Percentage

Profit-Loss
Marathon
1) A spider climbed 6.25% of the height of the pole in 1 hour and in next hour it covered 12.5% of the
remaining height. If the height of the pole 192 m, then the distance climbed in the second hour is:
a)5m b)7m c)8m d)9m

2) When 1kg is kept on a electronic weighing scale, the reading is 950. Find the percentage of error in
the measurement.
a)5.26% b)3% c)4.8% d)5%

3) A man gave half of his property to his wife and 25% of remaining to each of its two children keeping
the rest of the property for himself. What percentage of the property is remaining with the man?
a)0% b)25% c)12.5% d)none of these
4) A person buys a product from a shop. The sale offers a discount of 30%. The shopkeeper gives an
additional discount of 10%. What is the overall discount offered?
a)37% b)43% c)40% d)none of these

5) The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are in the ratio 2:3:4. The length is increased by 10%,
the breadth increased by 10% and the height increased by 10%. Find the percentage change in
the surface area of the cuboid.
a)21% b)10% c)33.3%d)none of these

6) In a family, the father ate half of a cake while the remaining half was divided equally among the
four children. By what percentage was the father’s share more than any of the children’s share?
a)200% b)400% c)300% d)100%
7) The number of seats in an auditorium is decreased by 20% and the price of a ticket is increased by
10%. If the auditorium has a capacity of 500 seats after the change, find the percentage change in
the total collection per show.
a)12% decrease b)2% decrease c)10% decrease d)no change

8) In an election between two contestants, a candidate got 55% of votes polled and won by margin
of 80 votes. In next election, the number of votes received by candidate increased by 20%. Still
candidate lost the election by margin 40 votes. What is the increase in number of votes polled?
a)1096 b)568 c)528 d)296

9) In a colony where each household gets at least one newspaper, 45% get paper E, 75% paper F. If
the number of households getting exactly one paper is to 240, find the total number of household
in the colony.
a)250 b)300 c)260 d)275
10) In the EPL, a football club had planned to win at least 60% of its 40 matches. At the halfway stage,
the club had only 40% of the matches played. If each match has a definite result, find the maximum
number of remaining matches that it can that it can afford to lose.
a)16 b)4 c)10 d)cannot be determined

11) If the SP of an article is 1.5 times the CP, find the profit or loss %.
a)25% profit b)50% profit c)150% profit d)100% profit

12) An item is sold for Rs 240 at loss of 20%. at what price it needs to be sold in order to make a profit
of 20%?
a)Rs 300 b)Rs 288 c)Rs 260 d)Rs 360
13)I sold an item at a discount of 20%. If the % mark-up is 30%. Find the overall profit%
a)4% b)10% c)14% d)no profit, no loss

14)Out of 60 things purchased, 20 were sold at 20% profit and the remaining at 20% loss. What is the
overall profit or loss %?
a)3.33% profit b)20% profit c)3.33% loss d)none of these

15)A man sold two items having the same CP, one at a profit of 10% and other at 10% loss. What is
the overall profit or loss%
a)1% loss b)1%profit c)no profit, no loss d)none of these
16) A milkman mixes 20 L of water to 120 L of milk and sells it at CP. Find the profit or loss%.
a)14.28 % profit b)16.66% profit c)20% profit d)25% profit

17) A man buys an item at a discount of 20%. He spends rs. 200 on its repairs and sells it for rs 600
at a profit of 20%. Find the marked price of that item
a)300 b)500 c)375 d)400

18) On selling 20 m of cloth, a merchant realizes that he has made a loss equal to the SP of 4 m of
cloth. Find his loss in percentage terms.
a)20% b)16.66 % c)15% d)12.5%
19) A shopkeeper sells two articles for Rs 1980 each, one at a profit of 10% and other at loss of 10%.
find the value of profit or loss.
a)Rs 40 loss b)Rs 20 profit c)Rs 10 profit d)Rs 0

20) The ratio of MP to CP of an item is 5:3 while the ratio of MP to SP is 2:1. find the profit or loss%.
a)16.66% loss b)20% loss c)20% profit d)16.66% profit

21) A shopkeeper sells items at a mark-cup of 10% and his weighing balance shows 800g instead of 1
kg. what is the overall profit or loss %.
a)10% loss b)12% loss c)37.5% profit d)17.5% loss

22) An item is sold at a profit of 25%. if the cost price would have decreased by Rs 50, the profit %
would have increased by 50%. find the cost price of the item.
a)Rs 300 b)Rs 400 c)Rs 100 d)RS 200/3