PROFIT & LOSS/DISCOUNT

1. On selling an article for Rs. 8640 a shopkeeper

get the loss of 4% what is the cost price of the
article.
8640 4%

(a) Profit, 5% (b) Loss, 5%

(A) Rs. 8950 (B) Rs. 9000
(c) Loss, 2.5% (d) Profit, 2.5%
(C) Rs. 9250 (D) Rs. 8800
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2. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 5280 and
6. A shopkeeper sold an article 6.25% profit had
got the loss of 12% what would be the selling
he sold it for Rs. 77 less than he get 8.33% loss.
price of that article if he want 12% profit.
At what price should he sold it so that he get
5280 12%
25% profit.
12% 6.25%
77 8.33% 25%
(A) Rs. 6780 (B) Rs. 6800
(C) Rs. 6720 (D) Rs. 6250
(A) Rs. 660 (B) Rs. 700
3. On selling an article for Rs.1540 a shopkeeper
(C) Rs. 850 (D) Rs. 750
get the loss of 8.33% at what price should he
7. A shopkeeper sells an articles at 22% profit. If
sells it that he get 28.57% profit.
he bought it at 12% less price and sold it at 25%
1540 8.33%
profit then he get Rs. 66 less. What is the cost
28.57% price of article.
22%
(A) Rs. 2392 (B) Rs. 2426 12% 25%
(C) Rs. 2482 (D) Rs. 2160
66
4. A shopkeeper sold an article at 18% profit if he
sold it at no profit or no loss than he get Rs. 99
less what is the cost price of the article. (A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 550
18% (C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 625
8. A shopkeeper sells an article at 2% profit. If the
99
bought if at 20% less price and sold it for Rs. 9
more then he get 35% profit what is the CP of
(A) Rs. 550 (B) Rs. 650
article.
(C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 720
2%
5. An article was sold at a profit of 14%. Had it
been sold for Rs 121 less, a loss of 8% would 20% 9
have been incurred. If the same article would 35%
have been sold for Rs. 536.25, the profit/loss (A) Rs.100 (B) Rs.125
percent would have been: (C) Rs.150 (D) Rs.175

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9. A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs.x and sold 20% 780
for Rs.y and get 8% profit. Had the value of x is
4% less and value of y is Rs. 27 more than he

3 (A) 25% (B) 28%

get 18 % profit. What is the value of x.
4 (C) 30% (D) 35%
x y 13. A shopkeeper bought some article at 4 for Rs. 5
and sold it at 5 for Rs. 7 find his profit or loss?
8% x 4%
5 4
3
y 27 18 7 5
4
x (A) 10% profit (B) 15% profit
(A) Rs.425 (B) Rs.450 (C) 12% profit (D) 20% profit
(C) Rs.475 (D) Rs.525 14. A man buy some articles at 7 for Rs.6 and sold
10. A trader sold an article at a gain of 22.22%. Had at 5 for Rs. 4. Find his profit or loss%
he purchased it for 6.67% more and sold for Rs.
6 7 4
26 more, he would have incurred a gain of 20%.
5
What is the cost price (in Rs.) of the article?
(A) 6.67% loss (B) 5.33% profit
22.22%
(C) 8.33% loss (D) 3.33% loss
6.67% 26 15. A man buy some articles at 7 for Rs. 8 and sold
20% at 5 for Rs. 6. Find his profit or loss?
8 7 6
(A) 150 (B) 300 5
(C) 450 (D) 600
11. A shopkeeper buy 350 articles at the rate of Rs. (A) 5% profit (B) 4% profit
89 per article and mark the price such that if (C) 10% profit (D) 8% profit
only 275 articles are sold he get 21% profit. How- 16. A shopkeeper buy some articles at 9 for Rs. 10
ever 25 articles get spoiled and he was able to and equal no. of articles at 11 for Rs. 10 and
sold only 325 articles at this price if unsold ar- sells all of them at 1 for Rs. 1. What is his net
ticles are useless. Then find his profit%. profit or loss%.
350 89 10 9
10 11 1
275 21% 25 1
325 (A) 1% loss (B) 1% profit
(C) 2% profit (D) No profit no loss
17. A man buy some article at 3 for Rs. 2 and equal
no. of articles at 2 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them
(A) 32.5% (B) 37.5%
at 5 for Rs. 3. Find his profit or loss%.
(C) 43% (D) 45%
12. Sourabh manufactured 850 articles at the rate 3 2
of 95 paise/article and mark the price such that 2 1 5
if only 720 articles are sold he get 20% profit. If 3
he sold only 780 articles at this price and un-
sold articles are useless then find his profit%.
850 95 5 6
(A) 2 % profit (B) 2 % profit
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 (A) Rs. 50 (B) Rs. 75
2 6 (C) Rs. 65 (D) Rs. 60
(C) 3 % profit (D) 3 % profit
7 7 22. The loss% of Salman and Arman is same on
18. A man buy some number of articles at 5 for Rs. selling the article at Rs. 2400 each but they
3 and equal number of article at 3 for Rs. 2 and calculate loss on CP and SP resp. which is equal
sells all of them at 5 for Rs. 4. Find his proift or to 20%. What is the difference b/w their loss.
loss%. 2400
3 5
2 3 20%
4 5
% (A) Rs. 120 (B) Rs. 125
(A) 26.3% Profit (B) 29.6% Profit (C) Rs. 100 (D) Rs. 130
(C) 26.5% Loss (D) 29.6% Loss 23. What is the Selling Price of a watch. If two
19. A man buy some articles at 5 for Rs. 1 and equal Shopkeeper claim that they make 25% profit
no. of articles at 4 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them each. One calculation it on CP while another on
9 for Rs. 2 and get loss of Rs. 30. How many Selling Price. If the difference between profit is
articles sold by him. 32 and Selling Price is same in both case.
5 1
4 1 9 25%
2 30
32
(A) 1000 (B) 10800 (A) Rs. 960 (B) Rs. 725
(C) 9600 (D) 10530 (C) Rs. 500 (D) Rs. 640
20. A man buy some articles at 3 for Rs. 2 and equal 24. Arvind calculate his Profit % on Selling Price
no. of articles at 2 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them whereas Aashu calculate his Profit % on cost
at 5 for Rs. 3. If he get Rs. 50 as profit on whole price. They find the difference of their Profit is
sale. Then find no of article sold by him. Rs. 160. If Selling Price of both articles is same
3 2 and they get 60% & 50% Profit resp. find selling
2 1 5 price.
3 50
160
60% 50%
(A) 3000 (B) 750
(C) 1250 (D) 1500 (A) Rs. 525 (B) Rs. 550
21. The Profit % of Anil and Sachin is same on (C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 675
selling the article at Rs. 1800. Each but Anil 25. A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 1285
calculate his profit on SP and Sachin calculate each and sells First at 12% profit and other at
on CP. Which is equal to 20%. What is the 12% loss than find his net profit or loss%?
difference b/w their profits.
1285
1800
12% 12%
%

(A) 1.44% loss (B) 1.44% profit

20% (C) 1.8% loss (D) No profit no loss

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26. Mr. Kapur purchased two toy cycles for Rs. 750
each. He sold these cycles, gaining 6% on one A) No profit no loss (B) 4 Lakh
and losing 4% on the other. The gain or loss per
1 1
cent in the whole transaction is: (C) Cr (D) Cr
12 24
750
31. A trader sells two bullocks for Rs. 8,400 each,
6% 4%
neither losing nor gaining in total. If he sold
% one of the bullocks at a gain of 20%, the other
(A) 1% loss (B) 1% gain is sold at a loss of -
(C) 1.5% loss (D) 1.5% gain 8,400
27. A trader buys two articles for Rs. 4000 each.
20%
While selling if he gains 12.5% on one and loses
%
20% on the other, then what will be the overall
loss per cent? 2
(A) 20% (B) 18 %
4000 9

12.5% 2
(C) 14 % (D) 21%
20% % 7
(A) 2.5 (B) 3.75 32. Dinesh bought two radios for Rs. 1,920. He sold
(C) 5 (D) 5.25 one at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss of
28. Cost Price of two articles is same. One sold at
2
15% profit and the other for Rs. 4800 more than 6 % . If the selling price of both radios are
3
the first. Find the Cost Price of each article. If
same, the cost prices of the two radios are -
the net profit is 20%.
1920
15%
4800 2
20% 6 %
3
20%

(A) Rs. 800 and Rs. 1,120

(A) Rs. 47500 (B) Rs. 48000
(B) Rs. 840 and Rs. 1,080
(C) Rs. 46000 (D) Rs. 47000
(C) Rs. 860 and Rs. 1,060
(E) None of these
(D) Rs. 900 and Rs. 1,020
29. A shopkeeper sells two articles for Rs. 9285 each
on the first he get 20% profit and on the second 33. At a village trade fair a man buy a horse and a
he get 20% loss what is his profit or loss percent camel together for Rs. 51,250. He sold the horse
in whole sale? at a profit of 25% and the camel at a loss of
9285 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same
price, then the cost price of the cheaper animal
20% 20%
was Rs ________.

(A) 4% profit (B) 4% loss

(C) 2% profit (D) No profit no loss
30. A house and a shop sold for Rs. 1 Cr. each. On
the house he get 20% loss on the shop he get
20% profit what is his profit or loss in whole ________
sale? (a) 6600 (b) 7500
1 (c) 25000 (d) 20000
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34. Reshma buys article A and B for Rs. 1734. She
sells A at a loss of 16% and sells B at a gain of
20%. The selling price of both the article is the (A) 89.64 (B) 87.36
same. If A is sold for Rs 1147.50, then the gain (C) 89.68 (D) 88.84
percent on A is: 38. Two articles are sold for Rs. 9,720 each. On one,
A B A the seller gains 8% and on the other, he loses
B 10%. What is his overall gain or loss?
9,720

A A 8%
10%
(a) 10.5 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 12.5 (A) Rs. 380 gain (B) Rs. 380 loss
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35. A man sells two articles for Rs. 1710. He earns 39. Two articles are sold for Rs. 10384 each. On
10% loss on the first article and 25% profit on one, the seller gains 18% and on the other. He
the 2nd article. If the Cost Price of Ist article is loses 12%. What is his overall gain or loss?
equal to selling of the 2nd article, find profit or 10384
loss? 18%
1710
12%
10% 25%

(A) Rs. 175 loss (B) Rs. 168 loss

(C) Rs. 178 gain (D) 168 gain
(A) Profit Rs. 90 (B) Loss Rs. 90 40. The Cost Price of 12 articles equal to selling price
(C) Profit Rs. 60 (D) Loss Rs. 60 of 9 articles find his profit/loss%.
(E) None of these 12 9
36. A man purchased two articles for Rs. 7500. If
he sells the first at 20% profit and the second
at 50% loss then find the amount of profit/loss 1
if Cost Price of Ist article is equal to selling price (A) 25% profit (B) 33 % profit
3
of 2nd article.
7500 1
(C) 20% profit (D) 12 % profit
20% 50% 2
41. The cost price of 72 articles equal to selling price
of 66 articles find his profit%.
(A) Rs. 2000 (B) Rs. 3000 72 66
(C) Rs. 2500 (D) Rs. 3500
(E) None of these (A) 9.09% (B) 11.11%
37. Abhi bought two articles for Rs. 624. He sold (C) 12.5% (D) 10%
one at a loss of 14% and the other at a profit of 42. The cost price of 49 articles equal to selling price
14%. If the selling price of both the articles is of 56 articles find his loss%
equal, then the difference between their cost
49 56
prices (in Rs.) is:
624 14% (A) 14.28% (B) 12.5%
14% (C) 16.67% (D) 11.11%

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43. On selling 24 articles a shopkeeper get the profit 48. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at cost price
of Selling Price of 4 articles. Then find his but he uses the weight of 900 gms instead of 1
profit%. kg weight what his profit %.
24 4
1 900
(A) 15% profit (B) 20% profit

1 (A) 10% (B) 11.11%

(C) 25% profit (D) 33 % profit (C) 12.5% (D) 15%
3
49. A dishonest dealer professes to sells goods at
44. On selling 35 articles a shopkeeper get the loss his Cost Price but uses a false weight of 950 gms,
of Selling Price of 7 articles. Then find his loss%. for each kilogram. His gain percent is:
35 7

1 950
1
(A) 16.67% (B) 12 %
2
1 5
(A) 6 % (B) 5 %
3 2 4 19
(C) 18 % (D) 22 %
4 9
3 2
45. On selling 88 articles a man get loss of Selling Price (C) 5 % (D) 6 %
17 7
of 8 articles find his loss %
50. A dishonest dealer sells his good at 10% profit
88 8
and he uses the weight of 160 gms instead of
200 gm What is his profit %?
1 10%
(A) 10% (B) 12 %
2 200 160

1 (A) 25% (B) 37.5%

(C) 11.11% (D) 8 %
3 (C) 35% (D) 40%
46. On selling 18 articles for Rs. 1680 a man get 51. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 15% profit
profit of cost price 3 articles. Then find the Cost and uses the weight 920 gms instead of 1 kg
Price of 1 article. weight What is his Profit%?
18 1680 3 15%
1 920

(A) Rs.80 (B) Rs.85 (A) 20% (B) 22.5%

(C) Rs.120 (D) Rs.96 (C) 25% (D) 30%
47. On selling 38 balls at Rs 2240 there is a loss 52. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 9% loss and
equal to the cost price of 6 balls. The cost price uses the weight of 840 gms instead of 1 kg what
of a ball is equal to: is his Profit or Loss %.
9%
1 840
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(A) Rs 80 (B) Rs 50 (A) 8.33% P (B) 8.33% L
(C) Rs 60 (D) Rs 70 (C) 12.5% P (D) 12.5% L

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 faulty weight. What will be the gain per cent on
1 his outlay?
53. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 6 % loss
4 x%
on cost price but uses the weight of 14 gms in- x%
stead of 16g what his Profit or Loss%.
%
1
6 % 2x  x2
4 (A) 2x% (B) %
100
16 14
 2
x  x 
(C) None of these (D) 100 %

 
1 1
(A) 7 % proft (B) 8 % Proft 57. A dishonest dealer cheats 10% in buying goods
7 3 as well as 10% in selling goods what is his
Profit%.
1 1
(C) 7 % Loss (D) 8 % Loss 10%
7 3
10%
54. A Cloth dealer professes to lose 16% on a cer- (A) 21% (B) 18.18%
tain garments but he uses a meter having a (C) 22.22% (D) 25%
length of 90 cm only and charges for the metre. 58. A dishonest dealer professes to sells his goods
What is his Profit or Loss%. at Cost Price but he uses a weight of 200 gm
16% instead of x gm and get 25% profit. Find value
90 of x.

x 200
25% x
1 2
(A) 6 % Loss (B) 6 % Profit
4 3
(A) 225 gm (B) 240 gm
1 2 (C) 250 gm (D) 220 gm
(C) 6 % Loss (D) 8 % Profit 59. A dishonest dealer professes to sells his goods
4 3
at Cost Price but he uses a weight of 280 gm
55. A salesman by means of false weight defraud of instead of x gm and get 14.28% profit. Find value
10% in buying goods and also by means of false of x.
balance defraud of 10% in selling. If purchasing
and selling rate are same. What is his Profit%.
x 280
10%
14.28% x
10%

(A) 300 gm (B) 320 gm

2 (C) 315 gm (D) 325 gm
(A) 21% (B) 18 %
11 60. A dishonest dealer profosses to sells his goods
at Cost Price but he cheats 50 gm by false weight
2 and make 20% Profit. Find value of Weight used
(C) 22 % (D) 25%
9
by him.
56. A dishonest dealer defrauds to the extent of x%
in buying as well as selling his goods by using
50

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 20% 1 880
1 1100
(A) 250 gm (B) 225 gm
(C) 275 gm (D) 300 gm (A) 35% (B) 25%
61. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at cost
1
price. If he uses a faulty scale, he earns 25% (C) 30% (D) 33 %
3
profit. Find out what weight does he use in place
65. A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 80% and
of 1 kg weight.
gives discount of 25%. Besides he gets 20% more
amount per kg from wholesaler and sells 10% less
25% per kg to customer. What is the overall profit per-
1 centage?
80%

(A) 800 (B) 889 25%

(C) 881 (D) 772 20%
(E) None of these 10% %
62. A dishonest dealer cheats 20% on buying an ar- (A) 80% (B) 60%
ticle as well as 20% cheats on selling it and al-
(C) 70% (D) None of these
low a discount of 25% on cash payment. What is
66. A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods
his P%?
by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the cus-
20% tomer. Besides, he also cheats both his supplier
20% and his buyer by 100 grams while buying or selling
25% 1 kilogram. Find the percentage profit earned by
the shopkeeper.
20%
(A) 7% (B) 10%
10%
1
(C) 12 % (D) 8% 100
2
%
63. A dealer sells his goods at 10% Profit and uses
880 gm instead of 1 kg and allow 10% (A) 20% (B) 25%
discount an cash payment what is his Profit%. (C) 32% (D) 27.5%
10% 1 67. A dishonest dealer mark up the price of his goods
by 20% and gives 10% discount to customer. Be-
880
sides he also cheats both his supplier and his buyer
10% by 100 gms while buying or selling 1 kg. If dealer
(A) 12.50% (B) 15% takes a discount of 10% from his supplier and dis-
(C) 20% (D) 25% regard this discount while making up. Find his profit
64. A dishonest dealer mark the price of his goods %.
at 20% above the CP and allow 10% discount at 20%
the time of selling the goods he uses the weight
10%
of 880 gm instead of 1 kg and at the time of
1 100
buying he use 1100 gm instead of 1 kg find his
profit %. 10%

20%
10% %

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 (A) 32% (B) 36.66% (A) 40% (B) 44%
(C) 40.33% (D) 46.66%
(C) 37.5% (D) 42.75%
73. Bu y 15 get 1 f ree and addi ti onal 4%
68. A dishonest dealer purchases goods at 20% discount
of the cost price of Rs. x and also cheats his whole-
discount is equivalent to a single discount of-
saler by getting 20% extra through false weighing,
per kg. Then he marks up his goods by 80% of x,
but he gives a discount of 25% besides he cheats (A) 9.25% (B) 7.85%
his customer by weighing 10% less than the re- (C) 11.28% (D) 10%
quired. What is his overall profit percentage? 74. What price should Neeraj mark on a shirt that
x 20% costs Rs 840, so as to earn a profit of 18% after
1 allowing a discount of 16% on the market price?
20% 1
x 80%
25%
10% % (a) Rs 1160 (b) Rs 1200
(A) 125% (B) 100% (c) Rs 1180 (d) Rs 1240
(C) 98.66% (D) 120% SSC CGL MAINS 2019
69. Successive discounts of 30% and 20% is 75. A man bought a watch for Rs.1260 what price
equlvalent to a single discount of should be marked on it so that he get 20% profit
after allow 20% discount
(A) 50% (B) 40%
(C) 44% (D) 10%
70. The successive discount of 15% 20% and 25%
on an article is equlvalent to the single discount
(A) Rs.1800 (B) Rs.1825
of
(C) Rs.1875 (D) Rs.1890
76. After allow a discount of 15% a shopkeeper get
19% profit if the mark price of article is Rs.1260
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) what is the cost price.
Exam. 10.09.2016)
(A) 60% (B) 47%
(C) 49% (D) 40%
71. If the successive discounts be 20%, 10% and
(A) Rs.1000 (B) Rs.950
5% then the single equlvalent rate of discount
(C) Rs.1050 (D) Rs.900
is:
77. The marked price of an article is Rs 800 and it
is sold at a discount of 19%. If there is a gain of
8%, then by what percent above the cost price
(SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I CBE was the article marked?
(Exam) 08.09.2016)
(A) 31.6% (B) 31.5%
(C) 31% (D) 31.4%
72. Buy 3 Get one free and additional 20% discount
is equivalent to a single discount of -
3
1
(a) 33 % (b) 35
3

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 2
(c) 27 (d) 36 %
3
(A) 40% (B) 50%
78. After allow a discount of 15% a Shopkeeper get (C) 60% (D) 45%
the profit % of 19% what is his profit % if dis- 83. A Shopkeeper gives 12% discount on mark price
count changes to 10% and additional 1 article free with every 3 articles
bought and still gains 32% profit then find mark
price is what % above cost price
(A) 25% (B) 26 3

1
(C) 30% (D) 33 %
3
79. The list price of an article is Rs.1600 and a cus-
tomer buy it for Rs.1224 after two successive (A) 35% (B) 75%
discounts. If first discount is 10% then find the (C) 50% (D) 100%
other discount 84. A Shopkeeper allow 10% discount on marked price
and addition 2 article free with every 3 article
bought and still he gain 8%. Then mark price is
what % above cost price

(A) 10% (B) 12%

(C) 15% (D) 18%
80. An article is marked at Rs.650 and a customer
buys it for Rs.561.60 and got two successive dis-
count. If first discount is 4% then find second (A) 50% (B) 30%
discount (C) 25% (D) 100%
85. After two successive discount each of x% on
marked price of an article, a customer buy it
for Rs. 3610. If marked price of the article is
Rs. 4000. Find value of x.
(A) 8% (B) 10%
(C) 9% (D) 11% x%
81. A dealer is marked the price of an article is
Rs.850 after two successive discount he sells it x
for Rs.578. If first discount is equal to 20% then (A) 25% (B) 15%
find second discount. (C) 10% (D) 5%
86. After three successive discount each of x% a
customer buy it for Rs. 3430. If marked price of
article is Rs. 5120. Find value of x.
(A) 10% (B) 15% x%
(C) 12% (D) 18%
82. A Shopkeeper gives 4% discount and additional x
1 article free with every 15 articles bought and (A) 25% (B) 18.5%
still he gain 35%. Then find mark price is what (C) 12.5% (D) 10%
% above the cost price. 87. After giving two successive discounts, each of
x% on the marked price of an article, total dis-
count is Rs. 259.20. If the marked price of the

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 articleis Rs. 720, then the value of x is:
x%
Rs. 259.20
Rs. 720 x
(A) 18 (B) 24 (SSC CGL Tier-II CBE
(C) 20 (D) 25. (Exam) 17.02.2018)
88. The price of an article reduces to 576 after two (A) 12% (B) 15%
successive discounts. The markup is 80% above (C) 14% (D) 16%
the cost price of Rs. 500. What is the new profit 92. The discounts offered on a Shirt of Rs. 500 and
percentage if instead of two sussessive discounts a pair of Trousers of Rs. 1000 are 20% and 40%
the makrup price was further increased succes- respectively, If Ajay bought 2 Shirts and 3 pairs
sively two times by the same percentage? of Trousers what was the effective discount (in
%) he received?

(A) 259.2% (B) 59.2% (A) 30 (B) 32

(C) 159.2%
(D) can't be determined
89. Cost price of 35 articles is equal to selling price
of 28 articles and discount offered on 3 articles
is equal to profit earn on 6 articles. What is the
difference between profit % and discount %.
(C) 25 (D) 35
93. Marked price of an item is Rs. 900. On purchase
of 2 items discount is 16%, on purchase of 5
items discount is 44%. Raksha buys 7 items,
what is the effective discount?

(A) 10 per cent (B) 16 per cent

(C) 36 per cent (D) 9.6 per cent
(A) 2.65% (B) 3.56% 94. Marked price of an item is Rs. 200. On purchase
(C) 7.27% (D) 6.5% of 1 item discount is 5%, on purchase of 2 items
90. Cost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling discount is 14%. Rajeshri buys 3 items. What is
price of 9 oranges and the discount on 10 or- the effective discount?
anges is equal to the profit on 5 oranges. What
is the difference between the profit percentage
and discount percentage?

(A) 37 per cent (B) 26.25 per cent

(C) 11 per cent (D) 30.2 per cent
95. Ticket for an adult is Rs. 1500 and that of a
(A) 20 (B) 22.22 child is Rs. 800. One child goes free with two
(C) 16.66 (D) 15 adults. If a group has 25 adults and 12 children,
91. A Rs. 750 tin of cheese is offered at 8% dis- what is the discount the group gets?
count and a Rs. 1.250 tin of butter at 20% dis-
count. If we buy 5 tins of cheese and 3 tins of
butter, what is the effective discount we get (in
%) ?

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 (SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I CBE
(Exam) 02.02.2017 (Second Sitting)
1
(a) 36 (b) 35
(A) 26.47 per cent (B) 20.38 per cent 2
(C) 31.60 per cent (D) 33.33 per cent
96. On a television of brand A the discount is 25% 1
(c) 40 (d) 37
and on television of brand B the discount is 40%. 2
The price of B after discount Rs. 2,250 greater SSC CGL MAINS 2018
than the price of A after discount. What is the
100. A man has 252 kg sugar he sells two third quan-
marked price of A (in Rs.) if marked price of B is
tity at 30% profit, one fourth quantity at 16%
Rs. 35,000?
profit and remaining quantity at 12% profit.
A B Find his net profit%
B A
B A

(SSC CGL Tier- II CBE (A) 20% (B) 22.22%

(Exam) 20.02.2018) (C) 25% (D) 27.5%
(A) 18750 (B) 21000 101. A man buys a field of agricultural land for Rs.
(C) 25000 (D) 17850 3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20%
97. Radha purchased 10 dozens pens at Rs. 60 per and two-fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price
dozen. She sold 7 dozens pen at 7% profit and must he sell the remaining field so as to make
remaining 3 dozens at 17% profit. What is his P% an overall profit of 10%?
in this transaction

(A) 10% (B) 12%

(A) Rs. 100000 (B) Rs. 115000
(C) 14% (D) 15%
(C) Rs. 120000 (D) Rs. 125000
98. A man buy 232kg sugar at 39 Rs. per kg he sells
102. A dealer marks article at a price that gives him a
7/11 of quantity at 5% Loss and remaining
profit of 40%. 8% of the consignment of goods
quantity at 17% Profit. Then find his actual
was lost in fire. 22% was soiled and had to be
profit%.
sold at half of CP. If remainder was sold at MP.
Find his net P%.

(A) 3% (B) 4%
(C) 7% (D) 11%
99. A shopkeeper bought 120 quintals of wheat. 20%
of it was sold at 25% loss. At what percent should
he sell the rest to gain 25% on the whole (A) 5% (B) 8%
transaction? (C) 9% (D) 12%
103. A fruit-seller buys some oranges and by selling
40% of them he realises the cost price of all the
oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-ripe,
he reduces the price and sells 80% of the re-
maining oranges at half the previous rate of

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 profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are
thrown away. The overall percentage of profit is

(A) 60 (B) 55
(C) 50 (D) 54
Cat 2020
(SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam. 19.10.2014) 107. A man buys 35 kg of sugar and sets a marked
(A) 80 (B) 84 price in order to make a 20% profit. He sells 5
(C) 94 (D) 96 kg at this price, and 15 kg at a 10% discount.
104. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the Accidentally, 3 kg of sugar is wasted. He sells
cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked the remaining sugar by raising the marked price
price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the by p percent so as to make an overall profit of
marked price and the rest at a discount of 40% 15%. Then p is nearest to
on the marked price. His total gain is

(A) 2% (B) 4.5% p

(C) 13.5% (D) 15%
CAT 2020
105. A shopkeeper listed the price of goods at 30%
above the cost price. He sells half the stock at (A) 31 (B) 22
this price, one fourth of the stock at a discount (C) 35 (D) 25
of 15% and the remaining at 30% discount. His 108. A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the
overall profit is price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut
per kg. He then sold 8 kg of peanuts at a profit of
10% and 16 kg of walnuts at a profit of 20% to a
shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost 5 kg
of walnuts and 3 kg of peanuts in transit. He then
3 mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture
(A) 15 % (B) 15%
8 at Rs. 166 per kg, thus making an overall profit
of 25%. At what price, in Rs. per kg, did the whole-
3 2 saler buy the walnuts?
(C) 15 % (D) 15 %
5 3
106. Anil buys 12 toys and labels each with the same
selling price. He sells 8 toys initially at 20%
discount on the labeled price. Then he sells the
remaining 4 toys at an additional 25% discount
on the discounted price. Thus, he gets a total
of Rs 2112, and makes a 10% profit. With no
discounts, his percentage of profit would have
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 (A) 98 (B) 96
(C) 84 (D) 86
CAT 2018
109. A shopkeeper buys a product of Rs 150 per Kg.
(A) Rs. 22.50 per dozen
15% of product was damaged. At what price (per
(B) Rs. 26.50 per dozen
kg) should he sell the remaining so as to earn a
(C) Rs. 26 per dozen
profit of 20%
(D) Rs. 25.50 per dozzen
113. A merchant bought 200 eggs, out of which 38
eggs were broken. He sold the remaining eggs
at the rate of Rs. 4.80 per dozen and thus gained
8%. His total investment is

13 13
(a) Rs 213 (b)Rs 207
17 17
(A) Rs. 80 (B) Rs. 60
13 13
(c)Rs 209 (d)Rs 211 (C) Rs. 45 (D) Rs. 120
17 17
114. An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel.
There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to
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earn 5% profit then at what price should it sell
110. A trader bought 10 kg of apples for Rs. 405 out including 8% tax on selling price? (in Rs per
of which 1 kg of apples were found to be rotten. barrel)
If he wishes to make a profit of 10%, at what
rate should he sell the remaining apples per kg?

(A) Rs. 45 (B) Rs. 49.50

(C) Rs. 50 (D) Rs. 51 (a) 3674 (b) 3711
111. A rice trader buys 8 quintals of rice for Rs. 3,600. (c) 4219 (d) 4536
10% rice is lost in transportation. At what rate SSC CGL MAINS 2017
should he sell to earn 15% profit?
115. A fruit seller buys 240 apples for Rs. 600. Some
of these apples are bad and are thrown away.
He sells the remaining apples at Rs. 3.50 each
and makes a profit of Rs. 198. The per cent of
(SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-1 CBE apples thrown away are
(Exam) 22.02.2017 (IIIrd Sitting)
(A) Rs. 352.1 per quintal
(B) Rs. 517.5 per quintal
(C) Rs. 575 per quintal
(D) Rs. 582.3 per quintal
112. A shopkeeper pruchased 510 eggs at the rate of (A) 6% (B) 8%
Rs. 20 per dozen. 30 eggs were broken on the (C) 5% (D) 7%
way. In order to make a gain fo 20%, he must 116. A fruit seller has 108 kg fruits he sales some
sell the remaining eggs at the rate of quantity at 28% profit & remaining quantity at

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 8% loss on the wholesale he get 17% profit find
the quantity sold by him at 28% profit. % %
108
%
28% 8%
17% 28% (A) 10,000 (B) 85,000
(C) 82,500 (D) 1,15,000
(a) 75 kg (b) 54 kg 121. A man purchased 2 chair and 3 Tables for
(c) 65 kg (d) 80 kg 24000. He sells chair at 20% loss and Table at
117. A man buys two horses for 155000. He sell 25% profit during whole sale he get profit of
one at the loss of 23% and other at a gain of 2400 . Find cp of each chair.
27%. On the whole sale he get neither profit
nor loss. Find price of first horse.
% %

% %

(A) 4200 (B) 4250

(C) 3950 (D) 4000
(A) 83700 (B) 80700 122. A man buy 20 pens and 16 pencils for 360. He
(C) 81700 (D) 82700 sells pens at profit of 40% and pencil at profit
118. A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. of 25% his overall gain is 120. Find cp of one
40,000. He sold the horse at a gain of 10% and pen.
the carriage at a loss of 5%. He gained 1% on
his whole transaction. The cost price of the
% %
horse was:

(A) 15 (B) 12
(C) 10 (D) 18
(A) Rs. 15000 (B) Rs. 16000
123. A person sells his table at 25% profit and chair
(C) Rs. 18000 (D) Rs. 20000
at 20% loss but on whole sale he get net profit
119. Aman bought 2 fast rack & 3 Casio watch for
of 180. If he sells table at 20% loss and chair
Rs. 18700. He sold fastrack watch at 12% profit
at 25% profit he get neither profit nor loss. Find
& Casio watch at 10% loss on the wholesale he
cp of table.
get neither profit nor loss find cost price of 1
fastrack & 1 Casio watch. % %

2 3 18700
12% %

10% %

(A) 2250 (B) 2000

(a) 5250, 3500 (b) 3400, 4250
(C) 1850 (D) 1600
(c) 4250, 3400 (d) 3500, 5250 124. A man sells a table at 15% profit and chair at
120. A man purchase 10 horses and 9 cows for 12% loss he earn 540 as profit but if he sells
20,0000. He sold horses at 15% profit and cows table at 12% loss and chair at 15% profit there
at 10% loss. Find cp of each cow if he earn profit is no profit no loss. Find cp of table & chair.
of 3.75%. % %

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 on each type. He earn 13% profit on first two
% types and earn 15% profit on all three types.
Find number of pens in all three types.
%

% % %
(A) 11000, 9000 (B) 10000, 8000
(C) 12000, 7000 (D) 9000, 6000 %
125. A man sells of fastrack watch at 13% profit and %
casio watch at 9% profit earn 1060 as profit.
(A) 300, 100, 160
2
If he sells fastrack at 16 % profit and CASIO (B) 300, 110, 150
3
(C) 350, 100, 110
(D) 200, 150, 210
1
watch at 11 % loss he get no profit no loss. 128. In what ratio sugar at Rs. 65 kg mixed with sugar
9 at Rs. 57 kg so that vendor get 15% profit on selling
Find cp of fastrack and CASIO watch. it for Rs. 69.
% % 65 67
69

2
16 % (a) 3 : 4 (b) 3 : 5
3 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 4 : 3
129. A grocer sells two types of sugar. He sells first
1
11 % 2
9 type 77 /kg and get 16 % % profit where
3
as IInd type at 43.2 /kg and get 10% loss. In
what proportion should he mixed two variety
(A) 4000, 6000 (B) 3000, 6000
so that he get 10% profit on selling mixture at
(C) 5000, 4000 (D) 2250, 3750
60.50 /kg.
126. A man purchased 450 pens of 3 types & sells
such that he earned profit of 9%, 10% and 12%

3 2
respectively on each type. He earn profit of 9 % 16 % IInd
7 3
on first two types and 10% overall profit on all %
types. Find number of pens in all three types.
%
% % % (A) 2 : 1 (B) 2 : 3
(C) 3 : 2 (D) 7 : 11
3 130. Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs.
9 % %
7 10 for each and the same number for Rs. 14
each. He mixed them together and sold them
for Rs. 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent is
(A) 250, 100, 100 (B) 200, 150, 100
(C) 175, 150, 125 (D) 200, 100, 150
127. A man has 560 pens of 3 types & sells such that
he earn profit of 12%, 16% and 20% respectively

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(A) Loss 8 % (B) Gain 8 %
3 3 135. On selling an article for Rs. 123.40, the gain is
20% more than the amount of loss incurred on
2 1
(C) Loss 8 % (D) Gain 8 % selling it for Rs. 108. If the article is sold for
3 3
Rs. 120.75, then what is the gain/loss percent?
131. Saurav purchased 25kg rice at Rs. 175 kg and
another 25 kg rice at certain rate. He mixed two
and sold the entire quantity at Rs. 186kg and make
20% profit. At what price did the purchase another
rice.

(a) Gain/ 2.5%

(b) Gain/ 5%
% (c) Loss/ 2.5%
(d) Loss/ 5%
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(a) Rs. 145 kg (b) Rs. 125 kg 136. On selling an article for half of its selling price a
(c) Rs. 155 kg (d) Rs. 135 kg shopkeeper get 30% loss what is his profit % if he
132. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. sells if at original price.
9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of
Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the
mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total
profit or loss in the transaction was:
(A) 20% (B) 25%

1
(C) 33 % (D) 40%
3

137. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold

(A) Rs. 2 Loss (B) Rs. 2 Profit 1 1
(C) Rs. 7 Loss (D) Rs. 7 Profit at % of this price, there is a loss of %.
3 3
133. By selling an article for Rs. 2760 a shopkeeper get
the loss which is equal to the profit on selling the What is the percentage profit when it is sold at
same article for Rs. 2960. What is the CP. 60% of the original selling price?

1 1
3 3
(A) Rs. 2800 (B) Rs. 2840
(C) Rs. 2860 (D) Rs. 2875
134. Anu sold an article for Rs 480 at some profit.
Had she sold it for Rs 400, then there would (a) 33% (b)17%
have been a loss equal to one third of the initial (c) 30 (d) 20
profit. What was the cost price of the article? 138. A shopkeeper estimates his P% as 25% of the
selling price what is his actual profit percent.

(a) 430 (b) 420 1

(c) 450 (d) 425 (A) 33 % (B) 25%
3

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 (C) 20% (D) 40%
139. If a merchant estimates his loss% on selling price
and get 10%. What is his actual Profit/loss%. If
SP is decreased by 20%.

2 1
(A) 66 % (B) 83 %
3 3

1
1 3 (C) 100% (D) 133 %
(A) 33 % (B) 27 % 3
3 11
145. If the selling price of an article is doubled, then
(C) 20% (D) 15% its loss per cent is converted into equal profit
140. On selling an article for Rs. 144 a Shopkeeper percent. The loss per cent on the article is
get the Profit % which is equal to cost price.
What is the cost price.

(A) Rs. 104 (B) Rs. 100 2

(A) 26 % (B) 33%
(C) Rs. 96 (D) Rs. 80 3
141. On selling an article for Rs. 24 a shopkeeper
1
get the loss% equal to the Cost Price. What is (C) 33 % (D) 34%
3
the Cost Price.
146. If the selling price is tripled and cost price
doubled the profit would become 65%. What is
the present profit (in %)?
(A) Rs. 60 (B) Rs. 40
(C) Rs. 70 (D) Either (A) or (B)
142. A shopkeeper sells 12 toffees for Rs.25 and he
get 20% loss how many toffees should he sells (SSC CGL Tier-II CBE
in Rs. 25 so he get 20% profit (Exam) 20.02.2018
(A) 20 (B) 15
(C) 25 (D) 10
147. A manufacturer fixes his selling price at 33%
over the cost of production. If cost of produc-
(A) 8 toffee (B) 9 toffee tion goes up by 12% and manufacturer raises
(C) 10 toffee (D) 6 toffee his selling price by 10% his percentage profit is
143. On selling 11 pens in Rs. 56 a Shopkeeper get
16% loss. How many pens he should sells in Rs.
64 so he get 32% Profit.

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25.10.2015 TF No. 1099685
(A) 8 (B) 9
(C) 10 (D) 11 3 5
(A) 28 % (B) 30 %
144. If selling price of an article becomes double net 8 8
profit % becomes triple. What is his net profit
5
% on selling article at actual selling price. (C) 36 % (D) 35%
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148. On an article the profit is 230% of the cost price. C P
If the cost price increases by 50% but the sell- A
ing price remains constant, then what is the
new profit per cent? 1 9
(A) Rs. P (B) Rs. P
20 10

9 10
(C) Rs. P (D) Rs. P
20 9
(A) 54.54 (B) 80 153. A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale
(C) 120 (D) 150 dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer
149. The marked price of an article is 50% above cost sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shop-
price. When marked price is increased by 20%, keeper sells it to a customer for Rs. 56,100 at a
the profit doubles. If original marked price is loss of 15%. Then the cost prices of the article
Rs. 300, then original selling price is to the manufacturer is

(A) Rs. 200 (B) Rs. 250

(C) Rs. 240 (D) Rs. 275 (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
150. If a commission at the rate of 10% is given to a Exam. 16.09.2017)
bookseller on the market price of a book by the (A) 25000 (B) 10000
publisher, the publisher gains 20%. If the com- (C) 50000 (D) 55000
mission is increased to 15%, then the gain per- 154. A sold a watch to B at a profit of 20%. B sold it
cent would be: to C at 30% profit. C sold it to D at 10% loss. If
B’s profit is Rs. 80 more than that of A, then D
bought it for:
A B B
C C D
2 1
(A) 16 % (B) 13 % B A
3 3
D
5 1 (a) Rs 652 (b) Rs 702
(C) 15 % (D) 12 %
6 2 (c) Rs 700 (d) Rs 680
151. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his ad- SSC CGL MAINS 2019
vertised price and still makes a profit of 10%. If 155. A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at
he gains Rs. 56 on one item, his advertised price cost price p, to Amal and Asim at a profit of
of the item. (in Rs.) is 20% and at a loss of 20%, respectively. Amal
sells his table to Bimal at a profit of 30%, while
Asim sells his table to Barun at a loss of 30%. If
the amounts paid by Bimal and Barun are x and
y, respectively, then (x -y) / p equals
(A) 820 (B) 780
p
(C) 790 (D) 800
152. A sells a cycle to B at a profit of 20% and B sells
it to C at a loss of 25%. If C bought the cycle for
Rs. P, then the cost price of it for A was
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 x y x -y p
(A) 0.7 (B) 1
(C) 1.2 (D) 0.50
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156. A person bought two bicycles for Rs. 1600 and
sold the first at 10% profit and the second at =
20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and
the second at 10% profit, he would get Rs. 5 (a) 250 (b) 150
more. The difference of the cost price of the (c) 200 (d) 100
two bicycles was:
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160. Jay and Vijay spent an equal amount of money
to buy some pens and special pencils of the same
quality from the same store. If Jay bought 3
pens and 5 pencils, and Vijay bought 2 pens and
(A) Rs. 50 (B) Rs. 40 7 pencils, then which one of the following is
(C) Rs. 25 (D) Rs. 75 correct?
157. The cost price of an article is C and the selling
price of the same article is S, where Z is the
profit or loss percentage. If the cost price and
selling price both are increased by same amount
then which of the following is true:
(a) A pencil costs more than a pen
C S Z

(b) The price of a pencil is equal to that of a pen

(A) Z increases (B) Z decreases

(c) The price of a pen is two times the price of a
(C) remains constant (D) none of these
pencil
158. After allow x% discount a shopkeeper get 30%
loss if selling price becomes double then find
(d) The price of a pen is three times the price of
his discount percent. (Given MP > 140% of CP)
a pencil
x%

> 161.
(A) 100–2x (B) 100+x
(C) 2x–100 (D) 100+2x
159. Oil equal to 20% of the weight of ground nut is
extracted in a mill. The matter left after extrac-
tion is sold as cattle feed at the rate or Rs 12.5/
kg. The groundnuts are bought at Rs. 20 /kg.
The processing cost is Rs. 5/kg. At what price
(Rs per kg) should the oil be sold to earn 20%
profit on total cost (Total cost = cost of ground-
nuts and processing costs)?
CSAT 2019
Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two
sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice
the price of the small box. If the selling price per
gram of chocolate in the large box is 12% less than
that in the small box, then the percentage by which
the weight of chocolate in the large box exceeds that
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(a) 127 (b) 144
(c) 124 (d) 135
162. Aron bought some pencils and sharpeners.
Spending the same amount of money as Aron,
Aditya bought twice as many pencils and 10 less
sharpeners. If the cost of one sharpener is Rs. CAT 2020
2 more than the cost of a pencil, then the mini- (A) 30 (B) 33
mum possible number of pencils bought by Aron (C) 27 (D) 36
and Aditya together is

ANSWER KEY
1. (B) 21. (D) 41. (A) 61. (A) 81. (B) 101.(C) 121.(D) 141.(D) 161.(A)
2. (C) 22. (A) 42. (B) 62. (D) 82. (B) 102.(C) 122.(C) 142.(A) 162.(B)
3. (D) 23. (D) 43. (B) 63. (A) 83. (D) 103.(B) 123.(B) 143.(A)
4. (A) 24. (C) 44. (A) 64. (A) 84. (D) 104.(A) 124.(B) 144.(C)
5. (C) 25. (D) 45. (D) 65. (A) 85. (D) 105.(A) 125.(A) 145.(C)
6. (A) 26. (B) 46. (A) 66. (C) 86. (C) 106.(C) 126.(B) 146.(D)
7. (B) 27. (B) 47. (D) 67. (D) 87. (C) 107.(D) 127.(A) 147.(B)
8. (C) 28. (B) 48. (B) 68. (A) 88. (C) 108.(B) 128.(B) 148.(C)
9. (B) 29. (B) 49. (B) 69. (C) 89. (B) 109.(D) 129.(D) 149.(B)
10. (C) 30. (C) 50. (B) 70. (C) 90. (B) 110.(B) 130.(D) 150.(B)
11. (C) 31. (C) 51. (C) 71. (A) 91. (C) 111.(C) 131.(D) 151.(D)
12. (C) 32. (B) 52. (A) 72. (A) 92. (D) 112.(B) 132.(A) 152.(D)
13. (C) 33. (D) 53. (A) 73. (D) 93. (C) 113.(B) 133.(C) 153.(C)
14. (A) 34. (D) 54. (D) 74. (C) 94. (C) 114.(D) 134.(B) 154.(B)
15. (A) 35. (A) 55. (C) 75. (D) 95. (B) 115.(C) 135.(B) 155.(B)
16. (A) 36. (A) 56. (C) 76. (D) 96. (C) 116.(A) 136.(D) 156.(A)
17. (B) 37. (B) 57. (A) 77. (A) 97. (A) 117 (A) 137.(D) 157.(B)
18. (A) 38. (C) 58. (C) 78. (B) 98. (A) 118.(B) 138.(A) 158.(C)
19. (B) 39. (D) 59. (B) 79. (C) 99. (D) 119.(C) 139.(B) 159.(D)
20. (A) 40. (B) 60. (A) 80. (B) 100.(C) 120.(A) 140.(D) 160.(C)

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