Profit-and-Loss.pdf - Maths By Arun Sir

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1 A shopkeeper sells a commodity at Rs 1470 and earns

%3

216 profit. Find the cost price of that commodity?

,d nqdkunkj vius lkeku dks 1470 :i;s esa csprk gS vkSj

%3

216 dk ykHk dekrk gSA ml lkeku dk Ø; ewY; Kkr

dhft, \(a) Rs 1260 (b) Rs 1165(c) Rs 1254 (d) Rs 1261

2. When an object is sold at Rs 770. The loss is %2

112 .

Find the cost price of the object

tc ,d oLrq dks 770 :i;s esa cspk tkrk gSA rks %2

112 dh

gkfu gksrh gSA rks ml oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft,A(a) Rs 889 (b) Rs 850(c) Rs 880 (d) Rs 900

3. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his customer23% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs 7011for a cell phone, then what was the cost price of the cellphone?

,d eksckby foØsrk vius lkeku dks Ø; ewY; ls 23%

vf/kd esa csprk gS ;fn dksbZ xzkgd ,d eksckby ds fy, 7011:- pqdkrk gS rks ml nqdkunkj ds fy, ml eksckby dk Ø;ewY; fdruk gS\(a) Rs 5845 (b) Rs 5700(c) Rs 5900 (d) Rs 6925

4. A man calculates his profit percent as 25% on sellingprice. What is his actual profit percent?

,d vkneh foØ; ewY; ij %25 dk ykHk dekrk gSA rks

mldk okLrfod ykHk izfr’kr D;k gS \(a) 34% (b) 36%

(c) %3

132 (d) %

3

133

5. A man calculates his loss as 3

216 % on selling price.

What is his actual loss percent?

,d vkneh foØ; ewY; ij 3

216 % dh gkfu gksrh gSA rks

mldh okLrfod gkfu izfr’kr D;k gS \

(a) %7

214 (b) %

7

215 (c) %

7

120 (d) %

7

118

6. There would be a 10% loss, if rice is sold at Rs. 54 per kg.To earn a profit of 20% the price of rice per kg will be ?

;fn pkoy dks 54 :i, izfr fdyks dh nj ls cspk tkrk gS rks10% dh gkfu gksrh gSA 20% dk ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, pkoydh izfr fdxzk- dher fdruh gksxh\ [SSC CGL Mains -2015]

(a) Rs72 (b) Rs 70(c) Rs 63 (d) Rs 65

7 By selling cloth at Rs. 9 per metre, a shopkeeper loses10% . Find the rate at which it should be sold so as toearn profit of 15% ?

fdlh nqdkunkj dks dksbZ diM+k 9 :i, izfr ehVj dh nj lscspus ij 10% dh gkfu gksrh gSA crkb, fd diM+k fdl njij cspk tk;s ftlls nqdkunkj dks 15% dk ykHk gks\

[SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) Rs 11.20 (b) Rs 11.30(c) Rs 11.40 (d) Rs 11.50

8. By what fraction selling price (S.P.) must be multiplied toget the cost price (C.P.) . If the loss is 20%?

;fn 20% dh gkfu gks rks foØ; ewY; dks fdl fHkUu ls xq.kkfd;k tk, fd Ø; ewY; izkIr gks lds\(a) 4/5 (b) 8/5 [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(c) 5/4 (d) 6/59. If 10% loss is made on selling price, then the rate of loss

on the cost price will be ?

;fn fcØh ewY; ij 10% dh gkfu gksrh gS] rks ykxr ewY; ijgkfu dh nj D;k gksxh\ [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) 11 %9

1(b) 9 %

11

1

(c) 10% (d) 11%

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10. If the profit on selling an article for Rs. 425 is the same asthe loss on selling it for Rs. 355, then the cost price of thearticle is?

fdlh OkLrq dks 425 :i;s ij cspus ij YkkHk ogh gS tks mls 355:i;s ij cspus ij gkfu gS rks ml OkLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;kgS \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) Rs. 410 (b) Rs. 380(c) Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 390

11. Ramesh sold a book at a loss of 30%. If he had sold it forRs. 140 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. Thecost price of the book is?

jes’k us dksbZ iqLrd 30% gkfu ij csph ;fn og bls 140 :i;svf/kd ij csprk rks mls 40% ykHk gksrk iqLrd dk Ø; ewY;crkb;s\ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) Rs 280 (b) Rs 200(c) Rs 260 (d) Rs 300

12. A trader sold a cycle at a loss of 10% . If the selling pricehad been increased by Rs. 200, there would have been again of 6%. The cost price of the cycle is?

,d O;kikjh us ,d lkbZdy dks 10% gkfu ij cspkA ;fn fcØhdk ewY; 200 :i;s c<+k fn;k tkrk gS rks mls 6% dk ykHkgksrk gS rks lkbZdy dk Ø; ewY; crkb;s\(a) Rs 1200 (b) Rs 1205 [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(c) Rs 1250 (d) Rs 127513. A dealer sold a sofa set at a profit of 18%. Had he sold it

for Rs 450 less, he would have gained 12%. For whatvalue should he sell it in order to gain 14%?

,d nyky ,d lksQs dks %18 ds equkQs ij csprk gSA ;fnog 450 :i;s de esa csprk rks %12 dk ykHk dekrk rks blsfdrus esas cspuk pkfg,] fd mls %14 dk ykHk gks \(a) Rs 5880 (b) Rs 5850(c) Rs 8550 (d) Rs 8850

14. A man bought a chair and sold it at a gain of 10%. If hehad bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs 10 more. Hewould have gained 40%. Find the cost price of the chair.

,d vkneh us ,d dqlhZ dks [kjhnk vkSj %10 ds equkQs ij cspk];fn og %20 de esa [kjhnrk vkSj 10 :i;s vf/kd esas csprkrks mls %40 dk ykHk gksrkA dqlhZ dk Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft,\(a) Rs 500 (b) Rs 600(c) Rs 550 (d) Rs 650

15. A man sells out an article at a profit of 25%. Had he boughtit at 25% less and sold it for Rs 25 less. He would havestill gained 25%. Find the cost price?

,d vkneh ,d oLrq dks %25 ds equkQs ij csprk gS ;fn og

%25 de esa [kjhnrk vkSj 25 :i;s de esa csprkA rks mls

%25 dk Qk;nk gksrkA rks oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa\(a) Rs 90 (b) Rs 80(c) Rs 70 (d) Rs 60

16. A man sells an article at 5% above its cost price. If he hadbought it at 5% less than what he had paid for it and soldit at Rs 2 Less. He would have gained 10% .The costprice of the article is?

,d vkneh fdlh oLrq dks mlds ykxr ewY; ls 5% vf/kdij csprk gSA ;fn mlus mlds fy;s ftruk Hkqxrku fd;kmlls 5% de ij [kjhnk gksrk vkSj 2 :- de esa cspk gksrkrks mls 10% dk ykHk gksrk rc oLrq dk ykxr ewY; D;k gS\

[SSC CGL Mains -2015]

(a) Rs 200 (b) Rs 400(c) Rs 100 (d) Rs 300

17. An article is sold at a profit of 10%. If both the cost priceand selling price are Rs 25 less. Then profit would be 5%more. Find the cost price?

,d oLrq dks %10 ds ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn Ø; ewY;vkSj foØ; ewY; nksuksa 25 :Ik;s de gksrs rc ykHk %5vf/kd gksrkA rks ml oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft,\(a) Rs 65 (b) Rs 60(c) Rs 75 (d) Rs 72

18. A shopkeeper sells an article for 10% profit. If he buys it

for 4% less and sells it for %4

318 profit. Then he gets Rs

10 more. What is the original cost price?

,d nqdkunkj ,d oLrq dks %10 ds ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn

og %4 de esa [kjhnrk vkSj %4

318 ykHk ij csprk rc og

10 :i;s vf/kd ikrkA rks mldk okLrfod Ø; ewY; D;k gS\(a) Rs 250 (b) Rs 200(c) Rs 255 (d) Rs 201

19. A man sells his goods at 10% profit. Had he purchased itfor Rs 20 less and sold it for Rs 20 more, he would havegained 40%. What was the initial cost price?

,d vkneh vius lkeku dks %10 ds ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fnog 20 :i;s de esa [kjhnrk vkSj mls 20 :Ik;s vf/kd esacsprkA rc mls %40 dk ykHk gksrkA rks izkjfEHkd Ø; ewY;D;k Fkk\(a) Rs 90 (b) Rs 80(c) Rs 150 (d) Rs 160

20. A man sells his goods at 25% profit. Had he purchased itfor Rs 900 less and sold it for Rs 900 less, then he wouldhave gained 5% more profit. Find initial cost price.

,d vkneh vius lkeku dks %25 ds ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fnog bls 900 :i;s de esa [kjhnrk vkSj 900 :i;s de esas ghcsprkA rc mls %5 dk vf/kd ykHk gksrkA rc ml oLrq dkizkjfEHkd Ø; ewY; D;k Fkk \(a) Rs 5600 (b) Rs 5500(c) Rs 5400 (d) Rs 6000

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21. An article is sold at 50% profit. If its cost price and sellingprice are increased by Rs 32 and Rs 12 respectively. Thepercentage of profit decreased by 40%. Find the costprice?

,d oLrq dks %50 ds equkQs ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn bl oLrqds Ø; ewY; vkSj foØ; ewY; Øe’k% 32 vkSj 12 :i;s c<+kfn;s tk;saA rks equkQs dk izfr’kr %40 de gks tk;sxkA Ø;ewY; Kkr dhft,\(a) Rs 58 (b) Rs 60(c) Rs 68 (d) Rs 54

22. If percentage of profit made, when an article is sold forRs.78, is twice as when it is sold for Rs. 69, the cost priceof the article is?

fdlh oLrq dks 69 :i;s esa cspus dh ctk; 78 :i;s esa cspusls ykHk dk izfr’kr nksxquk gksrk gS ml OkLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;kgksxk\ [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) Rs 49 (b) Rs 51(c) Rs 57 (d) Rs 60

23. A person bought two sofa sets for Rs 2800. He sold oneat a gain of 35% and the other at a gain of 45% and hefound that each sofa set was sold at same price. Find thecost price of both sofa sets?

,d O;fDr us 2 lksQk lsV 2800 : esa [kjhnsA buesa ls mlus,d dks 35% ykHk ij rFkk nwljs dks 45% ykHk ij cspk vkSjmlus ik;k fd izR;sd lksQk lsV dks leku ewY; ij cspk x;kArks nksuksa lksQk lsV dk vyx vyx Ø; ewY; gksxk \(a) Rs 1430, Rs 1370 (b) Rs 1440, Rs 1360(c) Rs 1460, Rs 1340 (d) Rs 1450, Rs 1350

24. A man purchased two article for Rs 9600. He sold the firstarticle at 20% loss and the second article at 60% profit. Ifthe selling price of both the articles are same. Then findthe cost price of each article.

,d O;fDr us nks oLrqvksa dks 9600 : esa [kjhnkA mlus igyhoLrq dks 20% gkfu ij rFkk nwljh dks 60% ykHk ij cspkA ;fnnksuksa oLrqvksa dk foØ; ewY; leku gksA rks izR;sd oLrq dk Ø;ewY; Kkr djsaA(a) Rs 3200, Rs 6400 (b) Rs 3300, Rs 6300(c) Rs 3000, Rs 6600 (d) Rs 3500, Rs 6100

25. A man sells two articles each for the same price Rs 500.He earns 25% profit on the first and 35% profit on thesecond. Find his approximate overall percent profit.

,d O;fDr us nks oLrqvksa esa ls izR;sd dks 500 : esa cspkA mlusigyh ij 25% rFkk nwljh ij 35% dk ykHk dek;kA rks mldkiwjs lkSns esa yxHkx iwjk izfr’kr ykHk Kkr djasA(a) 29.8% (b) 29%(c) 30.6% (d) 30.8%

26. Ram sold two horses at the same price. In one he gets aprofit of 10% and in the other he gets a loss of 10%. ThenRam gets?

jke us nks ?kksM+s leku dher ij cspsA ,d esa mls 10% ykHkgqvk rFkk nwljs esa 10% dh gkfu gqbZA jke dks dqy D;k gqvk\


(a) no loss or profit (b) 1% profit(c) 2% loss (d) 1% loss

27. A dealer sold two TV sets for Rs 7400 each. On one hegained 10% and on the other he lost 10%. The dealer’sloss or gain in the transaction is?

,d nqdkunkj us nks Vh-oh-lsV esa ls izR;sd dks 7400 : esa cspkA,d ij mlus 10% ykHk rFkk nwljh ij 10% gkfu mBkbZA rksiwjs lksSns esa mldk ykHk ;k gkfu izfr’kr Kkr djksA(a) No profit no loss (b) 1% gain(c) 1% loss (d) 1% loss

28. A house and a shop were sold for Rs 1 lakh each. In thistransaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss,whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entiretransaction resulted is?

,d edku vkSj ,d nqdku esa ls izR;sd dks ,d&,d yk[k:i;s esass cspk tkrk gSA bl lkSns esa edku ij 20% dh gkfutcfd nqdku ij 20% dk ykHk gqvkA rks iwjs lkSns esa ifj.kkeD;k jgk A

(a) Gain of Rs lakh24

1/ lakh

24

1:i;s dk ykHk

(b) Loss of Rs lakh12

1/ lakh12

1:i;s dh gkfu

(c) Loss of Rs lakh18

1/ lakh

18

1:i;s dh gkfu

(d) No loss no gain/ u ykHk vkSj u gkfu

29.Last year Mr. A bought two painting. This year he soldthem for Rs. 20,000 each. On one, he made a 25% profitand on the other he had a 25% loss. Then his net profit orloss is?

fiNys o"kZ Jh A us nks fp=dkjh [kjhnh bl o"kZ mUgksus muesals izR;sd fp=dkjh dks 20000 :i;s izfr fp=dkjh ds fglkcls cspkA muesa ls ,d ij mUgs 25% ykHk vkSj nwljs ij 25%

gkfu gqbZ Jh A dk fucy YkkHk ;k gkfu crkb;s\ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) He lost more than Rs. 2000(b) He lost less than Rs.2000(c) He earned more than Rs. 2000(d) He earned less than Rs. 2000

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30. A man sells two articles. One at 15% loss and the other at19% profit. During the whole transaction he earned aloss of Rs 90. Find the price of the second article if sellingprice of both articles are same?

,d O;fDr nks OkLrqvksa esa ls ,d dks 15% gkfu ij rFkk nwljhdks 19% ykHk ij csprk gSA iwjs lkSns esa mls 90 : dk uqdlkugqvkA rks nwljh oLrq dh dher Kkr djsaA ;fn nksuksa oLrqvksadk foØ; ewY; leku gksa\(a) Rs 4500 (b) Rs 4000(c) Rs 3500 (d) Rs 5500

31. A man sells three articles. First at a profit of 20% , secondat a loss of 10% and the third at 25% loss. During thewhole transaction. He bears a loss of Rs 60 . Find costprice of each article. If their selling price are same.

,d O;fDRk 3 oLrqvksa dks csprk gSA igyh dks 20% ykHk ij]nwljh dks 10% gkfu ij rFkk rhljh dks 25% gkfu ij csprkgSA iwjs lkSns esa mls 60 : dh gkfu gqbZ rks izR;sd oLrq dk Ø;ewY; Kkr djsaA ;fn muds foØ; ewY; leku gksaA(a) Rs 180, 120 & 288 (b) Rs 180, 240 & 288(c) Rs 180, 280 & 250 (d) Rs 180, 240 & 300

32. Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15%respectively. If the amount of profit received is the same,then the cost price of A and B may be

nks oLrqvksa A rFkk B dks Øe’k% 10% rFkk 15% ds YkkHk ij cspktkrk gS ;fn nksuksa oLrqvksa ls leku ykHk izkIr gks rks oLrq ArFkk B dh dher gks ldrh gSA (a) Rs 1000, Rs 1500 (b) Rs 5000, Rs 2000(c) Rs 3000, Rs 2000 (d) Rs 3000, Rs 5000

33. C.P. of two articles is same one is sold at 27% profit andthe other for Rs 600 less than the first one net profit is25%. Find C.P. of each article?

nks oLrqqvksa dk Ø; ewY; leku gSA ,d dks 27% ykHk ij cspktkrk gS vkSj nwljh dks igyh ls 600 : de esa cspk tkrk gSSAbl izdkj dqy 25% dk YkkHk gksrk gS izR;sd dk Ø; ewY;gksxk\ (a) 14500 (b) 14000(c) 15000 (d) 14800

34. A man buys two horses for Rs 1550. He sells one so as tolose 23% and the other so as to gain 27%. On the wholetransaction he neither gains nor losses what does eachhorse cost?

,d O;fDr us nks ?kksM+kas dks 1550 : esa [kjhnkA mlus budks blizdkj cspk fd igys ij 23% dh gkfu rFkk nwljs ij 27% dkykHk gqvkA iwjs lkSns esa mls u ykHk gqvk vkSj u gh gkfu gqbZArks izR;sd ?kksM+s dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa\(a) Rs 807, Rs 743 (b) Rs 817, Rs 733(c) Rs 827, Rs 723 (d) Rs 837, Rs 713

35. The total cost price of two watches is Rs 840 one is soldat a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12% there isneither loss nor gain in the whole transaction. The costprice of that watch on which the shopkeeper gains is?

nks ?kfM+;ksa dk dqy ykxr ewY; 840 : gSA ,d dks 16% ds ykHkij rFkk nwljs dks 12% dh gkfu ij cspk tkrk gSA iwjs lkSns esamlus u gh ykHk gqvk vkSj u gh gkfu gqbZA rks ml ?kM+h dkØ; ewY; Kkr djasA ftl ij nqdkunkj dks ykHk gqvk gSA(a) 360 (b) 370(c) 380 (d) 390

36. If a man sells a book at 13% profit and pen at 9% profitthen he earns Rs 1060 as profit but if he sells a book at

%3

216 profit and a pen at %

9

111 loss then he bears

neither loss nor gain . Find the CP of the book and thepen?

,d O;fDr ,d fdrkc dks 13% ykHk ij rFkk isSu dks 9% ykHkij cspdj 1060 :- ykHk izkIr djrk gS ysfdu ;fn og fdrkc

dks %3

216 ykHk ij rFkk isu dks %

9

111 gkfu ij csprkA rks

mls u ykHk gksrk vkSj u gh gkfu gksrhA rks fdrkc vkSj isu dkØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA(a) Rs 4000, Rs 6000 (b) Rs 5000, Rs 5000(c) Rs 6000, Rs 3000 (d) Rs 4000, Rs 4000

37. If a man sells a table at 15% profit and a chair at 12% lossthen he earns Rs 540 as total profit but if he sells the tableat 12% loss and the chair at 15% profit then there is noloss or profit. Find the price of the table and the chair?

;fn ,d O;fDr Vscy dks 15% ykHk rFkk ,d dqlhZ dks 12%

dh gkfu ij csprk rks mls 540 : dk dqy ykHk gksrk ysfdu;fn mlus Vscy dks 12% dh gkfu ij rFkk dqlhZ dks 15% ykHkij cspk gksrkA rks mls u ykHk vkSj u gkfu gksrhA rks Vscy vkSjdqlhZ dh dher Kkr djsaA(a) Rs 11000, Rs 9000 (b) Rs 10000, Rs 8000(c) Rs 12000, Rs 7000 (d) Rs 9000, Rs 6000

38. A man sells a table at 12% loss and a book at 19% profitthen he earns Rs 160 as profit but if he sells table at 12%profit and the book at 16% loss then he bears a loss of Rs40. Find the price of book?

,d vkneh us ,d Vscy dks 12% dh gkfu rFkk ,d fdrkc dks19% ds ykHk ij cspdj 160 : ykHk ds :i esa dek;sA ;fnmlus Vscy dks 12% ykHk ij rFkk fdrkc dks 16% dh gkfuij cspk gksrk rks mls 40: dk uqdlku gksrkA rks fdrkc dkØ; ewY; Kkr djsa\(a) 4200 (b) 4100(c) 4000 (d) 4300

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39. A man purchased a book and a pen for Rs 25800. He soldthe book at 13% profit and the pen at 17% profit. If hesold the book at 17% profit and the pen at 13% profit hewould have earned Rs 80 more.(1) Find the difference between the C.P.(2) Find the cost price of Pen.

,d O;fDRk us ,d fdrkc vkSj ,d iSsu dks 25800 :- esa[kjhnkA mlus fdrkc dks 13% ykHk ij rFkk iSsu dks 17% YkkHkij cspkA ;fn mlus fdrkc dks 17% ykHk ij rFkk iSsu dks13% ykHk ij cspk gksrkA rks mls ykHk ds :i esa 80 :- T;knkfeys gksrsA¼1½ fdrkc rFkk iSsu ds Ø; ewY; dk varj Kkr djksA¼2½ iSsu dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djksA(a) Rs 2000, Rs 12000 (b) Rs 1000, Rs 11800(c) Rs 2000, Rs 11900 (d) Rs 2000, Rs 11600

40. A person bought two bicycles for Rs 1600 and sold thefirst at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he soldthe first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit hewould get Rs 5 more. The difference between the costprice of the two bicycles were?

,d O;fDRk us nks lkbfdy 1600 : esa [kjhnh vkSj muesa lsigyh dks 10% ykHk ij rFkk nwljh dks 20% ykHk ij cspkA ;fnog igyh dks 20% ykHk ij rFkk nwljh dks 10% ykHk ij csprkrks mls 5 : T;knk feyrsA nksuksa lkbZfdy ds Ø; ewY;ksa dkvarj Kkr djsaA(a) 50 (b) 40(c) 75 (d) 25

41. A man buys a table and a chair for Rs. 500. He sells thetable at a loss of 10% and the chair at a gain of 10% andgot a profit of Rs. 10 on the whole. Find the cost price ofchair (in rupees)?

dksbZ O;fDr ,d est vkSj ,d dqLkhZ 500 :i;s esa [kjhnrk gSAog est dks 10% dh gkfu ij vkSj dqlhZ dks 10% ds ykHk ijcsp nsrk gSA fQj Hkh mls dqy feykdj 10 :i;s dk ykHk gksrkgSA dqLkhZ dk Ø; ewY; :i;ksa esa crkb;s\

[SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) Rs 200 (b) Rs 250(c) Rs 300 (d) Rs 350

42. A man buys 20 pens and 16 books for Rs 360. He sellspens at a profit of 40% and books with a gain of 25%. Ifhis overall gain is Rs 120. The cost price of the pen is?

,d O;fDr 20 isSu vkSj 16 fdrkcsa 360 : esa [kjhnrk gSA ogisSuksa dks 40% ykHk ij rFkk fdrkcksa dks 25% ds ykHk ij csprkgSA ;fn mldk dqy ykHk 120 :- gks rks isu dk Ø; ewY; Kkrdjsa\(a) Rs 13 (b) Rs 12(c) Rs 15 (d) Rs 10

43. A man purchased a book and a pen for Rs 390. He sellsthe book at 10% profit and the pen at 15% profit. Heearns a profit of Rs 51.50 on the whole transaction. Thedifference between their CP is?

,d O;fDr ,d fdrkc vkSj ,d iSsu 390 : esa [kjhnrk gSA ogfdrkc dks 10% ykHk ij rFkk isSu dks 15% ykHk ij csp djiwjs lkSns ij 51.50 : dk ykHk dekrk gSA rks muds Ø; ewY;dk varj Kkr djsaA(a) 120 (b) 130(c) 115 (d) 110

44. A man buys 5 horses and 7 oxen for 58500. He sells thehorses at a profit of 10% and oxen at a profit of 16% andhis whole gain is Rs. 7110. What price does he pay for ahorse?

,d O;fDRk 5 ?kksM+s vkSj 7 cSy 58500 : eas [kjhnrk gSA mlus?kksM+ksa dks 10% ykHk ij rFkk cSyksa dks 16% ykHk ij cspk vkSjdqy ykHk 7110 : dek;kA rks mls ,d ?kksMs+ dh fdruh dherpqdkbZ \(a) 7500 (b) 3000(c) 8500 (d) 5700

45. Two chairs and three tables cost Rs 1025. 3 chairs andtwo tables cost is Rs 1100. What is the difference betweenthe cost of one table and that of one chair?

nks dqlhZ vkSj rhu Vscyksa dh dher 1025 : gS] rhu dqlhZ vkSjnks Vscyksa dh dher 1100 : gS rks ,d Vscy vkSj ,d dqlhZds Ø; ewY; dk varj D;k gksxk\(a) 75 (b) 35

(c) 125 (d) Cant be determined/Kkr ugha fd;k tk ldrk46. The total cost of 8 books and 5 pens is Rs. 92 and the

cost of 5 books and 8 pens is 77. Find the cost of 3 booksand 2 pens?

8 fdrkckas vkSj 5 isSuksa dh dqy dher 92 : gsSA 5 fdrkcsa vkSj8 isSuksa dh dher 77: gSA 3 fdrkcas vkSj 2 iSsuksa dh dher KkrdjsaA(a) 35 (b) 36

(c) 34 (d) 3347. A man sells two horses for Rs 11900. The cost price of

the first is equal to the selling price of the second. If thefirst is sold at 30% loss and the second at 25% gain whatis his total gain or loss (in rupees)

,d O;fDr nks ?kksM+ksa dks 11900 : esa csprk gSA igys dk Ø;ewY; nwljs ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcj gSA ;fn igys dks 30%

gkfu ij rFkk nwljs dks 25% ykHk ij cspk tk,A rks mldk dqyykHk ;k gkfu D;k gksxk\(a) 600 loss (b) 700 loss(c) 750 gain (d) 700 gain

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48. A man purchased two articles for Rs 7500. If he sells thefirst at 20% profit and the second at 50% loss then findthe amount of profit/loss. If CP of first article is equal toselling price of second article?

,d O;fDr nks oLrq,as 7500 : esa [kjhnrk gSA ;fn og igyhdks 20% ykHk ij rFkk nwljh dks 50% gkfu ij csprk gSA rksmldk dqy ykHk ;k gkfu Kkr djsa] ;fn igys oLrq dk Ø;ewY; nwljh oLrq ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcj gksA (a) 2000 (b) 3000(c) 2500 (d) 3500

49. Sunil calculates his profit percentage on the selling pricewhere as Sujeet calculates his profit on cost price. Theyfind that the difference of their profits is Rs 900. If theselling price of both of them are the same and sunil gets50% profit and sujeet gets 40% profit then find theirsselling price.

lquhy vius ykHk dh x.kuk foØ; ewY; ij djrk gSA tcfdlqthr vius ykHk dh x.kuk Ø; ewY; ij djrk gSA bl izdkjmuds ykHkksa dk varj 900 : gksrk gS ;fn nksuksa dk foØ; ewY;leku gks vkSj lquhy dks 50% ykHk rFkk lqthr dks 40% ykHk

ds :i esa feys gkasa A rks muds foØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA (a) 4200 (b) 4500(c) 4000 (d) 4800

50. One trader calculates the percentage of profit on thebuying price and another calculates on the selling priceWhen their selling price are the same then the differenceof their actual profits is Rs 85 and both claim to havemade 20% profit. What is the selling price of each?

,d O;kikjh vius ykHk dh x.kuk Ø; ewY; ij rFkk nwljkO;kikjh vius ykHk dh x.kuk foØ; ewY; ij djrk gSA tcmuds foØ; ewY; leku gkasA rks muds okLrfod ykHk dkvarj 85 : gS vkSj nksuksa 20% ykHk dk nkok djrs gSaA izR;sddk foØ; ewY; gksxk\(a) 1700 (b) 2100(c) 2550 (d) 2750

51. The profit % of A and B are same on selling the articles atRs 1800 each, but A calculated his profit on selling priceand B calculated his profit on cost price, which is equalto 20% Find the total CP ?

nks oLrqvksa eas ls izR;sd dks 1800: esa cspus ij A rFkk B dhykHk izfr’krrk cjkcj gSA A vius ykHk dh x.kuk foØ; ewY;ij rFkk B vius ykHk dh x.kuk Ø; ewY; ij djrk gS tks fd20% ds cjkcj gSA rks dqy Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA(a) 1940 (b) 2940(c) 3000 (d) 2950

52. A dishonest shopkeeper sells goods at cost price butuse 900 grams in place of 1 kg weight. What is his actualprofit percent ?

,d csbZeku nqdkunkj vius oLrqvksa dks Ø; ewY; ij csprkgS] ysfdu og ,d fdyksxzke otu dh Tkxg 900 xzke dkmi;ksx djrk gSA rks mldk okLrfod ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %9

111 (b) %

3

111

(c) 11% (d) 9%53. A dishonest dealer promises to sell his goods at cost

price but he uses a weight of 950 gm for one kg weight.Find his gain percentage?

,d csbZeku foØsrk vius oLrqvksa dks Ø; ewY; ij cspus dknkok djrk gS] ysfdu og ,d fdyksxzke dh txg 950 xzkeotu dk mi;ksx djrk gS rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr Kkr djsa\

(a) 5.20% (b) %15

55

(c) 5.30% (d) 5.26%54. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its C.P. but he

uses 960 gms weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit?

,d nqdkunkj viuh oLrqvksa dks Ø; ewY; ij cspus dk nkokdjrk gS] ysfdu og ,d fdyksxzke dh txg 960 xzke otudk mi;ksx djrk gSA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %6

15 (b) %

6

14

(c) %6

17 (d) %

6

16

55. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price. Ifhe uses a faulty scale he earns 25% profit. Find out whatweight does he use in place of 1 kg weight?

,d csbZeku nqdkunkj viuh oLrqvksa dks Ø; ewY; ij csprkgSA vxj og ,d udyh ck¡V dk mi;ksx djs] rks og 25% ykHkdekrk gSA rks Kkr djsa dh og ,d fdyksxzke ds LFkku ijfdrus otu dk mi;ksx dj jgk gS\(a) 800 (b) 889(c) 772 (d) 881

56. A dishonest sweet seller sells sweets at 10% profit butuses 800 gms instead of 1 kg. Find his profit percent?

,d csbZeku feBkbZ okyk viuh feBkbZ;ksa dks 10% ykHk ijcsprk gS] ysfdu og 1 fdyksxzke otu dh txg 800 xzke dkmi;ksx djrk gSA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %3

254 (b) %

2

137

(c) 49% (d) 50%

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57. A grocer sells rice at a profit of 20% and uses a weightwhich is 25% less. Find his total percent gain?

,d ialkjh pkoyksa dks 20% ykHk ij csprk gS vkSj 25% deotu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk dqy ykHk izfr’kr Kkr djsa\(a) 50% (b) 55%(c) 60% (d) 65%

58. A shopkeeper sells rice at 10% profit and uses weight30% less than the actual measure. His gain percent is.

dksbZ nqdkunkj 10% ykHk ij pkoy csprk gS vkSj okLrfodrkSy ls 30% de dk cV~~Vk bLrseky djrk gSA mldk YkkHkizfr’kr crkb;s\ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a)3

257 % (b) %

7

157

(c) %5

257 (d) %

7

357

59. A dishonest fruit seller sells fruits at 5% loss. If he uses850 gm weight in place of 1 kg weight, then what is hisprofit percent?

,d csbZeku Qy okyk vius Qyksa dks 5% gkfu ij csprk gSAvxj og ,d fdyksxzke dh Tkxg 850 xzke dk mi;ksx djs Arks mldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %17

1311 (b) %

17

1211

(c) 11.5% (d) 12%60. A man sells his goods at 44% loss. He used 30% less

weight. Find his profit or loss percent?

,d nqdkunkj viuh OkLrqvksa dks 44 % gkfu ij csprk gS vkSjog 30% de otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk ykHk ;k gkfuizfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 30% (b) 22%(c) 20% (d) 25%

61. A cloth dealer professes to lost 9% on a certain garmentsbut he uses a metre having a length of 91 cm only andcharges for the metre. Find his gain or loss percent?

,d diM+k O;kikjh fdlh fuf’pr diM+s dks 9% gkfu ij csprkgS] ysfdu og 1 ehVj ds LFkku ij 91 lseh gh diM+k nsrk gSArks iwjs lkSns esa mls ykHk ;k gkfu gksxhA(a) 10% gain/ykHk (b) 9% loss/gkfu(c) 9% gain/ykHk (d) Neither gain nor loss

/ u ykHk u gkfu62. A dishonest shopkeeper uses 10% less weight at the

time of buying the goods while he uses 10% faulty weightat the time of selling the goods. What is the profit percent?,d csbZeku nqdkunkj oLrqvksa dks [kjhnrs le; 10% deotu dk mi;ksx djrk gS vkSj csprs le; og 10% udyhckWV dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk ykHk izfr’kr Kkr djksA

(a) %9

222 (b) %

9

223

(c) %9

224 (d) %

9

225

63. A dishonest dealer defrauds to the extent of x % in buyingas well as selling his goods by using faulty weight. Whatwill be the gain percent on his outlay?dksbZ csbZeku O;kikjh xyr ckaVksa dk iz;ksx djds viuh oLrqvksadks Ø; vkSj foØ; djrs le; nksuksa ckj x % rd csbZekuhdjrk gSA mldh ykxr ij izkIr YkkHk izfr’kr gksxk\

[SSC CGL Mains(ReExam) -2016]

(a) 2x% (b) %10 2

x

x

(c) %100

2

xx (d)None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

64. By selling 33m cloth, a shopkeeper earns profit equivalentto selling price of 11m. Find his profit percent?

,d nqdkunkj 33 ehVj dIkM+s dks cspdj 11 ehVj diM+s dsfoØ; ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk izkIr djrk gSA mldk ykHk izfr’krKkr djsaA(a) 50% (b) 80%(c) 49% (d) 32%

65. By selling 33m cloth, a shopkeeper loses moneyequivalent to selling price of 11m. Find his loss percent?

,d nqdkunkj 33 ehVj diM+k cspdj 11 ehVj diMs+ ds foØ;ewY; ds cjkcj gkfu mBkrk gSA mldk gkfu izfr’kr Kkr djsaA(a) 25% (b) 11%(c) 35% (d) 20%

66. By selling 33m of cloth, a shopkeeper earns loss equivalentto the cost price of 11m cloth. Find his loss percentage?

,d nqdkunkj 33 ehVj diM+k cspdj 11 ehVj diMs+ ds Ø;ewY; ds cjkcj gkfu mBkrk gSA mldk gkfu izfr’kr Kkr djsaA

(a) %3

133 (b) %

3

130

(c) 30% (d) 29%67. By selling 33m of cloth, a shopkeeper earns profit

equivalent to the cost price of 11m cloth. Find his profitpercent?

,d nqdkunkj 33 ehVj diM+k cspdj 11 ehVj diMs+ ds Ø;ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk dekrk gSA mldk ykHk izfr’kr Kkr djsa\

(a) %3

133 (b) 29%

(c) 34% (d) 21%

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68. 12 copies of a book were sold for Rs 1800 thereby gainingcost price of 3 copies. Then the cost price of a copy is?fdlh fdrkc dh 12 dkWfi;ksa dks 1800 : es cspdj 3 dkWfi;ksads Ø; ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk gksrk gSA rks ,d dkWih dk Ø;ewY; Kkr djsaA [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) 120 (b) 1500(c) 150 (d) 1200

69. On selling 17 balls at Rs 720 there is a loss equal to thecost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is?17 xsanks dks 720 :- esa cspdj 5 xasnks ds Ø; ewY; ftruh gkfugksrh gSA ,d xasn dk Ø; ewY; D;k gksxk\(a) 45 (b) 50(c) 55 (d) 60

70. Mohan bought 25 books for Rs 2000 and sold them at aprofit equal to the selling price of 5 books. The sellingprice of a book is?eksgu us 25 fdrkc 2000 : esa [kjhnha vkSj mudks cspdj 5fdrkcksa ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk dek;kA rks ,d fdrkcdk foØ; ewY; D;k gksxk\(a) 100 (b) 120(c) 150 (d) 200

71. By selling 14 watches of equal cost price at the rate of Rs450 each, there is a profit equal to the cost price of 4watches, the cost price of watch is?

14 ?kfM+;k¡ ftudk Ø; ewY; leku gS] izR;sd dks 450 : esacspdj 4 ?kfM+;ksa ds Ø; ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk gksrk gSA rks ,d?kM+h dk Ø; ewY; D;k gksxk\ (a) 350 (b) 360(c) 400 (d) 375

TYPE-II

72. The cost price of 15 articles is same as the selling price of10 articles, the profit percent is?

15 oLrqvksa dk Ø; ewY; 10 oLrqvksa ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcjgSA rks ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\ (a) 30% (b) 40%(c) 50% (d) 45%

73. If the selling price of 16 items is equal to the cost price of20 items then there is a-

16 oLrqvksa dk foØ; ewY; 20 oLrqvksa ds Ø; ewY; ds cjkcjgSA rks gksxk-(a) Gain of 25%/25% dk ykHk(b) Gain of 20%/20% dk ykHk(c) Loss of 20%/20% dk gkfu(d) Loss of 4%/4% dk gkfu

74. If the selling price of 40 articles is equal to the cost priceof 50 articles, the loss or gain percent is?

;fn 40 OkLrqvksa dk foØ; ewY; 50 OkLrqvksa ds Ø; ewY; dscjkcj gks rks ykHk ;k gkfu dk izfr’kr crkb;s \(a) 25% gain /25% dk ykHk [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(b) 20% gain /20% dk ykHk(c) 25% loss/25% dk gkfu (d) 20% loss /20% dk gkfu

75. A man buys 12 articles for Rs 12 and sells them at the rateof Rs 1.25 per article His gain percentage is ?

,d O;fDr 12 oLrqvksa dks 12 : esa [kjhn dj 1.25 : izfr oLrqcsprk gSA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 20% (b) 25%(c) 15% (d) 18%

76. If I would have purchased 11 articles for Rs 10 and soldall the articles at the rate of 10 for Rs 11 the profit percentwould have been?

;fn eSa 10 : esa 11 OkLrqvksa dks [kjhnrk g¡w vkSj lHkh oLrqvksa dks11 : esa 10 OkLrqvksa dh nj ls csprk g¡wA rks ykHk izfr’kr D;kgksxk\(a) 10% (b) 11%(c) 21% (d) 100%

77. A person buys at 5 pencils for a rupee and sells them at3 for a rupee, his gain percent will be?

,d O;fDr 1 : esa 5 IkSafly [kjhnrk gS vksSj 1 : essa 3 iSaflycsprk gSA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr gksxk\

(a) %3

266 (b) %

3

276

(c) %3

256 (d) %

3

246

78. Oranges are bought at the rate of 10 for Rs 25 and sold atthe rate of 9 for Rs 25, the profit percent is?

25 : esas 10 dh nj ls larjs [kjhns tkrs gaS vkSj 25 : esa 9 dhnj ls larjs csps tkrs gSaA rks ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %11

19 (b) 10%

(c) %9

111 (d) %

2

112

79. If I purchased 11 books for Rs 100 and sold 10 books forRs 110 the percentage of profit per book sold is

;fn esSa 100 : esa 11 fdrkcksa dks [kjhn dj 110 : esa 10 fdrkcsacsprk g¡wA rks izfr fdrkc dk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 10% (b) 11.5%(c) 21% (d) 17.3%

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80. A man purchased some eggs at 3 for Rs 5 and sold themat 5 for Rs 12. Thus he gained Rs 143 in all. The number ofeggs he bought is .

,d O;fDr dqN vaMs 5 : esa 3 dh nj ls [kjhn dj 12 : esa5 dh nj ls csprk gS rc mls 143 : dk ykHk gksrk gSA rksmlds }kjk [kjhns x;s vaM+ksa dh la[;k Kkr djsaA

(a) 210 (b) 200(c) 195 (d) 190

81. A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for Rs 34 and soldthem at the rate of 12 for Rs 57. How many oranges shouldbe sold to earn a net profit of Rs 45?

,d O;fDr us 34 : esa 8 dh nj ls vaMs [kjhn dj 57 : esa12 dh nj ls csp fn;sA rks 45 : dk 'kq) ykHk dekus ds fy,mls fdrus larjs cspus gksxsa\(a) 90 (b) 100(c) 135 (d) 150

82. Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and anequal numbers at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20%she should sell a dozen for?

fu’kk dqN larjs 1 : esa 2 dh nj ls [kjhnrh gS vkSj mrus ghlarjs 1 : esa 3 dh nj ls [kjhnrh gSA rks 20% dk ykHk dekusds fy, mls ,d ntZu larjksa dks fdl ewY; ij cspuk pkfg,\(a) 6 (b) 8(c) 10 (d) 12

83. Mangal ji buys a certain number of oranges at 20 for Rs60 and an equal number at 30 for Rs 60. He mixes themand sells them at 25 for Rs 60. What is his gain or losspercent?

eaxy th dqN larjs 60 : esa 20 dh nj ls rFkk mrus gh larjs60 : esa 30 dh nj ls [kjhnrs gSa A og mudks feykrs gSa vkSjlHkh larjks adks 60 : esa 25 dh nj ls csprs gSaA mudk ykHk ;kgkfu izfr’kr Kkr djksA

(a) 4% loss / gkfu (b) 4% profit / YkkHk

(c) 5% loss / gkfu (d) Neither gain nor loss

/ uk YkkHk uk gkfu84. Some toffees were bought at the rate of 11 for Rs 10 and

the same number at the rate of 9 for Rs 10. If the wholeslot was sold at one rupee per toffee. Then the gain orloss in the whole transaction was?

dqN VkWfQ;k¡ 10 : esa 11 dh nj ls [kjhnh tkrh gaS] vkSjmruh gh VkWfQ;k¡ 10 : esa 9 dh nj ls [kjhnh tkrh gaSA

;fn mlus bu lHkh dks 1 : izfr VkWQh dh nj ls cspk gks rksmldk iwjs ysu&nsu esa ykHk ;k gkfu izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) 1% loss / gkfu (b) 1% profit / ykHk

(c) 1.5% Profit/ YkkHk (d) Neither gain nor loss

/ uk YkkHk uk gkfu

85. A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of 4 for Rs 10and an equal number more at 5 for Rs 10. He sells thewhole at 9 for Rs 20. What is his loss or gain percent?

,d Qy okyk dqN larjs 10 : esa 4 dh nj ls rFkk mrus ghlarjs 10 : esa 5 dh nj ls [kjhnrk gSA ;fn og mu lHkh dks20 : esa 9 dh nj cspsA rks mldk ykHk ;k gkfu izfr’kr gksxk\s

(a) %81

191 loss/gkfu (b) %

81

191 profit/ykHk

(c) 2 % loss/gkfu d) Neither gain nor loss

/ uk YkkHk uk gkfu86. A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs 40

and the same quantity at 5 for Rs. 60. If he sells all theoranges at the rate of 3 for Rs 50, find his gain or losspercent ( to the nearest integer)?

,d vkneh 40 :i;s esa 3 dh nj ls dqN larjs [kjhnrk gS vkSjmruh gh ek=k esa dqN larjs 60 :i;sa esa 5 dh nj ls [kjhnrkgS] ;fn mlus bu lHkh larjks dks 50 :- ds rhu dh nj lscsprk gS rks mls izkIr gksus okys YkkHk vFkok gkfu dk izfr’kr¼fudVre iw.kkZd esa½ Kkr dhft,\


(a) 31% profit/ YkkHk (b) 32% profit/ YkkHk

(c) 31% loss/ gkfu (d) 34% loss/ gkfu87. A merchant buys 25 litres of milk daily at the rate of Rs.

12 per litre. He mixes 5 litres of water in it and sells at therate Rs. 10.40 per litre. His gain/loss is?

,d nqdkunkj izfrfnu 25 yhVj nw/k 12 :i;s izfr yhVj dhnj ls [kjhnrk gSA mlesa og 5 yhVj ikuh feykdj 10-40 izfryhVj dh nj ls csp nsrk gSA rnkuqlkj mlds ykHk ;k gkfudk izfr’kr fdruk gS \ [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) 8% profit / YkkHk (b) 2% profit/ gkfu

(c) 4% profit/ YkkHk (d) 6% profit/ gkfu88. A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee

and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixedboth the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. Inthis business he suffered a loss of Rs 3. The total numberof articles bought by him was?

,d O;fDr dqN oLrqvksa dks 1 : esa 5 dh nj ls rFkk mruhgh oLrq,sa 1 : esa 4 dh nj ls [kjhnrk gSA og mu nksuksa izdkjdh OkLrqvksa dks feykdj 2 : esa 9 dh nj ls csprk gS vkSj blO;kikj esa mls 3 : dk ?kkVk gksrk gSA rks mlds }kjk [kjhnhxbZa dqy oLrqvksa dh la[;k gksxh\(a) 1090 (b) 1080(c) 540 (d) 545

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89. A shopkeeper bought pens at the rate of 7 for rupees 10and sold them at a profit of 40% then how many pens a

customer gets for rupees 10.

,d nqdkunkj iSuksa dks 10 : esa 7 dh nj ls [kjhnrk gS vkSjmudks 40% ykHk dh nj ls csprk gSA rks ,d Xkzkgd 10 : esafdrus isu izkIr djsxk\(a) 6 (b) 7(c) 5 (d) 8

90. A Shopkeeper purchased 510 eggs at the rate of Rs. 20per dozen. 30 eggs were broken on the way. In order tomake a gain of 20%, He must sell the remaining eggs atthe rate of?

fdlh nqdkunkj us 20 :i;s izfr ntZu dh nj ls 510 v.Ms[kjhnsA 30 v.Ms jkLrs esa VwV x;sA mls 'ks"k v.Ms fdl nj lscspus pkfg, fd mls 20% ykHk gks \


(a) Rs. 22.50 per dozen (b) Rs.25.50 per dozen(c) Rs. 26 per dozen (d) Rs. 26.50 per dozen

TYPE-III

91. A man sold 20 apples for Rs.100 and gained 20%. Howmany apples did he buy for Rs. 100 ?

,d O;fDRk us 100 : esa 20 lsc csps vkSj 20% dk ykHk izkIrfd;kA rks mlus 100 : esa fdrus lsc [kjhns\

(a) 20 (b) 22

(c) 24 (d) 2592. A fruit vendor buys apples at the rate of 10 for Rs. 100.

How many should he sell for Rs. 100 so that he makes aprofit of 25 % ?

,d Qy okyk 100 : esa 10 dh nj ls lsc [kjhnrk gSA 25%

dk ykHk dekus ds fy;s mls 100 : esa fdrus lsc cspus gksxsa\

(a) 5 (b) 6(c) 7 (d) 8

93. Oranges are bought at rate of 7 for Rs 3. At what rate perhundred must they be sold to gain 33%?

7 larjs 3 : ds [kjhns tkrs gaSA rks mudks izfr lkS dh fdl njij cspuk pkfg, rkfd 33% ykHk gks\(a) 56 (b) 66(c) 58 (d) 57

94. By selling 12 oranges for Rs. 60 a man loses 25%. Thenumber of oranges he has to sell for Rs. 100, so as to gain25% is?

60 : esa 12 larjs cspdj ,d O;fDr dks 25% dh gkfu gksrh gSArks mls 25% dk ykHk dekus ds fy;s 100 : esa fdrus larjscspus gksxsa\

(a) 10 (b) 11(c) 12 (d) 15

95. By selling 80 ball pens for Rs. 140 a retailer loses 30%.How many ball pens should he sell for Rs. 104 so as tomake a profit of 30% ?

,d [kqnjk O;kikjh 140 : esa 80 ckWy iSu cspdj 30% dh gkfumBkrk gSA rks mls 104 : esa fdrus ckWy iSu cspuk pkfg,]rkfd mls 30% dk ykHk gks\(a) 32 (b) 52(c) 48 (d) 42

96. By selling 90 ball pens for Rs. 160 a person loses 20%.The number of ball pens, should he sold for Rs. 96. So asto have a profit of 20% is?

160 : esa 90 ckWy iSu cspdj ,d O;fDRk dks 20% gkfu gksrhgSA rks 20% dk ykHk dekus ds fy;s 96 : esa mls fdrus ckWyisSu cspus gksxsa\(a) 36 (b) 37(c) 46 (d) 47

97. The cost price of two dozen bananas is Rs 32. After selling18 bananas at the rate of Rs 12 per dozen the shopkeeperreduced the rate to Rs 4 per dozen. The percent loss is?

nks ntZu dsyksa dk Ø; ewY; 32 : gSA 18 dsys 12 : izfr ntZucspus ds ckn nqdkunkj us dher dks ?kVk dj 4 : izfr ntZudj fn;kA rks mldh izfr’kr gkfu fdruh gS\

(a) 25.2% (b) 32.4%(c) 36.5% (d) 37.5%

98. If the price of eraser is reduced by 25% a person can buy2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers are availablefor a rupee ?;fn jcM+ dh dher 25% de gksus ls ,d vkneh 1 : esa 2jcM T;knk [kjhn ldrk gSA rks ,d :i;s esa fdruh jcM+feysxh\ (a) 8 (b) 6(c) 4 (d) 2

99. A person buys 100 cups at Rs 10 each. On the way 10cups are broken, he sells the remaining cups at one cupfor Rs. 11 the loss percentage is?,d O;fDRk 10 : izfr di ds fglkc ls 100 di [kjhnrk gS jkLrsesa mlds 10 di VwV tkrs gSa rFkk og 'ks"k diksa dks 11 : izfrdi dh nj ls csprk gSA mldk gkfu izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %2

1 (b) 1%

(c) %2

11 (d) 2%

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100.A person bought 50 pens for Rs 50 each. He sold 40 ofthem at a loss of 5%, he wants to gain 10% on the whole.Then his gain percent on the remaining pens should be?,d O;fDRk 50 : esa 50 iSu [kjhnrk gSA muesa ls 40 iSuksa dks 5%

gkfu ij csprk gSA ;fn og iwjs lkSns esa 10% dk ykHk pkgrk gSArks 'ks"k iSuksa dks mls fdrus izfr’kr ykHk ij cspuk gksxk\(a) 15% (b) 40%(c) 70% (d) 50%

101.A man bought 500 metres of electronics wire at 50 paiseper metre. he sold 50% of it at 5% profit. At what percentshould he sell the remainder so as to gain 10% on thewhole transaction.,d nqdkunkj us 50 iSls izfr ehVj dh nj ij 500 ehVjbySDVksfud ok;j [kjhnhA mlus blesa ls 50% Hkkx 5% ds ykHkij cspk lEiw.kZ lkSns ij 10% ykHk izkIr djus ds fy;s mls 'ks"kcph bYkSDVksfud ok;j dks fdrus izfr’kr ykHk ij cspukpkfg,\ [SSC CGL Mains(ReExam) -2016]

(a) 13% (b) 12.5%(c) 15% (d) 20%

102.A fruit Seller buys some oranges and selling 40% ofthem he gets the cost price of all the oranges. As theoranges being grown over ripe he reduces the price andsells 80% of the remaining oranges at half the previousrate of profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten arethrown away. The overall percentage of profit is?,d Qy okyk dqN larjs [kjhnrk gS vkSj mudk 40% cspdjog lHkh larjksa dk Ø; ewY; gkfly dj ysrk gSA tc larjslM+uk 'kq: gks tkrs gSsaA rks og mudh dher de dj nsrk gSvkSj 'ks"k larjksa dk 80% og fiNyh ykHk dh nj ls vk/ks esa cspnsrk gSA 'ks"k larjs lM+us ds dkj.k Qsad fn;s tkrs gSaA mldkiw.kZ ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 80 (b) 84 (c) 96 (d) 94

103.A reduction of 15% in the price of apples would enablepurchaser to get 2kg more apples for Rs. 240. The newprice (per kg) of apples is?

lscksa dh dher esa 15% dh deh gksus ij ,d O;fDr 240 : esa2 fdyks lsc T;knk [kjhn ldrk gSA rks lscksa dh izfr fdyksxzkeubZ dher D;k gksxh\

(a) Rs. 15 (b) Rs. 18(c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 36

104.An increase of 20% in the price of mangoes enables aperson to purchase 4 mangoes less for Rs. 40. The priceof 15 mangoes before increase was?

larjksa dh dher esa 20% dh o`f) gksus ij ,d O;fDr 40 :esa 4 larjs de [kjhn ikrk gSA rks o`f) ls igys 15 larjksa dhdher D;k Fkh\

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

105.A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs. 720. What should bethe selling price of each egg if he wants to make a profitof 20% ?

,d O;fDr 720: esa 20 ntZu vaMs [kjhnrk gSA ;fn og 20%

dk ykHk izkIr djuk pkgrk gSA rks izR;sd vaMs dk foØ; ewY;D;k gksuk pkfg,\(a) Rs. 3.25 (b) Rs. 3.30(c) Rs. 3.50 (d) Rs. 3.60

106.A trader bought 10 kg of apples for Rs. 405 out of which1 kg of apples were found to be rotten. If he wishes tomake a profit of 10%, at what rate should he sell theremaining apples per kg ?

,d O;fDr 405 : esa 10 fdyksxzke lsc [kjhnrk gSA ftlesa ,dfdyksxzke lsc lM+s ik;s tkrs gaSA ;fn og 10% dk ykHk pkgrkgksA rks mls 'ks"k lsc izfr fdyksxzke fdl nj ij cspuk pkfg,\ (a) Rs. 45 (b) Rs. 49.50(c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 51

TYPE-IV

107.If the cost of pins reduces by Rs.4 per dozen 12 morepins can be purchased for Rs.48. The cost of pins perdozen after reduction is?

fiuksa dh dher 4 : izfr ntZu de gksus ls ,d O;fDRk 48 :esa 12 fiu vf/kd [kjhn ldrk gSA rks deh ds ckn izfr ntZu

fiu dh dher D;k gksxh\(a) Rs. 8 (b) Rs. 12(c) Rs. 16 (d) Rs. 20

108.A fruit seller makes a profit of 20% by selling mangoes ata certain price. If he charges Rs. 1 more for each mango,he can make a profit of 40%. Find the selling price of amango in the first case?

,d Qy foØsrk larjksa dks fdlh fuf’pr dher ij cspdj20% dk ykHk dekrk gSA ;fn og izR;sd larjs ij ,d : c<+kns rks mls 40% dk YkkHk gks ldrk gSA rks igyh fLFkfr esa ,dlarjs dk foØ; ewY; D;k gksxk\(a) Rs. 6 (b) Rs. 5(c) Rs. 5.50 (d) Rs. 7

109.What will be the percentage profit after selling an articleat a certain price it there is a loss of 40%. When the articleis sold at 1/3rd of the previous selling price ?

tc ,d oLrq dks bldh foØ; ewY; ds ,d frgkbZ ij cspusls 40% dh gkfu gksrh gSA vxj bls mlh foØ; ewY; ij cspktk, rks ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 20% (b) 80%(c) 75% (d) 60%

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110.What will be the percentage profit after selling an articleat label price if there is a loss of 20% when the article issold at one third of the label price ?

tc ,d oLrq dks mlds vafdr ewY; ds ,d frgkbZ ij cspktkrk gSA rks 20% dh gkfu gksrh gSA vxj bls vafdr ewY; ijcspk tk,A rks ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 120% (b) 100%(c) 140% (d) 160%

111. A person sells his goods on 40% off its old SP, he gets40% loss then find the old profit percent?

,d O;fDRk vius leku dks iqjkus foØ; ewY; dk 40% esacspdj 40% dh gkfu mBkrk gS rc iqjkuk ykHk izfr’kr Kkrdjsa\

(a) 50% (b) 60%

(c) 55% (d) 45%112.The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 900 is double

the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs.600. What should be the selling Price of the article formaking 40% profit?

,d OkLrq dks 900 : esa cspus ls gksus okyk ykHk] mlh oLrq dks600 : es cspus ij gksus okyh gkfu ls nksxquk gSA rks 40% dkykHk dekus ds fy, oLrq dk foØ; ewY; D;k gksxk\ (a) 980 (b) 1080(c) 1180 (d) 280

113.When an item is sold on Rs 2120 there is a profit which is20% more than the loss that is got when the same thing issold on Rs 1900 then find the real value of item

fdlh oLrq dks ;fn 1900 : esa cspk tkrk gSA rks mls ftruhgkfu gksrh gS] mlls 20% T;knk ykHk gksrk gS] tc ml oLrqdks 2120 : es cspk tkrk gSSA rks ml oLrq dh okLrfod dhercrkvks\(a) 2000 (b) 3000(c) 2004 (d) 5000

114.A person sold his watch for Rs. 24. If the percentage ofhis loss was equal to the cost price then the watch wouldhave cost him

,d O;fDr viuh ?kM+h dks 24 : esa csprk gS ;fn mldh gkfuizfr’kr ?kM+h ds Ø; ewY; ds cjkcj gks] rks mlus ?kM+h fdrus(:i;s) esa [kjhnh gksxh\(a) Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 60(c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 280(e) Rs. 40 or Rs. 60

115.When an item is sold Rs 144, a man gets same profit. Thatprofit percent is equals to cost price of the item then findthe C.P.

,d oLrq 144 : esa cspus ij ,d O;fDr dks tks ykHk gksrk gSAog izfr’kr ykHk ml oLrq ds ykxr ewY; ds cjkcj gS]rn~uqlkj ml oLrq dk ykxr ewY; crkvksA(a) 90 (b) 80(c) 70 (d) 75

116.A horse worth Rs. 8000 is sold by A to B at 20% loss. Bsells the horse back to A at 20% gain. Find the value ofloss amount?

A us ,d ?kksM+k ftldh dher 8000 : gS] B dks 20% gkfu esacsp fn;kA B us ogh ?kksM+k okil A dks 20% ykHk ysdj cspfn;kA rks gkfu dh jkf’k Kkr djsaa\(a) 1380 (b) 1480(c) 1180 (d) 1280

117. Ajay sold an item to Vijay at the profit of 20% then Vijaysold it again to Ajay at the loss of 10%. In this transactionover all Ajay gained Rs 60. Then find the value on thatAjay bought that item?

vt; us ,d oLrq fot; dks 20% ykHk ij csphA fot; us mlhoLrq dks vt; dks 10% gkfu ij csp fn;kA bl laiw.kZysu&nsu esa vt; dks dqy feykdj 60 : dk ykHk gqvkA oLrqdk og ewy ewY; crkvks] ftl ij vt; us [kjhnk Fkk\(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 400(c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 550

118.20 kg of potato costs as much as 5kg of tomato, 12 kg oftomato costs as much as 30 kg of onion, 15 kg of onioncosts as much as 18 kg of cabbage. If 10 kg of cabbagecosts Rs. 50. What would be the cost of 24 kg of potato ?

20 fdyksxzke vkyw dh dher ogh gS tks 5 fdyksxzke VekVj dhgS]12 fdyksxzke VekVj dh dher ogh gS tks 30 fdyksxzke I;ktdh gS] 15 fdyksxzke I;kt dh dher ogh gS tks 18 fdyksxzkecanxksch dh gSA ;fn 10 fdyksxzke can xksch dh dher 50 : gks]rks 24 fdyksxzke vkyw dh dher D;k gksxh\(a) Rs. 90 (b) Rs. 72(c) Rs. 108 (d) Rs. 96

119.A sells a watch to B and makes a loss of 12%. B makes a

profit of %2

112 by selling the watch to C. If A sells the

watch to B at the cost of which C purchased it, then thepercentage of loss or profit of A will be.

A,B dks 12% gkfu ij ,d ?kM+h csprk gSA B ogh ?kM+h C dks

%2

112 YkkHk ij csp nsrk gSA ;fn A, B dks ml dher ij ?kM+h

csprk gS ] ftl dher ij ?kM+h C us [kjhnh Fkh rks A dks gq,YkkHk ;k gkfu dk izfr’kr crkb;s \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 1% loss (b) 1% profit

(c) 2% loss (d) 2% profit

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DISCOUNT

120.At what percentage above the cost price must an articlebe marked so as to gain 33% after allowing a customer adiscount of 5%?

fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; ls fdruk vf/kd vafdrdjsa ftlls 5% cV~~Vk nsus ds ckn Hkh 33% dk ykHk gks \(a) 40% (b) 45% [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(c) 35% (d) 47%121.The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price.

The gain percentage after allowing a discount of 12% onthe marked price is?

fdlh oLrq dk Ø; ewY; mlds vafdr ewY; dk 64% gSA rksvafdr ewY; ij 12% dk cV~Vk nsus ds ckn mldk ykHkizfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 37.50% (b) 48%(c) 50.5% (d) 52%

122.A book seller allowed 10% discount on printed price. Hegets 30% commission from publisher. His profit in percentwill be?

fdlh iqLrd foØsrk us vafdr dher ij 10% dh NwV nhA mlsizdk’kd ls 30% deh’ku feyrk gSA mldk YkkHk izfr’kr D;kgksxk \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 20% (b) %7

428

(c) 25% (d) %7

326

123.The cost of manufacture of a tape recorder is Rs. 1500.The manufacturer fixes the marked price 20% above thecost price and allow a discount in such as to get a profitof 8% the rate of discount is?

,d VSi fjdkWMZj dks cukus dh ykxr 1500 : gSA fuekZrkvafdr ewY; dks Ø; ewY; ls 20% T;knk vafdr djrk gS vkSjbl izdkj cV~Vk nsrk gS fd mls 8% dk ykHk gksA cV~Vs dh njKkr djsa\(a) 10% (b) 20%(c) 15% (d) 25%

124.A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above cost price butallows 30% discounts for cash. His net loss is ?

,d nqdkunkj viuh oLrqvksa dks Ø; ewY; ls 20% vf/kdvafdr djrk gS] ysfdu uxn [kjhn ij 30% dk cV~Vk nsrkgSA rks mldh okLrfod gkfu fdruh gS\(a) 8% (b) 10%(c) 16% (d) 20%

125.The marked price of an article is 30% higher than the costprice, if a trader sells the articles allowing 10% discountto customer, then the gain percent will be?

fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; ls 30% vf/kd gSA ;fnnqdkunkj oLrq ij 10% dh NwV nsrk gS rc mls fdrusizfr’kr dk YkkHk izkIr gksxk \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 17 (b) 20(c) 19 (d) 15

126.Articles are marked at a price which gives a profit of 25%.After allowing a certain discount the profit reduces to

%2

112 . The discount percent is?

OkLrqvksa dk ewY; bl izdkj vafdr fd;k tkrk fd YkkHk 25%

gksA dqN NwV nsus ds ckn YkkHk ?kVdj %2

112 gks tkrk gSA

NwV izfr’krrk fdruh gS \ [SSC CGL Mains -2015]

(a) 12% (b) 10%

(c) %2

112 (d) 11.1%.

127.Maha Bazar offers 20% discount on bags which havebeen marked 50% above the cost price. Amar pays Rs.840 for a bag, then the cost price of the bag is?

egk cktkj esa cSxksa dh [kjhn ij 20% dh NwV feyrh gS vkSjmu cSxksa ij vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; ls 50% vf/kd vafdr fd;kx;k gSA vej us ,d cSx ds fy;s 840 : vnk fd;sA rks cSxdk Ø; ewY; D;k gksxk\(a) 672 (b) 700(c) 790 (d) 810

128.The marked price of a tape recorder is Rs.12,600. A festivaldiscount of 5% is allowed on it. Further for cash payment,a second discount of 2% is given. The cash payment, inrupees is to be made for buying it

,d Vsi fjdkWMZj dh vafdr dher 12,600 :i;s gS ml ij5% dh R;kSgkj NwV nh tkrh gSA blds vfrfjDr uxn Hkqxrkudjus ij] 2% dh NwV nh tkrh gSA mls [kjhnus ds fy,fdruk uxn Hkqxrku :i;s esa djuk gksxk \


(a) 11,370.60 (b) 11,730.60(c) 11,703.60 (d) 11,073.60

129.A discount of 16% on the marked price of a book enablesa man to buy a pen that costs Rs. 80. How much did hepay for the book?

,d vkneh ,d isSu dks ftldh dher 80 : gS dks ,d fdrkcds vafdr ewY; ij 16% dh NwV feyus ij [kjhnrk gSA rksmlus ml fdrkc ds fy, fdrus :i;s vnk fd;s\

[SSC CGL Pre. -2016](a) 500 (b) 480(c) 420 (d) 320

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130.While selling a shirt, a shopkeeper gives a discount of7%, if he gives discount of 9% he earns Rs.15 less onprofit. The market price of the shirt is?

,d nqdkunkj fdlh dqrsZ ij 7% dk cV~Vk nsrk gS ;fn og mlij 9% dk cV~Vk nsrk rks mldk YkkHk 15 :- de gksrk rcml dqrsZ dk vafdr ewY; Kkr djsa\ [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) 712 (b) 787(c) 750 (d) 697

131. Amar bought a refrigerator with %3

216 discount on the

labelled price . Had he bought it with 25% discount hewould have saved Rs. 600. At what price did he buy therefrigerator ?

vej us ,d jsÝhtjsVj dks lwph ewY; ij %3

216 NwV feyus

ds ckn [kjhnkA vxj mlus bls 25% dh NwV ij [kjhnk gksrkrks og 600 : cpk ysrkA rks mlus ml jsÝhtjsVj dks fdruhdher ij [kjhnk Fkk \(a) 6000 (b) 7200(c) 7500 (d) 5000

132.If an electricity bill is paid before due date, one gets areduction of 4% on the amount of the bill. By paying thebill before due date a person got a reduction of Rs. 13.The amount of his electricity bill was?

;fn fctyh ds fcy dk Hkqxrku fu;r le; ls igys fd;ktkrk gS] rks fcy dh jkf’k ij 4% dh NwV feyrh gSA ,dO;fDr fu;r le; ls igys fcy dk Hkqxrku djds 13 : dhNwV ikrk gSA rks mlds fctyh ds fcy dh jkf’k fdruh Fkh\(a) 125 (b) 225(c) 325 (d) 425

133.The cost of manufacturing an article was Rs. 900. Thetrader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of 10%.The marked price must be?

fdlh oLrq dh ykxr dher 900 : gSA ,d O;kikjh 10% dhNwV nsdj 25% dk ykHk pkgrk gSA rks oLrq dk vafdr ewY;crk,sa\(a) 1500 (b) 1250(c) 1200 (d) 1000

134.The marked price of an article is Rs. 500. A shopkeepergives a discount of 5% and still makes a profit of 25%.The cost price of the article is?

fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 500 : gSA ,d nqdkunkj 5% dhNwV nsus ds ckn Hkh 25%dk ykHk izkIr djrk gSA oLrq dk Ø;ewY; gksxk\(a) 384 (b) 380(c) 300 (d) 376

135.A photographer allows a discount of 10% on theadvertised price of a camera. The price (in Rs.) that mustbe marked on the camera, which cost him Rs. 600, to makea profit of 20% would be?

,d QksVks xzkQj dSejs ds foKkfir eqY; ij 10% NwV nsrk gS20% YkkHk izkIr djus ds fy;s 600 :- dh Ykkxr okys dSejsds fy;s fdruk ewY; ¼:i, esa½ vafdr fd;k tkuk pkfg, \


(a) 650 (b) 800(c) 700 (d) 850

136.A shopkeeper buys an article for Rs. 180. He wishes togain 20% after allowing a discount of 10% on the markedprice to the customer .The marked price will be?

,d nqdkunkj ,d oLrq dks 180 : [kjhnrk gSA og xzkgd dksvafdr ewY; ij 10% dh NwV nsus ds ckn 20% dk ykHk pkgrkgSA rks oLrq dk vafdr ewY; gksxk\(a) 210 (b) 240(c) 270 (d) 300

137.A cycle dealer offer a discount of 10% and still makes aprofit of 26%. What does he pay for a cycle whose markedprice is Rs. 840 ?

,d lkbZfdy foØsrk 10% dh NwV nsus ds ckn Hkh 26% dk ykHkpkgrk gSA ,d lkbZfdy ftldk vafdr ewY; 840 : gS ds fy;sog fdrus : pqdk;sxk\(a) 600 (b) 650(c) 700 (d) 750

138.What price should a shopkeeper mark on an article costinghim Rs. 200 to gain 35% after allowing a discount of 25% ?

,d nqdkunkj dks ,d oLrq ftldh dher 200 : gS] ij 25%

dh NwV nsus ds ckn] 35% dk ykHk dekus ds fy;s fdruk ewY;vafdr djuk gksxk\(a) Rs. 270 (b) Rs. 300(c) Rs. 330 (d) Rs. 360

139.How much percent above the cost price should ashopkeeper mark his goods so as to earns a profit of 32%after allowing a discount of 12% on the mark price ?

,d nqdkunkj dks vafdr ewY; dks Ø; ewY; ls fdrus izfr’krvf/kd vafdr djuk pkfg,A rkfd mls vafdr ewY; ij 12%

dk cV~Vk nsus ds ckn Hkh 32% dk ykHk gks\(a) 50% (b) 40%(c) 60% (d) 45%

140.To gain 8% after allowing a discount of 10%. By whatpercent should list price more than the cost price ?

10% dk cV~Vk nsus ds ckn 8% dk ykHk dekus ds fy;s lwphewY; dks Ø; ewY; ls fdruk izfr'kr vf/kd djuk pkfg,\(a) 9% (b) 11 %(c) 18% (d) 20%

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141.If a shopkeeper wants to give 20% discount on a toy. Hehas to sell it for Rs.300. If he sells it at Rs 405, then hisgain percent is

;fn ,d nqdkunkj f[kykSus ij 20% dh NwV nsuk pkgrk gS] rksmls og 300 :- esa cspkuk iMsxkA ;fn og mls 405 esa csprkgS] rks blds YkkHk dk izfr’kr fdruk gksxk \(a) 8% (b) 5% [SSC CGL Mains -2015]

(c) 6% (d) 4%142.A merchant purchases a wrist watch for Rs. 450 and fixes

its list price in such a way that after allowing a discountof 10% he earns profit of 20%. Find the list price of thewatch.

,d O;kikjh ,d ?kM+h dks 450 : esa [kjhnrk gS] vkSj mlds lwphewY; dks bl izdkj r; djrk gS] fd 10% dk cV~Vk nsus dsckn Hkh mls 20% dk ykHk gksA ?kM+h dk lwph ewY; D;k gksxk\(a) 480 (b) 450(c) 600 (d) 540

143. A watch dealer pays 10% customs duty on a watch whichcosts Rs. 500 abroad. He desires to make a profit of 20%after giving a discount of 25% to the buyer. The markedprice should be?

,d ?kM+h foØsrk ,d ?kM+h ij] tks mls fons’k esa 500 :- dhiM+rh gS ij 10% lhek 'kqYd nsrk gSA og [kjhnnkjksa dks 25%

dh NwV nsdj 20% ykHk dekuk pkgrk gS rks crkb, mldhvafdr dher D;k gksuh pkfg, \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 950 (b) 800(c) 880 (d) 660

144.If a discount of 20% is given on the marked price of anarticle the shopkeeper gets a profit of 30%. Find his %profit if he offers a discount of 25% on the same article

;fn fdlh oLrq ij 20% NwV nh tk, rks nqdkunkj dks 30%

ykHk gksrk gSA ;fn NwV 25% dj nh tk, rks ykHk izfr'kr dhx.kuk djsaaA

(a) %8

721 (b) %

7

822

(c) %7

821 (d) %

8

722

145.A trader buys goods at 20% discount on marked price. Ifhe wants to make a profit of 25% after allowing a discountof 20%. By what percent should his marked price begreater than the original marked price ?

,d O;kikjh vafdr ewY; ij 20% dh NwV ikrk gSA ;fn og20% dh NwV nsus ds ckn 25% dk ykHk dekuk pkgrk gS rksmldk vafdr ewY; okLrfod vafdr ewY; ls fdruk izfr'krT;knk gksxk\(a) 15% (b) 65%(c) 25% (d) 20%

146.A shopkeepers sold an article for Rs. 210 after giving16% discount on the labelled price and made 5% profiton the cost price. What would have been the percentageprofit if he had not given the discount ?

,d nqdkunkj lwph ewY; ij 16% dk cV~Vk nsdj fdlh oLrqdks 210 : esa csprk gS vkSj Ø; ewY; ij 5% dk ykHk izkIrdjrk gSA ;fn og cV~Vk ugha nsrkA rks mldk ykHk izfr’krD;k gksrk\(a) 25% (b) 30%(c) 40% (d) 20%

147.In order to maintain the price list a trader allows a discountof 10% on the marked price of an article. However he stillmakes a profit of 17% on the cost price. Had he sold thearticle at the marked price, he would have earned a profitpercent of?

ewY; lwph dks lgh cuk;s j[kus ds fy;s ,d O;kikjh fdlh oLrqds vafdr ewY; ij 10%dk cV~Vk nsrk gS vkSj mls fQj Hkh Ø;ewY; ij 17% dk ykHk gksrk gSA vxj mlus oLrq dks vafdrewY; ij cspk gksrkA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr fdruk gksrk\(a) 30% (b) 32%(c) 33% (d) 35%

148.For a certain article , If discount is 25% the profit is 25%.If the discount is 10% then the profit is.

,d fuf’pr oLrq ij ;fn cV~Vk 25% fn;k tk;s rks ykHk 25%

gksrk gSA ;fn cV~Vk 10% gks rks ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 50% (b) 40%

(c) 30% (d) 37 %2

1

149.A shopkeeper sells a badminton racket whose markedprice is Rs. 30. At a discount of 15% and gives a shuttlecock costing Rs. 1.50 free with each racket even then hemakes a profit of 20% . His cost price per racket is?

,d jSdsV dk vafdr ewY; 30: gS] ;fn mls 15% ds cV~Vs dslkFk cspk tkrk gS vkSj lkFk esa 1.50 : dh fpfM+;k Hkh eq¶r esanh tkrh gS] fQj Hkh mls 20% dk ykHk gksrk gSA rks ,d jSdsVdh dher fdruh gksxh\(a) 21 (b) 21.25(c) 20 (d) 19.75

150.A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price andgives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thusgains 35%. The marked price is increased above the costprice by.

,d O;fDr vafdr ewY; ij 4% dk cV~Vk nsrk gS vkSj 15 OkLrq,sa[kjhnus ij ,d oLrq eq¶r esa nsrk gS rFkk 35% dk ykHk dekrkgSA rks ml oLrq dk vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; ls fdruss izfr’krvf/kd gksxk\(a) 40% (b) 39%(c) 50% (d) 20%

. Ans.

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151.A retailer buys 40 pens at the marked price of 36 pensfrom a wholesaller. If he sells these pens giving discountof 1% what is the profit percent ?

,d [kqnjk foØsrk Fkksd foØsrk ls 40 iSuksa dks 36 iSuksa ds vafdrewY; ij [kjhnrk gSA ;fn og bu iSuksa dks 1% cV~Vs ij csprkgSA rks mldk ykHk izfr’kr gksxk\(a) 9% b) 10%

(c) %9

110 (d) 11%

152. For every set of 19 kites sold, a vendor gives 1 kite extrafree of cost. In order to give a discount of 10% the numberof extra kites he should give in a rate of 27 kites to thenearest integer is.

,d nqdkunkj 19 iraxksa dks cspus ij ,d vfrfjDr irax eq¶resa nsrk gSA 27 iraxksa dks csp dj ;fn og 10% dk cV~Vk nsuk pkgsArks mls fdruh iraxsa vfrfjDRk (fudVre iw.kkZad esa) nsuh gksxh\(a) 3 (b) 6(c) 7 (d) 8

153.Successive discounts of 10% and 30% are equivalent toa single discount of.

10% rFkk 30% ds nks Øeokj cV~Vs] fdl ,d cV~Vs ds lekugksxsa\(a) 40% (b) 35%(c) 38% (d) 37%

154.A company offers three types of successive discounts(I) 25% and 15%(II) 30% and 10%(III) 35% and 5%Which offer is the best for a customer ?

,d daiuh rhu izdkj ds Øeokj cV~Vs nsrh gS &

(I) 25% vkSj15%

(II) 30% vkSj 10%

(III) 35% vkSj 5%

rks ,d xzkgd ds fy;s buesa ls dkSu lk lcls T;knk Qk;nseangS\(a) I (b) II(c) III (d) any one all are equal good

155.A person paid Rs.17000 for a motor car after a singlediscount of 15%. If he was given successive discountsof 5% and 10% then how much he would pay ?

15% dk ,d cV~Vk feyus ds ckn ,d O;fDRk ,d eksVjdkjds fy;s 17000: pqdkrk gSA vxj mldks 5% vkSj 10% dsnks Øeokj cV~Vs fn;s tk;saA rks mls fdruh jkf’k nsuh gksxh\(a) 17000 (b) 17010(c) 17100 (d) 18900

156.Applied to a bill for Rs. 100000 the difference between adiscount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36%and 4% is?

100000 : ds ,d fcy ij ,d 40% dk cV~Vk rFkk nks 36%

vkSj 4% ds Øeokj cV~Vksa dk varj gksxk\(a) Nil (b) Rs. 1440(c) Rs. 2500 (d) Rs. 4000

157.An article is marked at Rs. 5000. The shopkeeper allows

successive discounts z%,y%x%, of on it. The net

selling price is-,d oLrq dh dher 5000 : vafdr dh tkrh gSA nqdkunkj x%,

y%,z% ds Øeokj cV~Vs nsrk gSA rks okLrfod foØ; ewY;gksxk\

(a) Rs. 200

100100100 )z()y()x(

(b) Rs. 200

100100100 )z()y()x(

(c) Rs. 200

100100100 )z()y()x(

(d) Rs. 200

100100100 )z()y()x(

158.The marked price of an article is Rs. 500. It is sold atsuccessive discounts of 20% and 10%. The selling priceof the article ( in rupees) is?

fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 500 : gSA bl ij 20% vkSj 10%

ds Øeokj nks cV~Vs fn;s tkrs gaSA oLrq dk foØ; ewY; gksxk\(a) 350 (b) 375(c) 360 (d) 400

159.A dinner set is quoted for Rs. 1500. A customer pays Rs1173 for it. If the customer got a series of two discountsand the rate of first discount is 15% then the rate of seconddiscount was?

,d fMuj lsV dk ewY; 1500 :- vafdr fd;k tkrk gSA xzkgdblds fy;s 1173 :- vnk djrk gSA ;fn xzkgd dks vuqØeesa nks NwVs nh tkrh gS vkSj NwV dh izFke nj 15% gS rks nwljhNwV dh nj fdruh Fkh \ [SSC CGL Mains(ReExam) -2016]

(a) 15% (b) 7%(c) 9% (d) 8%

160. The marked price of a watch was Rs. 720. A man boughtthe same for Rs 550.80 after getting two successivediscounts the first at 10% what was the second discountrate?

,d ?kM+h dk vafdr ewY; 720 : gSA ,d O;fDRk mls nks ØeokjcV~Vs izkIr djds 550.80: esa [kjhnrk gS] ;fn igyk cV~Vk10% gks] rks nwljs cV~Vs dh nj D;k gksxh\(a) 12% (b) 14%(c) 15% (d) 18%

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161.A dealer is selling an article at a discount of 5% on theMarked price. If the Marked price is 12% above the costprice and the article was sold for Rs. 532 then the costprice is(in Rs.)?

dksbZ foØsrk dksbZ oLrq vafdr dher ls 5 % dVkSrh ij csprkgSA ;fn vafdr dher Ø; ewY; ls 12% vf/kd gks vkSj ogOkLrq 532 :- esa csph xbZ gks rks ml OkLrq dk Ø; ewY; ¼:-esa½ D;k gksxk \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 500 (b) 525(c) 505 (d) 520

162.The marked price of a watch is Rs. 800. A shopkeeper givestwo successive discounts and sells the watch at Rs. 612. Ifthe first discount is 10%, the second discount is

,d ?kM+h dk vafdr ewY; 800 : gSA ,d nqdkunkj nks ØeokjcV~Vs nsdj ml ?kM+h dks 612 : esa csprk gSA ;fn igyk cV~Vk10% gks] rks nwljk cV~Vk gksxk\(a) 10% (b) 12%(c) 15% (d) 20%

163.A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at Rs. 800 at twosuccessive discounts of 10% and 5% respectively. Hespent Rs. 28 on transportation and sold the chair for Rs.800 . His gain percent is?

,d nqdkunkj ,d dqlhZ ftldk vafdr ewY; 800 : gS] dks10% rFkk 15% ds nks Øeokj cV~Vksa ij [kjhnrk gSA og;krk;kr esa 28 : [kpZ djrk gS rFkk dqlhZ dks 800 : esa csprkgSA mldk ykHk izfr’kr gksxk\(a) 40% (b) 30%(c) 25% (d) 14%

164.A man purchased a dining table marked at Rs. 3000 at asuccessive discount of 10% and 15% respectively. Hegave Rs. 105 as transportation charge and sold it at Rs.3200. What is his gain percentage?

,d O;fDr ,d Mkbfuax Vscy ftldk vafdr ewY; 3000 : gSdks 10% rFkk 15% ds nks Øeokj cV~Vs feyus ds ckn [kjhnrkgSA og ;krk;kr ij 105 : nsrk gS vkSj mls 3200 : esa cspnsrk gSA mldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %3

122 (b) 25%

(c) %3

133 (d) %

24

17

165.A dealer buys a table listed at Rs. 1500 and gets successivediscounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs. 20 ontransportation and sells at a profit of 20%. Find the sellingprice of the table ( in rupees)?

,d O;kikjh ,d Vscy ftldk lwph ewY; 1500 : gS] dks 20%

rFkk 10% ds nks Øeokj cV~Vs feyus ds ckn [kjhnrk gS og

;krk;kr ij 20: [kpZ djds ml Vscy dks 20% ykHk ij cspnsrk gSA Vscy dk foØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA(a) 1320 (b) 1030(c) 1200 (d) 1230

166.A shopkeeper increases the price of an object by 40%and then sells it at 25% discount on the marked price. Ifthe selling price of such an object be Rs. 2100, its costprice for the shopkeeper was?

dksbZ nqdkunkj fdlh OkLrq dh dher 40% c<+k nsrk gS vkSjfQj mls vafdr dher ij 25% dh NwV nsdj csprk gSA ;fnml OkLrq dk foØ; ewY; 2100 :- gks rks crkb, nqdkunkj dsfy, ml OkLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;k Fkk \


(a) 3000 (b) 1500(c) 1750 (d) 2000

167.The printed price of an article is Rs. 900 but the retailergets a discount of 40%. He sells the article for Rs. 900.Retailer gain percent is?

fdlh oLrq dk eqfnzr ewY; 900 : gS] ysfdu [kqnjk O;kikjh dksbl ij 40% dk cV~Vk feyrk gSA og ml oLrq dks 900: esacsprk gSA rks [kqnjk O;kikjh dk ykHk izfr’kr Kkr djsa\(a) 40% (b) 60%

(c) %3

266 (d) %

3

168

168.A shopkeeper sold an item at 10% loss after giving adiscount equal to half the marked price. Then the costprice is

,d nqdkunkj fdlh oLrq ij vafdr ewY; dk vk/kk cV~Vknsdj 10% gkfu ij csprk gS] rks oLrq dk Ø; ewY; gksxk\

(a)9

1th of the marked price /Ø; ewY; dk

9

1

(b)9

5th of the marked price/Ø; ewY; dk

9

5

(c) 9


9

4

(d)9


9

7

169.A man save Rs. 25 on the purchase of an article on whicha discount of 20% is allowed, how much did man pay ?

,d O;fDRk ,d OkLrq ftl ij 20% dk cV~Vk feyrk gS dks[kjhn dj 25 : cpkrk gSA O;fDRk ml oLrq ds fdrus :i;spqdkrk gS\(a) Rs. 75 (b) Rs. 150

(c) Rs. 100 (d) Rs. 125

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170.A shopkeeper listed the price of goods at 30% above thecost price. He sells half the stock at this price one fourthof the stock at a discount of 15% and the remaining at30% discount. His overall profit is?

,d nqdkunkj oLrqvksa dk lwph ewY; Ø; ewY; ls 30% vf/kdvafdr djrk gSA og vk/ks LVkWd dks blh dher ij csprk gS],d pkSFkkbZ LVkWd dks 15% cV~Vs ij rFkk 'ks"k oLrqvksa dks 30%

cV~Vs ij csprk gSA mldk dqy ykHk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\

(a) %8

315 (b) 15% (c) %

5

315 (d) %

3

215

171.A sells a scooter priced Rs. 36000. He gives a discount of8% on the first Rs. 20000 and 5% on the next Rs. 10000.How much discount can he afford on the remaining Rs.6000. If he is to get as much as when 7% discount isallowed on the total ?

A ,d LdwVj dks csprk gS ftldh dher 36000 : gS og igys20000 : ij 8% dh NwV vkSj vxys 10000 : ij 5% dh NwVnsrk gSA rks mls 'ks"k 6000 : ij fdruh NwV nsuh pkfg,A vxjog dqy fcØh ij 7% dh NwV nsuk pkgrk gks\(a) 5% (b) 6%(c) 7% (d) 8%

172.Anand marks up the price of an article by 50% then allowsa discount of 20% and sells it to Balaji, Balaji Sells it forRs. 20 more than what he purchased for , this SP is 30%more then original CP of the article, then Balaji's profitpercent is?

vkuan ,d oLrq dks 50% vf/kd vafdr djds vkSj 20% dkcV~Vk nsdj] bls ckykth dks csprk gSA ckykth bls ftrus esa[kjhnrk gS] mlls 20 : vf/kd esa csprk gS vkSj ;g foØ; ewY;okLrfod Ø; ewY; ls 30% vf/kd gSA rks ckykth dk izfr’krykHk D;k gksxk\(a) 7.5% (b) 6.66%(c) 8.33% (d) 9%

173.The MRP price of an article is increased by 25% and the

selling price is increased by 16.66% ( %3

216 ) then the

amount of profit doubles. If the original MRP be Rs. 400which is greater than the corresponding CP by 33.33%.What is increased SP?

;fn fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 25% rFkk foØ; ewY;

%3

216 c<+k;k tkrk gSA rks ykHk dh jkf’k nqxuh gks tkrh gSSA

;fn mldk okLrfod vafdr ewY; 400 : gks] tks mldslerqY; Ø; ewY; ls 33.33% vf/kd gSA rks c<+k gqvk foØ;ewY; D;k gksxk\

(a) 450 (b) 360(c) 420 (d) 400

174.The ratio of CP and MRP of an article in 2:3 and the ratioof percentage profit and percentage discount 3:2. Whatis the discount percentage?

fdlh oLrq ds Ø; ewY; rFkk vafdr ewY; dk vuqikr 2 : 3 gSvkSj mlds izfr’kr ykHk rFkk izfr’kr cV~Vk dk vuqikr3 : 2 gSA rks cV~Vk izfr’kr D;k gksxk\(a) 16.66% (b) 20 %(c) 25% (d) 33.33%

175.The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000. But due to aspecial festive offer a certain percent of discount isdeclared. Mr. X availed this opportunity and bought thearticle at reduces price then he sold it at Rs. 5000 and

thereby made a profit of %9

111 . The percentage of

discount allowed was?

fdlh oLrq dh vafdr dher 5000 :- gS] fdUrq R;kSgkj dsdkj.k dqN izfr’kr dh NwV ?kksf"kr dh tkrh gSA Jh X blvolj dk YkkHk mBkrs gq, ml OkLrq dks de dh xbZ dher ij[kjhnrs gS] rRi’pkr~ og mls 5000 :- esa csp nsrs gS vkSj

mlesa mUgs %9

111 dk YkkHk gksrk gSA crkb, ml oLrq ij

fdrus izfr’kr dh NwV nh xbZ Fkh \ [SSC CGL Mains -2016]

(a) 10% (b) 3

110 % (c)

2

110 % (d)

9

110 %

176.A dealer fixed the price of an article 40% above the costof production. While selling it he allows a discount of20% and makes a profit of Rs 48. The cost of production(in Rs) of the article is?

,d foØsrk fdlh oLrq dk Ø; ewY; mRiknu dh ykxr ls40% vf/kd vafdr djrk gSA csprs le;s og 20% dk cV~~Vknsdj 48 :- dk ykHk dekrk gSA OkLrq dh mRiknu ykxr ¼:-esa½ D;k gS \ [SSC CGL Mains -2015]

(a) 420 (b) 400(c) 320 (d) 360

177.A merchant marked the price of an article by increasingits production cost by 40%. Now he allows 20% discountand gets a profit of Rs. 48 after selling it. The productioncost is?

,d O;kikjh fdlh OkLrq dk ewY; mlds mRiknu Ykkxr ij40% dh o`f) ij r; djrk gSA vc og 20% NwV ij cspdj48 :- dk equkQk dekrk gSA mRiknu ykxr D;k gS \


(a) 320 (b) 360(c) 400 (d) 440

161

PROFIT AND LOSS

178.A shopkeeper offers 15% discount on all plastic toys. Heoffers a further discount of 4% on the reduced price tothose customers who pay in cash. what does a customerhave to pay (in Rs.) in case for a toy of Rs. 200

,d nqdkunkj IykfLVd ds lHkh f[kykSuksa ij 15% dh NwV nsrkgSA og mu xzkgdks dks vkSj 4% dh NwV nsrk gS tks uxnHkqxrku djrs gSA fdlh 200 :- ds f[kykSus ds fy;s ,d xzkgddks fdruh uxn jkf’k ¼:- esa½ nsuh gksxh \


(a) 133.7 (b) 129.8(c) 163.2 (d) 153.3

179.A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in price. IfOne needs to have a rebate of Rs 40, then how manymetre of cloth costing Rs 32 per metre he should purchase

,d diM+k O;kikjh dherksa esa 25% dh NwV nsus dh ?kks"k.kkdjrk gSA ;fn fdlh xzkgd dks 40 : dh NwV izkIr djuh gksrc mls 32 :- izfr ehVj okyk fdrus ehVj diM+k [kjhnukPkkfg, \ [SSC CGL Pre. -2016]

(a) 6m (b) 5m(c) 10m (d) 7m

Banking Questions

180.Shrinivas purchased a bag at Rs. 420 and sold it at Rs.504. Then find his profit percentage ?

Jhfuokl us tks cSx 420 :- esa [kjhnk Fkk mls 504 :- esa cspfn;kA rks mlus fdrus izfr’kr ykHk vftZr fd;k \

(a) 25% (b) 10%(c) 15% (d) 40%(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

181.A gold Bracelet was sold at 20% loss for Rs. 14500 thenfind the cost price of this bracelet.

lksus dh ,d czslysV 20% ds ?kkVs ij 14500 :- essa cspk x;kArks crkb;s fd lksus dh bl czslysV dh ykxr dher D;k gS\

(a) Rs.18125 (b) Rs.17400(c) Rs.15225 (d) Rs.16800(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

182.If an article is sold at Rs 1450 then profit earned is equalto the loss accured by selling it on 1280. What is the costprice of the article?

,d oLrq dks 1450 :- esa cspus ij gqvk ykHk mls 1280 :-esa cspus ij gqbZ gkfu ds leku gSA bl oLrq dh ykxr dherD;k gS \(a) Rs.1385 (b) Rs.1405(c) Rs.1355 (d) Rs.1365(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

183.An article was sold at 20% discount on its marked price.For getting 60% profit on marked price, How muchpercent more then the CP should the shopkeeper mark onthe article?

dksbZ oLrq vafdr ewY; ls 20% NwV ij csph xbZA vafdr ewY;ij 60% YkkHk ysus ds fy, ml OkLrq dks NwV fn;s gq, ewY; lsfdrus izfr’kr vf/kd ewY; ij cspuk pkfg, \


184.There is 20% gain on selling an article at Rs.2220. Whatis the cost price of the article?

,d OkLrq dk foØ; ewY; 2220 :- gS ;fn ml ij 20% YkkHkgksrk gSA ml oLrq dh ykxr dher D;k gS \

(a) Rs.1750 (b) Rs. 1876(c) Rs. 1776 (d) Rs. 1850(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

185.Mahesh bought 25pairs of an article at Rs. 16000. At what

rate should he sell each article to gain 40% profit?

egs’k us ,d oLrq ds 25 ux [kjhnus ds fy, 16000 :- vnkfd;sA 40% YkkHk dekus ds fy;s mls izR;sd OkLrq dks fdldher ij cspuk pkfg,\

(a) Rs. 698 (b) Rs. 640(c) Rs. 860 (d) Rs. 896

(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh186.The cost price of an article is 2/3 of its selling price. then

find the profit or loss percentage ?

,d oLrq dh ykxr dher mldh foØ; dher dk nks&frgkbZgSA bl oLrq ij ykHk@gkfu dk izfr’kr D;k gS \


187.Meena bought 2 fans at Rs. 1200 each. She sold first at5% loss and second at 10% proft then find the all overall

profit/loss percentage?

ehuk us nks ia[ks izR;sd 1200 :- ds [kjhns] mlus ,d dks 5%

dh gkfu ij rFkk nwljs dks 10% ds ykHk ij cspkA dqy ykHk;k gkfu dk izfr’kr fdruk gksxkA

(a) 1.2% loss/ gkfu (b) 1.2% profit/ykHk(c) 2.5% profit /ykHk (d) 2.5% loss/ gkfu(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

162

PROFIT AND LOSS

188. Seema sold a mobile phone at 25% loss with Rs. 1950. Ifshe want to gain 30% profit. Then what was the newselling price?

lhek us ,d eksckby Qksu 25% ?kkVk mBkdj 1950 :- esacspkA 30% YkkHk dekus ds fy, mls eksckby Qksu fdruscspuk pkfg;s Fkk \ (a) Rs. 3300 (b) Rs.2600(c) Rs. 2535 (d) Rs. 3380(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

189.Raju sold an article at 25% loss for Rs. 6000 then find thecost price of the article?

jktw us ,d OkLrq 25% ?kkVk mBkdj 6000 :- esa csphA mlus;g OkLrq fdl dher ij [kjhnh gksxh \

(a) Rs.7500 (b) Rs.7200(c) Rs. 8000 (d) Rs. 8500(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

190.Raju purchased an article at Rs. 8200 and sold it at 25%profit. He pruchased another article of this amount andsold at 20% loss then find the overall pfofit or loss.

jktw us ,d OkLRkq 8200 :- esa [kjhndj 25% YkkHk lfgr cspnhA bl jkf’k ls mlus nwljh oLrq [kjhndj 20% gkfu lfgrcsp nhA dqy ykHk@ gkfu fdruh gqbZ gS \

(a) Rs.140 loss (b) Rs.120 profit(c) Rs. 150 loss(d) Neither gain nor loss/ u ykHk u gkfu(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

191.A shopkeeper sold some articles each at Rs. 35 and gain40% profit. If he want to gain 60% profit.Then find theselling price of each article?

,d nqdkunkj us dqN oLrq,as izR;sd oLrq 35 :- dh nj ls csphFkh vkSj 40% YkkHk dek;k FkkA mlds }kjk izR;sd oLrq fdldher ij csph tkuh pkfg, Fkh] ftlls mls 60% dk YkkHkgksrk \ (a) Rs.45 (b) Rs.42(c) Rs.39 (d) Rs. 40(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

192.Nikhil purchased a photo at its cost price and sold it atRs. 462000 which is more than 10% of its cost price. Thenfind the cost price of that photo?

fuf[ky us ,d fp= vkeqd dher esa [kjhnk vkSj mls 462000:- esa cspk tks fd Ø; ewY; ls 10% vf/kd Fkk rks fuf[ky usfdruh dher esa fp= [kjhnk Fkk \

(a) Rs. 420000 (b) Rs. 440000(c) Rs. 402000

(d) Can’t be determine/Kkr ugh fd;k tk ldrk(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

193.Kiran sold an article at Rs. 8160 with 15% loss. If shewant 25% profit on this article then find the new sellingprice?

fdju us ,d oLrq 8160 :- esa csph ftlls mls 15% gkfu gqbZA25% ykHk dekus ds fy, mls ;g oLrq fdrus :- esa cspuhpkfg, \ (a) Rs. 12200(b) Rs. 12300(c) Rs. 13000

(d) Can’t be determine/Kkr ugh fd;k tk ldrk(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

194 Rajat bought an article at Rs. 3500 and sold it at 25% loss.He bought another article with this amount of moneyand sold at 20% profit. What is his total profit or loss ?

jtr us ,d oLrq 3500 :- es [kjhn dj 25% gkfu ij cspkAbl jkf’k ls nwljh oLrq [kjhndj 20% YkkHk ij cspkA mldkdqy YkkHk@gkfu D;k gS \

(a) Rs. 240 loss/gkfu(b) Rs. 120 profit/ YkkHk(c) Rs. 350 loss/gkfu(d) Neither gain nor loss /u ykHk u gkfu(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

195.If Suresh sells an article at Rs. 9300, then he got a loss ofRs. 3100. At what price should he sell the article to get25% profit ?

;fn lqjs’k fdlh oLrq dks 9300 :- esa csprk gS rks mls 3100:- dh gkfu gksrh gS mls fdl ewY; ij ml oLrq dks cspukpkfg, rkfd mls 25% dk ykHk izkIr gks \

IBPS CWE

(a) Rs. 7250 (b) Rs. 7350(c) Rs. 7650 (d) Rs. 7750(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

196.A trader got 20% loss by selling 12 pens for a Rupee.How many pen should be sell for a Rupee to get 20%

profit ?

,d :i;s esa 12 dye cspus ij ,d foØsrk dks 20% dh gkfugksrh gSA 20% ykHk izkIr djus ds fy;s foØsrk dks ,d :i;sesa fdrus dye cspuk pkfg, \ IBPS RRBs

CWE

(a) 10 (b) 5(c) 6 (d) 8

(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

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197.The profit earned on selling an article at Rs.1554 is equalto the loss beared by selling it at Rs. 1392. What is the

cost price of the article?

fdlh oLrq dks 1554 :- esa cspus ij fdlh nqdkunkj dks mrukgh ykHk gksrk gSA ftruh mls mlh OkLrq dks 1392 :- esa cspusij gkfu gksrh gSA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;k gS \

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(a) Rs. 1572 (b) Rs. 1743(c) Rs. 1473 (d) Rs. 1443

(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh198.Arunika bought some articles and sold half of them at

15% profit for Rs. 22103. For getting 25% profit overall.

At what price should she sell the remaining articles?

v:f.kdk us dqN oLrq,a [kjhnh ,oa muesa ls vk/kh oLrqvksa dks15% ds ykHk ij 22103 :- esa csp nhA lHkh OkLrqvksa ij lexz25% YkkHk izkIr djus ds fy, mls 'ks"k oLrqvksa dks fdl ewY;ij cspuk pkfg, \ IBPS CWE-IV

(a) Rs. 25947 (b) Rs. 23528(c) Rs. 27130 (d) Rs. 24682(e) Rs. 26240

199.Pinki sells an article at 15% loss. If she had sold thearticle for Rs. 96 more, she got 17% profit. What is the

cost price of the article?

fiadh ,d OkLrq dks 15% dh gkfu ij csprh gSA ;fn og mloLrq dks 96 :- T;knk esa csprh rks mls 17% dk YkkHk izkIrgksrk] rks crkb;s oLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;k gS \

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(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 300(c) Rs. 346 (d) Rs. 385(e) Rs. 320

200.A shopkeeper gaves 20% discount on marked price of anarticle and got 25% profit. If he got a profit of Rs. 24, then

what is the marked price of the article.

,d nqdkunkj fdlh OkLrq ds vafdr ewY; ij 20% dh NwVnsrk gS ,oa 25% YkkHk vftZr djrk gSA ;fn mls 24 :- dkykHk gksrk gS] rks oLrq dk vafdr ewY; D;k gS \

(a) Rs. 180 (b) Rs. 160(c) Rs. 140 (d) Rs. 150

(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh201.Mani bought two articles A and B at equal price. He sold

article A at 12% profit and article B at 20% loss. If thedifference between the selling price of both the articles is48. What is the cost price of each article?

ef.k us nks oLrq,as A ,oa B leku ewY; ij [kjhnhA mlus oLrqA dks 12% YkkHk ij tcfd OkLrq B dks 20% gkfu ij csph nksuksaoLrqvksa ds foØ; ewY; dk varj 48 :- gSA izR;sd oLrq dk Ø;ewY; D;k gS \

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(a) Rs. 120 (b) Rs. 240(c) Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 200 (e) Rs. 250

202. If 13 articles bought Rs. 5980 and sold at Rs. 6656. Thenfind the profit percentage (approxmately) of each article?

;fn 13 oLrq,sa 5980 :- esa [kjhnh xbZa vkSj 6656 :- esa csphxbZa rks crkb;s fd izfr oLrq YkkHk izfr’kr yxHkx fdrukFkk \ SBI

(a) 15% (b) 11%(c) 9% (d) 19% (e) 13%

203.Krishna bought an article at Rs. 16200 and sold it at 16%profit. He bought another article with the sum and sold it

at 20% loss. What is his over all profit/loss?

d`".kk us ,d oLrq 16200 :- esa [kjhnh ,oa mls 16% ds ykHkij csp fn;kA izkIr /ku jkf’k ls mlus nwljh oLrq [kjhnh ,oamls 20% dh gkfu ij csp fn;kA mldk lexz ykHk@gkfugS \ SBI

(a) Rs. 1166.40 loss/gkfu (b) Rs. 1166.40 profit/ ykHk

(c) Rs. 1266.40 profit/ykHk(d) Rs. 1266.40 loss/gkfu(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh

204.Mohan sold an article at Rs. 4510 at a loss of 45%. For

how much should he sell the article to gain 45% profit?

eksgu us ,d oLrq 4510 :- esa csph ftlls mls 45% dh gkfugqbZ, 45% YkkHk dekus ds fy, mls ;g oLrq fdrus :- esa cspuhpkfg, Fkh \ RBI

(a) Rs. 10900(b) Rs. 12620(c) Rs. 11890

(d) Can’t be determine/Kkr ugh fd;k tk ldrk

(e) None of these/buesa ls dksbZ ugh205.A trader marked his article in such a way that profit gained

by selling 50 articles is equal to selling price of 25 articles.What is the percentage profit?

,d lkSnkxj viuh oLrqvksa dk vafdr ewY; bl izdkj fu/kkZfjrdjrk gS fd 50 OkLrqvksa ds foØ; ls izkIr ykHk] 25 oLrqvksa dsfoØ; ewY; ds cjkcj gSA izfr’kr YkkHk D;k gS\

NICL

(a) 25% (b) 50%(c) 100% (d) 66.67%(e) 75%

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206.A retailer bought 30 Kg rice by gaining 20% discount onthe marked price. He got an additional 8 Kg rice free dueto buying in bulk. If the retailer sold the whole rice at costprice then what was his percetange profit?

,d [kqnjk foØsrk vafdr ewY; dk 20% NwV izkIr dj 30 fdxzkpkoy [kjhnrk gSA lkFk gh] mls Fkksd [kjhnnkjh ds dkj.kvfrfjDRk 8 fd-xzk- pkoy eq¶Rk feyrk gSA ;fn [kqnjk foØsrkus vius xzkgdks dks dqy pkoy vafdr ewY; ij cspk gksrk rksmldk ykHk izfr’kr D;k Fkk \ NICL

(a) %3

145 (b) %

3

252

(c) %3

158 (d) %

3

242

(e) %3

155

207.A bicycle marked at Rs. 2000 is sold with two successivediscount of 20% and 10% and an additional discount of5% is offered for cash payment . The selling price of thebicycle at cash payment is?

,d lkbZfdy ftldk vafdr ewY; 2000 : gSA mls 20% rFkk10% ds nks Øeokj cV~Vs nsdj cspk tkrk gS] uxn Hkqxrkudjus ij ,d 5% dk vfrfjDr cV~Vk Hkh fn;k tkrk gSA vxjdksbZ xzkgd mldk uxn Hkqxrku djsA rks lkbZfdy dk foØ;ewY; gksxk\(a) Rs. 1368 (b) Rs. 1668(c) Rs. 1568 (d) Rs. 1668

208.The marked price of a watch is 1000. A retailer buys it atRs. 810 after getting two successive discounts of 10%and another rate which is illegible what is the seconddiscount rate ?

fdlh ?kM+h dk vafdr ewY; 1000 : gSA ,d [kqnjk O;kikjh blsnks Øeokj cV~Vs feyus ds ckn 810 : esa [kjhnrk gSA ;fn ,dcV~Vk 10% gks] rks nwljs cV~Vs dh nj Kkr djsaA(a) 15% (b) 10%(c) 8% (d) 5%

ANSWER KEY

1 (a ) 2 (c ) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5 (a )

6 (a ) 7 (d) 8 (c ) 9 (b) 10 (d)

11 (b) 12 (c ) 13 (c ) 14 (a ) 15 (b)

16 (b) 17 (c ) 18 (a ) 19 (d) 20 (c )

21 (a ) 22 (d) 23 (d) 24 (a ) 25 (a )

26 (d) 27 (d) 28 (b) 29 (b) 30 (a )

31 (b) 32 (c ) 33 (c ) 34 (d) 35 (a )

36 (a ) 37 (b) 38 (c ) 39 (c ) 40 (a )

41 (c ) 42 (d) 43 (d) 44 (a ) 45 (a )

46 (a ) 47 (d) 48 (a ) 49 (a ) 50 (c )

51 (b) 52 (a ) 53 (d) 54 (b) 55 (a )

56 (b) 57 (c ) 58 (b) 59 (a ) 60 (c )

61 (d) 62 (a ) 63 (d) 64 (a ) 65 (a )

66 (a ) 67 (a ) 68 (a ) 69 (d) 70 (a )

71 (a ) 72 (c ) 73 (a ) 74 (a ) 75 (b)

76 (c ) 77 (a ) 78 (c ) 79 (c ) 80 (c )

81 (a ) 82 (a ) 83 (a ) 84 (a ) 85 (a )

86 (b) 87 (c ) 88 (b) 89 (c ) 90 (b)

91 (c ) 92 (d) 93 (d) 94 (c ) 95 (a )

96 (a ) 97 (d) 98 (a ) 99 (b) 100 (c )

101 (c ) 102 (b) 103 (b) 104 (d) 105 (d)

106 (b) 107 (b) 108 (a ) 109 (b) 110 (c )

111 (a ) 112 (a ) 113 (a ) 114 (c ) 115 (b)

116 (d) 117 (a ) 118 (a ) 119 (a ) 120 (a )

121 (a ) 122 (d) 123 (d) 124 (c ) 125 (a )

126 (b) 127 (b) 128 (b) 129 (c ) 130 (c )

131 (a ) 132 (c ) 133 (b) 134 (b) 135 (b)

136 (b) 137 (a ) 138 (d) 139 (a ) 140 (d)

141 (a ) 142 (c ) 143 (c ) 144 (a ) 145 (c )

146 (a ) 147 (a ) 148 (d) 149 (c ) 150 (c )

151 (b) 152 (d) 153 (d) 154 (c ) 155 (c )

156 (b) 157 (b) 158 (c ) 159 (d) 160 (c )

161 (a ) 162 (c ) 163 (c ) 164 (c ) 165 (a )

166 (d) 167 (c ) 168 (b) 169 (c ) 170 (a )

171 (c ) 172 (c ) 173 (c ) 174 (a ) 175 (a )

176 (b) 177 (c ) 178 (c ) 179 (b) 180 (e)

181 (a ) 182 (d) 183 (d) 184 (d) 185 (d)

186 (b) 187 (c ) 188 (d) 189 (c ) 190 (d)

191 (d) 192 (a ) 193 (e) 194 (c ) 195 (e)

196 (d) 197 (c ) 198 (a ) 199 (b) 200 (d)

201 (c ) 202 (b) 203 (a ) 204 (c ) 205 (b)

206 (c ) 207 (b) 208 (b)

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