell his goods at 10% loss. Find the profit %.

20% 40% 10%

%

(a)80% (b) 50% (c) 85% (d) 60%

27. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the CP and gives 25% discount to customer. At the time ofselling the goods he uses 800 gm weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit %.

40% 25%

1kg 800 gm %

(a)35.38% (b) 31.25%

(c) 33.85% (d) 32.25%

28. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20 % above a CP and gives 10 % discount to customer. At the time ofselling the goods he uses 900 gm weight instead of 1 kg and at the time buying the goods he uses 1100 gminstead of 1 kg. Find his profit%.

20 % 10%

1 kg 900 gm 1 kg 1100 gm %

(a)25% P (b) 30% L (c) 27% P (d) 32% P

29. A shopkeeper marks his goods 80 % above a CP and gives 25 % discount to customer .At the time ofbuying the goods he gets 20% more weight instead of 1 kg and at the time Selling the goods he gives10% less weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit%.

80% 25%

1 kg 20% 10% %

(a)50% (b) 60% (c) 80% (d) 70%

30. A man purchases some number of article at Rs. 5400 and he sells 2

3rd of them at 5% profit at what

profit % will he sell the remaining to gain 13% on over all?

5400 2

35%

13%

(a)29% (b) 39% (c) 69% (d) 59%

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31. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells 3

5th of them at 8 % profit at

what profit % did he sell the remaining to gain 12 % over all?

1,89,000 3

58%

12%

(a)25% L (b) 18% P (c) 27% P (d) 32% P

32. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells 3

8th of them at 12 % profit. At

what loss % will he sell the remaining to gain 4 % over all?

1,89,000 3

812 %

4 %

(a)0.25% L (b) 0.80% L

(c) 0.32% L (d) 0.82% L

33. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 11 oranges for 1. How many for a rupee did hesell to gain 10%?

1 11 1 10%

(a)25 Orange (b) 35 Orange

(c) 10 Orange (d) 40 Orange

34. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 25 oranges for 1. How many for a rupees didhe sell to gain 25%?

1 25 1 25%



35 By selling 32 oranges for a rupee a man loses 40%. How many for a rupee did he sell to earn20%?

1 32 40% 20% 1

(a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 28 (d) 25

36. By selling 12 oranges for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee did he sell to earn 20%?

1 12 20% 20% 1

(a) 10 Orange (b) 20 Orange


37. By selling 45 oranges for 40 a man los 20%. How many did he sell for 24 to earn 20%?

40 45 20% 20% 24



38. By how much % a shopkeeper mark his goods above its CP so that, by giving 20% discount he may gain10%?

20% 10%

6

(a) 3521

% (b) 3051

% (c) 3712

% (d) 2652

%

39. By how much % a shopkeeper mark his goods above its CP so that by giving 10% discount he may gain30%?

10% 30%

(a) 3627

% (b) 444

9% (c) 40

52

% (d) 3521

%

40. A shopkeeper allow 25% discount on mark price and earn 30% profit, If he gets 90 as profit find theamount of the discount.

25% 30% 90

(a)230 (b) 330 (c) 130 (d) 150

41. A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 12.5% on the mark price hecan earn a profit of 20%. If the article cost him Rs. 1400 then Find its mark price.

12.5% 20%

1400

(a)Rs. 1920 (b) Rs. 1926

(c) Rs. 1930 (d) Rs. 1950

42. A shopkeeper gives 25% discount to his customer but he sells only smuggled goods and as a bribe he pays

10% on the cost price. Find what should be the mark a price if he desires to make a profit of 91

11% and

the cost price of the article is rupees 2500?

25% 10%

19 %

11 2500

(a)Rs. 3045 (b) Rs. 4000

(c) Rs. 2540 (d) Rs. 2830

43. By selling an article for Rs. 1170 a man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the articleis sold at 0% discount what should be the profit %?

1170 10% 30%

(a)4449

% (b) 4594

%

(c) 4773

% (d) 3953

%

44. By selling an article for Rs. 15600. A man allows 8 % discount and earns 19.6% profit. If the article issold at 0% discount what should be the profit %?

8% 15600 19.6%

(a)10% (b) 40% (c) 20% (d) 30%

45. By selling an article for rupees 1170. A man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the articleis sold at 5% discount what should be the profit %?

10% 1170 30% 5%

7

(a) 3015

% (b) 3293

(c) 3729

% (d) 3592

%

46. A shopkeeper gives 3 articles free on the purchase of every 5 articles he also allow a discount of 20% tocustomer and still earns 25% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article.

5 3 20% 25%

(a)2 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 5 : 8

47. A shopkeeper gives 1 article free on the purchase of every 15 articles, he also allows a discount of 4% tocustomer and still earns 35% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article.

15 1 4% 35%

(a)7 : 5 (b) 6 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 5 : 2

48. A shopkeeper gives 4 articles free on the purchase of every 12 articles he also allows a discount of 20%to customer and still earns 20% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article.

12 4 20% 20%

(a)1 : 2 (b) 2 : 2 (c) 2 : 5 (d) 3 : 1

49. Rakesh Yadav readers publication published 3500 Books for rupees 3,50,000 at CP, he gives 500 booksfree to some book shops, he also allows a discount of 25% on Mark price and give 1 book free for everypurchase of 29 books.Find the amount of profit/loss if the Mark price of each book is Rs. 160.

3,50,000 3500 500

25% 29 1

160

(a)Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1300

(c) Rs. 2000 (d) Rs. 140050. A publisher published 5000 books for Rs. 5,00,000 he gave 500 books free to some booksellers besides

he was able to sell 2

3 of the remaining book at 20% discount, the remaining books for marked

price. Find the % profit of the publisher if he gave 20% discount of the total selling price to thesalesman, If marked price of book is Rs. 200.

5,00,000 5000 500 2

320%

20% 200

%

(a)23.8% (b) 24.8% (c) 27.4% (d) 25.9%

51. A man sells two articles first at 15% loss and second at 19% profit if during the whole transactions he bears aloss of rupees 90. If he sells both articles at same price then find the cost price of second article.

15 % 19% 90

(a)4500 (b) 3500 (c) 3300 (d) 4300

52. A man sells two articles first on 20% loss and second on 60% profit. Find their selling price if thedifference between the CP is rupees 3200 If the selling price of both article is same.

20% 60%

8

3200

(a)5020 (b) 3121 (c) 5120 (d) 6515

53. A man sells 3 articles at same price, first on 20% profit second on 10% loss and third on 25% loss. Duringthe whole transactions he bears a loss of rupees 120. Find the selling price of each article.

20% 10% 25%

120

(a)432 (b) 450 (c) 220 (d) 500

54. A man sells two article for rupees 1710. He sells first at 10% loss and second at 25% profit. Find theamount of overall profit and loss if the cost price of first article is equal to selling price of second article.

1710 10% 25%

(a)50 L (b) 60 L (c) 90 P (d) 70 P

55. The selling price of A and B are rupees 1800 each. A calculate his profit % on SP while B on CP. Findthe difference between their cost price if both claims 20% profit.

A B 1800 A B

20%

(a)Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 30 (d) Rs. 50

56. A and B purchase an article at same price later on C purchases both articles at same price of rupees240 each from A and B. But the profit % of A was P% while profit % of B was q%. Since B calculate his

profit on SP, If C sells one of the article to D at P% profit what is the cost price for D if q = 412

3% P?

A B C, A B 240

A P% B q% B C D

P% D q = P 2

41 %3

(a)Rs. 458 (b) Rs. 658

(c) Rs. 576 (d) Rs. 715

57. A man purchases some articles at the rate of 11 articles for Rs. 10 and he sells all the articles at therate of 10 articles for Rs. 11. Find overall profit or loss%.

10 11 11 10 %

(a)17% L (b) 30% P

(c) 21% P (d) 20 % L

58. A man purchases some pencils at the rate of 6 pencils for Rs. 5 and he sells all the articles at the rateof 5 articles for Rs. 6. Find overall profit or loss%.

5 6 6 5 %

(a)44% P (b) 46% L

(c) 35% L (d) 49% P

59. A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 1 orange for 2 and same no. of oranges at the rate of 2orange for 1 and he sells all of them at the rate of 4 oranges for 3. Find overall profit or loss%.

2 1 1 2 3

%

(a)25% L (b) 40% L (c) 30% P (d) 35% P

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60. A man buys some oranges at the rate of 5 for 1 and same number of oranges at the rate of 4 for 1. Hesold all of them at the rate of 9 for 2. During the whole transaction he incurs a loss of 30. Find thenumber of article that he purchased.

1 5 1 4 2 9

30

(a) 10,800 (b) 11,500

(c) 15,759 (d) 10,890

61. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 9% loss. Had he sold it Rs. 752 more, then he would gain 7%. Find intialcost price.

9% 752 7%

(a)Rs. 4687.50 (b) Rs. 4587.40

(c) Rs. 2087.20 (d) Rs. 4700

62. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 7% profit. Had he sold it Rs. 4248 more then he would gain 13%. Findintial cost price.

7% 4248 13%

(a)71,000 (b) 75,000

(c) 70,800 (d) 77,000

63. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchases it for 10% less and sold it Rs. 18 less thenhe would have gained 30%. Find the initial cost price.

20% 10% 18 30%

(a)600 (b) 700 (c) 900 (d) 800

64. A man sells his goods at 10% profit. Had he purchases it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 20 more then hewould gain 40%. What was the intial cost price?

10% 20% 20 40%

(a)Rs. 550 (b) Rs. 1000

(c) Rs. 320 (d) Rs. 800

65. A man sells his goods at 25% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs. 900 less and sold it for Rs. 900 less thenhe would gain 5%, more profit. Find the initial cost price.

25% 900 900 5%

(a)Rs. 5400 (b) Rs. 5300

(c) Rs. 5500 (d) Rs. 6500

66. A man sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs. 600 less and sold it for Rs. 400 less thenhe would gain 10%. more profit. Find the initial cost price.

20% 600 400 10%

(a)Rs. 5500 (b) Rs. 4900

(c) Rs. 3800 (d) Rs. 3750

67. Ram makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise/article. He fixed the selling price such that if only 600articles are sold, he would have made profit of 40% on the outlay. However, 120 articles got spilt and hewas able to sell 630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit % as the percentage of total outlay

10

assuming that the unsold articles are useless.

60 750 600

40% 120 630

%

(a)40% (b) 45% (c) 43% (d) 47%

68. A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 12% of the articles he produces will be rejected. Heaccepts an order to supply 22,000 articles at 7.50 each. He estimates the profit on his outlay includ-ing the manufacturing of rejected articles to be 20%. Find out manufacturing price of each article.

12% 7.50 22000

20

(a)Rs. 7.50 (b) Rs. 5.50

(c) Rs. 3.50 (d) Rs. 6.50

69. A man sold a book at 9% Profit and a pen at 13% P. If he sold the book at 13% profit and the pen at 9%Profit, he gain 80 more. Find the cost price of book and pen. If he purchased both at 20,000.

9% 13% 13% 9% 80

20,000

(a)11,000,9000 (b) 75000,1200

(c) 55000,1200 (d) 85000,1500

70. A man purchased a book and a pen for 25000. He sold the book at 13% Profit and pen at 17% Profit. Ifhe sold the book at 17% profit and pen at 13% Profit he earns 80 more. Find their individual cost price.

25000 13% 17% 17%

13% 80

(a)12,550,12300 (b) 13,400,14,500

(c) 13,500,11,500 (d) 15,500,16,300

71. A shopkeeper bought two cycles in 1600. If he sold 1st cycle at 10% profit and 2nd at 20% Profit, heearns a certain profit. If he sold 1st at 20% profit & 2nd at 10% profit, he get 5 more. Find the prices ofboth the cycles.

1600 10% 20% 20%

10% 5

(a)825, 775 (b) 858, 858

(c) 712, 958 (d) 962, 625

72. The total cost of 8 books and 5 pens is 92. Then find the cost of 3 books and 2 pens if the cost of 5 books& 8 pens is 77.

8 5 92 3 2 5 8 77

(a)Rs. 55 (b) Rs. 25

(c) Rs. 35 (d) Rs. 45

73. Rakesh Yadav has 2 bat and 1 ball. The cost of ball is 96. If he sells the ball along the value of the 1st bat,the amount received will be twice the value of the 2nd bat. But if he sells the ball with the 2nd bat, theamount received will be less than the value of the 1st bat by 306. What is the value of the 1st bat?

2 96

306

(a)Rs. 740 (b) Rs. 900

(c) Rs. 850 (d) Rs. 700

74. Rakesh Yadav sells a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15% Profit, he gets 7 as profit. If he sells the pen at

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5% profit & the book at 10% profit, he gets 6 more. The prices of book & pen are -

5% 15% 7 5%

10% 6

(a)Rs. 30, 500 (b) Rs. 70, 120

(c) Rs. 80, 100 (d) Rs. 20, 150

75. A man sells a table at 12% loss and a book on 19% profit, & earns a profit of 160 but if he sell the tableat 12% profit & book at 16% loss then he bears a loss of 40. Find the price of the book.

12% 19% 160 12%

16% 40

(a)Rs. 4000 (b) Rs. 5000

(c) Rs. 3500 (d) Rs. 3000

76. A man sells a table at 15% profit and a chair at 12% loss & earns 540 as profit. If he sells the table at12% loss and chair at 15% profit then he bears no profit no loss. Find the price of table & chair.

15% 12% 540 12%

15%

(a)60000,2000 (b) 80000,5000

(c) 10000,8000 (d) 50000,3000

77. A man sells a book and a table at 13% & 9% profit respectively & earns 1060 as profit. But if he sells

the book at 162

3% profit and table at 11

1

9% loss then bears no profit no loss. Find their CP?

13% 9% 1060 16

23

% 1119

%

(a)9000,3000 (b) 5000,7000

(c) 4000,6000 (d) 2000,8000

78. A company allows 15% discount to his customers and still earns 19% profit. If the production cost of theproduct is increased by 12% therefore company issued a new list price which is 10% higher than theprevious list price and company still allows 15% discount to his customers. Find the new profit % of thecompany.

15% 19% 12%

10% 15% %

(a)2172

% (b) 1678

% (c) 2557

% (d) 1787

%

79. A man purchased a home and a shop. He sold the shop at 10% Profit and home at 10% loss and sellingprice of both the articles is same ( 1,00000 each) Find the Profit/loss.

10% 10%

(a)299

Lakh (b)2

88Lakh

(c)2

58Lakh (d)

278

Lakh

12

80. A dealer sold 2 TV sets for 2400 each. and earn 20% profit on 1st article and 20% loss on 2nd article.Find his total profit or loss.

2 2400 20% 20%

(a)Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 250

(c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs. 350

81. A house and a shop were sold for 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20%loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in

20% 20%

(a)No loss no gain (b) Gain of 1/24 lakh

(c) Loss of 1/12 lakh (d) Loss of 1/18 lakh

(e)None of these

82. By selling a table for 350 instead of 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of the table is-

400 350 5%

(a) 1050 (b) 417.50

(c) 435 (d) 1000

(e)None of these

83. A shopkeeper sells an article for 10% profit. If he buys it for 4% less and sells it for 183

4% profit then he

gets 10 more. What is the original cost price ?

10% 4% 183

4% 10

(a) 250 (b) 200

(c) 255 (d) 201(e)None of these

84. A sold an article to B at the profit of 25%, B sold it to C at loss of 10% and C sold it to D at the profit of 20%.

If D paid 27 then how much A paid to buy this article ?

A B 25% B C 10% C D 20% D 27

A

(a) 20 (b) 15

(c) 12 (d) 9(e)None of these

85. A sells a pen to B at a gain of 20% and B sells it to C at gain of 10% and C sells it to D at a gain of 12.5%.

If D pays 14.85, what did it cost A ?

A 20% B B C 10% C D 12.5%

D 14.85 A

(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 12(e)None of these

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86. 5% more is gained by selling a cow for 1010 than by selling it for 1000. Find the cost price of thecow.

1000 1010 5%

(a) 200 (b) 150

(c) 125 (d) Can't determined(e)None of these

87. A retailer buys 30 pens at the marked price of 27 pens. What is his profit percent when he sells thearticle at MP to customer?

27 30 %

(a)112

9% (b)11

1

9%

(c)11.5% (d)20%

(e)None of these

88. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of 8.50 per

kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in thetransaction was-

30 9.50 40 8.50

8.90

(a) 2 loss (b) 2 profit

(c) 7 loss (d) 7 profit

(e)None of these

89. 9 kg of rice costs as much as 4 kg of sugar; 14 kg of sugar costs as much as 1.5 kg of tea; 2 kg of a tea

costs as much as 5 kg of coffee; find the cost of 11 kg of coffee, if 2.5 kg of rice costs 12.50

9 4 14 1.5 2

5 2.5 12.50

(a) 465 (b) 462

(c) 365 (d) 362

(e)None of these

90. A man purchased 450 pens of 3 types such that he earned a profit of 9%, 10% and 12% respectively on

each type. He earned a profit of 93

7% on first two types and 10% overall profit on all the types. Find the

number of pens in all the three types.

3 450 9%, 10% 12%

93

7% 10%

(a)250, 100, 100 (b) 200, 150, 100

(c) 175, 150, 125 (d) 200, 100, 150

(e)None of these

91. A man has 560 pens and he categorized all the pens into three types such that he earns a profit of 12%,16% and 20% respectively on each type. He earns 13% profit on first two types and earns overall profitof 15% on all types. Find the number of pens in all the types.

14

560 12%, 16% 20%

13% 15%

(a)300, 100, 160 (b) 300, 110, 150

(c) 300, 110, 150 (d) 350, 100, 110

(e)None of these

92. A person sold an article at 96 in such a way that the profit % and the C.P earned, are numerically thesame. If he sells it at twice the profit % than the previous profit%, then find the new selling price.

96 %

(a)60 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 132

(e)None of these

93. A retailer purchases 70 pens at the Marked price of 56 pens from a whole seller and the retailer sellsthem to customer at Marked price. Find the profit percent of the retailer.

56 70

(a)25% (b) 19.5% (c) 18% (d) 17%

(e)None of these

94. A wholesale dealer sells 40 pens at the M.P. of 36 pens and the retailer sells them to customer at 1%discount. Find the profit %.

36 40 1%

(a)9% (b) 11% (c) 12% (d) 10%

(e)None of these

95. A manufacturer of patent medicines gives one dozen extra bottles of the medicine for every order of 12

dozens. A discount of 25% is also offered to the trader on the marked price. If a bottle is marked 117,find the lowest price at which a bottle can be sold without any loss.

12 1 25%

117

(a)81 (b) 91 (c) 109 (d) 113

(e)None of these

96. The list price of an article is 160 and a customer buys it for 122.40 after two successive discounts.If the first discount is 10% then find the other one.

160 122.40 10%

(a)12% (b) 10% (c) 11% (d) 14 (e)15%

97. A article is marked at 65 and a customer buys it for 56.16 and gets two successive discounts of 4%and k%. Find k.

65 56.16 4% k%

k

(a)5% (b) 7% (c) 10% (d) 9%

(e)None of these

98. A man sells 2/3rd of his stock at 30% profit and 1/4th stock at 16% profit and the remaining at 12%

profit. In total he gains 75. Find the value of his stock.

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2/3rd 30% 1/4th 16% 12%

75

(a)200 (b) 300 (c) 500 (d) 350

(e)None of these

99. Instead of meter scale, a cloth merchant uses 120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scalewhile selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash payment. Find the profit percent.

120 80

20%

(a)13% (b) 12% (c) 15% (d) 20%

(e)None of these

100.A man purchases 40 watches and decides the MRP 25% more than the CP and he offers 10% discount on cashpayment and 5% discount on credit. He sells of the stock on cash and rest of the stock on credit. If he gains Rs.2250, then CP of the watch :

(a)Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 500

(c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 550

101.A bag sells at a profit of 20%. If the cost price of the bag is reduced by Rs. 350 and the selling price isreduced by Rs. 400, then the gain increases by 2%. What is the original cost price.

20% 350 400 2%

?

(a)Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 1250

(c) Rs. 1350 (d) Rs. 1420

102.An article listed at Rs. 800 is sold at successive discount of 25% and 15%. The buyer desires to sell itoff at a profit of 20% after allowing a 15% discount. What would be listed price of the article for buyer?

800 25% 15% 15%

20%

(a)Rs. 680 (b) Rs. 720

(c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 840

103.A merchant buys 4000 kg of wheat, 1/5 of which he sells at a gain of 5%, 1/4 at a gain of 10%, 1/2 at again of 12% and the remainder at a gain of 16%. If he had sold the whole wheat at a gain of 11%. Hewould have made Rs.87.50 more. What was the cost price of wheat per kg?

4000 1/5 5% 1/4 10% , 1/2 12%

16% 11% 87.50

?

(a)Rs. 3 (b) Rs.

(c) Rs. (d) Rs.3.5

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104.The cost price of an article is Rs x. It is marked up by 200%. It is sold at Rs. 540 after giving 25%discount. What is the value of x (in Rs)?

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x 200% 25% 540 x

(a) 360 (b) 250

(c) 300 (d) 240

105.The selling price of an article is Rs. 816 if the discount on it is 15%. What would be the selling price of thearticle (in Rs) if the discount on it is 25%?

816 15% 25%

(a)750 (b) 720 (c) 800 (d) 700

106. If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs. 14.4 he makes 10% loss. If he wants to make 25% profit, then at whatprice (in Rs) should he sell?

14.4 10% 25%

(a)18 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 22

107.At a village trade fair a man buys a horse and a camel together for Rs. 51,250. He sold the horse at a profitof 25% and the camel at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price ofthe cheaper animal was Rs.____.

51,250 25% 20%

(a)6600 (b) 7500

(c) 25000 (d) 20000

108.On a certain item profit is 150%. If the cost price increases by 25%. What will be the new profit margin(in %)?

150% 25% (% )

(a)25 (b) 50 (c) 100 (d) 75

109. If a website is selling smartphone at Rs 18,000 which is marked at Rs 25,000 then what is the discount(in%) atwhich the smartphone is being sold?

(a)25 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 20

110.A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 125% and offers 25% discount. What will be the selling if the costprice (in Rs) is Rs 640?

(a)1080 (b) 1000 (c) 920 (d) 860

111.A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs 3 and sells at 3 for Rs 4. What will be the result?

(a)43.75% profit/

(b) 77.7% loss/

(c) 77.7% profit/

(d) 43.75% loss/

112.A used car dealer sells a car for Rs 7.6 lakhs and makes some loss. If he had sold if for Rs 9.2 lakhs hisprofit would been thrice his loss. What was the cost price of the car (in Rs lakhs)?

(a)8.5 (b) 8.75 (c) 8.25 (d) 8

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113. If the cost price of an article is Rs X. It is marked up by 100%. It is sold at Rs 1,200 after giving 20%discount. What is value of X?

X 100% 20% 1200 X

(a)750 (b) 1500 (c) 1000 (d) 2000

114.The price of a product after getting 20% discount is Rs 3,024 which includes 5% tax on selling price. Whatwas the marked price (in Rs) of the product?

20% 3,024 5%

(a)3780 (b) 2742 (c) 3600 (d) 2880

115.An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel. There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profitthen at what price should it sell including 8% tax on selling price? (in Rs per barrel)

3600 10% 5% 8%

(a)3674 (b) 3711

(c) 4219 (d) 4536

116.A vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 and suffers 24% loss. If he wants to make 14% profit, then at what price(in Rs) should he sell?

24 24% 14%

(a)32 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 28

117.A villager buys a goat and a sheep together for Rs 14,250. He sold the sheep at a profit of 10% and the goatat a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then what was the cost price of thecheaper animal?

14,250 10% 20%

(a)8250 (b) 6600

(c) 7500 (d) 13200

118.On a certain item profit is 120%. If the cost price increases by 10% then what will be the new profitmargin (in %) if selling price remains the same?

120% 10% (% )

(a)50 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) 90

119.A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (In Rs) ifthe cost price is Rs 800?

(a)1200 (b) 1500

(c) 1000 (d) 2000

120.On a television of brand A the discount is 25% and on television of brand B the discount is 40%. The priceof B after discount Rs 2,250 greater than the price of A after discount. What is the marked price A (in Rs)

if marked price of B is 35,000?

A B B A

A B

(a)18750 (b) 21000

(c) 25000 (d) 17850

121. If 60% discount is offered on the marked price and selling price becomes equal to cost price then whatthe % mark up?

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(a) 100 (b) 250 (c) 150 (d) 40

122.A vendor buys bananas at 9 for Rs 8 and sells at 8 for Rs 9. What will be the profit or loss (in%)?

(a)13.28% profit (b) 26.56% loss

(c) 26.56% profit (d) 13.28 loss

123. If a stall sells a pizza at Rs 200 he makes 20% loss if he wants to make 10% profit then at what price (inRs) should he sell?

(a)250 (b) 300 (c) 275 (d) 325

124.A wholesaler had 200 dozens of mangoes. He sold some of the these mangoes at 20% profit and the restat 10% profit, so that he made 13% profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) didhe sell at 20% profit?

(a)140 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 120

125. If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled the profit would become 65%. What is the presentprofit (in%)?

(a)20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 10

126.A trader marks up in his goods by 120% and offers 30% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs.) ifthe cost price is Rs. 750 ?

120% 30% 750

(a)1225 (b) 1080

(c) 1280 (d) 1155

127.A vendor buys bananas at 7 for Rs. 6 and sells at 6 for Rs. 7. What will be the result ?

6 7 7 6

(a) 36.1 % loss/ (b) 26.5 % Profit/

(c) 36.1 % Profit/ (d)26.5 % loss/

128.A miner sells a diamond to a trader at a profit of 40% and the trader sells it to a customer at a profit of25%. If the customer pays Rs. 56 lakhs to buy the diamond, what had it cost the miner (in Rs. lakhs) ?

40% 25%

(a)30 (b) 28 (c) 25 (d) 32

129.A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that hemade a total profit of 17%. How much wheat (in kg) did he sell at 20% profit?

1600 20% 12%

17% 20%

(a)600 (b) 1000 (c) 800 (d) 1200

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130.A used two wheeler dealer sells a scooter for Rs. 46,000 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for Rs.58,000 his profit would have been double his loss. What was the cost price (in Rs.) of the scooter?

46,000 58,000

(a)52000 (b) 54000

(c) 48000 (d) 50000

131.A retailer marks up his goods by 20% and then offers 25% discount. What will be the selling price on anitem that he sells if its cost price (in Rs) is Rs 2500?

(a)2400 (b) 3000

(c) 2750 (d) 2250

132.A trader buys jowar at Rs 30 per kg. 20% of the grain gets wasted. He plans to sell the remaining grain sothat he makes 40% overall profit. At what price (in Rs. per kg) should he sell the grain?

(a)48 (b) 50 (c) 52.5 (d) 47.5

133. If a vendor sells a watermelon at Rs 69 he makes 8% loss. If he wants to make 16% profit then at whatprice (in Rs) should he sell?

(a)91 (b) 83 (c) 87 (d) 79

134.The cost of 25 items is the same as the revenue by selling X items. Find X, if the profit made in thetransaction is 25%

X X

(a)25 (b) 16.67 (c) 20 (d) 32

135.An item is sold for Rs 7130 making a 15% profit. What is the cost price (in Rs) of this item?

(a)6000 (b) 6125

(c) 6250 (d) 6200

Example1. A man marks up his goods 30% above its CP and

allows 20% discount find his profit or Loss%

30%

20%

(a)4%L (b) 4%P (c) 8%L (d) 7%P

2. A man marks up his goods 100% above its CP, If

SP is increased by Rs. 60 then profit becomes

double. Find intial SP if initial MP is Rs. 800

100% 60

800

20

(a) 460 (b) 520 (c) 630 (d) 840

3. A man marks up his goods 50% above CP - If MP and SP both are increased by 20%, then Profit becomesdoubles find intial selling price if initial mark price is Rs. 300

50% 20%

Rs. 300

(a)350 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 250

4. A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 orange for Rs. 2 and same no. of oranges at the rate of

5 orange for Rs. 4 and he sells all of them at the rate of 6 oranges for Rs. 5. Find overall profit and loss%.

2 3 4 5 5

%

(a)15011

% P (b) 40% L

(c) 30% P (d) 35% P

5. A man purchases some articles at the rate of1 orange for Rs. 2 and same no. of articles at the rate of2 article for Rs. 3 and he sells all of them at the rate of 3 oranges for Rs. 4. Find overall profit and

loss%.

2 1 3 2 4

%

(a)15011

% P (b) 40% L

(c)500

%21

L (d) 35% P

6. A man sells two articles on same price, on first he earn 10% profit and on other he bears 10% loss. Findhis overall profit or loss percent.

10% 10%

(a)1% P (b) 1% L (c) 2% P (d) 10% L

7. A man purchased some no. of oranges at the rate of 65 oranges for 1 How many for a rupee did he sellto earn 30% profit?

(a)60 (b) 50 (c) 30 (d) 65

8. By selling 45 oranges for Rs. 40 a man loses 20%. How many did he sell for Rs. 40 to earn 20% Profit?

40 45 20% 40 20%

(a)30 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 42

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