PROFIT AND LOSS (ykHk vkSj gkfu)

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QUESTIONS BASED ON BASIC ,d nqdkunkj us6
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% dh ykHk ij ys[k cspkA ;fn
FORMULA AND CONCEPTS OF ykxr ewY;` 1]600 gS rks foØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA
PROFIT AND LOSS (a) ` 1,200 (b) ` 1,400
(c) ` 1,500 (d) None of these
1. A shopkeeper sold and article at 30% loss. 6. The ratio of cost price and selling price is
If the selling price is ` 350 Find the cost 10:11. Find the gain percent?
price. ykxr ewY; vkSj foØ; ewY; dk vuqikr %
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11 gSA
,d nqdkunkj us 30» dh gkfu ij ys[k cspkA ;fn ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
foØ; ewY;` 350 gS] rks ykxr ewY; Kkr djsaA

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(a) 10% (b) 15%
(a) ` 500 (b) ` 550 (c) 20% (d) None of these

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(c) ` 600 (d) None of these 7. If a book is sold at 20 % profit , then ratio
of cost price to the selling price is :
2.
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A shopkeeper sold and article at 40% loss.
If the selling price is ` 6000. Find the cost
price.
;fn fdlh iqLrd dks 20» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gS] rks
foØ; ewY; vkSj ykxr ewY; dk vuqikr gS %

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,d nqdkunkj us 40» gkfu ij ys[k cspkA ;fn foØ; (a) 5 : 7 (b) 5 : 6
ewY;` 6000 gS rks ykxr ewY; Kkr dhft,A
ja (c) 1 : 4 (d) 2 : 3
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(a) ` 5,000 (b) ` 5,500 8. If a book is sold at 300% profit , then ratio
of cost price to the selling price is :
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(c) ` 10,000 (d) None of these

3. A shopkeeper sold and article at ;fn dksbZ iqLrd 300» ykHk ij csph tkrh gS] rks Ø;
2 ewY; vkSj foØ; ewY; dk vuqikr gS %
16 % loss. If the selling price is ` 500, (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3
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then find the cost price. (c) 1 : 4 (d) 2 : 3

2 9. If a book is sold at 25% loss , then ratio of
,d nqdkunkj us 16 % dh gkfu ij ys[k cspkA
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3 cost price to the selling price is :

;fn foØ; ewY; ` 500 gS rks ykxr ewY; Kkr djsaA ;fn dksbZ iqLrd 25» gkfu ij csph tkrh gS] rks Ø;
(a) ` 500 ewY; dk foØ; ewY; ls vuqikr gS %
(b) ` 600 (a) 3 : 2 (b) 4 : 3
(c) ` 1,000 (c) 5 : 4 (d) 2 : 3
(d) None of these 10. If the cost price of an apple is 80% of its
2 selling price. Then find the profit
4. A shopkeeper sold and article at 16 % percentage.
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profit. If the selling price is ` 1400. Find ;fn ,d lsc dh ykxr ewY; mlds foØ; ewY; dk
the cost price. 80» gS] rks ykHk çfr'kr Kkr djsaA
2 (a) 20% (b) 25%
,d nqdkunkj us 16 % dh ykHk ij ys[k cspkA
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3 (c) 15% (d) 40%

;fn foØ; ewY; ` 1]400 gS rks ykxr ewY; Kkr djsaA
11. By selling a book for ` 450, I lose 20%. For
(a) ` 1,200 what amount should I sell it to gain 20%
(b) ` 1,500 profit?
(c) ` 1,000 ` 450 ds fy, ,d fdrkc cspdj eSa 20» •ks nsrk
(d) None of these gw¡A fdl jkf'k ds fy, eq>s bls 20» gkfly djus ds
2 fy, cspuk pkfg,A
5. A shopkeeper sold and article at 6 %
3 (a) ` 675 (b) ` 470
profit. If the selling price is ` 1600. Find
(c) ` 150 (d) ` 400
the cost price.

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12. On selling an article for ` 800 , a person (a) ` 1000 (b) ` 1200
loses 20% of its selling price. At what (c) ` 1500 (d) ` 1300
price should he sell it to gain 25% on its 17. A person sold an article at a loss of 8%.
cost price ? Had he sold it a gain of 10.5%, he would
fdlh oLrq dks` 800 esa cspus ij ,d O;fÙkQ dks have received ` 37 more. What is the cost
blds foØ; ewY; ij 20» dh gkfu gksrh gS rks Ø; price of the article ?
ewY; ij 25» ykHk dekus ds fy, mls bl oLrq dks ,d O;fÙkQ us 8» dh gkfu ij ,d ys• cspkA vxj
fdl dher ij cspuk pkfg,A mlus bls 10-5» dk ykHk cspk rksA` mUgsa
37 vf/d
SSC CGL 4 JUNE 2019 (EVENING) feysA ys• dh Ø; ewY; D;k gS\
(a) ` 1,280 (b) ` 1,152 SSC CHSL 2 JULY 2019 (MORNING)
(c) ` 1,250 (d) ` 1,200 (a) ` 200 (b) ` 250
13. When an article is sold for ` 355, there is (c) ` 240 (d) ` 210
a loss of 29%. To gain 21%, it should be 18. When an article is sold for ` 291, there is
sold for ` : a loss of 3%. To gain 8%, it should be sold
tc dksbZ oLrq 355 :i, esa csph tkrh gS rks 29» dh for ` :

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gkfu gksrh gS rks 21» dk ykHk dekus ds fy, bls tc dksbZ ys• ` 291 esa cspk tkrk gS] rks 3» dh
fdl dher ij cspk tkuk pkfg,\ gkfu gksrh gSA 8» ykHk gkflydsdjus
fy,] bls fdrus

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SSC CGL TIER-2 , 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 ` esa cspk tkuk pkfg, \
(a) ` 629.20
(c) ` 605 an by (b) ` 580.80
(d) ` 635
(a) ` 308
(c) ` 324
(b) ` 332
(d) ` 316

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14. When an article is sold for ` 480, there is SSC CHSL 2 JULY 2019 (Afternoon)
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a loss of 16 % . To gain 8 % , it should 19. An article is sold for ` 810 at a loss of 10%
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. What should be the selling price if the loss
be sold for ` :
is 20% ?
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tc dksbZ oLrq` 480 esa csph tkrh gS rks

16 % ,d oLrq 10» dh gkfu ij ` 810 esa csph tkrh gSA
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1 ;fn gkfu 20» gS rks foØ; ewY; fdruk gksuk pkfg,\
dh gkfu gksrh gSrks 8 % dk ykHk dekus ds fy, SSC MTS 2 AUGUST 2019 (EVENING)
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bls fdl dher ij cspk tkuk pkfg,\ (a) ` 750 (b) ` 630
(a) ` 620 (b) ` 624 (c) ` 600 (d) ` 720
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(c) ` 605 (d) ` 750 20. An article is sold for ` 2070 at a profit of
15. When an article is sold for ` 990, there is 15% . If the article is sold for ` 1890, then
1 1 what will be gain or loss percent ?
a profit of 11 % . For a loss of 9 % , it
9 11 ,d oLrq 15» dh ykHk ij ` 2070 esa csph tkrh gS A
should be sold for ` : ;fn ys• ` 1890 esa cspk tkrk gS] rks ykHk ;k gkfu
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tc dksbZ oLrq` 990 esa csph tkrh gS rks
11 % çfr'kr D;k gksxk\
9 SSC MTS 2 AUGUST 2019 (EVENING)
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dh ykHk gksrh rksgS9 % dk gkfu ds fy, bls (a) 10% gain
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fdl dher ij cspk tkuk pkfg,\ (b) 10% loss
(a) ` 1000 (b) ` 900 (c) 5% gain
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(c) ` 810 (d) ` 1600 (d) 5% loss

16. When an article is sold for ` 1050, there 21. Vipin bought a toy for ` 1200 and spent
1 ` 200 on its repairing. He sold it for ` 1680,
is a loss of 12 % . For a profit of 25%, it then his profit percent is.
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should be sold for ` : fofiu us ,d f•ykSuk ` 1200 esa •jhnkA bldh ejEer
1 ij mlus ` 200 •pZ fd,] mlus bls ` 1680 #i;s esa
tc dksbZ oLrq` 1050 esa csph tkrh gS 12
rks %
2 csp fn;kA gS] rks mldk ykHk çfr'kr D;k gSA
dh gkfu gksrh rks
gS 25»dk ykHk dekus ds fy, bls (a) 20% (b) 10%
(c) 8% (d) 16%
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 15 oLrq dh ykxr ewY; 10 oLrq dh foØ; ewY; ds
QUESTIONS BASED ON cjkcj gSA fiQj ykHk ;k gkfu çfr'kr Kkr djsaA
DIFFERENCE OF S.P. AND C.P. (a) 25% (b) 40%
22. The difference between the Cost price and (c) 50% (d) 10%
selling price of an article is ` 360 . If the 27. If selling price of 40 articles is equal to the
profit is 20% . The selling price is : cost price of 50 articles, then the
percentage loss or gain is :
,d oLrq dh ykxr ewY; vkSj foØ; ewY; ds chp dk
;fn 40 ys•ksa dh foØ; ewY; 50 ys•ksa dh ykxr
varj ` 360 gSA ;fn ykHk 20» gS] rks foØ; ewY;
ewY; ds cjkcj gS] rks çfr'kr gkfu ;k ykHk gS%
D;k gS\
SSC CGL 13 JUNE 2019 (EVENING)
(a) ` 1,000 (b) ` 1,500
(a) 25% gain (b) 25% loss
(c) ` 1,800 (d) ` 2,160
(c) 20% gain (d) 20% loss
23. The difference between the Cost price and
28. The cost price of 25 article is equal to
selling price of a bat is ` 180. If there is a
selling price of 30 articles. Then find the
profit of 20 %. Then what is the selling
profit or loss percentage.
price of the bat ?
25 ys• dh ykxr ewY; 30 ys•ksa dh fcØh ewY; ds

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,d cYyk dh ykxr ewY; vkSj foØ; ewY; ds chp
cjkcj gSA fiQj ykHk ;k gkfu çfr'kr Kkr djsaA
dk varj ` 180 gSA ;fn ykHk 20» gS] rks cYyk dk (a) 25%

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(b) 40%
foØ; ewY; D;k gSA
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(a) ` 1,080
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SSC MTS 7 AUGUST 2019 (MORNING)
(b) ` 1,240
(c) 16
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% (d) 12
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(c) ` 1,040 (d) ` 1,120 PROFIT/LOSS ON CP/SP
24. The difference in selling prices of an article
OF AN ARTICLE
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when sold at 15% profit and 17% loss is `
96. If it is sold at 10% profit, then what is 29. By selling two articles for ` 800, a person
a th

the selling price ? gains the cost price of 5 articles. The profit
tc dksbZ oLrq 15» ykHk vkSj 17» dh gkfu ij cspha percent is :
tkrh gS rks blds foØ; ewY; `esa
96 dk varj vkrk 800 #i;s esa nks ys• cspdj] ,d O;fÙkQ 5 ys•ksa dh
gS] ;fn bls 10» ykHk ij cspk tk;s rks foØ; ewY; ykxr ewY; dk ykHk çkIr djrk gSA ykHk çfr'kr gS%
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D;k gksxk\ SSC CGL 13 JUNE 2019 (EVENING)

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SSC MTS 8 AUGUST 2019 (MORNING) (a) 250 (b) 140

(a) ` 345 (b) ` 360 (c) 120 (d) 125
(c) ` 315 (d) ` 330 30. By selling 72 articles, the loss incurred is
25. The owner of a furniture shop charges his equal to the selling price of 8 articles. What
customer 18% more than the C.P. If a is the loss percentage?
customer paid 72 ys•ksa dks cspus ls] 8 ys•ksa dh fcØh ewY; ds
` 10207 for a dining table, then find its cjkcj uqdlku gqvkA uqdlku çfr'kr D;k gS\
original price. (a) 12% (b) 10%
iQuhZpj dh nqdku dk ekfyd vius xzkgd ls ykxr
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ewY; ls 18» vf/d 'kqYd ysrk gSA ;fn dksbZ xzkgd (c) 9 % (d) 11 %
9 9
Mkbfuax Vscy ds fy,` 10207 Hkqxrku djrk gS] rks
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mldh ewy dher dk irk yxk,aA 31. By selling 33 metres cloth radhe gains the
cost price of 11 metres. What is his gain
(a) ` 9,240 (b) ` 8,650 percent ?
(c) ` 9,840 (d) ` 7,670
33 ehVj diM+k cspdj jk/s dks 11 ehVj dh ykxr
ewY; dk ykHk çkIr gksrk gSA mldk ykHk çfr'kr D;k gS\
Concept of CP(X) = SP(Y) 1
(a) 50% (b) 33 %
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26. The cost price of 15 article is equal to
selling price of 10 article. Then find the 2
profit or loss percentage. (c) 25% (d) 16 %
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32. By selling 25 metres cloth RHEA gains the ewY; ij vius ykHk » dh x.kuk djrk gSA ;fn nksuksa
selling price of 5 metres. What is her 20» ykHk dekus dk nkok djrs gSa vkSj ogk¡ okLrfod
gainpercent ?
ykHk ds chp dk varj` 100 gS vkSj nksuksa dk foØ;
25 ehVj diM+k cspdj fj;k 5 ehVj dh fcØh ewY;
ewY; leku gS rks mudk foØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA
gkfly djrh gSA mldk ykHk çfr'kr D;k gS\
(a) 2500 (b) 3000
1 (c) 2000 (d) None of these
(a) 20% (b) 33 %
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2 QUESTIONS BASED ON PROFIT
(c) 25% (d) 16 %
OBTAINED IS X TIME OF THE
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33. After selling 25 articles, a shopkeeper LOSS INCURRED
earns profit equal to the cost price of 5
articles. If he bought articles of total `800 37. On selling an article at ` 540, the profit
then he will have sold it for. obtained is twice of the loss incurred on
25 ys• cspus ds ckn] ,d nqdkunkj 5 ys•ksa dh selling the same article at ` 360. Find the
CP of article.
ykxr ewY; ds cjkcj ykHk dekrk gSA vxj mlus dqy

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` 540 ij ,d oLrq dks cspus ij] çkIr ykHk] mlh
800 ds ys• •jhns gSa rks mlus mls fdrus esa csp fn;k
oLrq dks` 360 ij cspus ij gq, uqdlku dk nksxquk

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gksxk \
gSA oLrq ds Ø; ewY; dk irk yxk,aA
(a) 900 (b) 960
(c) 800
an by (d) 860
(a) 520
(b) 420

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(c) 360
QUESTIONS BASED ON (d) 480
PROFIT/ LOSS ON SELLING PRICE
ja 38. The profit earned when article is sold for
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` 800 is 20 times the loss incurred when
34. If a person calculates his profit % on
it is sold for ` 275. Find at what price he
a th

Selling Price and according to him, his

should sell his goods if he wants to earn
profit is 20%. Find his actual profit %.
20% profit.
;fn dksbZ O;fÙkQ foØ; ewY; ij vius ykHk » dh tc ,d oLrq dks ` 800 esa cspk tkrk gS rks ml ij
x.kuk djrk gS vkSj mlds vuqlkj] mldk ykHk 20» feyus okyk ykHk] tc mlh oLrq dks
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` 275 esa cspk

gSA mldk okLrfod ykHk» Kkr djsaA tkrk gS mlls gksus okyh gkfu dk 20 xquk gSA Kkr djks
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(a) 25% (b) 20% fd 20 izfr'kr ykHk dekus ds fy, oLrq dks fdl
(c) 40% (d) 50%
dher ij cspuk pkfg,\
35. If a person calculates his loss % on Selling
(a) 300
Price and according to him, his loss is
(b) 360
37.5%. Find his actual loss %.
(c) 390
;fn dksbZ O;fÙkQ foØ; ewY; ij vius uqdlku çfr'kr (d) 240
dh x.kuk djrk gS vkSj mlds vuqlkj] mldk uqdlku39. The profit made by selling an article for
37-5» gSA mldk okLrfod uqdlku izfr'kr Kkr dhft;sA ` 13400 is equal to the amount of loss
(a) 11.11% (b) 9.09% incurred on selling the same article at
` 11600. What will be the profit if it is sold
300
(c) 20% (d) % for ` 14,750 (in `)
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11 ,d oLrq dks` 13400 esa cspus ls gksus okyk `ykHk]

36. There are 2 friends Neeraj and Deepak.
Neeraj calculates his profit % on SP
11600 esa mlh oLrq dks cspus ij gq, uqdlku ds cjkcj
whereas Deepak calculates his profit % on gSA vxj bls` 14]750 ( ` eas) cspk tkrk gS rks D;k
CP. If both claim to make 20% profit and ykHk gksxkA
the difference between there actual profit SSC CHSL 2019
is ` 100 and the SP of both is same. Find (a) 2000
their SP. (b) 2520
uhjt vkSj nhid ds 2 nksLr gSaA uhjt foØ; ewY; ij (c) 2500
vius ykHk » dh x.kuk djrk gS tcfd nhid Ø; (d) 2250

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40. Loss incurred by selling an article for ` 800
is 23% more than profit gained by selling QUESTIONS BASED ON
same article for ` 1246. Find the cost price NUMBER OF ARTICLES
of this article ?
fdlh oLrq dks` 800 esa cspus ij tks gkfu gksrh 44.
gS A person bought some articles at rate of 11
for ` 10 and sold them at the rate of 10
og ` 1246 esa cspus ij gqvk ykHk ls 23» T;knk gSA for ` 11. Find the profit/loss %.
oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA ` 10 esa 11 dh nj ls dqN oLrq [kjhnh x;h vkSj
` 11
(a) 900 esa 10 ds fglkc ls csp nhA ykHk@gkfu izfr'kr Kkr dhft,\
(b) 946 (a) 9.09% loss (b) 10% profit
(c) 1000 (c) 20% profit (d) 21% profit
(d) 1046 45. A person bought some articles at the rate
41. On selling an article for ` 123.40, the gain of 36 for ` 189 and sold them at the rate
is 20% more than the amount of loss of 45 for ` 189. Find the profit or loss %.
incurred on selling it for ` 108 . If the ` 189 esa 36 ds fglkc ls dqN oLrq [kjhnhA
` 189 esa
article is sold for ` 120.75, then what is
45 ds fglkc ls csp nhA rks ykHk@gkfu » Kkr dhft,A
the gain or loss percent ?

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(a) 20% profit (b) 20% loss
` 123-40 esa ,d oLrq dks cspus ij] ykHk (c) 25% loss (d) 25% profit

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` 108 esa bls cspus ij gq, uqdlku dh jkf'k ls 20»46. A trader bought some orange at 7 for ` 11
vf/d gSA ;fn oLrq` 120-75 esa cspk tk;s rks ykHk . He sold all at 2 for ` 3. Thereby he losses

(a) 2.5% gain

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;k gkfu çfr'kr D;k gS\ ` 30. Find number of oranges sold.
` 11 esa 7 ds fglkc ls dqN larjs [kjhnh vkSj
` 3 esa

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(b) 5% gain 2 ds fglkc ls csp nh] rks` 30 dh gkfu gqbZ rks
(c) 2.5% loss crk,¡ mlus fdrus larjs csps\
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(d) 5% loss (a) 420 (b) 400
42. Anu sold an article for ` 480 at some profit. (c) 210 (d) 280
a th

Had she sold it for ` 400, then there would
have been a loss equal to one-third of the
initial profit. What was the cost price of
the article ?
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47. A trader bought some orange at 4 for ` 5
and sold all at 5 for ` 7. Thereby he gains
` 18. Find the number of oranges sold.
` 5 esa 4 ds fglkc ls dqN larjs [kjhnh vkSj
` 7 esa 5

vuq us dqN ykHk`esa480 esa ,d ys• cspkA vxj ds fglkc ls csp nh] rks` 18 dk ykHk gqvk rks
mlus bls` 400 esa cspk gksrk] rks 'kq#vkrh ykHk dscrk,¡ mlus fdrus larjs csps\
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,d&frgkbZ ds cjkcj uqdlku gksrkA ys• dk ykxr (a) 120 (b) 200
ewY; D;k Fkk\ (c) 110 (d) 280
SSC CGL TIER-2, 11/09/ 2019 48. A trader bought some apples at 15 for ` 8
and sold all at X for ` 2. Thereby he gains
(a) ` 450 25%. Find the value of X?
(b) ` 430 ` 8 esa 15 ds fglkc ls dqN lsc [kjhnh vkSj
` 2 esa
(c) ` 425 X ds fglkc ls csp nhA rks 25» dh ykHk gqbZA
X dk
(d) ` 420 eku crk,¡A
43. A person sells T.V. at 25% profit. If he gets
(a) 2 (b) 3
profit equal to 25% of S.P. then he would
(c) 4 (d) 5
gain (5% of C.P. + ` 80) more. Find C.P. of
49. A trader bought some apples at 9 for ` 7 .
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T.V. ?
He sold all at X for ` 2. Thereby he loss
,d vkneh ,d Vh-oh- dks 25» ykHk ij csprk gSA 2
;fn mldks bl Vh-oh- ij foØ; ewY; ds 25» ds 14 % . Find the value of X?
7
cjkcj ykHk gqvk gksrk rks mls (Ø; ewY; dk `5» $ ` 7 esa 9 ds fglkc ls dqN lsc [kjhnh vkSj
` 2 esaX
80) T;knk feyrs rks ml Vh-oh- dk Ø; ewY; D;k gS\ 2
(a) 2400
ds fglkc ls csp nh rks14 % dh gkfu gqbZA X
7
(b) 3200 dk eku crk,¡A
(c) 4800 (a) 2 (b) 3
(d) 6400 (c) 4 (d) 5

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50. A person bought some articles at rate of 11 54. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at
for ` 10 and bought same number of 20% profit, half of the remaining cloth at
articles at the rate of 9 for ` 10 and sold 20% loss and the rest was sold at his cost
all the stock at the rate of 1 for ` 1. Find price. In the total transaction, his gain or
the profit or loss %. loss will be
dqN VkWiQh
` 10 esa 11 dh nj ls [kjhnh xbZA mruh gh ,d diM+k O;kikjh vius ikl ds vkèks diM+s dks 20
VkWfiQ;k¡
` 10 esa 9 ds nj ls [kjhnh xbZA iwjs HkaMkj dks
izfr'kr ykHk ij rFkk cps gq, diM+s ds vkèks dks 20
` 1@VkWiQh ds fglkc ls csp fn;kA ykHk@gkfu izfr'kr izfr'kr gkfu ij rFkk 'ks"k diM+s dks ykxr ewY; ij
Kkr dhft,A csprk gS rks iwjs lkSns esa mldk izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu
(a) Neither profit nor loss Kkr djsa\
(b) 20% profit (a) 5% profit (b) Neither loss or
(c) 10% loss gain
(d) 1% loss (c) 5% loss (d) 10% profit
51. A man buys some oranges at the rate of 5 55. Two-Thirds of a consignment was sold at
for ` 1 and same number of oranges at 4 a profit of 5% and the remaining at a loss
for ` 1. He sells all of them at 9 for ` 2. of 2%. If the total profit was ` 400, then

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During the whole transaction he incurs a the value of consignment was
loss of ` 30. Find the number of oranges

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that he purchases? ;fn ,d izsf"kr oLrq dk 2@3 Hkkx 5» osQ ykHk ij
,d vkneh us dqN larjs 5 larjs` 1 dh nj ls] leku cspk tkrk gS vkSj 'ks"k 2» dh gkfu ij cspk tkrk gSA
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larjs 4 larjs` 1 dh nj ls [kjhnsaA mlus lHkh larjs 9
larjs ` 2 dh nj ls csp fn,A bu lc esa mldks ` 30
;fn dqy ykHk` 400 gks rks izsf"kr lkeku dk ewY;
Fkkµ

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dh gkfu gqbZ] larjksa dh la[;k Kkr djsa\ (a) ` 15000
(a) 11080
ja (b) 11000 (b) ` 15500
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(c) 10800 (d) 7200 (c) ` 16000
(d) ` 16500
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52. A person bought some articles at rate of 6

for ` 20 and bought double number of 56. A person purchased 76 cows and sold 40
articles at the rate of 8 for ` 26 and sold at 19% profit, 16 at 25% profit and 20 at
all the stock at the rate of 24 for ` 118. 15% profit. Over all he got profit of ` 6570.
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Find the profit or loss % ? Find C.P. of 1 cow.

` 20 esa 6 ds nj ls dqN oLrq [kjhnh vkSj
` 26 esa 8 ,d vkneh 76 xk; [kjhnrk gSA 40 dks 19» ykHk ij]
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ds nj ls mlls nksxquh oLrq [kjhnhA nksuksa dks feykdj

16 dks 25» ykHk ij rFkk 20 xk; dks 15» ykHk ij
` 118 #i, esa 24 ds nj ls csp fn;k x;kA ykHk@gkfu csp fn;kA mls` 6570 dk iQk;nk gqvk rks ,d xk;
izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa\
(a) 30% profit (b) 40% profit (a) ` 400 (b) ` 425
(c) 50% profit (d) 60% profit (c) ` 450 (d) ` 475

QUESTIONS BASED ON AVERAGE 57.

1
of a commodity is sold at 15% profit,
3
CONCEPT ON CP & SAME 1
COST PRICE 4
is sold at 20% profit and the rest at 24%
profit. If a total profit of ` 62 is earned,
53. A person bought 50 pens for ` 50 each. He
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then find the value of the commodity.

sold 40 of them at a loss of 5%. He wants
to gain 10% on the whole. Then his gain 1 1
oLrq,a 15» ykHk] 20» ykHk vkSj 'ks"k dks 24»
percent of the remaining pens should be 3 4
,d O;fDr ` 50 izfr dye dh nj ls 50 dye ykHk ij cspk tkrk gS rks dqy
` 62 dk ykHk gksrk gSA
[kjhnrk gSa og 40 dyeksa dks 5 izfr'kr gkfu ij csp oLrqvksa dh dher Kkr djsa\
nsrk gSA cps gq, dyeksa fdrus izfr'kr ykHk ij cspk (a) 270
(b) 310
tk, fd dqy 10 izfr'kr ykHk gksA
(c) 330
(a) ` 15 (b) ` 40
(d) 370
(c) ` 50 (d) ` 70

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 1 62. A man bought three articles for ` 6,000
58. A person bought some articles. He sold each. He sold the articles respectively at
3
3 15% profit, 12% profit and 15% loss. The
articles at profit of 14%, articles at
5 total percentage profit/loss he earned is:
profit of 17.5 % and rest at profit of 20%.
,d O;fDr us rhu oLrqvksa esa ls izR;sd dks
Find his total profit%.
` 6000 esa [kjhnkA mlus bu oLrqvksa dks Øe'k% 15»
1
,d O;fDr us dqN oLrq,¡ [kjhnhA mlus
oLrq,¡ 14» ykHk] 12» ykHk vkSj 15» gkfu ij cspkA mls dqy
3
3 fdrus izfr'kr dk ykHk ;k gkfu gqvk@gqbZ\
ykHk ij] oLrq,¡ 17-5» ykHk ij vkSj 'ks"k oLrq,¡ SSC CHSL 2019
5
20» ykHk ij csp nhA bl lkSns esa mls fdruk izfr'kr (a) 4% profit (b) 3% loss
ykHk gqvk\ (c) 4% loss (d) No profit no loss
(a) 15.5 % (b) 16.5 % 63. If two-thirds of the articles are sold at 25%
(c) 17.5 % (d) 18.5 % profit, 20% of them are sold at a loss of
59. A man bought three articles for 20% and the remaining articles are sold at
a profit of 20%, then the profit of ` 3312
` 3,000 each. He sold the articles

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is obtained. Find the cost price of the
respectively at 10% profit, 5% profit and
articles.
15% loss. The total percentage profit/loss

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he earned is: ;fn oLrqvksa dk nks&frgkbZ fgLlk 25» ykHk ij] 20»
,d O;fDr us rhu oLrqvksa esa ls izR;sd dks fgLlk 20» dh gkfu ij vkSj 'ks"k fgLlk 20» ds ykHk
an by ij cspk tkrk gS] rks` 3]312 dk ykHk gksrk gSA oLrqvksa
` 300 #i;s esa [kjhnkA mlus bu oLrqvksa dks Øe'k%
10» ykHk] 5» ykHk vkSj 15» gkfu ij cspkA mlds dk ykxr ewY; gS%

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}kjk izkIr dqy YkkHk@gkfu Kkr djsaA SSC MTS 2019

ja SSC CHSL 2019 (a) ` 18,600 (b) ` 21,400

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(a) 10% loss (b) 5% loss (c) ` 21,600 (d) ` 20,000
a th

(c) 5% profit (d) No profit no loss

60. A shopkeeper buys two cameras at the QUESTIONS BASED ON
same C.P. He sells one camera at a profit
of 18% and the other at 10% less than the
WHEN SP IS SAME
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selling price of the first. His total profit or 64. Two articles were sold for ` 2400 each by
loss percent is a shopkeeper. The shopkeeper incurred no
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,d nqdkunkj nks dSejk leku Ø; ewY; ij [kjhnrk
gSA og ,d dSejk 18» ykHk ij rFkk nwljs dks igys
ls 10» de ij csprk gSA mldk dqy ykHk ;k gkfu
izfr'kr Kkr djsaA
(a) 12.1% profit (b) 12.1% loss
(c) 12.2% profit (d) 11.1% loss
61. A shopkeeper bought 120 quintals of
wheat, 20% of it was sold at 25% loss. At
what percent gain should he sell the rest
to gain 25% on the whole transaction?
,d nqdkunkj us 120 fDoaVy xsg¡w [kjhnkA bldh 20»(c) ` 380
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profit and no loss on the whole transaction.
If one of the two articles sold at a profit
of 20%, then what was the loss incurred
on the other article?
oLrqvksa esa ls çR;sd dks ,d nqdkunkj ` 2400
us esa
cspkA nqdkunkj dks iwjs ysu&nsu esa uk rks ykHk gqvk
gh gkfu gqbZA ;fn buesa ls ,d oLrq 20» ds ykHk ij
csph x;h] rks nwljh oLrq ij fdrus #i;s dh gkfu gqbZ\
SSC MTS 2019]
(a) ` 600 (b) ` 400

(d) ` 240
ek=kk 25» gkfu ij csph x;hA iqjs ysu&nsu ij 65. 25» X sells two articles for ` 4000 each with
dk ykHk dekus ds fy, mls 'ks"k ek=kk dks fdrus izfr'kr no loss and no gain in the overall
ykHk ij cspuk pkfg,\ transaction. If one was sold at a gain of
(SSC CGL T-2 2018) 25%, the other is sold at a loss of
1 X, nks oLrqvksa`dks
4000 izfr oLrq dh nj ls fdlh
(a) 36 % (b) 40% ykHk&gkfu ij csprk gSA dqy feykdj mls u ykHk vkSj
2
1 u gkfu gksrh gSA ;fn ,d oLrq dks 25» ykHk ij csph
(c) 37
2
% (d) 35% tkrh gS rks nwljh oLrq fdruh gkfu ij csph tk,xh\

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 (a) 25% (b) 16.66% leku ewY; ij cspk tkrk rks gkfu ij csph x;h cdjh
2 dk Ø; ewY; Fkkµ
(c) 18 % (d) 20% (a) ` 648 (b) ` 360
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66. Two horses were sold at ` 1599 each. First (c) ` 568 (d) ` 440
was sold at 25% profit and second at 20% 70. Two articles are sold for ` 975 each. On
loss. Find the over all profit or loss %. one, the seller gains 30% and on the other,
he loss 25%. What is the overall gain or
nks ?kksM+s esa ls izR;sd
` 1599dks
dh nj
ls cspk x;kA
loss percentage, correct to one decimal
muesa ls igys ?kksM+s dks 25» ykHk ij rFkk nwljsplace?
dks
20» gkfu ij cspk x;kA iwjs lkSns esa ykHk ;k gkfunks oLrq,a
` 975 esa ,d dh nj ls csph tkrh gSaA
çfr'kr Kkr djsaA igyh oLrq ij foØsrk dks 30» ykHk gksrk gS rFkk
(a) Neither profit nor loss nwljh oLrq ij mls 25» dh gkfu gksrh gSA dqy ykHk
100
%
;k gkfu dk izfr'kr Kkr djsaA (,d n'keyo LFkku
(b) profit of
41 rd lgh)
100 (a) 4.9% loss (b) 5.3% gain
%

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(c) loss of (c) 4.9% gain (d) 5.1% loss
41

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(d) profit of 2.5%
67. A house and a shop, each was sold at 1 QUESTIONS BASED ON
an by
lakh. There was 20% loss on house and
20% profit on shop. The overall result will
CP OF 1ST ARTICLE = SP OF 2ND
ARTICLE

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be?
,d edku rFkk ,d nqdku esa ls izR;sd dks ,d yk[k
71. Munni bought a mobile and a gun for `
#i, esa cspk x;kA edku ij 20» dh gkfu rFkk nqdku
ja 115. She sold gun at 20% gain and mobile
R s
ij 20» ykHk jgkA dqy lkSns dk ifj.kke jgk& at 30% gain. She found that cost price of
a th

(a) Neither profit nor loss gun is equal to selling price of mobile. Find
1 her overall profit amount and profit
(b) ` Lakh profit percent?
24
1 eqUuh`us115 esa ,d eksckby vkSj ,d canwd •jhnhA
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(c) ` Lakh loss mlus 20» ykHk ij canwd vkSj 30» ykHk ij eksckby
12
cspkA mlus ik;k fd canwd dh dher eksckby dh dher
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1
(d) ` Lakh loss ds cjkcj gSA mldh dqy ykHk jkf'k vkSj ykHk çfr'kr
18 Kkr dhft;s\
68. Two horses were sold for ` 1920 each. First
was sold at 20% loss and second at 20% 8 8
profit. Find over all profit or loss. (a) 28, 24 % (b) 56, 24 %
23 23
nks ?kksM+s
` 1920 izR;sd ds nj ls cspk tkrk gSA ,d
dks 20» gkfu rFkk nwljs dks 20» ykHk ij cspk tkrk (c) 28, 26 2 % (d) None of these
gSA dqy fdrus #i;s dk ykHk ;k gkfu gqvk \ 23
(a) Neither profit nor loss 72. Sheela bought a saree and a lehenga at a
(b) profit of 4% certain price . She sold saree at 10% gain
and lehenga at 25% gain. She found that
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(c) loss of 4%
cost price of saree is equal to selling price
(d) loss of 44%
of lehenga. Find her profit percent?
69. A man bought two goats for ` 1008. He sold
'khyk us ,d fuf'pr ewY; ij ,d lkM+h vkSj ,d
one at a profit of 44% and the other at a
loss of 20%. If each goat is sold for the ygaxk •jhnkA mlus lkM+h 10» vkSj ygaxk 25» ykHk
same price then find the cost price of the ij csphA mlus ik;k fd lkM+h dh dher ewY; ygaxk
goat which was sold at loss was: dh fcØh ewY; ds cjkcj gSA mldk ykHk çfr'kr Kkr
,d vkneh us ` 1008 esa nks cdfj;k¡ [kjhnhA mlus dhft;s\
,d cdjh dks 44» osQ ykHk ij cspk vkSj nwljh cdjh (a) 16.66% (b) 20%
dks 20» dh gkfu ij cspkA ;fn izR;sd cdjh dks (c) 15% (d) 17.5%

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QUESTIONS BASED ON (a) 23 (b) 18
P1 P1 (c) 20 (d) 22
Q1  100 ± P1 / L1  % = Q1  100 ± P2 / L 2  %
QUESTIONS BASED ON
73. By selling 90 ball pens for ` 160 a person DISHONEST SHOPKEEPER
loses 20%. The number of ball pens, which
should be sold for ` 96 so as to have a 79. A dishonest merchant promises to sell
profit of 20% is article at cost price, but he uses 950 gm
` 160 esa 90 ckWy isu cspus ij ,d O;fDr dks 20 instead of 1 kg weight. What is his gain
izfr'kr gkfu gksrh gS] rks 20 izfr'kr ykHk dekus ds percent?
fy, mls ` 96 esa fdrus ckWy isu cspus pkfg;s\ dksbZ csbZeku O;kikjh oLrq dks Ø; ewY; ij cspus dk
(a) 36 (b) 37 nkok djrk gS] ij og ,d fdyksxzke Hkkj dh txg
(c) 46 (d) 47 950 xzke Hkkj dk bLrseky djrk gSA mls fdruk izfr'kr
74. A person bought 7 apples for ` 3. At what equkiQk gqvk\
price he should sell 100 apples to get the

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profit of 33%. (a) 5.20% (b) 5.26%
(c) 5.30% (d) 5.28%
` 3 ds 7 lsc [kjhnsA 100 lsc fdrus esa csps fd 33»

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80. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell
dk iQk;nk gks\ his goods at its CP but he uses 30% less
(a) 56
(c) 58 an by (b) 57
(d) 59
weight. Find his profit % ?
,d csbZeku nqdkunkj viuh ykxr ewY; ij viuk eky

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75. By selling 32 oranges in one rupee, a man
loses 40%. How many for one rupee should cspus dk oknk djrk gS ysfdu og 30» de otu dk
mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk ykHk» Kkr dhft;s\
ja
he sell in order to gain 20% ?
R s
` 1 ds 32 larjs cspus ij ,d O;fDr dks 40» dh 6
gkfu gksrh gS]
` 1 ds fdrus larjs csps dh mls 20»
a th

(a) 42 % (b) 16.66%

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dk ykHk gksA
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 42.66% (d) None of these
(c) 20 (d) 24 81. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell
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76. After selling 4 article for ` 1 a person his goods at 30% profit but he uses 800 gm
incurred loss of 4% if he had sold 3 articles weight instead of 1 kg .find his actual
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for ` 1 his profit percentage would be ? profit % ?

` 1 esa 4 oLrq,¡ csp dj ,d vkneh dks 4» gkfu ,d csbZeku nqdkunkj vius eky dks 30» ykHk ij
` 1 esa rhu oLrq,¡ csph gksrh] rks cspus dk oknk djrk gS ysfdu og 1 fdyks ds ctk;
gksrh gSA ;fn mlus
mldk ykHk izfr'kr D;k gksrk\ 800 xzke otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk okLrfod
(a) 24 (b) 28 ykHk» D;k gksxk\
(c) 32 (d) 36 (a) 58.33% (b) 62.5%
77. On selling 70 articles for ` 160 a person (c) 66.66% (d) 60%
incurred loss of 20%. How many articles he 82. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell
should sell for ` 96 to earn profit of 20%. his goods at 44% loss but he uses 910 gram
` 160 esa 70 oLrq cspus ij 20» dh gkfu gksrh
` gSA weight instead of 1 kg. Find his actual loss
96 esa fdrus oLrq csps fd 20» dk iQk;nk gks \ percent ? (approx.)
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(a) 24 (b) 28 ,d csbZeku nqdkunkj 44» uqdlku ij vius eky dks

(c) 36 (d) 40 cspus dk oknk djrk gS ysfdu og 1 fdyks ds ctk;
78. By selling 18 table fans for `11,664 a man 910 xzke otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk okLrfod
incurs a loss of 10%. How many fans
should be sell for `17,424 to earn 10%
uqdlku çfr'kr D;k gksxk\ (yxHkx)
profit? (a) 38.4%
18 Vscy ia•ksa dks` 11]664 esa cspus ds ckn ,d (b) 37.5%
O;fÙkQ dks 10» dh gkfu gksrh gSA 10» dk ykHk (c)
dekus 41.66%
(d) None of these
ds fy, mls ` 17]424 esa fdrus ia•s cspus pkfg,\

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83. A man marks up his goods by 15% but he 87.
gives 920 gm instead of 1 kg to his
customer. Find his profit percent ?
,d vkneh vius eky dks 15» rd fpfÉr djrk gS]
ysfdu og vius xzkgd dks 1 fdyksxzke ds cnys 920
xzke nsrk gSA ykHk çfr'kr çkIr djsa\
(a) 20% (b) 25%
(c) 40% (d) 33.33%
84. A trader cheats both his supplier and his
88.
customer by using faulty weights. When he
buys from the supplier, he takes 20% more
than the indicated weight. When he sells
to his customer, he gives 20% less than the
indicated weight. If he sells his articles at
the cost price, what is his net profit%?
,d O;kikjh nks"kiw.kZ Hkkj dk mi;ksx djds vius
A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 15%
loss on cost price but uses false weight. So
his over all profit is 25% find the gm. In x
gm. that he used.
,d csbZeku nqdkunkj Ø; ewY; ij 15» dk gkfu mBkrk
gS ;fn og 1 fdxzk- esa
x xzke ekirk gS] rks mls 25»
dk ykHk gksrk gSxrks
dk eku crkvksA
(a) 640 (b) 660
(c) 680 (d) 700
A dishonest fruit seller sells fruit at 5%
loss. If he uses 850 gm instead of 1 kg
weight, what is his profit percent?
,d csbZeku iQy foØsrk iQyksa dks 5» gkfu ij csprk
gSA ;fn og 1 fdyks ds LFkku ij 850 xzke dk otu
bLrseky djrk gS rks mldk ykHk » Kkr dhft,A

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13 12
vkiwfrZdrkZ vkSj mlds xzkgd nksuksa dks /ks•k nsrk (a) gSA
11 % (b) 11 %

si
tc og vkiwfrZdrkZ ls •jhnrk gS] rks og ladsfrr Hkkj 17 17
ls 20» vf/d ysrk gSA tc og vius xzkgd dks csprk (c) 11.5% (d) 12%
an by
gS] rks og ladsfrr otu ls 20» de nsrk gSA ;fn og 89. A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 6 1 %

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ykxr ewY; ij vius ys• csprk gS] rks mldk 'kq¼ 1
4
ykHk » D;k gS\ loss on cost price but uses 12 % less
(a) 50%
ja (b) 66.66% weight. What is his profit or loss %.
2
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(c) 44% (d) None of these 1
,d csbZeku nqdkunkj Ø; ewY; 6ij % dh gkfu
a th

85. A shopkeeper marks up his goods 35% 4

above the CP and gives 23% discount to 1
the customer. at the time of buying he uses mBkrk gS ;fn
12 % de rkSyrk gSA rks mldks gksus
2
1120 gm instead of 1kg and At the time okyk ykHk ;k gkfu izfr'kr Kkr djsa \
ty a

of selling the goods he gives 880 gm weight 1 1

instead of 1kg .find his profit %? (a) 5 % (b) 6 %
5 6
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,d nqdkunkj ykxr ewY; ls 35» Åij vius eky dks 1 1

fpfÉr djrk gS vkSj xzkgd dks 23» dh NwV nsrk gSA(c) 7 % (d) 8 %
7 8
•jhnus ds le; og 1 fdyks ds ctk; 1120 xzke dk
mi;ksx djrk gS vkSj lkeku cspus ds le; og 1 fdyks SPECIAL TYPE
ds ctk; 880 xzke otu nsrk gSA mldk ykHk» Kkr dhft;s\ CP ---------------- SP
(a) 35.6% (b) 29.41% 1 1
(c) 33.33% (d) 32.3% | |
86. A shopkeeper promised to sells his goods | |
at CP but he used a false weight of some
gm instead of 945gm and he gains by 26%.
CP2 ---------------- SP2
Find false weight ?
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90. An article was sold at 12% profit. Had it

,d nqdkunkj us ykxr ewY; ij viuk eky cspus dk been purchase at 10% less and sold at `
oknk fd;k] ysfdu mlus 945 xzke ds ctk; dqN xzke 5.75 more there would have been profit of
dk xyr otu bLrseky fd;k vkSj mls 26» ykHk gqvkA 30%. Find C.P. of article?
>wBs otu dk irk yxk,a\ ,d oLrq dks 12» ykHk cspk tkrk gSA ;fn 10» de
(a) 800 gm esa [kjhnk x;k gksrk vkSj
` 5-75 T;knk esa cspk x;k
(b) 750 gm gksrk rks 30» ykHk gksrkA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa\
(c) 900 gm (a) ` 100 (b) ` 115
(d) 700 gm (c) ` 125 (d) ` 135

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91. A person sells an article at 10% profit. mlus 40» dk YkkHk dek;k gksrkA oLrq dk Ø;` ewY; (
If he buys it at 10% less rate and sells eas) Kkr djsaA
at ` 3 more than the profit will be 25%.
[CPO 2019]
What is the cost price?
(a) 50,000
dksbZ O;fDr 10 izfr'kr equkiQk ysdj ,d oLrq csprk
(b) 25,000
gSA ;fn mlus bl oLrq dks 10 izfr'kr de ewY; ij
(c) 60,000
[kjhnk gksrk ,oa 3 #- vfèkd ysdj cspk gksrk rks
(d) 40,000
25 izfr'kr equkiQk gksrkA Ø; ewY; crk,¡A 96. A person sold a house at 15% profit. If he
(a) ` 120 (b) ` 150 had purchased it for 25% less & sold it for `
(c) ` 175 (d) ` 225 60 less, then there would have been a profit
92. An article was sold at 20% profit. Had it of 32%. Find the cost price of house.
purchased at ` 20 less and sold at ` 20 ,d O;fDr us ,d edku 15» ykHk ij cspkA ;fn mlus
less there would have been profit of 10%
bls 25» de esa [kjhnk gksrk vkSj
` 60 de ij csprk
more. Find C.P. of article?
rks mls 32» ykHk gksrkA edku dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djks\
,d oLrq dks 20» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn Ø;
(a) ` 370 (b) ` 372

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ewY; ,oa foØ; ewY; nksuksa ` 20
ghde gks rks
(c) ` 375 (d) ` 378
ykHk » igys ls 10» T;knk gksxkA oLrq dk 97. Ø;

si
A book seller sells a book at a profit of 10%.
ewY; Kkr djsa \ If he had bought it at 4% less and sold it for
(a) ` 50
(c) ` 72 an by (b) ` 60
(d) ` 84
3
` 6 more. He would have gained 18 % . The
4

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93. A man sells his goods at 25% profit. Had cost price of the book is
he purchased it for 900 less and sold it ,d iqLrd foØsrk ,d fdrkc 10» ykHk ij csprk gSA

ja
for 900 less then he would gain 5% more ;fn og ml fdrkc dks 4» de ewY; ij [kjhnrk rFkk
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profit. Find the initial cost price? 3
,d vkneh fdlh oLrq dks 25 izfr'kr ykHk ij csprk 6 #i, vf/d ewY; ij csprk rks mls 18 % dk
a th

4
gSA vxj mlus bls 900 #- de esa [kjhnk gksrk vkSj ykHk gksrk] iqLrd dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA
900 #- de esa cspk gksrk rks mls 5 izfr'kr dk (a) 100 (b) 120
vfrfjDr ykHk gksrkA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djks\
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(c) 150 (d) 160

(a) 5550 (b) 4050 98. An article was sold at 20% profit. Had it
purchased at ` 20 less and sold at ` 20 less
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(c) 5600 (d) 5400

94. On selling a product a lady gets 20% there would have been profit of 10% more.
profit. Had she purchased it for 1000 ` Find C.P. of article?
less and sold it for 400 ` less then she ,d oLrq dks 20» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn Ø; ewY;
would gain 40%. What was the initial ,oa foØ; ewY; nksuksa
` 20
gh de gks rks ykHk » igys
cost price? ls 10» T;knk gksxkA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa \
,d oLrq dks cspus ij ,d vkSjr 20» ykHk dekrh (a) ` 50 (b) ` 60
gSA ;fn mlus bls 1000 #- de esa [kjhnk gksrk ,oa (c) ` 72 (d) ` 84
400 #- de esa csprh rks mls 40» ykHk gksrkA99.
oLrqA person sells an article at a profit of 12%.
dk izkjafHkd Ø; ewY; D;k Fkk\ If he had purchased it for 12% less and sold
(a) 4000 (b) 4800 it for ` 9 less, he would have gained 27%.
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What is the original cost price of the article?

(c) 5000 (d) 5400
95. A man bought an article and sold it at a
gain of 10%. If he had bought the article
at 20% less and sold it for ` 1000 more,
he would have made a profit of 40%. The
cost price of the article (in `) is:
,d vkneh us ,d oLrq dks [kjhnk vkSj mls 10»
dh YkkHk ij cspkA ;fn mlus 20» de eas oLrq [kjhnk (c) ` 4,500
gksrk vkSj bls
` 1000 vfèkd es cspk gksrk] rks
,d O;fDr fdlh oLrq dks 12» ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn
mlus bls 12» de esa [kjhnk gksrk vkSj` 9blsde esa
cspk gksrk] rks mls 27» dk ykHk gksrkA bl oLrq dk
okLrfod Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA
(a) ` 4,250
(b) ` 4,000
(d) ` 3,750

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100. Anu fixes the selling price of an article at 103. Ramesh sells a pen at 5% loss and a book
25% above its cost of production. If the at 15% profit, he gets ` 7 as profit. If he
cost of production goes up by 20% and she sells the pen at 5% profit and the book at
raises the selling price by 10%, then her 10% profit, he gets ` 6 more. The prices
percentage profit is (correct to one decimal of book & pen are?
place): jes'k ,d dye dks 5 izfr'kr gkfu rFkk fdrkc dks
vuq fdlh oLrq dk foØ; ewY; blds mRiknu ykxr 15 izfr'kr ykHk ij cspdj dqy 7 #- ykHk dekrk gSA
ls 25» vf/d fu/kZfjr djrh gSA ;fn mRiknu dh vxj og dye dks 5 izfr'kr ykHk vkSj fdrkc dks
ykxr 20» c<+ tkrh gS ,oa og foØ; ewY; 10» c<+k 10 izfr'kr ykHk ij csps rks ` 6 T;knk dekrk gSA
nsrh gS]
rks mldk çfr'kr ykHk gksxk % (n'keyo ds ,d fdrkc vkSj dye dk ewY; Kkr djks\
LFkku rd) (a) 60 & 120 (b) 120 & 60
[CGL 2019] (c) 80 &100 (d) 75 &115
(a) 16.4% 104. A person buys 5 tables and 9 chairs for
`15,400. He sells tables at 10% profit and
(b) 14.6%
chairs at 20% profit. If his total profit on
(c) 13.8% selling all the tables and chairs is `2,080,

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(d) 15.2% what is the cost price of 3 chairs?

si
,d O;fDr 5 est vkSj 9 dqflZ;ksa dks
` 15]400 esa
QUESTION BASED ON [kjhnkA mlus estksa dks 10» ykHk ij rFkk dqflZ;ksa dk
an by
TWO ARTICLE CASE 20» ykHk ij csp fn;kA ;fn lHkh est ,oa dqflZ;ksa
dks cspdj mldk dqy ykHk` 2]080 dk Fkk] rks 3

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101. A man sells a table at 12% loss and a book
at 19% profit and earns a profit of ` 160 dqflZ;ksa dk Ø; ewY; fdruk gS\
but if he sells, the table at 12% profit and [CGL 2019]

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book at 16% loss, then he bears a loss of ` (a) ` 1,890
40. Find the difference between price of a (b) ` 1,740
a th

table and a book. (c) ` 1,800

,d vkneh ,d Vscy dks 12» gkfu rFkk fdrkc dks (d) ` 1,860
19» ykHk ij csprk gS rFkk` 160 dk ykHk dekrk 105. Two horses were bought at ` 1600. First
gSA ijUrq ;fn og Vscy dks 12» YkkHk rFkk fdrkc dkswas sold at 10% profit and second at 20%
ty a

profit. If first were sold at 20% profit and

16» gkfu ij csprk gS rc mls` 40 dh gkfu gksrh second at 10% profit he would get ` 5
di M

gSA Vscy rFkk fdrkc ds ewY; esa vUrj Kkr djksA more. Find the difference between the cost
(a) ` 1000 price of both the horses.
(b) ` 1666.66 nks ?kksM+s
`1600 ds [kjhns x;sA igys ?kksM+s dks 10»
(c) ` 4000 ykHk ij csp fn;k rFkk nwljs dks 20» ykHk ij csp
(d) ` 5000 fn;kA ;fn mlus igys dks 20» ykHk vkSj nwljs dks
102. A person bought two watches for ` 1800
10» ykHk ij cspk gksrk rks 5 #i, T;knk feyrsA
and sold the first at 10% profit and second
at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% nksuksa ?kksM+ksa ds Ø; ewY; dk vUrj Kkr djsaA
profit and 2 at 10% profit he could get `
nd (a) ` 50
15 more. Find difference between CP of (b) ` 500
both the watches. (c) ` 100
,d vkneh nks ?kfM+;k¡` 1800 esa [kjhnrk gS rFkk
A

(d) ` 1000
muesa ls ,d dks 10» ykHk rFkk nwljs dks 20» 106.
ykHkA person sells his table at a profit of
ij csprk gSA ;fn og igys dks 20» ykHk rFkk nwljs 12 1 % and the chair at a loss of 8 1 % he
dks 10» ykHk ij csprk rks 15 #i;s vf/d izkIr 2 3
gains ` 25. On the other hand if he sells
gksrsA nksuksa ?kfM+;ksa ds Ø; ewY;ksa esa vUrj Kkr djksA 1
(a) ` 75 the table at a loss of 8 % and the chair
3
(b) ` 120 1
(c) ` 150 at a profit of 12 % then he neither gains
2
(d) ` 50 nor loses. Find the cost price of the table.

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 1 110. How many kg of salt costing Rs 28 per kg
,d vkneh ,d Vscy ij 12% ykHk vkSj dqlhZ
must be mixed with 6.6 kg of salt costing
2
1 Rs 16 per kg. So that selling the mixture
dks 8 % gkfu ij csprk gS rks mls dqy
` 25 dk
at Rs 29.90 , there is a gain of 15%
3
1
iQk;nk gksrk gSA ;fn oks Vscy8 dks
% gkfu ij ,d nqdkunkj us ykxr ewY; ij viuk eky cspus dk
1
3 oknk fd;k] ysfdu mlus 945 xzke ds ctk; dqN xzke
csprk vkSj dqlhZ dks
12 % ykHk ij csprk rksmls dk xyr otu bLrseky fd;k vkSj mls 26» ykHk gqvkA
2
u gkfu gksrh u ykHk Vscy dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa\ >wBs otu dk irk yxk,a\
(a) ` 240 (b) ` 360 (a) 33 (b) 32
(c) ` 480 (d) ` 600 (c) 31 (d) 35
107. If I sell a horse for ` 6200 and a cow for `
2600 I will earn 10% profit. If I sell a horse QUESTIONS BASED ON PROFIT
for ` 6000 and a cow at its C.P. then I will
1 AND LOSS AFTER MIXING
earn 12 % profit. Find C.P. of horse ?
2 111. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost
;fn eSa ,d ?kksM+k
` 6200 esa vkSj ,d xk;` 2600

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2
esa csprk gw¡ rks nksuksa dh ykxr ij 10» ykHk dekrk price but mixes water and gains 16 % .

si
3
gw¡A ;fn eSa ?kksM+k
` 6000dks
esa vkSj xk; dks mlds The ratio of mixture to milk is?
1
,d csbeku nw/okyk nw/ dks ykxr ewY; ij csprk gS
an by
Ø; ewY; ij csprk gw¡ rks eq>s12 % dk ykHk
2
gksrk gSA ?kksM+s dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA ij nw/ esa ikuh feykrk gS vkSj
2
16 % ykHk dekrk

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3
(a) ` 3000 (b) ` 4000 gSA feJ.k ls nw/ dk vuqikr Kkr dhft,\
(c) ` 5000 (d) ` 8000
ja (a) 7:5 (b) 7:6
R s
108. A man purchases 5 horses and 10 cows for
` 10,000. He sells the horses at 15% profit (c) 6:5 (d) 7:7
a th

and the cows at 10% loss, thus he gets ` 112. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost
375 as profit. Find the cost of 1 horse and 2
price but mixes water and gains 14 % .
1 cow separately. 7
ty a

,d vkneh 5 ?kksM+s vkSj 10` xk;

10]000 esa [kjhnrk The ratio of mixture to milk is?
,d ijcsbeku nw/okyk nw/ dks ykxr ewY; ij csprk gS
gS og ?kksM+ksa dks 15» ykHk vkSj xk; dks 10» gkfu
di M

csprk gS rks mls

` 375 dk ykHk gksrkA ,d ?kksM+k ,oaij nw/ esa ikuh feykrk gS vkSj2
14 % ykHk dekrk
,d xk; dk Ø; ewY; vyx&vyx Kkr djssaA 7
gSA feJ.k ls nw/ dk vuqikr Kkr dhft,\
(a) ` 1000, ` 400 (b) ` 1000, ` 450
(c) ` 1100, ` 400 (d) ` 1100, ` 450 (a) 7 : 8
(b) 7 : 6
QUESTIONS BASED ON (c) 6 : 7
CONCEPT OF ALLIGATION (d) 8 : 7
113. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his
109. Sudha bought 80 articles at the same price.
milk at cost price but he mixes it with
She sold some of them at 8% profit
remaining at 12% loss resulting in an water and thereby gains 25%. The
A

overall profit of 6%. The number of items percentage of water in the mixture is
sold at 80% profit is: ,d csbeku nw/okyk nw/ dks ykxr ewY; ij csprk gS
lq/k us leku dher ij 80 oLrqvksa dks Ø; fd;kA ij nw/ esa ikuh feykrk gS vkSj » ykHk
25 dekrk gSA
mlus muesa ls dqN dks 8» ykHk ij rFkk 'ks"k dks 12»feJ.k esa ikuh dk izfr'kr fdruk gS\
gkfu ij cspk ftlds ifj.kkeLo:i dqy 6» dk ykHk (a) 25%
gqvkA 8» ykHk ij csph x;h oLrqvksa dh la[;k Kkr
sa dj (b) 50%
(a) 64 (b) 60 (c) 20%
(c) 72 (d) 70 (d) 40%

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 Answer Key

1.(a) 2.(c) 3.(b) 4.(a) 5.(c) 6.(a) 7.(b) 8.(c) 9.(b) 10.(b)

11.(a) 12.(c) 13.(c) 14.(b) 15.(c) 16.(c) 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(d) 20.(c)

21.(a) 22.(d) 23.(a) 24.(d) 25.(b) 26.(c) 27.(a) 28.(c) 29.(a) 30.(b)

31.(b) 32.(c) 33.(b) 34.(a) 35.(d) 36.(b) 37.(b) 38.(b) 39.(d) 40.(d)

41.(b) 42.(d) 43.(d) 44.(d) 45.(a) 46.(a) 47.(a) 48.(b) 49.(b) 50.(d)

51.(c) 52.(c) 53.(d) 54.(a) 55.(a) 56.(c) 57.(b) 58.(d) 59.(d) 60.(a)

61.(c) 62.(a) 63.(c) 64.(b) 65.(b) 66.(c) 67.(c) 68.(c) 69.(a) 70.(a)

71.(a) 72.(a) 73.(a) 74.(b) 75.(b) 76.(b) 77.(b) 78.(d) 79.(c) 80.(a)

81.(b) 82.(a) 83.(b) 84.(a) 85.(d) 86.(b) 87.(c) 88.(a) 89.(c) 90.(b)

91.(a) 92.(b) 93.(d) 94.(c) 95.(a) 96.(c) 97.(c) 98.(b) 99.(d) 100.(b)

101.(a) 102.(c) 103.(c) 104.(c) 105.(a) 106.(b) 107.(c) 108.(d) 109.(c) 110.(a)

111.(b) 112.(d) 113.(c)