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1. Rahul sold a bike for Rs.16384 and made a profit of , d dqlhZ dks 840 #i;s esa cspus ij f'ko dks 20» dk ykHk gks
2 gS vkSj ,d Vscy dks 980 #i;s esa cspus ij 12» dk ykHk gks
14 % . To make a profit of 30%, he has to sell the
7 gSA de ls de fdrus ewY; ij mls est cspuh pkfg, rkfd ,d
bike. lkFk fdlh Hkh uqdlku ls cpk tk lds\
2 (a) 735 (b) 750
jkgqy us ,d ckbd 16384 #i;s esa csph vkSj
14 mls
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% ykHk (c) 760 (d) 755

gqvkA 30» dk ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, mls ckbd dks fdrus esa 7
6. By selling an article at of its selling price. A man
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loss 16%. If he sells it at 90% its original selling price.
(a) 20640 (b) 18636.8
Then what will be the profit percentage.

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(c) 20636.8 (d) 21000
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, d oLrq dks mlds foØ; ewY; 12
ds ij cspdjA ,d vkneh
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2. Aman earn A profit of 16 % by selling an Article for
3 dks 16» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ;fn og bls mlds ewy
Rs. 1414 by how much should he increase the selling foØ; ewY; ds 90» ij csprk gSA rks ykHk çfr'kr D;k gksxkA

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1 (a) 29.6% (b) 26.4%
price to get 33 % profit.
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3 (c) 32.5% (d) 30.2%
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7. One third of goods are sold at a 15% profit, 25% of
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v eu ,d oLrq dks 1414 :i;s esa cspdj16 % dk ykHk the Goods are sold at a 20% profit rest at a 12%
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transaction the value of good is?
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vftZr djrk gSA33 % ykHk çkIr djus ds fy, foØ; ewY; , d frgkbZ eky 15» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gS] 25» eky 20» ykHk
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esa fdruh o`f¼ djuh pkfg,\ ij cspk tkrk gS vkSj 'ks"k 12» gkfu ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn i
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lkSns ij 135 #i;s dk dqy ykHk vftZr fd;k tkrk gS rks oLrq
(a) 200 (b) 201 dk ewY; D;k gS\
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(c) 202 (d) 204 (a) 2500 (b) 2700

3. A watch sold at 5% gain. Had it been sold 400 less, (c) 2900 (d) 2800
there would have been loss of 15% to gain 10% the 8. If the mark price of an article is 20% more than the
selling price of watch would be. cost price and the discount offered is 10% on the
, d ?kM+h 5» ykHk ij csph xbZA ;fn bls 400 de cspk x;kmarked price of the article, then what is the ratio of
cost price to the mark price.
gksrk] rks 15» gkfu gksrh 10» dk ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, ?kM+h
dk foØ; ewY; fdruk gksxkA ; fn fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; ykxr ewY; ls 20» vf/d gS
vkSj nh tkus okyh NwV oLrq ds vafdr ewY; ij 10» gS]
(a) 2000 (b) 2100
ykxr ewY; dk vafdr ewY; ls vuqikr D;k gS\
(c) 2200 (d) 2300 (a) 25 : 26 (b) 26 : 25
4. By selling an article for 425.25 there is a loss of 5.5%. (c) 25 : 27 (d) 27 : 25
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If the same article is sold for 465.75, then what is 9. A shopkeeper buys two books for Rs. 300. He sells
the profit percent. the first book at a profit of 20% and the second book
, d oLrq dks 425-25 esa cspus ij 5-5» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ;fnat a loss of 10% what is the selling price of the first
mlh oLrq dks 465-75 esa book, if in whole transaction there is no profit no loss.
cspk tkrk rks ykHk çfr'kr D;k gksrkA
, d nqdkunkj 300 :i;s esa nks fdrkcsa •jhnrk gSA og igy
(a) 3.5% (b) 3%
fdrkc dks 20» ds ykHk ij vkSj nwljh fdrkc dks 10» dh gkfu
(c) 4% (d) 55% ij csprk gS] rks igyh fdrkc dk foØ; ewY; D;k gS] ;fn iwjs
5. Shiva would gain 20% by selling a chair 840 and would ysunsu esa dksbZ ykHk ;k gkfu ugha gS\
gain 12% by selling a table for Rs. 980. What is the
(a) 115 (b) 110
least price for which she must sell the table to Avoid
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2 (a) 25% Profit (b) 35% Profit

10. An article is sold for Rs. 9x if it sold at 22 % less
9 (c) 33.33% Loss (d) None of these
of this price there is a loss of 16%. what is profit% 15. Company H.P. and Dell sell two laptops at the same
when it is sold for 9x. price. H.P. gives two discounts of 10% and 25% while
Dell gives two discounts of 5% and 30%. What is the
2 ratio of their marked price?
,d oLrq 9x #i;s esa csph tkrh gSA ;fn bls bl ewY;
22 ls%
9 dEiuh H.P. vkSj Dell leku ewY; ij nks ysIkVksi csprh gS
de ij cspk tkrk gS rks 16» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ykHk» D;k H.P.
gS 10» vkSj 25» dh nks NwV nsrh gSDell tcfd5» vkSj
tc bls 9 x esa cspk tkrk gSA 30» dh nks NwV nsrh gSA muds vafdr ewY; dk vuqikr D;k
(a) 6% (b) 7% (a) 120 : 121 (b) 133 : 135
(c) 9% (d) 8% (c) 139 : 140 (d) 151 : 153
11. If S.P. of an article is decreased by 390 and cost price 16. The price of an article reduces to 576 after two
is decreased by 24%. Then loss% changes from 8% successive discounts. The markup is 80% above the
to 20% then the final S.P. of an article. C.P. of Rs. 500 what is the new profit% if instead of
;fn fdlh oLrq dk foØ; ewY; 390 de dj fn;k tkrk gS vkSj two successive discounts the markup price was further
ykxr ewY; 24» de dj fn;k tkrk gSA rks gkfu» 8» ls 20» esa increased successively two times by the same%?
cny tkrh gS] oLrq dk vafre foØ; ewY; D;k gSA ,d oLrq dh dher yxkrkj nks NwV ds ckn 576 gks tkrh gS

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(a) 760 (b) 775 vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; (500) ls 80» vf/d gS ;fn nks yxkrkj

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(c) 732 (d) 855 NwV ds ctk; vafdr ewY; dks leku nj ls nks ckj Øfed :i ls
12. A person buys some articles at the rate of 15 for Rs. c<+k;k tkrk gS rks u;k ykHk » D;k gksxk\
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10 and sell all the articles at the rate of 12 for Rs.
10. If he made a profit of Rs.14 in whole transaction
(a) 148.2%
(c) 159.2%
(b) 259.2%
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then how many articles did he buy?
17. A shopkeeper gives 3 article free on the purchase of
,d O;fÙkQ 10 #i;s esa 15 dh nj ls dqN oLrq, •jhnrk gSA vkSj
10 articles and the also allow an additional discount
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lHkh oLrqvksa dks 10 #i;s esa 15 ds nj ls csp nsrk gSA ;fn mlus
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iwjs lkSns esa 14 #i;s dk ykHk dek;k rks mlus fdruh oLrq,¡ of 12.5% to customer and still gains 11 % profit.
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Find the ratio of M.P. to C.P.

(a) 80 (b) 82
,d nqdkunkj 10 oLrqvksa dh •jhn ij 3 oLrq,a eqÝr nsrk gS v
(c) 84 (d) 70
xzkgd dks 12-5» dh vfrfjÙkQ NwV Hkh nsrk gS vkSj
13. A man sells three articles x, y & z for Rs. 5656 each.
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He sells article x at 20% loss, article y at 16 % profit.
11 %
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ykHk çkIr djrk gSA vafdr ewY; vkSj Ø; ewY; d
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If there is no profit no loss in whole transaction. Find vuqikr Kkr dhft,A

the C.P. of Article z. (a) 95 : 81 (b) 104 : 63
,d O;fÙkQ rhu oLrq,¡
x, y vkSjz izR;sd dks 5656 :i;s esa (c) 103 : 72 (d) 106 : 75
2 18. Mark price of a T.V. is Rs.20,000 two successive
csprk gSA og
x dks 20» gkfu ij]y dks 16 3 % ykHk ij discounts each x% are given. Due to further bargaining
of customer discount of Rs.2800 are also Allowed. and
csprk gSA vxj iwjs ysu&nsu esa dksbZ ykHk ;k gkfu ugha gks
soldrks oLrq
it Rs.10,000. Find the value of x.
z dk Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA ,d Vh-oh- dk vafdr ewY; 20]000 #i;s gS] ml ij nks yxkrkj
(a) 2025 (b) 5025 x» dh NwV nh tkrh gSA xzkgdksa dh vkSj lkSnsckth ds d
(c) 2050 (d) 5050 2800 dh vfrfjDr NwV Hkh nh tkrh gSA vkSj bls 10]000 #i;
3 csp fn;kA
x dk eku Kkr djsaA
14. If marked price of camera is of the CP and selling
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2 (a) 25% (b) 30%

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price is of marked price. Find the percentage profit 19. The marked price of an article is Rs.5500. After two
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successive discounts, it is sold for Rs.3465. If the first
or loss.
discount is 10% then find other.
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;fn fdlh dSejs dk vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY;2dkxquk gS vkSj ,d oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 5500 #i;s gSA yxkrkj nks NwV ds c
bls 3465 #i;s esa cspk tkrk gSA ;fn igyh NwV 10» gS rks n
9 NwV Kkr djsaA
foØ; ewY; vafdr ewY; dk
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gSA ykHk ;k gkfu izfr'kr Kkr
(a) 15% (b) 28%
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20. Radha bought 6 tables and 12 chairs for Rs.12000. ,d O;kikjh ds ikl 1000 fdyks pkoy FkkA mlus bldk ,d
She sold the table at a profit of 25% and the chairs Hkkx 10» ykHk ij vkSj 'ks"k 16» ykHk ij cspk] ftlls mls dq
at a loss of 10%. If her total gain was Rs.900 then
the total cost of tables was.
14-2» dk ykHk gqvkA mlus 10» ykHk ij fdruk pkoy cspk\
(a) 6000 (b) 7000 (a) 200 (b) 500

(c) 9000 (d) 19000 (c) 300 (d) 400

21. Find the difference b/w selling price of goods if two 25. A dealer sells a scooter for Rs.35000 and make some
salesman claim to make 16.25% profit each, one loss. If he had sold for Rs. 50,000 his profit would be
calculating on cost price while another on selling price, twice his loss. What was the cost price of the scooter.
the difference in the profit earned being Rs. 595 if ,d Mhyj ,d LdwVj dks 35000 #i;s esa csprk gS vkSj mls dq
selling price of both goods is in the ratio 3 : 5 gkfu gksrh gSA vxj mls 50]000 #i;s esa cspk gksrk rks
respectively.
ykHk mlds gkfu dk nksxquk gksrkA LdwVj dk ykxr ewY; D
;fn nks foØsrk 16-25» ykHk dekus dk nkok djrs gSa] rks ,d
(a) 45000 (b) 40000
x.kuk djus ij eky dh fcØh ewY; ds chp varj Kkr djsaA ;fn
(c) 32000 (d) 38000
ykxr ewY; ij vkSj nwljk foØ; ewY; ij] vftZr ykHk esa varj
26. An article was sold at 14% profit. Had it been sold
#- 595 gS vkSj nksuksa oLrqvksa dk foØ; ewY; Øe'k% 3 for % 5Rs.121
ds less then got 8% loss incurred. If the same
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article would have been sold for Rs. 536.25, then the
(a) 2976 (b) 2232 profit/loss percent would have been.

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(c) 334.8 (d) 3174.4 ,d oLrq dks 14» ds ykHk ij cspk x;kA ;fn bls 121 #i;s de
22. an by
A person sold two articles at Rs. 5120 each. If one esa cspk tkrk rks 8» dh gkfu gksrhA ;fn og mls 536-25 #i;s
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csprk rks ykHk@gkfu çfr'kr D;k gksrhA
at profit of 14 % but he sold second article in such

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a way that overall he would get neither profit nor loss. (c) Profit 5% (d) Loss 5%
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Find the loss% at which second article sell. 27.
C.P. of 12 oranges is equal to S.P. of 9 oranges and
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,d O;fDr us nks oLrq izR;sd dks 5120 :i;s esa cspkA ;fn ogdiscount on 10 oranges is equal to profit on 5 oranges.
Find difference b/w profit percentage and discount
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O;fÙkQ 14
dks7 % dk ykHk gksrk gS ysfdu og nwljh oLrq dks percent.
12 larjkas dk foØ; ewY; 9 larjksa ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcj g
bl çdkj csprk gS fd dqy feykdj mls u rks ykHk gksxk vkSj u
vkSj 10 larjksa ij NwV 5 larjksa ds ykHk ds cjkcj gSA ykH
gh gkfuA gkfu» Kkr djsa ftl ij nwljh oLrq csph tkrh gSA
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vkSj NwV çfr'kr ds chp varj Kkr dhft,A

1 1 (a) 33.33% (b) 11.11%
(a) 9 % (b) 11 %
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(c) 22.22% (d) 18.18%
2 1 28. A merchant claim to make profit of 12.5% on his sale
(c) 14 % (d) 12 % but actually makes 25% by using false weight he
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promise to sell 1 kg. How much does he actually sale.

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part of all articles at 22% loss at
,d O;kikjh viuh fcØh ij 12-5» dk ykHk dekus dk nkok
11 djrk gS ysfdu okLro esa xyr otu dk mi;ksx djds 25» ykHk
what profit% he has to sell remaining article so that dekrk gS] og 1 fdyksxzke cspus dk oknk djrk gSA og okLro
he will get neither profit nor loss in whole transaction.
fdruk csprk gSA
5
,d O;fÙkQ oLrqvksa
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Hkkx 22» gkfu ij csprk gS] mls 'ks"k (a) 800 gm
dk (b) 900 gm
(c) 920 gm (d) 950 gm
Hkkx dks fdrus çfr'kr ykHk ij cspuk pkfg, rkfd mls iwjs lkSns
29. A trader sells his goods to customer at a profit of k%
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esa u rks ykHk gks vkSj u gh gkfuA over C.P. Besides it he gives 880 gm instead of 1 kg
his overall profit is 25% find the value of k?
1 1
(a) 14 %
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(b) 18
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% ,d O;kikjhC.P. ij k» ds ykHk ij xzkgd dks viuk eky csprk
gSA blds vykok mlus 1 fdyks ds cnys 880 xzke fn;k] mldk dq
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(c) 12 % (d) 13
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% ykHk 25» gS]
k dk eku Kkr djsa\
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(a) 12.5%
24. A trader had 1000 kg of rice. He sold a part of it at
(b) 10%
10% profit and the rest at 16% profit, So that he made
a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice did he sell at (c) 8.33%
10% profit? (d) 15%

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2 (a) 15% Loss (b) 15.5% Loss

30. A dishonest dealer sells goods 6 % loss on cost price (c) 15.867% Profit (d) 16.867% Profit
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35. Three articles are sold at the same price there is a
but uses 1.3 kg instead of 1.5 kg. What is his profit
of loss%. 1 1
profit of 11% on 1st, loss of 37 % on 2nd and profit
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,d csbZeku Mhyj ykxr ewY;6 3ij% gkfu ij eky csprk gS of 33.33% on the 3rd article. Find the overall gain
or loss%
ysfdu 1-5 fdxzk ds ctk; 1-3 fdxzk dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk rhu oLrqvksa dks leku ewY; ij cspk tkrk gS] igyh oLrq
gkfu ;k ykHk izfr'kr D;k gSA 1 1
11 » dk ykHk gksrk gS] nwljh oLrq
37 » ij dh gkfu vkSj
9 1 9 2
(a) 7 % Profit (b) 6 % Loss
13 4 rhljh oLrq dks 33-33» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA dqy ykHk
gkfu izfr'kr Kkr dhft,
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(c) 7 % Loss (d) 7 % Profit
13 7 9 9
(a) 7 % (b) 5 %
31. A Milkman Sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes 13 13

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(c) 6 % (d) 5 %
the water (C.P. of water is of C.P. of pure milk)

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in it and thus he gain 20%. Find the ratio of water 36. Two article are sold for Rs.4096 each. On one the seller

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to milk in mixture. gains 32% and on other at 28% loss. What is overall
gain or loss percent.
,d nw/okyk ykxr ewY; ij nw/ csprk gS ysfdu og mlesa ikuhnks oLrq,¡ çR;sd 4096 #i;s esa csph tkrh gSaA ,d ij foØsrk
an by
feykrk gS (ikuh dk Ø; ewY; 'kq¼ nw/ ds Ø; ewY;
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dk 32» dk ykHk gksrk gS vkSj nwljs ij 28» dh gkfu gksrh gSA

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10 ykHk ;k gkfu çfr'kr D;k gSA
gS) vkSj bl çdkj mls 20» dk ykHk gksrk gSA feJ.k esa ikuh(a)
dk 5.9% gain (b) 6.8% gain
nw/ ls vuqikr Kkr dhft,A
ja (c) 5.9% loss (d) 6.8% loss
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37. In what ratio Darjeeling tea costing 320 per kg be
(a) 5 : 17 (b) 1 : 11
mixed with Assam tea costing 250 per kg so that there
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(c) 5 : 27 (d) 5 : 22 is a gain of 20% by selling the mixture at 324 per

32. A milkman says that he sells milk at cost price but kg?
2 320 #i;s çfr fdxzk okyh nkftZfyax pk; dks vle okyh pk; ds
he makes 22 % profit by mixing water to milk. How lkFk fdl vuqikr esa feyk;k tk,] rkfd feJ.k dks 324 :i;s
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much water is available in total mixture (approx) çfrfdxzk ij cspus ij 20» dk ykHk gks\
,d nw/okyk dgrk gS fd og ykxr ewY; ij nw/ csprk gS ysfdu (a) 2 : 5 (b) 3 : 2
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(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 3
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22 % ykHk dekrk gSA dqy feJ.k38.
og nw/ esa ikuh feykdj esa A merchant earns 25% in general one day 25% part
9 has been stolen. Try to compensate his loss he sold
fdruk ikuh miyC/ gS (yxHkx) the rest amount by increasing his S.P. by 20% what
is new profit% or loss%?
(a) 15% (b) 17%
,d O;kikjh lkekU;r% 25» ykHk dekrk
A,d fnu
gS mldk 25»
2 Hkkx pksjh gks x;k uqdlku dh HkjikbZ djus ds fy, mlus 'ks"
(c) 18% (d) 22 %
9 dks vius fcØh ewY; ls 20» dh o`f¼ djds csp fn;k] u;k ykHk
33. A milkman mixes water with milk he sells the mixture ;k gkfu izfr'kr D;k gS\
at C.P of pure milk thus he gains 28.33% in what (a) 11.11% Loss (b) 12.5% Loss
ratio he mixes milk with water. (c) 915% Loss (d) 20% Loss
,d nw/okyk nw/ esa ikuh feykrk gS vkSj feJ.k dks 'kq¼ nw/ ds 2
Ø; ewY; ij csprk gS] bl çdkj og 28-33» dk ykHk çkIr39. A businessman sells a commodity at 16 % profit.
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djrk gSA mlus nw/ vkSj ikuh dks fdl vuqikr esa
A feyk;k If he had bought it at Rs. 289 less and sold it also
(a) 60 : 17 (b) 43 : 17 289 less then he would have gained 20%. The S.P.
of commodity is:
(c) 77 : 60 (d) 77 : 17
34. A person buys 1000 cup at Rs.9 each on the way 52 2
,d O;kikjh fdlh oLrq dks
16 % ykHk ij csprk gS ;fn mlus
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cup are broken. He sell the remaining cups at Rs.11
each. His profit or loss? bls 289 #i;s de eas •jhnk gksrk vkSj 289 :i;s de csprk rks
,d O;fÙkQ 1000 di çR;sd 9 #i;s esa •jhnrk gS jkLrs esa 52mls 20» dk ykHk gksrkA oLrq dk foØ; D;kewY;
gS%
di VwV tkrs gSaA og 'ks"k diksa dks 11 #i;s çfr di ds fglkc
(a) 2030 (b) 1437
ls csprk gSA mldk ykHk ;k gkfu\ (c) 1960 (d) 2023

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40. A merchant bought some mangoes at the rate of 4 44. A trader mixes 25% kerosene to his petrol and sells
for Rs.10 and bought twice as much of the first variety the whole mixture at the price of petrol. If cost price
at the rate of 5 for Rs.16. He sold the entire quantity of kerosene be 50% of the cost price of petrol. What
at the rate of 6 for Rs.20. If he had bought 50 dozen is the profit.
mangoes. Then find the total profit/loss. ,d O;kikjh vius isVªksy esa 25» feêðh dk rsy feykrk gS vkS
,d O;kikjh us dqN vke 10:- ds 4 dh nj ls [kjhnk rFkk igys feJ.k dks isVªksy ds ewY; ij csprk gSA ;fn feêðh ds rsy
ds nksxquh ek=kk esa nwljs fdLe ds vke 16 :- esa 5 dh njØ;ls ewY; isVªksy ds Ø; ewY; dk 50» gSA ykHk D;k gSA
[kjhnkA mlus iwjh ek=kk dks 20 :- esa 6 dh nj ls csp fn;kA ;fn
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mlus 50 ntZu vke [kjhns FksA rks dqy ykHk@gkfu Kkr djsaA (a) 11 % (b) 20%
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(a) Rs.220 Profit (b) Rs.60 Loss
(c) Rs.550 Profit (d) Rs.65 Loss 1 1
(c) 9 % (d) 12 %
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41. If selling price of a book is times to the discount 45. A shopkeeper bought two video game in Rs. 1800. If
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he sold first video game at 10% profit and 2nd at 20%
offered and discount% is equal to profit%. It is given
profit, he earns certain profit. If he sold first at 20%
that discount is Rs.240 find the C.P. of book?
profit and the second at 10% profit, he got Rs. 5 more.
Then selling price of both video games.

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;fn iqLrd dk foØ; ewY; ,d iqLrd ij nh xbZ NwV2dk
,d nqdkunkj us 1800 #i;s esa nks ohfM;ks xse •jhnsA ;fn ig

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xquk gS vkSj NwV izfr'kr ykHk izfr'kr ds cjkcj gSA ;g fn;kohfM;ks
x;k xse 10» ykHk ij vkSj nwljk ohfM;ks xse 20» ykH
gS fd NwV 240 #i;s gSA fdrkc dk Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft,A cspk tkrk gS] rks og fuf'pr ykHk vftZr djrk gSA ;fn mlu
(a) 1114
an by (b) 1144 igys dks 20» ykHk ij vkSj nwljs dks 10» ykHk ij cspk mlus
# vf/d izkIr djrk nksuksa ohfM;ks xse dh Ø; ewY; Kkr djsa

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(c) 1324 (d) 1500
(a) 875 & 775 (b) 600 & 1000
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42. A fruit seller makes a profit of 14 % by selling
ja 7 (c) 925 & 875 (d) 850 & 750
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mangoes at certain price. If he bought Rs.13 more 46. A person bought 40 articles at the a certain price.
He sold 26 articles at a profit of 30% and remain
a th

2 articles sold at 18% profit find overall profit percent.

and sold it Rs.26 less, then loss is 16 % find the
3
,d O;fDr ,d fuf'pr dher ij 40 oLrq,¡ [kjhnrk gSA mlus 26
selling price of mangoes if he want to make a profit
oLrqvks dks 30» ds ykHk ij vkSj 'ks"k oLrqvkasa 18» ykHk ij
4
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of 28 %. mls dqy fdrus izfr'kr dk ykHk gqvkA

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(a) 26% (b) 25.8%
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2 (c) 27% (d) 26.8%

,d iQy foØsrk ,d fuf'pr ewY; ij vkeksa dks cspdj
14 %
7 47. On selling a pen at 5% loss and book at 15% gain,
dk ykHk dekrk gSA vxj mlus mUgsa 13 :i;s vf/d esa •jhnkKarim gains Rs. 7. If the sells the pen at 5% gain
and the book at 10% gain he gains Rs. 13. What is
2
gksrk vkSj 26 :i;s de esa cspk gksrk 16
rks3 mls
% dh gkfu the cost price of the book in the rupees?
,d dye dks 5» gkfu ij vkSj iqLrd dks 15» ykHk ij cspus
4 ij] djhe dks 7 #- dk ykHk gksrk gSA ;fn dye dks 5» ykHk
gksrh gS] rks vkeksa dk foØ; ewY; Kkr djsa
28 ;fn
7
% og
ij vkSj iqLrd dks 10» ykHk ij csprk gS rks mls 13 #- dk
dk ykHk dekuk pkgrk gSA ykHk gksrk gSA iqLrd dk ykxr ewY; fdruk gS\
(a) 149 (b) 136 (a) 85 (b) 90
(c) 153 (d) 160
(c) 95 (d) 80
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43. Alok purchased 9000 apples for Rs. 6 each. He saw

48. A pen-seller buys x pens for Rs. y and sell y pens
40% of them were spoilt he sold reaming apple and
for Rs x. If x > y, then what he made?
made a profit of 25% overall find the selling price of
each apple. ,d isu&foØsrk y #i;s ds fy, x isu •jhnrk gSAy isu x #i;s
vkyksd us 6 :i;s dh nj ls 9000 lsc •jhnsA mlus ik;k fd esa csprs gSaA x >;fny rks mlus D;k cuk;k\
40» lsc •jkc gks x, FksA cps gq, lscksa dks mlus csp fn;k vkSj x 2 – y 2 x 2 – y2
dqy feykdj 25» dk ykHk dek;k] çR;sd lsc dk foØ; ewY; (a) xy
% loss (b) xy
% profit
Kkr djsaA
(a) 11 (b) 12 x 2 – y2 x 2 – y2
(c) % loss (d) % gains
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49. A house worth Rs. 1,50,000 is sold by x to y at profit 1

5% y sells the house back to x at 2% loss. In the entire 55. A shopkeeper sells an article at 13 % loss. If he sells
2
transaction:
it for Rs.1,274 more, then he gain 11%. What is the
1]50]000 #i;s dk ,d ?kj dks
x }kjky dks 5» ykHk ij cspk cost price of the article?
tkrk gSy ?kj dks okil x dks 2» gkfu ij csprk gSA iwjk
1
ysu&nsu% ,d nqdkunkj ,d OkLrq 13
dks2 % gkfu ij csprk gSA ;fn og
(a) x gain Rs. 3150 (b) x loss rs. 4350
bls 1]274 #i;s vf/d esa csprk gS] rks mls 11» dk ykHk gks
(c) x loss Rs. 3150 (d) x gain Rs. 4350
gSA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;k gS\
50. Ratio of cost price to marked price 2 : 3 and ratio of
discount given to profit earned 3 : 1. Find profit SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (Shift- 02)
percentage. (a) Rs.4,874 (b) Rs.4,800
ykxr ewY; dk vafdr ewY; ls vuqikr 2%3 vkSj vftZr ykHk ls
(c) Rs.5,200 (d) Rs.5,274
nh xbZ NwV dk vuqikr 3%1 gSA ykHk çfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
56. A shopkeeper advertises for selling cloth at 7% loss.
(a) 37.5% (b) 25% However, by using a false scale of length 1 metre he
actually gains 24%. What will be the actual length
(c) 12.5% (d) 50% he uses instead of 1 metre ?
51. A sells his apartment to B at the loss of 10%. B sells

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it to A at the profit of 10%. If the estimate value of
,d nqdkunkj 7» gkfu ij diM+k cspus dk foKkiu djrk gSA
ysfdu okLro eas og 1 ehVj yackbZ ds xyr Ldsy dk mi;ks

si
apartment is Rs. 10 lakhs. The A gets?
A viuk vikVZesaVB dks 10» dh gkfu ij csprk gSA
B bls A djds 24» ykHk izkIr dekrk gSA 1 ehVj ds Ldsy ds LFkku
dks 10» ds ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn vikVZesaV dk vuqekfur og
an by fdl yackbZ dk Ldsy mi;ksx dj jgk gS\
ewY;
10 yk• :i;s feyrk gS\ SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift- 01)

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(a) No profit No loss (a) 75 cm (b) 31 cm
(b) Loss of Rs. 10,000 (c) 76 cm (d) 93 cm
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(c) Loss of Rs. 20,000 57. A person having bought goods for Rs.400 sells half
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(d) Profit of Rs.1,10,000 of it at a gain of 5%. At what gain percentage must
he sell the remainder, so as to gain 25% on the whole?
a th

52. A dishonest merchant sells goods at a 12.5% loss on

the cost price, but uses 28 g weight instead of 36 g. ,d O;fDr 400 #i;s eas Ø; fd, gq, eky dk vk/k 5» ds ykHk
What is his percentage profit or loss? ij csp nsrk gSA mls 'ks"k eky dks fdl ykHk izfr'kr ij cspuk pkf
,d csbZeku O;kikjh Ø; ewY; ij 12-5» dh gkfu ij eky csprk rkfd iwjs eky ij 25» ykHk gks\
ty a

gS] ysfdu 36g ds ctk; 28 g otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift- 02)
mldk izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu D;k gS\ (a) 30% (b) 25%
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SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (Shift-01) (c) 20% (d) 45%

(a) 6.25% loss (b) 12.5% gain 58. In a certain shop, the profit is 130% of the cost. If
(c) 18.75 gain (d) 10.5% loss the cost increases by 28% and the selling price remains
53. A dishonest dealer sells a product at 11% loss on cost constant, then what is the profit percentage to the
price, but uses 22% less weight. What is his percentage nearest whole number?
profit or loss?
,d fuf'pr nqdku eas] ykHk] Ø; ewY; dk 130» gSA ;fn Ø;ewY;
,d csbZeku Mhyj ,d mRikn dks Ø; ewY; ij 11» dh gkfu ij 28» dh o`f¼ gksrh gS vkSj foØ; ewY; fLFkj jgrk gS] rks (fudVr
csprk gS] ysfdu 22» de otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk
izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu D;k gS\ la[;k eas) ykHk izfr'kr D;k gS\
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (Shift- 02) SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift- 03)
(a) 14.1% loss (b) 14.1% gain (a) 75% (b) 60%
(c) 11.4% gain (d) 11.4% loss (c) 59% (d) 80%
A

54. Piyush sold a guitar to Anuj at 16% gain and Anuj sold 59. A man sells two cows for Rs.15,640 each, gaining 15%
it to Mayank at 32% gain. If Mayank paid Rs.3,828 for on one and losing 15% on the other. Find his total
the guitar, what amount did Piyush pay for the same? gain or loss.
ih;w"k us vuqt dks 16» ds YkkHk ij ,d fxVkj cspk vkSj vuqt ,d vkneh nks xk;ksa dks 15]640 #i;s izR;sd eas csprk gS] ,d
us bls 32» ykHk ij e;ad dks csp fn;kA ;fn e;ad us fxVkj ds 15» dk ykHk vkSj nwljh ij 15» dh gkfu gksrh gSA mldk d
fy, 3]828 #i;s dk Hkqxrku fd;k] rks ih;w"k us mlds fy, fdruhykHk ;k gkfu Kkr dhft,A
jkf'k dk Hkqxrku fd;k Fkk\ SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift- 04)
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(a) Rs.720 loss (b) Rs.360 loss
(a) Rs.2,500 (b) Rs.3,200
(c) Rs.720 gain (d) Rs.360 gain
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60. A Microwave oven is sold in Hyderabad for Rs.M. A retailer, (a) 20.23% (b) 23.08%
Elahi from Hyderabad went to Madras and bought it for (c) 18.75% (d) 15.23%
25% less (when compared to the price in Hyderabad). 65. Products pass successively through the hands of three
He spends Rs.1,000 on transport to bring it from Madras traders and each of them sells his goods at a profit of
to Hyderabad. He sold it in Hyderabad for Rs.M making 30% of his cost price. If the last trader sold the
a profit of 10%. Find the value of M (in Rs.). products for Rs. 300, then how much did the first
gSnjkckn esa ,d ekbØksosoRs.Mvksou
esa cspk tkrk gSA ,d trader pay for them?
[kqnjk foØsrk] bykgh gSnjkckn ls enzkl x;k vkSj bls 25» dedksbZ
eas eky rhu O;kikfj;ksa ds gkFkksa ls Øfed :i ls xqtjrk gS
[kjhnk (tc gSnjkckn dh dher ls rqyuk dh tkrh gSA) og bls muesa ls çR;sd O;kikjh vius eky dks vius Ø; ewY; ds 30» d
enzkl ls gSnjkckn ykus ds fy, ifjogu ij 1]000 #i;s [kpZ ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn vafre O;kikjh us eky dks #i;s 300 esa c
djrk gSA mlus bls gSnjkckn
Rs.Mesa
esa csp fn;k vkSj 10» dk rks igys O;kikjh us bls fdrus esa •jhnk Fkk\
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ykHk v£tr fd;kAM dk eku (#i;sa eas) Kkr dhft,A
(a) Rs. 330.55 (approx)
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift- 01)
(b) Rs. 136.55 (approx)
(a) 6,305.8 (b) 6,258.8 (c) Rs. 240.55 (approx)
(c) 6,285.7 (d) 6,527.9 (d) Rs. 137.55 (approx)
61. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price 66. The cost prices of two articles A and B are in the ratio

r
but uses a false weight and thus gains 15%. For a kilogram, 4 : 5. While selling these articles, the shopkeeper gains
he uses a weight of (rounded off to one digit after decimal). 10% on article A and 20% on article B and the

si
,d Bx Mhyj vius eky dks Ø; ewY; ij cspus dk [kqysvke difference in their selling prices is Rs. 480. The
difference in the cost price (in Rs.) of articles B and A
nkok djrk gSA ysfdu ,d xyr ckV dk mi;ksx djds 15» ykHk
an by
ysrk gSA ,d fdyksxzke ds fy,]________
og (n'keyo ds ckn
,d vad rd iw.kkZafdr) okys ckV dk mi;ksx djrk gSA
is:
nks oLrqvksa
A vkSjB ds Ø; ewY; dk vuqikr 4 % 5 gSA bu oLrqvks
dks csprs le;] nqdkunkj dksAoLrq ij 10» vkSj oLrq B ij 20»

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SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift- 02)
dk ykHk gksrk gS vkSj muds foØ; ewY; esa varj 480 B #- gSA
(a) 833.3 gm (b) 876.7 gm
ja vkSjA ds Ø; ewY; (#- esa) esa varj fdruk gS\
(c) 869.6 gm (d) 898.33 gm
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62. A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 7% loss on cost price(a) 250 (b) 300
a th

but uses 18% less weight. What is his percentage of profit?(c) 400 (d) 350
(Correct to 2 decimal places)
67. shopkeeper bought 40 pieces of an article at a rate of
,d csbZeku Mhyj oLrqvksa dks Ø;&ewY; ij 7» dh gkfu ij csprkRs. 50 per item. He sold 35 pieces with 20% profit.
gS ysfdu 18» de otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA smld
ykHk dk izfr'kr The remaining 5 pieces were found to be damaged and
ty a

D;k gS\ (2 n'keyo LFkkuksa rd lgh)
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he sold them with 10% loss. Find his overall profit
percentage.
,d nqdkunkj us 40 oLrq #- 50 dh nj ls [kjhnsA mlus 35 oLrq

(a) 25.65% (b) 12.82%

(c) 28.75% (d) 13.41%
20» ds ykHk ij csphA 'ks"k 5 oLrq,sa {kfrxzLr ikbZ xbZ vkSj
63. Ramesh purchases a table and a chair for Rs.3,900.
10» gkfu ds lkFk csp fn;kA mldk dqy ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Shift-03)
He sells the table at a profit of 8% and the chair at
a profit of 16%. He earns a profit of Rs.540. What is (a) 30% (b) 10%
the difference between the original price of the table (c) 32.5% (d) 16.25%
and the chair? 68. A shopkeeper bought a table for Rs.4,600 and a chair
for Rs.1,800. He sells the table with 10% gain and the
jes'k 3]900 #i;sa esa ,d est vkSj ,d dqlhZ [kjhnrk gSA og est dks
chair with 6% gain. Find the overall gain percentage.
8» ds ykHk ij vkSj dqlhZ dks 16» ds ykHk ij csprk gSA mls 540,d nqdkunkj us #- 4]600 esa ,d est vkSj #- 1]800 esa ,d dqlhZ
#i;s dk ykHk gksrk gSA est vkSj dqlhZ ds ewy ewY; esa fdruk varj gS\ og est dks 10» ykHk vkSj dqlhZ dks 6» ykHk ij cspr
[kjhnhA
SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (Shift- 01)
dqy ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
(a) Rs.2,00 (b) Rs.1,800
A

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(c) Rs.1,900 (d) Rs.1,700
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64. A man buys a machine for Rs. 5,000. After one year, he (a) 16 (b) 7
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sells it for Rs. 6000. After two years, again he buys the
same machine at Rs. 8,000 and sells it for Rs.10,000. Find 7
his overall profit percentage for both the transactions. (c) 8 (d) 8
8
,d vkneh Rs.5]000 esa ,d e'khu •jhnrk gSA ,d o"kZ ds 69.
ckn] The cost prices of two articles A and B are in the ratio
og bls Rs.6000 esa csprk gSA nks o"kZ ckn] og fiQj ls mlh e'khu
4:5. While selling these articles, the shopkeeper gains
dksRs.8]000 esa •jhnrk gS vkSj
Rs.10]000 esa csprk gSA nksuksa10% on article A and 20% profit on article B, and the
ysu&nsu ds fy, mldk lexz ykHk çfr'kr Kkr dhft,A difference in their selling prices is Rs.480. Find 30%
of the total cost price (in Rs.) of both the articles.
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nks oLrqvksa
A vkSjB ds Ø; ewY; 4%5 ds vuqikr esa gSaA bu oLrqvksa(a)dks
65.05% (b) 33.33%
cspus ij] nqdkunkj dksAoLrq
ij 10» dk ykHk vkSj oLrqr
B ij 20» (c) 50.55% (d) 66.67%
dk ykHk izkIrgksrk gS] vkSj muds foØ; ewY; esa varj #- 48074.
gSAAnksuksa
vegetable vendor sold 1 kg of potatoes for Rs.25 and
oLrqvksa ds dqy Ø; ewY; dk 30» (#-r esa)
dhft,A
Kk earned 25% profit. In the evening, he started selling
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Shift-02) potatoes with only 10% profit. At what cost (in Rs.) per kg
(a) 1,000 (b) 900 did he sell the potatoes in the evening?
(c) 810 (d) 1,250
,d lCth foØsrk us 1 fdxzk vkyw :i;s 25 esa cspk vkSj 25» ykH
1 vftZr fd;kA 'kke dks mlus dsoy 10» ykHk ij vkyw cspuk 'kq
70. An article is sold at a profit of 13 % . Had it been sold
4 dj fn;kA 'kke dks mlus vkyw dks fdl dher (:i;s esa) izfr fdxzk
1 cspk\
for Rs76.70 more, the profit would have been 16 %
5 SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Shift-03)
50% of the cost pirce of the article (in Rs) is: (a) 20 (b) 22
1 (c) 24 (d) 21
,d oLrq dks13 4 % ds ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn bls #- 76-
75. An article is sold at 25 percent loss. If its cost price is
doubled and selling price is increased by Rs.660, then

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1
70 vf/d esa cspk x;k gksrk]16rks
5
% dk ykHk gksrkA oLrq ds there is a profit of 20 percent. What is the original

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cost price of the article?
Ø; ewY; dk 50» (#- esa) gS%
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Shift-02) ,d oLrq dks 25 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fn mldk Ø;
(a) 2,500
(c) 15,00
an by (b) 13,00
(d) 1,250
ewY; nksxquk gks tk, rFkk foØ; ewY; esa 660 #i;s dh o`f¼ d
tk,] rks 20 izfr'kr ykHk izkIr gksrk gSA oLrq dk okLrfod Ø; e

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71. Manjeet bought a second-hand motorbike for Rs D;k gS\
22,000 and spent Rs 3,000 on its overhauling and
SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022)
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maintenance. He then sold it with 12% profit. If he had
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sold it for Rs 500 less, then what would have been his (a) Rs. 360 (b) Rs. 500
profit percentage?
(c) Rs. 480 (d) Rs. 400
a th

eathr us ,d lsdsaM gSaM eksVjckbd #- 22]000 esa [kjhnhA vkSj bldh

76. The selling prices of articles A and B are the same. A
ejEer vkSj vuqj{k.k ij #- 3]000 [kpZ fd,A fiQj mlus bls 12» is sold at a profit of 28 percent and B is sold at a loss
ykHk ij csp fn;kA ;fn og bls #- 500 de esa csprk] rks mldk ykHkof 24 percent. If the total selling price of the both articles
çfr'kr gksrk\
ty a

is Rs. 48640, then what is the cost price of A and B,

SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Shift-01) respectively?
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(a) 10% (b) 10.5% oLrqvksa

A RkFkk
B ds foØ; ewY; leku gSA A dks 28 izfr'kr ds
(c) 8% (d) 5%
ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSABrFkk
dks 24 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij cspk tkrk
72. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 70%
of this price, then there is a loss of 10%. What is the
gSA ;fn nkuksa oLrqvksa dk dqy foØ; ewY; 48640A#i;s gks
percentage profit, when it is sold at the original selling rFkkB dk Øe'k% Ø; ewY; D;k gS\
price? SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022)
,d oLrq fdlh fuf'pr dher ij csph tkrh gSA ;fn bls bl ewY; ds (a) Rs.26000, Rs.40000
70» ij cspk tkrk gS] rks 10» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ewy foØ; ewY;(b)
ij Rs.17000, Rs.28000
cspus ij çfr'kr ykHk D;k gS\
(c) Rs.19000, Rs.32000
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Shift-03)
(d) Rs.24000, Rs.38000
200 300
(a) % (b) % 77. A person sells an article for a loss of 18 percent. If he
7 7
A

increases the selling price by Rs. 144 and decreases

the cost price by 30 percent, then there is profit of 20
50 100
(c) % (d) % percent. What is the original selling price?
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73. A shopkeeper bought toffees at a rate of 10 for Rs.15
,d O;fDr fdlh oLrq dks 18 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij csprk gSA ;fn og
and sold them at a rate of 16 for Rs.40. Find his profit foØ; ewY; dks #i;s 144 c<+k ns rFkk ewY; dks 30 izfr'kr ?kV
percentage. (correct to two decimal places) rks 20 izfr'kr dk ykHk gksrk gSA ewy foØ; ewY; fdruk gS\
,d nqdkunkj us #- 15 esa 10 dh nj ls VkWfiQ;ka [kjhnha mUgsa #- 40 esa SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022)
16 dh nj ls csp fn;kA mldk çfr'kr ykHk Kkr dhft,A (n'keyo (a) Rs.6036 (b) Rs.5904
ds nks LFkkuksa rd lgh)
(c) Rs.6124 (d) Rs.5068
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78. The cost price of an article is Rs. 2800. Profit as a vkfnR; vius futh laXkzg ls nks dykbZ ?kfM+;k¡]
Rs.12]600
izR;sd
ds
percentage of selling price is 20 percent. What is the ewY; esa csprk gSA igyh ?kM+h ij mls 26» dk ykHk gksrk
actual profit (in Rs.)?
nwljh ?kM+h ij mls 10» dh gkfu gksrh gSA dqy ykHk ;k gkf
,d oLrq dk Ø; ewY; :i;s 2800 gSA foØ; ewY; ds izfr'kr esa ykHkKkr dhft,A
20 izfr'kr gSA okLrfod ykHk dk eku (:i;s esa) D;k gS\ SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Shift-03)
SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022 (a) Gain of 16% (b) Gain of 5%
(a) Rs.616 (c) Loss of 5% (d) Gain of 12%
(b) Rs.700 80. A man bought toffees at 3 for a rupee. How many
(c) Rs.504 toffees for a rupee must he sell to gain 50%?
(d) Rs.560 ,d vkneh us ,d #i;s esa 3 VkWfiQ;ka [kjhnhA 50» dk ykHk
79. Aditya sells two wrist watches from his personal djus ds fy, mls ,d #i;s esa fdruh VkWfiQ;ka cspuh pkfg,\
collection for Rs. 12,600 each. On the first watch, he SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Shift-02)
gains 26% and, on the second, he loses 10%. Find the (a) 2 (b) 1
overall gain or loss percentage.
(c) 4 (d) 3

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ANSWER KEY

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

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

21.(a) 22.(b)ja 23.(b) 24.(c) 25.(b) 26.(c) 27.(a) 28.(b) 29.(a) 30.(a)
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31.(d) 32.(a) 33.(a) 34.(b) 35.(a) 36.(d) 37.(a) 38.(b) 39.(d) 40.(a)
a th

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

51.(b) 52.(b) 53.(b) 54.(a) 55.(c) 56.(a) 57.(d) 58.(d) 59.(a) 60.(c)
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61.(c) 62.(d) 63.(b) 64.(b) 65.(b) 66.(b) 67.(d) 68.(d) 69.(c) 70.(b)
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71.(a) 72.(a) 73.(d) 74.(b) 75.(d) 76.(c) 77.(b) 78.(b) 79.(b) 80.(a)
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SOLUTION
1. (b) 6. (a)
Let S.P = 12
2 1
14 %= then S.P = 7  84% of C.P
7 7
given, 84
10.8  × 10.8 = 129.6
8  16384 7

16384 84
7 × 7 = 14336 = C.P. 10.8  × 10.8 = 129.6
8 7
 29.6% profit
3
Now, 30% = 7. (b)
10
Let total goods = 12 and C.P. of each good is Rs. 100
10  14336
A.T.Q
14336
4 115  460

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13  ×13 = 18636.8
10 3 120  360

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2. (c) 5 88  440
2 1 1260
16 %= an by
3 6 Total C.P. = 1200
given, Total S.P. = 1260

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7  1414 60  135
6  1212 = C.P. 135
Now, ja 1200 
60
1200 = 2700
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1 1 8. (c)
33 %=
a th

3 3
C.P. M.P. S.P.
3  1212
9
4  1616 100 120 120 ×
10
increase in price = 1616 – 1414 = 202 108
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3. (c) C.P. : S.P.

100 : 108
di M

105
25 : 27
100 – 400
9. (c)
85 Using allegation
20% = 400 I book II book
100% = 2000 +20 –10

110% = 2200
4. (a)
0
Given,
425.25 94.5%
94.5 10 : 20
465.75  × 465.75 = 103.5% 1 : 2
425.25
3  300
A

 profit of 3.5% 1  100

5. (a) 20% profit  S.P = 120
840 10. (d)
C.P. of chair = ×100 = 700
120 S.P = 9x

980 2 2
×100 = 875 22 % =
C.P. of table = 9 9
112
Total C.P. = 700 + 875 = 1575  7x 84% of C.P
S.P. of chair = 840 9x 108% of C.P
least S.P. of table = 1575 – 840 = 735  8% profit

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11. (a) 16. (c)

Old New Given:
C.P. 100 76 SP = 576
S.P. 92 60.8 CP = 500
92 – 60.8  390
MP = 900
31.2 390
900 – 576
Effective Discount% = ×100 = 36%
390 900
60.8  × 60.8 = 760 Single Discount% = 20%
31.2
A.T.Q
12. (c)
20 20
10 New S.P = 900 + × 900 +
C.P of 1 article = 100 100
15
 20 
10 90 +
 × 900 

S.P of 1 article =  100 
15 = 1080 + 216 = 1296
10 10 1 1296 – 500
Profit in 1 article = – = Profit% = ×100 = 159.2%
12 15 6 500

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Total profit = Rs.14 17. (b)
M.P. S.P. C.P.

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14
 total no. of article = 1 = 84. 13 10 (Articles) 70
× 9 = 63

13. (d)
an by 6 8
104
M.P.
7
70
: C.P.
(Discount) 10

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X Y Z 104 : 63
4 7 18. (d)
S.P
5 6 ja S.P1 = 10,000
R s
S.P2 = 12800
x :- Effective discount
a th

4  5656 20,000 – 12800 7200

= ×100 = = 36%
5656 20,000 200
5  5 = 7070
4  individual discount = 20%
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y :-  x2 
2x – = 36  x = 20
7  5656 
 100 
di M

5656 19. (c)

6 × 6 = 4848
7 9 x
5500 × × = 3465
Total S.P = 16968 10 100
 C.P. of Z = 16968 – (7070 + 4848) = 5050 34650
x= = 70
14. (b) 55 × 9
A.T.Q So discount = (100 – 70) = 30%
M.P. C.P. S.P. 20. (a)
By allegation :-
30 20 27
 900 
27 – 20 Total profit = 100 = 7.5 
×100 = 7 × 5 = 35 
 12000 
P% =
20 Chairs
Tables
A

15. (b) 25 –10

H.P Dell
Eff. Discount
10+25–2.5 5+30 – 1.5
7.5
= 32.5% = 33.5%
Let, M.P of H.P and Dell is x & y
then A.T.Q
17.5 : 17.5
67.5x = 66.5y 1 : 1
x 66.5 133 1
 = =
y 67.5 135 cost = × 12000 = Rs. 6000
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21. (a) 25. (a)

A.T.Q,
13
16.25% = 2(C.P – 3500) = (50,000 – C.P)
80
3CP = 120,000
CP1 = 80 × 80 × 3 CP2 = 6 7 × 93 × 5 CP = 40,000
P1 = 13 × 80 × 3 P 3 = 13 × 93 × 5 26. (a)
SP1 = 93 × 80 × 3 SP2 = 8 0 × 93 × 5 Let, C.P 

{Making SP1 : SP2 = 3 : 5} 114

given 100 – 121
P1 – P2 = 13[80 × 3 – 93 × 5] = 2925 92
2925  595 given,
1 121  22
1~ 536.25  97.5
5
loss of 2.5%
1 27. (c)
Difference is S.P = 2 × 93 × 80 × = 2976
5

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Given,
22. (b) 12 C.P = 9 S.P

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2 1 CP 3
=
We know, 14 % = SP 4

also,
an by 7 7
10D = 5P

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total S.P = 5120 + 5120 = 10240 = total C.P D 1
=
P 2
5120
CP1 = ja
× 7 = 4480
R s
8 CP – 6 SP – 8
P–2 D –1
CP2 = 10240 – 4480 = 5760
a th

SP – 8 MP – 9
5760 – 5120 1 2
P% = = 33.33% D% =
1
= 11.11%
Loss% = ×100 = 11 % 6 9
5760 9
23. (b)  = 22.22%
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5 6 28. (b)
–22% x 1
di M

Claimed profit = 12.5% =

0% 8

–110% + 6x 1 1
=0 Since, 12.5% = , 25% =
11 8 4
6x = 110
S.P P C.P
55 1 1
x= = 18 % Claimed 9 C.P 8
3 3 8
24. (c) 1
Actual 9 C.P 7.2
By sellegation: 4

10 16 Now,
Rs. 8  1 kg
A

1
Rs. 7.2  × 7.2 = 900 gm
8
14.2
29. (b)
Let C.P of goods be Rs. 100

C.P. S.P.
1.8 : 4.2
Rate 100 K + 100
3 : 7
Quantity 880 1000
3 T. price k + 100
 × 1000 = 300 kg 88
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28.33m = 100w
1
given profit is 25% =
4 w 28.33
=
CP 88 4 m 100
= = w 60
SP k +100 5 =
m 17
 440 = 4k + 400
k = 10% 34. (c)
30. (a) C.P. = 1000 × 9 = Rs. 9000
2 1 52 cups broken
6 %= S.P. = 948 × 11 = 10428
3 15
1428
C.P. S.P. P% = ×100% = 15.867%
9000
Rate 15 14 35. (a)
Quantity 1300 1500
T. price 13 : 14 C.P. S.P.

1 9 I (9 18 : 10 20) × 2

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P% = ×100 = 7 %
13 13 II (8 32 : 5 20) × 4

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31. (d) III (3 15 : 4 20) × 5
Let, 65 : 60
an by
m = amount of milk in mixture
w = amount of water in mixture
13 : 12

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Let, price of per L milk of Rs.10 1 9
A.T.Q. Loss% = ×100% = 7 %
13 13
10(m + w) 6
= ja 36. (d)
R s
10m + w 5
4096 4096
50m + 50w = 60m + 6w CP1 = 100 ; CP2 = × 100
a th

132 72
44w = 10m
= 3103.03 = 5688.89
22w = 5m
T.C.P = 8791.91
w 5 T.S.P = 8192
=
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m 22 L/P%
32. (c)
599.91
di M

= × 100  6.82% loss

2 2 8791.91
22 % =
9 9 37. (a)
Let cost be milk be c.
324
Let ratio of milk & water be m : w Overall CP = ×100 = 270
A.T.Q 120
By allegation:-
c(m + w) 11
= 320 250
c m+ o 9
9m + 9w = 11m
w 2 270
 =
m 9
% water in mixture
A

2 20 50
= ×100  18% 2 : 5
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38. (b)
33. (a)
Let ratio of milk and water be Let, total goods be 100 with Rs.1 each.
m:w Total C.P = 100
Let c be the cost of milk Left goods = 100 – 25 = 75
c(m + w) 128.33 SP of 75 goods
=
cm 100 125 3
100m + 100w = 128.33m = 75 × ×1 = ×125
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New SP
221 9
S.P1 = 7 × × = 153
120 3 13 7
= × ×125 = 112.5
100 4 43. (d)
 12.5% profit Total C.P = 9000 × 6 = 54000
Now he is facing 25 – 12.5 = 12.5% loss 3
Remaining apples = × 9000
39. (d) 5
2 1 125
16 %= S.P of apples = 54000 ×
3 6 100
CP 6 6x – 289 5 54000 125 5
= = = S.P of each apple =   = 12.5
SP 7 7 x – 289 6 3 100 9000
36x – (289 × 6) = 35x – (5 × 289) 44. (a)
x = 289 Let there be 100 L petrol
S.P = 7x = 289 × 7 = 2023 = 25 Liter Kerosene
let cost of petrol = Rs. c
40. (a)
A.T.Q
Total mangoes bought = 50 × 12 = 600

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for 200 mangoes:- S.P C(100 + 25)
= 125 C × 2 250C 10
C.P C ×100 + C × 25 = = =

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10 225 C 225C 9
Total C.P = 200× = 500 2
4
an by
for 400 mangoes:-
16
profit% =
1
9
1
= 11 %
9

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Total C.P = 400 × = 1280 45. (c)
5 Let CP of I game = x
 Total C.P = 500 + 1280 = 1780 CP of II game = 1800 –x
ja
R s
20 110 120 120
Total S.P = 600 × = 2000 x+ (1800 – x ) – x–
6 100 100 100
a th

 P = 2000 – 1780 = 220 110

(1800 – x ) = 5
41. (b) 100
SP 11 110
=
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Given:  x + 2160
D 2 100
D = 240 120 120 110
di M

– x– x – 1980 + x =5
 S.P = 1320 100 100 100
240 600 20
D% = ×100 = = P% – x +180 = 5
1320 + 240 39 100

1320 x
 = 175
CP = 4500 / 39 = 100 = 1144 5
x = 875
42. (c) 1800 – 875 = 925
2 1 2 1 4 2 46. (b)
14 % , 16 % = , 28 % = Let C.P of 1 article = Rs. 1
7 7 3 6 7 7
by allegation:-
C.P 7 30 18
=
S.P 8
A

A.T.Q
x
7x +13 6
=
8x – 26 5
 35x + 65 = 48x – 156
13x = 221 26 14

221 30 – x 14
x=  =
13 x – 18 26
221  20x = 516
C.P = 7 ×
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47. (d)  A's Loss = (10 – 9.9) lakh

C.P of pen = P = Loss of Rs.10,000
52. (b)
C.P of book = B
A.T.Q Merchant Customer
–0.05P + 0.15 B = 7 ....(1) Price 8 7
and 0.05P + 0.10 B = 13 ....(2)
Quantity 28 36
Solving (1) and (2)
0.25 B = 20 224 252
B = 80
C.P of book = 80  1
12.5% = 
 
48. (d)  8
C.P of x pens Rs.y
252 – 224
 P /L = ×100
y 224
C.P of 1 pen 
x
28
= ×100 = 12.5% Profit
x 224
S.P of 1 pen  y

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53. (b)
x>y Trader Customer

si
Cleary, there is a profit
Price 100 89

P% =
x y
–
y x
×100
an by Quantity 78 100

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y 78 89
x
11 1100
ja P% = ×100 =
R s
x 2 – y² 2 78 78
= ×100 = x – y² ×100
y  y2 = 14.1% gain.
xy  
a th

x  54. (a)
Let Piyash pay Rs. K
49. (a) A.T.Q
150000 ×105 132 116
K× ×
ty a

C.P for y = = 3828

100 100 100
= 157500 K = Rs.2500
di M

55. (c)
98 A.T.Q
S.P for y = ×157500 = 154350
100
 1
X's gain = 157500 – 154350 = 3150 11 + 13  %  1274
2
50. (c)
 27 
11 +  %  1274
MP 3 P 1
= , = D = 3P 2 
CP 2 D 3
 49 
  %  1274
3 2
MP = CP
2 1% = 52
Let CP = 100 MP = 150 CP = 100% Rs. 5200
56. (a)
150 – D = 100 + P
A

150 – 3P = 100 + P Shopkeeper Customer

50 = 4P Rate 100 93
P = 12.5%
51. (b) Quantity x cm 100 cm

A's C.P = 10 lakh x 93

90
B's C.P = ×10 = 9 Price 100 124
100

110 x 100 9300

B's S.P = × 9 = 9.9  =  x= = 75 cm
100 93 124 124

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57. (d) 62. (d)

I II Dealer Customer

1 : 1 Rate 100 93
Profit/Loss  5% : x% Quantity 82 100

25% Price 82 93

5% + x% = 50%
x% = 45% 93 – 82
P% = ×100
58. (d) 82

1100
CP SP = = 13.41%
82
Initial 100 230 63. (b)
CP = 3900
New 128 230 P = 540

540 540
230 – 128 P% = ×100 =

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P% = ×100 3900 39
128
By allegation:-

si
102
= ×100  80% 16%

59. (a)
128 an by 8%

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15640
C.P of I cow = ×100 = 13600 540
115 39%
ja
R s
15640
C.P of II cow = ×100 = 18400
85
a th

 Total CP = 32000 84 228

Total SP = 31280 7 : 19
 Loss = 720
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60. (c) 7 + 19 = 26  3900

S.P in hydrabad = Rs. M
3900
di M

19 – 7 = 12  ×12 = 1800
3 26
S.P in Madras = M
4 64. (b)
ATQ,
C.P S.P Profit
3 10 5,000 6,000 1,000
 M +11000 = M
4 11
8,000 10,000 2,00 0
7 13, 000 3, 0 00
 M = 11000
4
3, 000
44000 Profit% = × 100 = 23.08%
 M= = 6285.7 13, 000
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65. (b)
61. (c)
A

Let the ares x gm. for 1 kg. C.P S.P

CP for Dealer = x I. Trader 10 13
SP for dealer = 1000
II. Trader 10 13
ATQ,
III. Trader 10 13
x 100 20
= = 10 00 21 97
1000 115 23
23x = 20000 2197  300

20000 300
x = = 869.6 gm. 1000  ×1000 = Rs. 136.55
23 2197

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66. (b) 70. (b)

Let CP1 = 400x Let the cost price of article be Rs. x.
 CP2 = 500x  1 1 
S.P1 = 440x Then,  16 % – 13 %  of x
 5 4 
SP2 = 600x
= 76.70
A.T.Q

(600 – 440)x = 480

 81 53 
  %– %  of x = 76.70
 5 4 
480
 x= =3  (16.2% – 13.25%) of x = 76.70
160
 2.95% of x = 76.70
 Difference in costprice of first and second articles is
500x – 400x = 100x 100
 x = 76.70 × = 2600
= 100 × 3 = Rs. 300 2.95
67. (d) 50% of cost price
By Allegation:- 50
20 –10 = × 2600 = Rs.1300
100

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Hence, the correct answer in option b.

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71. (a)
x Total C.P for Majeet
an by = 22000 + 3000
= 25000

n
500
35 5 Consider, ×100 = 2%
25, 000
x + 10 20 – x
ja  Rs. 500 is 2% of C.P
R s
x + 10 7
 =  New profit% = 12 – 2 = 10%
20 – x 1 72. (a)
a th

 8x = 130 Let the original S.P be 100

If the product is sold at 70% of original C.P
130 i.e., 70 then there is 10% loss
 x= = 16.25%
8
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90
68. (d)  × C.P = 70
100
di M

4600
SP of table = × 110 = 5060 70 ×100 700
100 =
 C.P =
90 9
1800
SP of chair = × 106 = 1908 Now, we need to find the profit percentage if article
100 was sold at 100.
Total CP = 6400
Total SP = 6968 S.P – C.P
 P% = × 100
568 C.P
gain % = × 100
6400 700
100 –
71 7 9
8 % 200
8 8 = 700 × 100 = %
7
69. (c) 9
A

A B
73. (d)
CP  400 : 500
10  Rs. 15 × 8
10% ( ) 20% 16  Rs. 40 × 5
SP  440 600  C.P of 80 toffees  Rs. 120
S.P of 80 toffees  Rs. 200
160 200 – 120
 P% = × 100
480 30 120
 × 900 ×
160 100 80 2
= × 100 = × 100 = 66.67%
 810 120 3

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'OR' 77. (b)

Cost price of 10 toffees is Rs. 15 A.T.Q.
15 C.P. 100 50x
 Cost price of 1 toffee is Rs.  
10 S.P. 82 41x
Selling price of 16 toffees is Rs. 40 Now,
40 50 x – 15x 5
 Selling price of 1 toffee is Rs. 
16 41x +144 6

40 15  42x = 41x + 144

– x = 144
 P% = 16 10 × 100 = 66.67%
15 Original S.P. = 41x
10 = 41 × 144 = Rs.5904
74. (b) 78. (b)
A.T.Q,  Profit
Let CP = 100 1
20% 

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5  S.P
125  25

si
25  C.P = 4  2800
110  110  22
125  Pr ofit = 1  700
75. (d)
an by 79. (b)

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1 1 12600
25% = and 20% = C.P of W1 = ×100 = 10000
4 5 126
CP 4x ja
R s
  12600
SP 3x C.P of W2 = ×100 = 14000
90
a th

A.T.Q.
Total CP = 24000
8x 5 Total SP = 25200

3x + 660 6
1200
 48x = 15x + 3300
ty a

Profit % = ×100 = 5%
24000
33x = 3300
x = 100 80. (a)
di M

 Original C.P. = 4x = 400

1
76. (c) The cost price of 1 toffee = Rs.
S.P. of A = S.P. of B 3
The required selling price of 1 toffee
48640
= = 24320  1  150 
2 1
=
3 ×  = Rs. 2
100 
A.T.Q.    
24320
C.P.A = × 100 = 19000 1 
128 So, The selling price of two toffee = 
  × 2 = Rs. 1
2
24320
C.P.B = × 100 = 32000  The total 2 toffees for a rupee must be sold to gain
76
50%
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