PROFIT AND LOSS makes.
A)4% B)5% C)6% D)8%
1. Ram Buys an old scooter for ₹4700 and spend ₹800 on
its repairs. If he sells the scooter for ₹5800, his gain
percent is. A) 10% B)12% C) 60/11% D)15%
2. Arun Sell an object to Benny at a profit of 15%. Benny
Sells that object to Chandan for ₹1012. And makes a
profit of 10%. At what cost did Arun purchase the
object? A)800 B)1000 C)1200 D)1500
3. When an article is sold for ₹355, there is a loss of 29%.
To gain 21%, it should be sold for rupees.
A)610 B)605 C)615 D)620
4. A man sold his scooter for ₹405 and lost 1/10 of its
cost price what is its cost price in rupees?
A)450B)460C)500D)520
5. The selling price of a chair is 33/20 times its cost price.
What is the gain percentage in the transaction?A)65%
B)35% C)45% D)78%
6. A Sales an article to B at 20% loss Who further sell it to
C at 18% profit. Later on C sales it to D at 10% profit. If
C has a profit of ₹944, then how much is the loss to A?
A)2500 B)2000 C)1750 D)1600
7. A man bought 3 toffee at for a rupee. How many
Toffees for a rupee must he sell to gain 50%?
A)1 B)3 C)2 D)4
8. A shopkeeper bought 60 Pencil at a rate of 4 for ₹5 and
another 60 Pencil at a rate of 2 for ₹3. He mixed all the
Pencil and sold them at a rate of 3 for ₹4. Find his gain
or loss percentage? A)100/3%Loss B)25/8%Profit
C)23/3%Profit D)67/3%Loss
9. A man sold two watches at the same price, one at a
10% profit and the other at a 10% loss. Find the overall
gain or loss percentage.
A) 1%Loss B) 0.5%Loss C) 1%Profit D) 0.1% Profit
10. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the
profit percent. A)100% B)75% C)50% D)60%
11. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the
cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains
constant, approximately. what percentage of the
selling price is the profit? A)60% B)70% C)80% D)90%
12. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee How many for
a rupee must he sell to gain 20%? A)3 B)4 C)5 D)6
13. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for
₹1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by
Selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price
should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
A)2000 B)2200 C2400 D)2600
14. Sam purchased, 20 dozens of toys at the rate of ₹375
per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of
₹33. What was his percentage profit?
A)3.5 B)4.5 C)5.6 D )6.5
15. On selling 17 balls at ₹720. There is a loss equal to the
cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is?
A)45 B)50 C)55 D )60
16. A shopkeeper cheats To the extent of 10%. While
buying and selling by using false weights, his total gain
is? A)10% B)20% C)21% D )24%
17. A shopkeeper sells 2 articles at ₹1000 Each making a
profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on
the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he
18. Lalit marks ups his goods by 40% and gives a discount
of 10%. Apart from this he uses a faulty balance also
which reads 1000 gram for 800 gram. What is his net
profit percentage? A)57.5% B)57% C)61% D)62.5%
19. The marked Price of an article is ₹1500. If 50/3%
discount is allowed on its marked price, what is the
selling priceA)Rs 1000 B)Rs 1300 C) Rs 1250 D) Rs 1150
20. The marked price of an article is ₹530. After two
successive discount, it is sold for ₹396.44. If the first
discount is 15% and the second discount is X percent,
then what is the value of X? A)10 B)12.5 C)10.5 D)12
21. Namita offers a discount of 20% on all the items at her
shop and still makes a profit of 12%. What is the cost
price of an article marked at ₹280?
A)215 B)210 C)212 D)220
22. After successive discount of 10% and 5%. an article
was sold for ₹3420. What was the original price of the
article? A)5000 B)4400 C)6000 D )4000
23. The ratio of the CP and SP of an article is 4:5 What is
the profit percent? A) 20%B)25% C)30% D )40%
24. On amarked price The difference between the selling
prices with a discount of 35% and two successive
discounts of 20% and 15% is ₹504, the marked price of
the article.(In rs)isA)16000 B)18000 C)16800 D )24000
25. A dealer marks an article 40% above the cost price and
sell it to a customer allowing 2 successive discounts of
20% and 25% on the marked price. If he suffers a loss
of ₹140 then the cost price of the article. (Is in rupees)
A)840 B)900 C)872 D)875
26. The cost price of 2 articles are same. One article
among them is sold at a profit of 15% and the other is
sold At a profit of 12%. If the difference between their
selling price is ₹18, what is the cost price of each
aarticle A)690 B570) C)600 D)400
27. Marked price and cost price of an article are in the
ratio. 5:4 If the profit earned by selling the article is
12.5% then what is the discount percentage?
A)12.5% B)15 C)8 D)10
28. The ratio of CP and MP of an article is 5:8. A discount
of 20% is given on MP and the shopkeeper made a
profit of ₹70. Find the CP of the article
A)225 B)300 C200) D)250
29. The ratio of marked price. To the selling price of article
is 5:2. What is the discount percentage?
A) 40%B)30% C)60% D)50%
30. Adishonest shopkeeper has faulty weights of 1kg and
500 gm which measure 940 gm and 470 gm
respectively for is his percentage profit?
A)6% B)6.38% C)6.65% D)7.1%
31. How much percent more than the cost price should a
shopkeeper mark his goods so that after allowing a
discount of 25% on the marked price, he gains
20%A)60% )B)40% C)25% D)80%
32. A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 850 gm
instead of 1 kg and Sells rice at its cost price. What will
be his profit percentage on selling 5 kg rice?
A)18.24% B)17.65% C)15% D)13.04%