Profit and Loss - 2
1. A
man sold his bike at a loss of 5%.Had he sold it for Rs 7500 more; he would have made a profit
of 10%.Find the cost price?
a)Rs 50000 b)Rs 60000
c)Rs65000 d)Rs70000
2. Vijay
sold a computer at gain of 5%.Had he sold it for Rs 1280 more, he would have
gained 13%.Find the cost price of computer?
a)Rs 20000
b)Rs 18000 c)Rs 16000 d)Rs 14000
3. A
man purchased a mobile phone and a Television for Rs 12000 and Rs 10000
respectively. He sold the TV at the loss of 12% and mobile phone at a profit of
8%. What is his overall profit or loss?
a)Rs 240 loss b)Rs
240 profit c)Rs 2160 profit d)None
4. A
man sold two articles for Rs 850 each. On one he gains 25% gain and on the
other he loses 25%.Find the overall gain or loss% ?
a)
No loss and No profit b)6.25% profit
c)5% loss d)6.25% loss
5. A
shopkeeper sells two watches for Rs 380 each. On one he gains 12% profit and on
the other 12% loss. His profit or loss in the entire transaction was
a)1 11/25% loss b)1 11/25% gain
c)3 2/25% gain d)3
2/25% loss
6. A
man sold two articles for Rs 4950 each. On one article he gained 10% and on
other he got a loss of 10%. Find the total loss?
a)Rs 100 b)Rs 150 c)Rs
200 d)Rs 250
7. A
man purchased 2 articles for Rs 860 each and sold the two so as to gain 10% on
one and to lose 10% on the other. What is net gain or loss%?
a)20% gain
b)10% loss c)no loss or gain d)None
8. A
merchant bought a camera at ¾ of its cost and sold it at 50% above its cost.
What is the profit %?
a)25% b)50% c)75% d)100%
9. Shastri
bought a book at 30% below its cost and sold 5% above its cost. What is the
profit %?
a)20%
b)50% c)75% d)100%
10. A
cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 40% profit , half of remaining at 40%
loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his
gain or loss will be?
a)10% gain b)15%loss c)20%
gain d)25% loss
11. A
person sells 36 pencils per 100 rupees and suffers a loss of 4%. Find how many
pencils per Rs 100 to be sold to have a gain of 8%?
a)24 b)32 c)40 c)20
12. A
shopkeeper sells eggs at 20 for Rs 1 gaining 30%.How many eggs did he buy for a
rupee?
a)26 b)28 c)30 d)40
13. A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for Re 1 and
sells them at 5 for Rs 3. What is his gain %
a)10% b)15% c)20% d)25%
14. A
man bought toffees at 6 for 1.How many toffees for Rs 1 must he sell to gain
50%?
a)4 b)5 c)6 d)8
15. A
trader claims to sell goods at the cost price but he weighs only 900 grams for
every 1 kg. What are the profit percentages of the trader?
a)15% b)13% d)11
1/9 % d)8 ¼ %
16. A
dishonest trader claims that his selling price equal to cost price, but weighs
1500 grams for every 1800 grams. Find his actual profit%?
a)16
2/3 % b)20% c)30% d)35%
17. A
dealer sells goods at 6% loss on CP but uses 14g instead of 16 g. Find his
profit or loss%?
a)6
3/7% b)3 2/3% c)7 3/7% d)7
4/7%
18. A
grocer sells an article at a profit of 20% and uses a weight which is 10% less
from actual weight. The gain % of grocer will be ?
a)22%
b)25% c)16.64% d)33.33%
19. The
cost price of 15 articles is equal to selling price of 12 articles. What is
gain or loss%?
a)25%
profit b)28% profit c)50%profit d)20%loss
20. The
cost price of 21 articles is equal to the selling price of 24 articles. What is
profit or loss %?
a)
10% loss b)12.5% loss c)16% loss d)25%
profit
21. By selling 88 kg of mangoes, a fruit vendor
gains the cost price of 22 kg. Find his gain %?
a)10% b)25% c)30% d)35%
22. A
merchant sold 15 articles and got the selling price of 5 articles as profit.
What is his gain%?
a)10% b)15% c)20% d)50%
23. Gupta
sold 18 articles and got the selling price of 3 articles as loss. Find his
loss%?
a)
8 ¼ % b)14 2/7% c)15% d)28 4/7%
24. If
articles are purchased for Rs 12000 and ¼ of the articles are sold at a loss of
10%, then at what profit% must sell the remaining goods be sold to get 10% on whole?
a)8% b)10% c)15% d)16
2/3 %
25. A
man purchased goods for 1000 and 3/5 of the goods are sold at 20% loss. At what
gain% should he sell the remaining goods to get 10% profit on the whole?
a)30% b)55% c)60% d)75%
26. If
I had purchased 11 apples for Rs 10 and
sold 10 apples for Rs 11, the profit% would have been
a)
12% b)11% c)21% d)25%
27. A fruit vendor bought
oranges at the rate of 12 for Rs 10 and sold 15 at Rs 12. Find his profit or
loss5?
a)4% loss b)4% profit c)16% profit d)8% loss
28. A
fruit seller buys 700 oranges at the rate of Rs 500 for 100 oranges and another
variety of 500 oranges at the rate of Rs 700 for 100 oranges and sells them at
Rs 84 per dozen. The profit percent is
a)20% b)30% c)40% d)45%
29. By
selling a cell phone for Rs 600, Ramesh lost 20%. What % shall he gain by
selling it for Rs 975?
a)20% b)25% c)30% d)None
30. A
vendor bought 24 dozens oranges at Rs 18 per dozen. 48 oranges were rotten. At
what price per should he sell the remaining oranges to get 25 % gain on the whole?
a)Rs
20 b)Rs 22 c)Rs 25 d)Rs 27
31. A shop keeper bought 30kgs of wheat at the
rate of Rs 45 per kg. He sold 40% of the total quantity at the rate of Rs 50
per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg should he sell the remaining
quantity to make 25% gain?
a)Rs
54 b)Rs 52 c)Rs 50 d)Rs 60
32. A
merchant bought 2 articles for Rs 910.He sold one at 20% gain and the other at
10% loss. Find their cost prices, if their selling prices are same.
a) Rs 520 ,Rs 390
b)Rs 360,Rs 480
c)
Rs 510, Rs 400 d) None
33. A
man bought 2 articles for Rs 400. And sold one at 15% loss and another at 25%
profit. On the whole there is no profit or loss. Find their cost prices?
a)120,
280
b)250, 150 c)160, 240 d)230,170
34. A
reduction of 20% enables a person to purchase 6 more articles for Rs 120. What
is the price of one article before reduction?
a)Rs 5 b)Rs 8 c)Rs
10 d)Rs 20
35. A
reduction of 25% enables a person to purchase 10 more articles for Rs 600. Find cost price of each article before
reduction?
a)Rs
10 b)Rs 15 c)Rs 20 d)Rs 25
