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MP → - Discount → = SP
Loss%=(a/10)^2 %
(ax)/(1-a)%
If cost price of 'a' articles is equal to the selling price of 'b'
articles, then profit percentage
=(a-b)*100/b
SOL.A
SOL. C
5.If the value of an item depreciate 10% annually what will be its
value in 2 years if present value is Rs.3500.
A. Rs. 2350 B. Rs. 2835 C. Rs. 3480 D. Rs. 3775
SOL. B
SOL. B
7. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the
rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is :
A. 14 2/7 % gains B. 14 2/7% loss
C. 15 % gains D.15 % loss
SOL.A
8. A man sells two flats at the rate of Rs. 1.995 lakhs each. On one
he gains 5% and on the other, he loses 5%. His gain or loss
percent in the whole transaction is :
A. 0.25 % loss B. 0.25 % gains
C. 2.5 % loss D. 3.5 % gains
SOL. A
9. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 900 is double the
loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs. 450. At what
price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
A. Rs. 750 B.Rs.700 C. Rs. 900 D. Rs. 600
SOL. A
SOL. D
11. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he
sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be :
A. 40 % B. 140 % C. 80 % D. 150 %
SOL.B
12.An article when sold for Rs. 200 fetches 25 percent profit. What
would be the percentage profit/loss if 6 such articles are sold for
Rs. 1056?
B. 10% loss B. 10% profit C. 5% loss D. 5% profit
SOL. B
13. A man sells a horse for Rs.600 gaining there by 1/5 th of the
selling price. At what price would he have sold it to lose 1/4 th of
the then selling price?
A. Rs.384 B. Rs.350 C. Rs.375
D. Rs.348 E. Rs.400
SOL. A
SOL. C
16. Paresh purchased an I-pod for Rs. 7500 and sold it at the gain
of 24%. From that amount he purchased another I-pod and sold it
at the loss of 20%. What is his overall gain/loss?
SOL.C
17. A person sold a scooter at a profit of 10%. If he had sold it for
Rs. 3000 more, he would have gained 20%. Find the CP of
scooter?
A. Rs. 12000 B. Rs. 14000 C. Rs. 20000 D. Rs. 23000
E. Rs. 30000
SOL. E
SOL. B
20.Rohit bought paper sheets for Rs 7200 and spent Rs
200 on transport. Paying Rs 600, he had 330 boxes made,
which he sold at Rs 28 each. His profit percentage is ?
SOL.A
21. By selling 45 lemons for Rs 40, a man loses 20 %. How
many should he sell for Rs 24 to gain. 20 % in the transaction ?
SOL. C
22. Ram purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs 80 per ream.
He spent Rs 280 on transportation, paid octroi at the rate of
40 paisa per ream and paid Rs 72 to the coolie. If he wants
to have a gain of 8 %, what must be the selling price per
ream?
SOL.A
23. A bought a radio set and spent Rs 110 on its repairs. He
then sold it to B at 20% profit, B sold it to C at a loss’ of 10 %
and C sold it for Rs 1188 at a profit of 10 %. What is the
amount for which A bought the radio set?
SOL. C
24. A merchant sells his two cars – one at 15% loss and
another at 12% profit. If the cost prices of the two cars are in
the ratio of 1:2, what is his percent profit or loss?
A. 3% profit B. 2% loss
C. 2% profit D. 1.2%loss
E. None of these
SOL.A
25. A shopkeeper labeled the price of his articles so as to earn a
profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by
offering a discount of 10% on the labeled price. What is the
actual percent profit earned in the deal?
SOL. E
26. A shopkeeper sold a TV set for Rs. 17,940 with a
discount of 8% and gained 19.6%. If no discount is
allowed, then what will be his gain per cent?
SOL.D
27. By selling an article at 80% of its marked price, a merchant
makes a loss of 12% what will be the per cent profit or loss
made by the merchant if he sells the article at 95% of its
marked price?
SOL. D
28. Even after reducing the marked price of a transistor by
Rs. 32, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. If the cost price
be Rs. 320, what percentage of profit would he have made
if he had sold the transistor at the marked price?
SOL. A