PROFIT AND LOSS Total: 30Question

Submitted By:-Ram Narayan Kumar

Manish Kumar

1.A person incurs 5% loss by selling a watch for Rs.1140. At what price should the watch be sold to earn 5% Profit? a)1200 b)1140 c)1260 d)None

2.A book was sold for Rs. 27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs. 25.75, then what would have been the percentage of profit or loss? a)0.3% b)0.07% c)3% d)0.25%

3.Pure Ghee costs Rs. 100 per kg. After adulterating it with vegetable oil costing Rs.50 per kg, a shopkeeper sells the mixture at the rate of Rs 96 per kg, thereby making a profit of 20%. In what ratio does he mix the two? a)30:20 b)2:3 c)3:2 d)None

4.An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at 2/3 of that price one loses 10%. Find the gain percent at original price. a)35% b)1/3% c)3/2% d)25%

5.At what percentage above the C.P. must an article be marked so as to gain 33% after allowing a customer a discount of 5%? a)24% b)60% c)40% d)30%\

6.10% loss on selling price is what percent loss on the cost price? a)100/11% b)101/11% c)10% d)11%

7.If loss is 1/3 of S.P. , the loss percentage is: a)50/3% b)20% c)25% d)100/3%

8.An article was sold for Rs. Y after giving a discount of x%. Then , its list price is: a)100y/100-x b)100y/1.-x c)100y/1-(x/100) d)None

9.Calculate a single discount equivalent to a series discount of 20%, 10% and 5%. a)31.6% b)68.4% c)17.5% d)None

10.If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from Rs 400 to Rs 380, his loss increases from x% to (x+4)%. What is the cost price of the fan? a)Rs. 420 b)Rs.550 c)Rs.500 d)Rs.400

11.By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio 2:3 and selling the mixture at a rate of Rs 22 per kg, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. If the cost of smaller quantity be Rs 14 per kg, the cost per kg of the larger quantity is

a)Rs 23

b)Rs 24

c)Rs25

d)None

12.Sudha buys an article with 25% discount on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it as Rs660.The marked price is a)Rs 600 b)Rs685 c)Rs700 d)Rs800

13.An article costing Rs 40 was marked 25% above the cost pri ce. If it is sold to a customer after giving two successive discounts of the same percentage he pays Rs 40.50. What would be the percentage change in profit if the price of the article is increased successively twice instead of reducing it? a)2500% b)3500% c)4500% d)4000%

14.A trademan fixes his selling price of goods at 20% above the cost price. He sells half the stock at this price, One fourth of the stock at a discount of 15% on the original selling price gain percentage altogether. a)8.5% b)10% c)7.5% d)9.5%

15.A sells goods to B at five-thirds the rate of profit at which has decided to sell it to C. C , on the other hand, sells it to D at one third the rate of profit at which B sold it to C. If D gives Rs2145 to C at 10% profit, how much did A buy is for? a)Rs 1000 Number Series: 16. 5 a)5 17. O E a)O 18. 5 6 b)E 13 b)57 T 27 c)44 T . c)N 22 .. 42 d)47 F F S S . b)Rs 2000 c)Rs 1500 d)Rs 1800

d)P 21 6 13 20

a)30,7b)6,5 19. 2 a)1210 20. 12 a)36 21. 5 a)65 22. 1 a)34 23. 5 a)31 24. 14 a)24 25. 4 a)25 26. 2 a)121 27. 14 a)24 28. 10 a)170 29. 1 18 b)55 15 b)85 8 b)24 12 b)2 16 b)26 9 b)26 7 b)63 16 b)26 28 b)180 5 4

c)5,6 12 b)1000 24 c)81 35 c)45 3 c)54 22 c)13 20 c)28 16 c)27 28 c)64 20 c)28 54 c)190 9

d)None 48 c)1440 27 d)25 45 d)105 16 d)14 15 d)None 22 d)30 . d)28 d)60 22 d)30 128 d)None . 21 .. 30 126 38 6 .. 5 . 55 . 240 d)None

a)14 30. .. a)1

b)15 2 b)7

c)16 1 c)5

d)None 0 d)4 -2