PROFIT & LOSS

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CONCEPTS

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A man buys a cycle for 1400 and
sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the
selling price of the cycle?
1) 1202
2) 1190
3) 1160
4) 1000

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On selling an article for 651, there is
a loss of 7%. The cost price of that
article is
1) 744
2) 751
3) 793
4) 700

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Krishnan bought a camera and paid
20% less than its original price. He
sold it at 40% profit on the price he
had paid. The percentage of profit
earned by Krishnan on the original
price was
1) 22%
2) 32%
3) 12%
4) 15%

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A man purchased a bedsheet for 450
and sold it at a gain of 10%
calculated on the selling price. The
selling price of the bedsheet was
1) 460
2) 475
3) 480
4) 500

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By selling a car for 64,000, Mr. . Rao
lost 20%. Then the cost price of the
car is :
1) 72,000
2) 76,800
3) 80,000
4) 84,000

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If books bought at prices from 150
to 300 are sold at prices ranging
from 250 to 350, what is the greatest
possible profit that might be made
in selling 15 books ?
1) Cannot be determined
2) 750
3) 4,250
4) 3,000

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Nisha bought a number of orang es
at 2 for a rupee and an equal
number at 3 for a rupee. To make a
profit of 20% she should sell a dozen
for
1) 6
2) 8
3) 10
4) 12

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Pooja wants to sell a watch at a
profit of 20%. She bought it at 10%
less and sold it at 30 less, but still she
gained 20%. The cost price of watch
is
1) 240
2) 220
3) 250
4) 225

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The cost price of 36 books is equal to
the selling price of 30 books. The
gain per cent is :
1) 20%
2) 25%
3) 12.5%
4) 30%

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The cost price of 15 articles is same
as the selling price of 10 articles.
The profit percent is:
1) 30%
2) 40%
3) 50%
4) 45%

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A person sells 400 mangoes at the
cost price of 320 mangoes. His
percentage of loss is
1) 10%
2) 15%
3) 20%
4) 25%

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By selling 20 metres of cloth a man
gains the selling price of 4 metres of
cloth. The gain percent is
1) 25
2) 30
3) 35
4) 20

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12 copies of a book were sold for
1800/- thereby gaining cost price of
3 copies. The cost price of a copy is :
1) 120/-
2) 150/
3) 1200/-
4) 1500/

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If I would have purchased 11
articles for 10 and sold all the
articles at the rate of 10 for 11, the
profit per cent would have been :
1) 10%
2) 11%
3) 21%
4) 100%

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A man bought pencils at the rate of
6 for 4 and sold them at the rate of 4
for 6. His gain% in the transaction
is :
1) 75%
2) 80%
3) 125%
4) 100%

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Some articles were bought at 6 for 5,
and sold at 5 for 6. Gain per cent is :
1) 5%
2) 6%
3) 30%
4) 44%

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On selling 17 balls at 720, there is a
loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls.
The cost price of a ball is :
1) 45
2) 50
3) 60
4) 55

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A person bought 50 pens for 50
each. He sold 40 of them at a loss of
5%. He wants to gain 10% on the
whole. Then his gain percent on the
remaining pens should be
1) 15%
2) 40%
3) 50%
4) 70%

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A table is sold at a profit of 13%. If
it is sold for 25 more, profit is 18 %.
Cost price of table is
1) 100
2) 500
3) 200
4) 1, 000

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A table is sold at Rs. 1,800 at a loss
of 10%. At what price should it be
sold to earn a profit of 15%?
1) 2,070
2) 1,890
3) 2,000
4) 2,300

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A radio is sold at a profit of 20%.
Had it been sold for Rs. 60 more the
profit would have been 30%. The
cost price of the radio is
1) Rs. 500
2) Rs. 600
3) Rs. 550
4) Rs. 620

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A sold a horse to B for 4800 by
losing 20%. B sells it to C at a price
which would have given A a profit
of 15%. B’s gain is
1) 1800
2) 1900
3) 2000
4) 2100

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An item costing 840 was sold by a
shopkeeper at a gain of 10% and it
was again sold by the new buyer at a
loss of 5%. Final selling price of the
item is:
1) 877.80
2) 798
3) 924
4) 837.80

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A shopkeeper gains 20% while
buying the goods and 30% while
selling them. Find his total gain per
cent.
1) 50%
2) 36%
3) 56%
4) 40%

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A grocery dealer cheats to the extent
of 10% while buying as well as
selling by using false weight. What is
his increase in the profit % ?
1) 20%
2) 21%
3) 22%
4) None of these

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By selling an article for 240, a man
incurs a loss of 10%. At what price
should he sell it, so that he makes a
profit of 20% ?
1) 264
2) 288
3) 300
4) 320

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By selling an article for 72, there is a
loss of 10%. In order to gain 5%, its
selling price should be :
1) 87
2) 85
3) 80
4) 84

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If a man were to sell his wrist watch
for 720, he would lose 25%. What
price must he sell at for to gain 25%
?
1) 960
2) 900
3) 1000
4) 1200

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A tradesman allows a discount of
15% on the marked price. How
much above the cost price must he
mark his goods as to gain 19%?
1) 34%
2) 40%
3) 25%
4) 30%

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Rita bought a television set with
20% discount on the labelled price.
She made a profit of 800 by selling it
for 16,800. The labelled price of the
set was
1) 18,000
2) 20,000
3) 20,800
4) 24,000

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The cost price of an article is 800.
After allowing a discount of 10%, a
gain of 12.5% was made. Then the
marked price of the article is
1) 1,000
2) 1,100
3) 1,200
4) 1,300

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The marked price of an article is
50% above cost price. When
marked price is increased by 20%
and selling price is increased by
20%, the profit doubles. If original
marked price is 300, then original
selling price is
1) 200
2) 250
3) 240
4) 275

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A shopkeeper offers a discount of
10% on his articles. The marked
price of the article is 450. The selling
price should be
1) 395
2) 410
3) 405
4) 400

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A got 30% concession on the label
price of an article sold for 8,750 with
25% profit on the price he bought.
The label price was
1) 13,000
2) 16,000
3) 12,000
4) 10,000

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Profit after selling a commodity for
524 is the same as loss after selling it
for 452. The cost price of the
commodity is
1) 480
2) 500
3) 488
4) 485

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A clock was sold for 144. If the
percentage of profit was numerically
equal to the cost price, the cost of
the clock was
1) 72
2) 80
3) 90
4) 100

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If the profit on selling an article for
425 is the same as the loss on selling
it for 355, then the cost price of the
article is
1) 370
2) 380
3) 390
4) 400

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A dealer sold two types of goods for
10,000 each. On one of them, he lost
20% and on the other he gained
20%. His gain or loss per cent in the
entire transaction was
1) 2% loss
2) 2% gain
3) 4% gain
4) 4% loss

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A television and a refrigerator were
sold for 12,000 each. If the television
was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost
and the refrigerator at a gain of
20% of the cost, the entire
transaction resulted in
1) No loss or gain
2) Loss of 1,000
3) Gain of 1,000
4) Loss of 1,200

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