PROFIT & LOSS

CLASS – 02

30. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he

purchase it for 10% loss and sold it Rs. 18 less
then he would have gained 30%. Find the intial
cost price.

[A]7.69% [B] 1.83%

[C]7.54% [D] 7.23%
[A]600 [B]700 [C] 900 [D] 800 35. Anu sold an article for Rs. 480 at some profit. Had
she sold it for Rs. 400. Then there would have been
31. A men sells his goods at 10% profit. Had he pur- a loss equal to one-third of the initial profit. What
chase it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 20 more was the cost price of the article ?
then he would gain 40%. What was the intial cost
price.

[A]Rs. 430 [B]Rs. 450 [C] Rs. 420 [D] Rs. 425
[A]Rs. 550 [B]Rs. 1000 [C] Rs. 320 [D] Rs. 800 36. A used two wheeler dealer sells a scooter for Rs.
46,000 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for
32. A shopkeeper sells an article at 10% profit. If he Rs. 58,000 his profit would bave been double his
3 loss. What was the cost price (in Rs.) of the scooter
buys it 4% less and sells it at 18
% profit then ?
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he gets Rs. 10 more. What is the original cost
price?

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18 %
4 [A]52000 [B]54000 [C] 48000 [D] 50000
37. A used car dealer sells a car for Rs. 7.6 lakhs and
[A]Rs. 250 [B]Rs. 200 [C] Rs. 255 [D] Rs. 201 makes some loss. If he had sold if for Rs. 9.2 lakhs
his profit would be thrice his loss. What was the
33. A trader sold an article at a gain of 20%. Had he cost price of the car (in Rs. lakhs) ?
purchased it for 40% more and sold for Rs. 24 less,
then he would have incurred a loss of 20%. What
is the cost price (in Rs.) of the article?

[A]8.5 [B]8.75 [C] 8.25 [D] 8

38. The profit earned when article is sold for Rs. 800
[A]150 [B]300 [C] 450 [D] 600 is 20 times the loss incured when it is sold for Rs.
275. Find at what price he sold his goods if he
34. A man sells a bicycle at marked price which is wants to earn 20% profit.
30% higher than the cost price. If he gives some
discount and sells it at Rs. 150 less than the
marked price, he would still gain 20%. What is
the percentage of discount offered ?

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 [A]330 [B]480 [C] 360 [D] 370 [A]8250 [B] 6000
[C] 7500 [D] 13200
1 43. A man sell two article first at 15% loss and second
39. Profit after selling an article for Rs. 717 is 11 %
9 at 19% profit if during the whole transactions he
more than the loss incurred when it is sold at Rs. bears a loss of rupees 90. If he sell both article at
527. What would be the selling price if he wants to same price then Find the cost price of second ar-
earn a profit of 10%? ticle.

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11
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[A]Rs. 678.7 [B] Rs. 575.7 [A]4500 [B] 3500

[C]/Rs. 377.2 [D] Rs.273.8 [C] 3300 [D] 4300
40. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 44. A man sell two article first on 20% loss and second
80% of this price, then there will be a loss of 10%. on 60% profit. Find their selling price if the differ-
What is the percentage profit when the article is ence between the CP is rupees 3200 If the selling
sold at the original selling price? price of both article is same.

[A]5020 [B]3121 [C] 5120 [D] 6515

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[A]15 % [B] 13 % 45. A man sell 3 article at same price first on 20%
2 3 profit second on 10% loss and third on 25% loss
1 1 during the whole transactions he bears a loss of
[C] 11 % [D] 12 % rupees 120. Find the selling price of each article.
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41. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at
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33 % of this price, there is a loss of 33 % what
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is the percentage profit when it is sold at 60% of
[A]420 [B]450 [C] 432 [D] 500
the original selling price?
46. Reshma buys two articles A and B for Rs.1,734.
She sells A at a loss of 16% and sells B at a gain of
1 1 20%. The selling price of both the articles is the
3 3 same. If A is sold for Rs.1147.50, then the gain
percent on A is:
A B A
B
1 1 A
[A]30 [B]33 [C] 20 [D] 17
3 3 A
42. A village buys a goat and a sheep together for Rs. [A]12.5 [B]12 [C] 10.5 [D] 10
14250. He sold the sheep at a profit of 10% and the
goat at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at
the same price, then what was the cost price of
the cheaper animal?