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Q91. Store N gives a 50 percent discount on the list price of all its items and Store W gives
a 60 percent discount on the list price of all its items. If the list price of the same item is 20
percent higher in Store W, what percent (more or less) of the selling price in Store N is the
selling price of the item in Store W ?
A. 10% less
B. 4% less
C. 2% less
D. 10% more

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Q92. What will be the percentage profit after selling an article at a certain price if there
occur a loss of 35% on selling the article 3/5 of the selling price?

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Q93. The price of an item is discounted 10 percent on day 1 of a sale. On day 2, the item is
discounted another 10 percent, and on day 3, it is discounted an additional 20 percent. The
price of the item on day 3 is what percentage of the sale price on day 1?

A. 28%
B. 40%
C. 64.8%
D. 72%

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Q94. An article costs Rs. 500 and the marked price is mentioned as Rs. 800. What is the
profit % for the seller if he sells and offers a discount of 10% on the marked price

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Q95. If an article with marked price of Rs. 400 is sold at successive discounts of 10%, 25%
and 15%, what is the approximate price the customer has to pay?

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Q96. Srinivas sold an article for Rs. 6800 and incurred a loss. Had he sold the article for
Rs. 7850, his gain would have been equal to half of the amount of loss that he incurred.
At what price should he sell the article to have 20% profit?

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Q97. Sachin bought two articles A and B at a total cost of Rs.8000. He sold article A at
20% profit and article B at 12% loss. In the whole deal he made no gain and no loss. At
what price should Sachin have sold article B to make an overall profit of 25%?

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Q98. By selling 80 ball pens for Rs. 140 a retailer losses 30%. How many ball pens should
he sell for Rs. 104 so as to make a profit of 30%?

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Q99. A vendor loses the selling price of 4 oranges on selling 36 oranges. His loss percent is

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Q100. The profit made on a product is 25 %. What is the loss percent incurred on the sale
if the figures of both CP and SP are interchanged?

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Q101. The cost of a pen is Rs. 4. A shopkeeper sold these pens at Rs. 54 per dozen. If he
gives 10% discount on selling price, find the ratio of the profit % after giving the discount
and profit % without giving the discount.

a) 1:10. b)10:1. c)1:5 d)1:8

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Q102. A person purchased a book and a novel for Rs. 2800. He sold the book at a profit
of 10% and the novel at a profit 15.25%. If his total profit was 13%, find the difference
between the Cost price of the Book and Novel.

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Q103. The marked price of a Pant and a T-Shirt are in the ratio of 2 : 3. The shopkeeper
gives 40% discount on the Pant. If the total discount on the Pant and the T-Shirt is 40%
the discount offered on the T-Shirt is

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Q104. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% in every 4 months at an article. If a man

purchases it for Rs. 25515 in the month of December, then what was the initial price of
that article in the month of January?

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Q105. A bought some stationery items at the rate of 5 for Re. 1 and an equal number of items
at the rate of 4 for Re. 1. She mixed both the types of items and sold them at the rate of 9 for
Rs. 2. In this transaction she bore a loss of Rs. 3. Find the total number of items purchased by
her?

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Q106. A manufacturer fixes his selling price at 33% over the cost of production. If cost of
production goes up by 12% and manufacturer raises his selling price by 10%, find his profit
percentage.

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Q107. A man purchased 150 chairs, each costing the same, but 40% of them are damaged
which cannot be sold. He sold 50% of the remaining at 20% profit each and remaining at 5%
loss each. If the total selling price of chairs is Rs. 7740, then what was the total cost price of
all chairs?

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Q108. Virat fixes the marked price of a bag 28% above its cost price. What should be the
approximate percentage of discount allowed to gain 6%?

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Q109. A dishonest dealer pretends to sell at the cost price but earns a profit of 25% by under
weighing. What weight must he be using for 1 kg?

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Q110. Rakesh bought 20 chairs for Rs.1000. He repaired and sold them at the rate of Rs.500
per pair. He got profit of Rs.100 per chair. How much did he spend on repairs?

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Q111. A shop-owner has 90 kg of Toor Dal. One day he decides to sell out all his Toor Dal stock.
He sells some certain part of it at 40% profit and the remaining stock at 20% profit. If he gains
30% on the overall transaction, what is the quantity of each part of Toor Dal?

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Q112. In 2010, a library contained a total of 11500 books in two categories - fiction and non-
fiction. In 2015, the library contained a total of 12760 books in these two categories. During
this period, there was 10% increase in the fiction category while there was 12% increase in
the non-fiction category. How many fiction books were in the library in 2015? (CAT 2019)

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Q113. From a container filled with milk, 9 liters of milk are drawn and replaced with water.
Next, from the same container, 9 liters are drawn and again replaced with water. If the
volumes of milk and water in the container are now in the ratio of 16 : 9, then the capacity
of the container, in liters, is

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Q114.Rambali bought 2 cows and 1 buffalo. The ratio of the prices at which he bought a cow
and a buffalo is 1: 3. He marked up the price of each cow and the buffalo by 20 % and 40 %
respectively. He gave a discount of 40 % and 25 % on the sale of each of the two cows and
the buffalo respectively. What is his overall profit/loss on this transaction?
A. 6.4 % Loss
B. 2.4 % Profit
C. 6.4 % Profit
D. 9.6 % Loss
E. 8.2 % Loss

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Q115. A shopkeeper marks up the price of his product by 20%. If he increases the discount
from 5% to 10% ,the profit would decrease by Rs 21. How much profit/ loss would he earn if
he gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?
A) Rs14 loss
B) Rs14 profit
C) Rs20 loss
D) Rs20 profit

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Ans 91- 4% LESS Ans 104- 35000 Rs

Ans 92- 8.33% Ans 105- Rs 1080
Ans 93- 72% Ans 106- 245/8 %
Ans 94- 44% Ans 107- Rs 12000
Ans 95- Rs 229.5
Ans 96- Rs 9000
Ans 108- 17%
Ans 109- 800 Gram
ANSWER
Ans 97- Rs 6250
Ans 98- 32
Ans 110 - 2000
Ans 111- 45 Kg for both
KEYS :-
Ans 99- 10% Ans 112- 6600
Ans 100- 20% Ans 113- 45
Ans 101- 1:10 Ans 114- 8.2 % Loss
Ans 102- Rs 400 Ans 115- Rs 14 loss
Ans 103- 40%

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