Practice Sheet – 05

CLASS Profit and Loss

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1. A merchant buys ‘a’ number of goods for Rs. b SSC CGL 2022 (Tier-I)
and sells ‘b’ number of goods for Rs. a. If
4. A man purchased some eggs at 3 for Rs. 5 and
b < a, then in the whole outlay, he makes:
sold them at 5 for Rs.12. Thus he gained Rs. 143
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'a' la[;k esa eky [kjhnrk gS vkSj
Rs. a esa
'b' in all. the number of eggs he bought is
la[;k esa eky csprk gSA b<;fna gS rks iwjs ifjO;; esa] mls
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– a2 # esa5 vaMs dh nj ls mUgsa csp nsrk gSA bl143
lkSns
# ykHk
esa mls
(a) 100 b  % gain/dh ykHk gksrh gS gksrk gS] rks mlus fdrus vaMs [kjhns FksA
b2
(a) 210 (b) 200 (c) 195 (d) 190
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(b) 100
b –a  % loss/dh gkfu gksrk gS 5. If the total cost of 73 articles having equal cost is Rs.
b2
5,110 and the total selling price of 89 such articles
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– a2 is Rs. 5,607, then in the transaction, there will be
(c) 100
b  % loss/dh gkfu gksrk gS
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5,607 # gS] rks lkSns dk
a – b2  % gain/dh ykHk gksrh gS
(d) 100 2
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(a) a loss of 15% (b) a gain of 10%
Delhi Police 2022 (c) a loss of 10% (d) a gain of 15%
2. A shopkeeper bought toffees at a rate of 10 for Rs. SSC CHSL 2018

15 and sold them at a rate of 16 for Rs.40. Find his 6. A man buys some articles at Rs. P per dozen and
profit percentage. (correct to two decimal places) P
sells them at Rs. per piece. His profit per cent is
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40 esa 16 dh nj ls csp nhaA mldk izfr'kr ykHk Kkr dhft,AP :i;ss izfr ntZu dh nj ls ,d O;fDr us dqN lkeku [kjhnk vkS
(n'keyo ds nks LFkkuksa rd lgha) P
(a) 65.05% (b) 33.33% mUgsa:i;ss izfr oLrq dh nj ls csp fn;k] rks mldk izfr'kr ykH
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(c) 50.55% (d) 66.67% Kkr djsaA
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(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60
3. A shopkeeper bought 60 pencils at a rate of 4 for SSC CGL 2017 (Tier-I)
Rs. 5 and another 60 pencils at a rate of 2 for Rs.3.
7. A vendor buys some lemons at the rate of 11 for
He mixed all the pencils and sold them at a rate Rs 10 and sells at the rate of 4 for Rs 5. What will
of 3 for Rs. 4. Find his gain or loss percentage. be the result?
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j us 60 isaflysa #- 5 esa 4 dh nj ls rFkk vU; 60 isaflysa
#- 3 esa 2 dh nj ls [kjhnhaA mlus lHkh isaflyksa dks feyk fn;k vkSj: esamUgsa
4 ds fglkc ls csp nsrk gSA bldk D;k ifj.kke gksxk\
#- 4 esa 3 dh nj ls csp fn;kA mldk ykHk ;k gkfu izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A(a) 37.5 percent loss (b) 27.2 percent gain
(c) 37.5 percent gain (d) 27.2 percent loss
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8. A man bought 9 pens for a rupee. How many pens
7 7 should he sell for a rupee to gain 50%?
(c) Profit 2 % (d) Loss 2 %
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ds fy, mls 1 #- esa fdruh dye cspuh pkfg,\ 65» gks tk,xkA ekStwnk ykHk (» esa) D;k gS\
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 10
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9. A person sold 25 articles for Rs.2,500 and incurred 15. A shopman bought pens at the rate of 7 for Rs. 10
a loss of 10%. How many articles should he sell and sold them at a profit of 40%. How many pens
for Rs.2,400 to make a profit of 20%? would a customer get for Rs. 10?
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10 # esa7 dye dh nj ls dye [kjhnrk gS] vkSj
gqbZA 20» dk ykHk dekus ds fy, mls :-2]400 esa fdruh oLrq,¡mUgs40% ykHk ij csp nsrk gS] rks xzkgd 10 #dks
esa fdrus
cspuh pkfg,\ dye feysxsA
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 18
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
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10. By selling 64 apples for Rs 60 a person gains 25%.
In order to have 40% loss, how many apples shall 16. By selling 12 oranges for Rs. 60, a man losses
he sell for Rs. 36? 25%. The number of oranges he has to sell for Rs.
64 lscksa dks 60 : ij cspus ij ,d O;fDr dks 25 izfr'kr dk 100, so as to gain 25% is
60 # esa12 larjs csPkus ij ,d O;fDr dks
ykHk gksrk gSA 40 izfr'kr gkfu ds fy,] mls 36 :- esa fdrus lsc 25% gkfu gksrh gS]
cspus pkfg,\ 100 # esa mls fdrus larjs cspus pkfg;s]25%
ftllsykHk gksaA
(a) 80 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 50 (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 15
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11. A vendor sells lemons at the rate of 5 for Rs. 14. 17. By selling 4 articles for 1 rupee, a man losses 4
gaining thereby 40%. For how much did he buy a %. Had he sold three articles per rupee, the profit
dozen lemons? would have been:
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40% ykHk gksrk gS] rks1 ntZu
mlusfdrus :i;s esa [kjhnk FkkA og ,d :i;s dh 3 oLrq,¡ csps rks mls fdrus izfr'kr ykHk gksr
(a) Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 21 (c) Rs. 24 (d) Rs. 28 (a) 30% (b) 28% (c) 16% (d) 12%
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12. A rice trader buys 25 quintals of rice for Rs 1825.
18. By selling 12 kg of potatoes for 63, a shopkeeper
27% rice is lost in transportation. At what rate
gains 5%. What does his gain or lose percent by
should he sell to earn 20% profit.
selling. 50 kg of the same potatoes for 247.50?
,d pkoy O;kikjh1825 :i; esa 25 fDaoVy pkoy [kjhnrk gSA
12 fdxzk vkyw63 #- ds cspus ij fdlh nqdkunkj5%
dksykHk
27% pkoy ifjogu esa [kjkc@xqe gks tkrk 20%gSA
ykHk
mls izkIr
gksrk gSA ;fn50 ogfdxzk vkyw
247.50 #- esa csps rks mldk
djus ds fy, fdruh nj ij pkoy cspuk pkfg,\
ykHk@gkfu izfr'kr crkb,A
(a) Rs. 44.4 per quintal (b) Rs.120 per quintal
(a) 1% profit/ykHk (b) 1% loss/gkfu
(c) Rs. 87.6 per quintal (d) Rs.115.8 per quintal
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(c) No profit no loss/u gh ykHk u gh gkfu
13. A shopkeeper,sold coco seeds at the rate Rs. 1,230 (d) 2.5 % profit/gkfu
a kg and bears a loss of 5 %. Now if he decides to SSC CGL 2018 (Tier-II)

sell it at Rs 1,353 per kg, what will be the result ? 19. In selling an article for Rs.76, there is a profit of
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5 %. gkfu ogu djrk gS vkSj vc mlus1,353 #- izfr 76 :i;ss esa ,d oLrq dks cspus ij 52» ykHk gksrk gSA ;fn bl
dks 75 :i;ss esa cspk tk;s] rks izfr'kr ykHk Kkr djsaA
fdxzk- ls cspus dk iQSlyk fd;k gS] rks bldk D;k ifj.kke gksxk\
(a) 4.5 percent gain (b) 9 percent gain (a) 44% (b) 46% (c) 48% (d) 50%
(c) 4.5 percent loss (d) 9 percent loss SSC CHSL 2018
SSC CPO SI 2019 20. A tea seller used to make 50%. of profit by selling
14. If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled tea at Rs. 9 per cup. When the cost of ingredients
the profit would become 65%. What is the present increased by 25%, he started selling tea at Rs.
profit (in%)? 10 per cup. What is his profit percentage now?

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FkkABy selling 90 pens for Rs. 80 a man loses 20%.
tc lkexzh dh dher esa 25» dh o`f¼ gqbZ] rks mlus #-10 izfr diWhat should be the selling price (in Rs.) of 90 pens
for 20% profit?
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,d O;fDr dks80 : esa 90 dye cspus 20% dh gkfu gksrh
(a) 33
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(b) 25 (c) 33
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(d)30 gSA 20% dk ykHk dekus ds fy, 90 dye dk foØ; ewY;
3 3 (: esa) D;k gksuk pkfg,\
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(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 120
21. A vegetable vendor sold 1 kg of potatoes for Rs. 25 SSC MTS 2019
and earned 25% profit. In the evening, he started
23. A trader buys 500 kgs of cotton for Rs. 9,000. 10% of
selling potatoes with only 10% profit. At what cost
this cotton is spoiled due to rain. At what rate (Rs./
(in Rs) per kg did he sell the potatoes in the evening?
Kg) should he sell the rest to earn 10% profit?
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1 vkyw #- 26 esa cspk vkSj 25» ykHk vftZr,d O;kikjh 500 fd-xzk dikl
9,000 #- esa [kjhnrk gSA ckfj'k d
fd;kA 'kke dks mlus dsoy 10» ykHk ij vkyw cspuk 'kq: dj fn;kA
dkj.kbl dikl dk 10» Hkkx [kjkc gks tkrk gSA 10» ykHk vftZr d
'kke dks mlus vkyw dks fdl dher (#- esa)kgizfr
ij cspk\ ds fy, mls ckdh dikl dks fdl nj (#-@fd-xzk) ij cspuk
gksxk\
(a) 21 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 22 (a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 22 (d) 20
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Answer Key

1. (d) 6. (c) 11. (c) 16. (c) 21. (d)

2. (d) 7. (c) 12. (b) 17. (b) 22. (d)
3. (b) 8. (b) 13. (a) 18. (b) 23. (c)
4. (c) 9. (d) 14. (d) 19. (d)
5. (c) 10. (a) 15. (c) 20. (c)

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