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PROFIT AND LOSS, 1., , Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 630 at a profit of 12.5%., 630, (a) 560, , 2., , 12.5%, , (b) 470, , (c) 370, , (d) 250, , Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 1470 at a profit 16, , 16, , 1470, (a) 1520, 3., , (b) 1760, , (c) 1260, , A man sells his goods at 8, 8, , (a) 62730, 4., , %, , 1, % profit. Find the cost price of article if it is sold at, 3, , 1, %, 3, , (b) 58220, , (b) 20%, , 65780., , 65780, (c) 52730, , (d) 60720, , A shopkeeper sells his article at 16, , (a) 35%, , 3, , (d) 1560, , 2, % profit on selling price. Find his actual profit %., 3, , 16, , 5., , 2, , 2, %., 3, , (c) 50%, , 2, 3, , %, , (d) 30%, , A man sells his goods at 25% loss on selling price. Find his loss %., 25%, (a) 20%, , 6., , (b) 25%, , (c) 35%, , A man sells his goods at 8, , 1, % profit on selling price. Find actual profit %., 3, 8, , (a) 8, 7., , 1, %, 10, , (b) 5, , 11, %, 1, , 1, %, 11, , %, (d) 7, , 11, %, 5, , 14, , (a) 14, , 2, %P, 7, , (b), , 15, , 7, %P, 2, , (c) 17, , 7, %L, 3, , (d), , 20, , 8, %L, 5, , A man finds that the cost price of 2750 articles is same as selling price of 2500 articles. Find profit or, loss%., 2750, , 1, , (c) 9, , 1, %, 3, , Cost price of 16 articles is equal to selling price of 14 articles. Find profit or loss %., 16, , 8., , (d) 30%, , 2500, , %

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9., , (a) 25%, (b) 15%, (c) 10%, (d) 20%, Cost price of 12 articles is equal to selling price of 9 articles while the discount given on 10 articles is, equal to the profit earn on 5 articles. Find the difference between profit % and discount %., 12, , 9, , 10, , 5, , %, (a) 26.28, (b) 22.22, (c) 25.22, (d) 22.33, 10. CP of 12 articles is equal to selling price of 9 articles while the discount on 8 articles is equal to profit, earn on 6 articles. Find discount %., 12, , 9, , 8, , 6, , (a) 20.6% (b) 18.5%, (c) 15.79%, (d) 17.5%, 11. After selling 72 articles a man losses selling price of 9 articles. Find loss %., 72, , 9, , (a) 17, , 2, %, 5, , (b) 15, , 5, %, 2, , 1, %, 9, , (c) 11, , (d) 12, , 9, %, 1, , 12. After selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of selling price of 9 articles. Find profit %., 72, , 9, , (a) 14, , 2, %, 7, , (b) 15, , 7, %, 2, , 9, %, 3, , (c) 18, , (d) 16, , 8, %, 3, , 13. After selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of cost price of 9 articles. Find profit %., 72, , 9, , (a) 12, , 1, %, 2, , (b) 15, , 2, %, 1, , 6, %, 2, , (c) 19, , (d) 17, , 5, %, 1, , 14. After selling 72 articles a man losses cost price of 9 articles. Find loss %., 72, , 9, , (a) 14, , 1, %, 5, , (b) 13, , (c) 12, , 1, %, 2, , (d) 15, , 2, %, 5, 2, %, 1, , 15. After selling 10 candles a man earns a profit of the selling price of 3 pens. while selling 10 pens. a, man losses selling price of 4 candles. The numerical value of profit % and loss % is equal. and the cost, price of candle is half of the cost price of pen. Find the ratio of selling price of candle to pen., 10, , 3, , 10, %, , (a), , 5, 3, , (b), , 2, 3, , (c), , 3, 4, , 4, , %, , (d), , 3, 2, , 16. The profit earned when article is sold for Rs. 800 is 20 times the loss incured when it is sold for Rs. 275., Find at what price he sold his goods if he wants to earn 20 % profit., 800, (a) 330, , 2, , 275, (b) 480, , (c) 360, , (d) 370, , 20, , 20%

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17., , 1, % more than the loss incurred when it is sold at Rs. 527., 9, What would be the selling price if he wants to earn a profit of 10%?, , Profit after selling an article for Rs. 717 is 11, , 717, , 11, , 527, , 1, 9, , %, , 10%, , (a) Rs. 678.7, (b) Rs. 575.7, (c) Rs. 377.2, (d) Rs. 273.8, 18. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP but he uses 30% less weight. Find the profit %., 30 %, , %, , 5, 8, %, (b) 48 %, 8, 5, 6, 7, (c) 42 %, (d) 45 %, 7, 6, 19. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP, but he uses 960gm weight instead of 1 kg., Find his profit %., , (a) 46, , 1 kg, , 960, , %, 7, 1, %P, (b) 4 % P, 2, 6, 5, 6, (c) 7 % P, (d) 5 % L, 2, 1, 20. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 44% loss but he uses 30% less weight. Find actual loss %., , (a) 9, , 44%, 30%, (a) 35% L (b) 40% P, (c) 25% P, (d) 20% L, 21. A shoopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 10% profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Find the, profit %., 10%, , 20%, , (a) 37, , 1, %P, 2, , (b) 40, , 2, %L, 1, , (c) 35, , 7, %, 5, , (d) 33, , 5, %, 7, , %, , 22. A shoopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Thus gain 37, , 1, %., 2, , Find the x., x%, , 20%, , 37, , 1, 2, , %, , x, (a) 12%, (b) 13%, (c) 10%, (d) 15%, 23. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % Loss but he uses 20 % less weight. Thus gain 20% .Find, the x., x%, x, , 3, , 20%, , 20%

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(a) 4%, (b) 5%, (c) 9%, (d) 8%, 24. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % loss but he uses 25 % less weight. Thus gains 20% . Find, the x., 25%, , x%, , 20%, , x, (a) 10%, (b) 12%, (c) 20%, (d) 15%, 25. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 10% at the time of buying the goods and 10% cheating at the, time of selling the goods. Find the profit %., 10%, (a) 23, , 9, %, 2, , (b) 20, , 10, %, 2, , (c) 22, , 2, %, 9, , (d) 15, , 12, %, 3, , %, , 26. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 20 % at the time of buying the goods and 40 % cheating, at the time of selling the goods. He promises to sell his goods at 10% loss. Find the profit %., 20%, , 40%, , 10%, , %, (a) 80%, (b) 50%, (c) 85%, (d) 60%, 27. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the CP and gives 25% discount to customer. At the time of, selling the goods he uses 800 gm weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit %., 40%, 1kg, , 800 gm, , 25%, %, , (a) 35.38%, (b) 31.25%, (c) 33.85%, (d) 32.25%, 28. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20 % above a CP and gives 10 % discount to customer. At the time of, selling the goods he uses 900 gm weight instead of 1 kg and at the time buying the goods he uses 1100 gm, instead of 1 kg. Find his profit%., 20 %, 1 kg, , 900 gm, , 10%, , 1 kg, , 1100 gm, , %, , (a) 25% P (b) 30% L, (c) 27% P, (d) 32% P, 29. A shopkeeper marks his goods 80 % above a CP and gives 25 % discount to customer .At the time of, buying the goods he gets 20% more weight instead of 1 kg and at the time Selling the goods he gives, 10% less weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit%., 80%, 1 kg, (a) 50%, , 20%, , (b) 60%, , 25%, 10%, , (c) 80%, , (d) 70%, , 30. A man purchases some number of article at Rs. 5400 and he sells, profit % will he sell the remaining to gain 13% on over all?, 2, , 5400, , 3, , 13%, (a) 29%, , 4, , (b) 39%, , (c) 69%, , %, , (d) 59%, , 5%, , 2, rd of them at 5% profit at what, 3

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31. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells, , 3, th of them at 8 % profit at, 5, , what profit % did he sell the remaining to gain 12 % over all?, 3, , 1,89,000, , 5, , 8%, , 12%, (a) 25% L, , (b) 18% P, , (c) 27% P, , (d) 32% P, , 32. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells, , 3, th of them at 12 % profit. At, 8, , what loss % will he sell the remaining to gain 4 % over all?, 3, , 1,89,000, , 8, , 12 %, , 4%, (a) 0.25% L, (b) 0.80% L, (c) 0.32% L, (d) 0.82% L, 33. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 11 oranges for, sell to gain 10%?, 1, , 11, , 1, , 10%, , (a) 25 Orange, (b) 35 Orange, (c) 10 Orange, (d) 40 Orange, 34. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 25 oranges for, he sell to gain 25%?, 1, , 35, , 25, , 1. How many for a rupee did he, , 1, , 1. How many for a rupees did, 25%, , (a) 20 Orange, (b) 25 Orange, (c) 15 Orange, (d) 35 Orange, By selling 32 oranges for a rupee a man loses 40%. How many for a rupee did he sell to earn, 20%?, , 1 32, 40%, 20%, 1, (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 28, (d) 25, 36. By selling 12 oranges for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee did he sell to earn 20%?, 1, , 12, , (a) 10 Orange, (c) 8 Orange, 37. By selling 45 oranges for, 40, , 20%, , 20%, , 1, , (b) 20 Orange, (d) 22 Orange, 40 a man los 20%. How many did he sell for, , 45, , 20%, , 20%, , 24 to earn 20%?, 24, , (a) 15 Orange, (b) 18 Orange, (c) 25 Orange, (d) 20 Orange, 38. By how much % a shopkeeper mark his goods above its CP so that, by giving 20% discount he may gain, 10%?, 20%, , 5, , 10%

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2, 5, 1, 5, % (b) 30 %, (c) 37 %, (d) 26 %, 1, 1, 2, 2, 39. By how much % a shopkeeper mark his goods above its CP so that by giving 10% discount he may gain, 30%?, 10%, 30%, , (a) 35, , 4, 2, 5, 2, % (b) 44 %, (c) 40 %, (d) 35 %, 7, 2, 1, 9, 40. A shopkeeper allow 25% discount on mark price and earn 30% profit, If he gets, amount of the discount., , (a) 36, , 25%, , 30%, , 90 as profit find the, 90, , (a) 230, (b) 330, (c) 130, (d) 150, 41. A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 12.5% on the mark price he, can earn a profit of 20%. If the article cost him Rs. 1400 then Find its mark price., 12.5%, , 20%, , 1400, (a) Rs. 1920, (b) Rs. 1926, (c) Rs. 1930, (d) Rs. 1950, 42. A shopkeeper gives 25% discount to his customer but he sells only smuggled goods and as a bribe he pays, 10% on the cost price. Find what should be the mark a price if he desires to make a profit of 9, , 1, % and, 11, , the cost price of the article is rupees 2500?, 25%, 9, , 1, 11, , 10%, , %, , 2500, , (a) Rs. 3045, (b) Rs. 4000, (c) Rs. 2540, (d) Rs. 2830, 43. By selling an article for Rs. 1170 a man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the article, is sold at 0% discount what should be the profit %?, 1170, , 10%, , 30%, , 4, 9, %, (b) 45 %, 9, 4, 7, 5, (c) 47 %, (d) 39 %, 3, 3, 44. By selling an article for Rs. 15600. A man allows 8 % discount and earns 19.6% profit. If the article is, sold at 0% discount what should be the profit %?, , (a) 44, , 8%, , 15600, , 19.6%, , (a) 10%, (b) 40%, (c) 20%, (d) 30%, 45. By selling an article for rupees 1170. A man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the article, is sold at 5% discount what should be the profit %?, 10%, , 6, , 1170, , 30%, , 5%

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1, 9, %, (b) 32, 5, 3, 2, 9, (c) 37 %, (d) 35 %, 9, 2, 46. A shopkeeper gives 3 articles free on the purchase of every 5 articles he also allow a discount of 20% to, customer and still earns 25% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article., , (a) 30, , 5, , 3, , 20%, , 25%, , (a) 2 : 5, (b) 3 : 5, (c) 2 : 3, (d) 5 : 8, 47. A shopkeeper gives 1 article free on the purchase of every 15 articles, he also allows a discount of 4% to, customer and still earns 35% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article., 15, , 1, , 4%, , 35%, , (a) 7 : 5, (b) 6 : 1, (c) 2 : 3, (d) 5 : 2, 48. A shopkeeper gives 4 articles free on the purchase of every 12 articles he also allows a discount of 20%, to customer and still earns 20% profit. Find the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article., 12, , 4, , 20%, , 20%, , (a) 1 : 2, (b) 2 : 2, (c) 2 : 5, (d) 3 : 1, 49. Rakesh Yadav readers publication published 3500 Books for rupees 3,50,000 at CP, he gives 500 books, free to some book shops, he also allows a discount of 25% on Mark price and give 1 book free for every, purchase of 29 books.Find the amount of profit/loss if the Mark price of each book is Rs. 160., 3,50,000, 25%, , 3500, 29, , 500, 1, , 160, (a) Rs. 1500, (b) Rs. 1300, (c) Rs. 2000, (d) Rs. 1400, 50. A publisher published 5000 books for Rs. 5,00,000 he gave 500 books free to some booksellers besides, 2, of the remaining book at 20% discount, the remaining books for marked, 3, price. Find the % profit of the publisher if he gave 20% discount of the total selling price to the, salesman, If marked price of book is Rs. 200., , he was able to sell, , 5,00,000, , 5000, , 500, , 2, 3, , 20%, , 20%, , 200, , %, (a) 23.8% (b) 24.8%, (c) 27.4%, (d) 25.9%, 51. A man sells two articles first at 15% loss and second at 19% profit if during the whole transactions he bears a, loss of rupees 90. If he sells both articles at same price then find the cost price of second article., 15 %, , 19%, , 90, , (a) 4500, (b) 3500, (c) 3300, (d) 4300, 52. A man sells two articles first on 20% loss and second on 60% profit. Find their selling price if the, difference between the CP is rupees 3200 If the selling price of both article is same., 20%, , 7, , 60%

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3200, (a) 5020, (b) 3121, (c) 5120, (d) 6515, 53. A man sells 3 articles at same price, first on 20% profit second on 10% loss and third on 25% loss. During, the whole transactions he bears a loss of rupees 120. Find the selling price of each article., 20%, , 10%, , 25%, , 120, (a) 432, (b) 450, (c) 220, (d) 500, 54. A man sells two article for rupees 1710. He sells first at 10% loss and second at 25% profit. Find the, amount of overall profit and loss if the cost price of first article is equal to selling price of second article., 1710, , 10%, , 25%, , (a) 50 L, (b) 60 L, (c) 90 P, (d) 70 P, 55. The selling price of A and B are rupees 1800 each. A calculate his profit % on SP while B on CP. Find, the difference between their cost price if both claims 20% profit., A, , B, , 1800, , A, , B, , 20%, (a) Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 60, (c) Rs. 30, (d) Rs. 50, 56. A and B purchase an article at same price later on C purchases both articles at same price of rupees, 240 each from A and B. But the profit % of A was P% while profit % of B was q%. Since B calculate his, profit on SP, If C sells one of the article to D at P% profit what is the cost price for D if q = 41, A, , B, , C, A, , A, , P%, , P%, , B, , q%, , B, , 2, % P?, 3, , 240, , B, , C, , D, , q=P, , 41, , 2, 3, , D, , %, , (a) Rs. 458, (b) Rs. 658, (c) Rs. 576, (d) Rs. 715, 57. A man purchases some articles at the rate of 11 articles for Rs. 10 and he sells all the articles at the, rate of 10 articles for Rs. 11. Find overall profit or loss%., 10, , 11, , (a) 17% L, , 11, , 10, , %, , (b) 30% P, , (c) 21% P, (d) 20 % L, 58. A man purchases some pencils at the rate of 6 pencils for Rs. 5 and he sells all the articles at the rate, of 5 articles for Rs. 6. Find overall profit or loss%., 5, , 6, , 6, , (a) 44% P, (c) 35% L, , 5, , %, , (b) 46% L, (d) 49% P, , 59. A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 1 orange for 2 and same no. of oranges at the rate of 2, orange for 1 and he sells all of them at the rate of 4 oranges for 3. Find overall profit or loss%., 2, , 1, , 1, , %, (a) 25% L, , 8, , (b) 40% L, , (c) 30% P, , (d) 35% P, , 2, , 3

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60. A man buys some oranges at the rate of 5 for 1 and same number of oranges at the rate of 4 for 1. He, sold all of them at the rate of 9 for 2. During the whole transaction he incurs a loss of 30. Find the, number of article that he purchased., 1, , 5, 30, , 1, , 4, , 2, , 9, , (a) 10,800, (b) 11,500, (c) 15,759, (d) 10,890, 61. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 9% loss. Had he sold it Rs. 752 more, then he would gain 7%. Find intial, cost price., 9%, , 752, , 7%, , (a) Rs. 4687.50, (b) Rs. 4587.40, (c) Rs. 2087.20, (d) Rs. 4700, 62. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 7% profit. Had he sold it Rs. 4248 more then he would gain 13%. Find, intial cost price., 7%, , 4248, , 13%, , (a) 71,000, (b) 75,000, (c) 70,800, (d) 77,000, 63. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchases it for 10% less and sold it Rs. 18 less then, he would have gained 30%. Find the initial cost price., 20%, , 10%, , 18, , 30%, , (a) 600, (b) 700, (c) 900, (d) 800, 64. A man sells his goods at 10% profit. Had he purchases it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 20 more then he, would gain 40%. What was the intial cost price?, 10%, , 20%, , 20, , 40%, , (a) Rs. 550, (b) Rs. 1000, (c) Rs. 320, (d) Rs. 800, 65. A man sells his goods at 25% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs. 900 less and sold it for Rs. 900 less then, he would gain 5%, more profit. Find the initial cost price., 25%, , 900, , 900, , 5%, , (a) Rs. 5400, (b) Rs. 5300, (c) Rs. 5500, (d) Rs. 6500, 66. A man sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs. 600 less and sold it for Rs. 400 less then, he would gain 10%. more profit. Find the initial cost price., 20%, , 600, , (a) Rs. 5500, , (b) Rs. 4900, , (c) Rs. 3800, , (d) Rs. 3750, , 400, , 10%, , 67. Ram makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise/article. He fixed the selling price such that if only 600, articles are sold, he would have made profit of 40% on the outlay. However, 120 articles got spilt and he, was able to sell 630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit % as the percentage of total outlay, , 9

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assuming that the unsold articles are useless., 60, 40%, %, , 750, 120, , 600, 630, , (a) 40%, (b) 45%, (c) 43%, (d) 47%, 68. A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 12% of the articles he produces will be rejected. He, accepts an order to supply 22,000 articles at 7.50 each. He estimates the profit on his outlay including the manufacturing of rejected articles to be 20%. Find out manufacturing price of each article., 12%, 20, , 7.50, , 22000, , (a) Rs. 7.50, (b) Rs. 5.50, (c) Rs. 3.50, (d) Rs. 6.50, 69. A man sold a book at 9% Profit and a pen at 13% P. If he sold the book at 13% profit and the pen at 9%, Profit, he gain 80 more. Find the cost price of book and pen. If he purchased both at 20,000., 9%, , 13%, , 13%, , 9%, , 80, , 20,000, (a) 11,000,9000, (b) 75000,1200, (c) 55000,1200, (d) 85000,1500, 70. A man purchased a book and a pen for 25000. He sold the book at 13% Profit and pen at 17% Profit. If, he sold the book at 17% profit and pen at 13% Profit he earns 80 more. Find their individual cost price., 25000, , 13%, , 13%, , 17%, , 17%, , 80, , (a) 12,550,12300, (b) 13,400,14,500, (c) 13,500,11,500, (d) 15,500,16,300, 71. A shopkeeper bought two cycles in 1600. If he sold 1st cycle at 10% profit and 2nd at 20% Profit, he, earns a certain profit. If he sold 1st at 20% profit & 2nd at 10% profit, he get 5 more. Find the prices of, both the cycles., 1600, 10%, , 10%, , 20%, , 20%, , 5, , (a) 825, 775, (b) 858, 858, (c) 712, 958, (d) 962, 625, 72. The total cost of 8 books and 5 pens is 92. Then find the cost of 3 books and 2 pens if the cost of 5 books, & 8 pens is 77., 8, , 5, , 92, , 3, , 2, , 5, , 8, , 77, , (a) Rs. 55, (b) Rs. 25, (c) Rs. 35, (d) Rs. 45, 73. Rakesh Yadav has 2 bat and 1 ball. The cost of ball is 96. If he sells the ball along the value of the 1st bat,, the amount received will be twice the value of the 2nd bat. But if he sells the ball with the 2nd bat, the, amount received will be less than the value of the 1st bat by 306. What is the value of the 1st bat?, 2, , 96, 306, , (a) Rs. 740, (b) Rs. 900, (c) Rs. 850, (d) Rs. 700, 74. Rakesh Yadav sells a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15% Profit, he gets, , 10, , 7 as profit. If he sells the pen at

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5% profit & the book at 10% profit, he gets, 5%, 10%, , 6 more. The prices of book & pen are -, , 15%, , 7, , 5%, , 6, , (a) Rs. 30, 500, (b) Rs. 70, 120, (c) Rs. 80, 100, (d) Rs. 20, 150, 75. A man sells a table at 12% loss and a book on 19% profit, & earns a profit of 160 but if he sell the table, at 12% profit & book at 16% loss then he bears a loss of 40. Find the price of the book., 12%, , 19%, , 16%, , 160, , 12%, , 40, , (a) Rs. 4000, , (b) Rs. 5000, , (c) Rs. 3500, , (d) Rs. 3000, , 76. A man sells a table at 15% profit and a chair at 12% loss & earns 540 as profit. If he sells the table at, 12% loss and chair at 15% profit then he bears no profit no loss. Find the price of table & chair., 15%, , 12%, , 540, , 12%, , 15%, (a) 60000,2000, (b) 80000,5000, (c) 10000,8000, (d) 50000,3000, 77. A man sells a book and a table at 13% & 9% profit respectively & earns, the book at 16, , 1060 as profit. But if he sells, , 2, 1, % profit and table at 11 % loss then bears no profit no loss. Find their CP?, 3, 9, , 13%, 2, %, 3, , 11, , 9%, , 1060, , 16, , 1, %, 9, , (a) 9000,3000, , (b) 5000,7000, , (c) 4000,6000, , (d) 2000,8000, , 78. A company allows 15% discount to his customers and still earns 19% profit. If the production cost of the, product is increased by 12% therefore company issued a new list price which is 10% higher than the, previous list price and company still allows 15% discount to his customers. Find the new profit % of the, company., 15%, , 19%, , 10%, (a) 21, , 7, %, 2, , 12%, , 15%, (b) 16, , 7, %, 8, , (c) 25, , 5, %, 7, , %, , (d) 17, , 8, %, 7, , 79. A man purchased a home and a shop. He sold the shop at 10% Profit and home at 10% loss and selling, price of both the articles is same ( 1,00000 each) Find the Profit/loss., 10%, , 11, , (a), , 2, Lakh, 99, , (b), , 2, Lakh, 88, , (c), , 2, Lakh, 58, , (d), , 2, Lakh, 78, , 10%

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80. A dealer sold 2 TV sets for 2400 each. and earn 20% profit on 1st article and 20% loss on 2nd article., Find his total profit or loss., 2, , 2400, , (a) Rs. 300, , (b) Rs. 250, , (c) Rs. 200, , (d) Rs. 350, , 20%, , 20%, , 81. A house and a shop were sold for 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20%, loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in, 20%, (a) No loss no gain, , (b) Gain of, , 1/24 lakh, , (c) Loss of 1/12 lakh, (e) None of these, , (d) Loss of, , 1/18 lakh, , 82. By selling a table for, , 350 instead of, , 400, (a), , 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of the table is-, , 350, , 1050, , (c) 435, (e) None of these, , (b), , 417.50, , (d), , 1000, , 20%, , 5%, , 83. A shopkeeper sells an article for 10% profit. If he buys it for 4% less and sells it for 18, gets, , 10 more. What is the original cost price ?, 10%, , (a), , 3, % profit then he, 4, , 250, , (b), , 4%, , 18, , 3, %, 4, , 10, , 200, , (c) 255, (d) 201, (e) None of these, 84. A sold an article to B at the profit of 25%, B sold it to C at loss of 10% and C sold it to D at the profit of 20%., If D paid 27 then how much A paid to buy this article ?, A, (a), , B, 20, , 25%, A, , B, (b), , C, , 10%, , C, , D, , 20%, , D, , 27, , 15, , (c) 12, (d) 9, (e) None of these, 85. A sells a pen to B at a gain of 20% and B sells it to C at gain of 10% and C sells it to D at a gain of 12.5%., If D pays 14.85, what did it cost A ?, A, , 20%, D, , (a) 6, (b) 9, (e) None of these, , 12, , B, , B, , 14.85, , C, , A, (c), , 10, , (d), , 12, , 10%, , C, , D, , 12.5%

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86. 5% more is gained by selling a cow for, cow., 1000, (a), , 1010 than by selling it for, , 1010, , 200, , (b), , 1000. Find the cost price of the, , 5%, , 150, , (c) 125, (d) Can't determined, (e) None of these, 87. A retailer buys 30 pens at the marked price of 27 pens. What is his profit percent when he sells the, article at MP to customer?, 27, , (a)11, , 30, , 2, %, 9, , (b) 11, , (c) 11.5%, (e) None of these, , %, , 1, %, 9, , (d) 20%, , 88. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of, 8.50 per, kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the, transaction was30, , 9.50, , 40, , 8.50, , 8.90, (a), , 2 loss, , (c) 7 loss, (e) None of these, , (b), , 2 profit, , (d), , 7 profit, , 89. 9 kg of rice costs as much as 4 kg of sugar; 14 kg of sugar costs as much as 1.5 kg of tea; 2 kg of a tea, costs as much as 5 kg of coffee; find the cost of 11 kg of coffee, if 2.5 kg of rice costs 12.50, 9, , 4, , 14, , 1.5, , 5, (a), , 465, , (c) 365, (e) None of these, , 2.5, , (b), , 462, , (d), , 362, , 2, 12.50, , 90. A man purchased 450 pens of 3 types such that he earned a profit of 9%, 10% and 12% respectively on, each type. He earned a profit of 9, , 3, % on first two types and 10% overall profit on all the types. Find the, 7, , number of pens in all the three types., 3, , 450, 9, , 3, %, 7, , 9%, 10%, , 12%, , 10%, , (a) 250, 100, 100, , (b) 200, 150, 100, , (c) 175, 150, 125, , (d) 200, 100, 150, , (e) None of these, 91. A man has 560 pens and he categorized all the pens into three types such that he earns a profit of 12%,, 16% and 20% respectively on each type. He earns 13% profit on first two types and earns overall profit, of 15% on all types. Find the number of pens in all the types., , 13

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560, 13%, , 12%, 16%, , 20%, , 15%, , (a) 300, 100, 160, (c) 300, 110, 150, (e) None of these, , (b) 300, 110, 150, (d) 350, 100, 110, , 92. A person sold an article at 96 in such a way that the profit % and the C.P earned, are numerically the, same. If he sells it at twice the profit % than the previous profit%, then find the new selling price., 96, , %, , (a) 60, (b) 70, (c) 80, (d) 132, (e) None of these, 93. A retailer purchases 70 pens at the Marked price of 56 pens from a whole seller and the retailer sells, them to customer at Marked price. Find the profit percent of the retailer., 56, (a) 25%, , (b) 19.5%, , 70, (c) 18%, , (d) 17%, , (e) None of these, 94. A wholesale dealer sells 40 pens at the M.P. of 36 pens and the retailer sells them to customer at 1%, discount. Find the profit %., 36, (a) 9%, , 40, , (b) 11%, , (c) 12%, , 1%, , (d) 10%, , (e) None of these, 95. A manufacturer of patent medicines gives one dozen extra bottles of the medicine for every order of 12, dozens. A discount of 25% is also offered to the trader on the marked price. If a bottle is marked, find the lowest price at which a bottle can be sold without any loss., 12, , 1, , 117,, , 25%, , 117, (a) 81, (b) 91, (e) None of these, , (c) 109, , (d) 113, , 96. The list price of an article is 160 and a customer buys it for, If the first discount is 10% then find the other one., 160, (a) 12%, , (b) 10%, , (c) 11%, , 97. A article is marked at, and k%. Find k., 65, , 122.40 after two successive discounts., , 122.40, (d) 14, , 10%, , (e)15%, , 65 and a customer buys it for, , 56.16 and gets two successive discounts of 4%, 56.16, , 4%, , k%, , k, (a) 5%, (b) 7%, (c) 10%, (d) 9%, (e) None of these, 98. A man sells 2/3rd of his stock at 30% profit and 1/4th stock at 16% profit and the remaining at 12%, profit. In total he gains, 75. Find the value of his stock., , 14

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2/3rd, , 30%, , 1/4th, , 16%, , 12%, , 75, (a) 200, (b) 300, (c) 500, (d) 350, (e) None of these, 99. Instead of meter scale, a cloth merchant uses 120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale, while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash payment. Find the profit percent., 120, , 80, , 20%, (a) 13%, (b) 12%, (c) 15%, (d) 20%, (e) None of these, 100. A man purchases 40 watches and decides the MRP 25% more than the CP and he offers 10% discount on cash, payment and 5% discount on credit. He sells, of the stock on cash and rest of the stock on credit. If he gains Rs., 2250, then CP of the watch :, , (a) Rs. 400, (b) Rs. 500, (c) Rs. 450, (d) Rs. 550, 101. A bag sells at a profit of 20%. If the cost price of the bag is reduced by Rs. 350 and the selling price is, reduced by Rs. 400, then the gain increases by 2%. What is the original cost price., 20%, , 350, , 400, , 2%, , ?, (a) Rs. 1000, (b) Rs. 1250, (c) Rs. 1350, (d) Rs. 1420, 102. An article listed at Rs. 800 is sold at successive discount of 25% and 15%. The buyer desires to sell it, off at a profit of 20% after allowing a 15% discount. What would be listed price of the article for buyer?, 800, , 25%, , 15%, , 15%, , 20%, (a) Rs. 680, (b) Rs. 720, (c) Rs. 800, (d) Rs. 840, 103. A merchant buys 4000 kg of wheat, 1/5 of which he sells at a gain of 5%, 1/4 at a gain of 10%, 1/2 at a, gain of 12% and the remainder at a gain of 16%. If he had sold the whole wheat at a gain of 11%. He, would have made Rs.87.50 more. What was the cost price of wheat per kg?, 4000, 16%, , 1/5, 11%, , 5%, , 1/4, 10%, 87.50, , , 1/2, , 12%, , ?, (a) Rs. 3, , (b) Rs., , (c) Rs., , (d) Rs.3.5, , SSC CGL 2017 Mains, 104. The cost price of an article is Rs x. It is marked up by 200%. It is sold at Rs. 540 after giving 25%, discount. What is the value of x (in Rs)?, , 15

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x, , 200%, , 25%, , 540, , x, , (a) 360, (b) 250, (c) 300, (d) 240, 105. The selling price of an article is Rs. 816 if the discount on it is 15%. What would be the selling price of the, article (in Rs) if the discount on it is 25%?, 816, , 15%, , 25%, , (a) 750, (b) 720, (c) 800, (d) 700, 106. If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs. 14.4 he makes 10% loss. If he wants to make 25% profit, then at what, price (in Rs) should he sell?, 14.4, , 10%, , 25%, , (a) 18, (b) 20, (c) 16, (d) 22, 107. At a village trade fair a man buys a horse and a camel together for Rs. 51,250. He sold the horse at a profit, of 25% and the camel at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price of, the cheaper animal was Rs.____., 51,250, , 25%, , 20%, , (a) 6600, (b) 7500, (c) 25000, (d) 20000, 108. On a certain item profit is 150%. If the cost price increases by 25%. What will be the new profit margin, (in %)?, 150%, , 25%, , (%, , ), , (a) 25, (b) 50, (c) 100, (d) 75, 109. If a website is selling smartphone at Rs 18,000 which is marked at Rs 25,000 then what is the discount(in%) at, which the smartphone is being sold?, (a) 25, (b) 22, (c) 28, (d) 20, 110. A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 125% and offers 25% discount. What will be the selling if the cost, price (in Rs) is Rs 640?, , (a) 1080, (b) 1000, (c) 920, (d) 860, 111. A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs 3 and sells at 3 for Rs 4. What will be the result?, (a) 43.75% profit/, (b) 77.7% loss/, (c) 77.7% profit/, (d) 43.75% loss/, 112. A used car dealer sells a car for Rs 7.6 lakhs and makes some loss. If he had sold if for Rs 9.2 lakhs his, profit would been thrice his loss. What was the cost price of the car (in Rs lakhs)?, , (a) 8.5, , 16, , (b) 8.75, , (c) 8.25, , (d) 8

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113. If the cost price of an article is Rs X. It is marked up by 100%. It is sold at Rs 1,200 after giving 20%, discount. What is value of X?, X, 100%, 20%, 1200, X, (a) 750, (b) 1500, (c) 1000, (d) 2000, 114. The price of a product after getting 20% discount is Rs 3,024 which includes 5% tax on selling price. What, was the marked price (in Rs) of the product?, 20%, , 3,024, , 5%, , (a) 3780, (b) 2742, (c) 3600, (d) 2880, 115. An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel. There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profit, then at what price should it sell including 8% tax on selling price? (in Rs per barrel), 3600, , 10%, , 5%, , 8%, (a) 3674, (b) 3711, (c) 4219, (d) 4536, 116. A vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 and suffers 24% loss. If he wants to make 14% profit, then at what price, (in Rs) should he sell?, 24, 24%, 14%, (a) 32, (b) 30, (c) 36, (d) 28, 117. A villager buys a goat and a sheep together for Rs 14,250. He sold the sheep at a profit of 10% and the goat, at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then what was the cost price of the, cheaper animal?, 14,250, , 10%, , 20%, , (a) 8250, (b) 6600, (c) 7500, (d) 13200, 118. On a certain item profit is 120%. If the cost price increases by 10% then what will be the new profit, margin (in %) if selling price remains the same?, 120%, , 10%, , (%, , ), , (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 100, (d) 90, 119. A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (In Rs) if, the cost price is Rs 800?, , (a) 1200, (b) 1500, (c) 1000, (d) 2000, 120. On a television of brand A the discount is 25% and on television of brand B the discount is 40%. The price, of B after discount Rs 2,250 greater than the price of A after discount. What is the marked price A (in Rs), if marked price of B is 35,000?, A, , B, A, , B, , A, , B, , (a) 18750, (b) 21000, (c) 25000, (d) 17850, 121. If 60% discount is offered on the marked price and selling price becomes equal to cost price then what, the % mark up?, , 17

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(a) 100, (b) 250, (c) 150, (d) 40, 122. A vendor buys bananas at 9 for Rs 8 and sells at 8 for Rs 9. What will be the profit or loss (in%)?, (a) 13.28% profit, , (b) 26.56% loss, , (c) 26.56% profit, (d) 13.28 loss, 123. If a stall sells a pizza at Rs 200 he makes 20% loss if he wants to make 10% profit then at what price (in, Rs) should he sell?, , (a) 250, , (b) 300, , (c) 275, , (d) 325, , 124. A wholesaler had 200 dozens of mangoes. He sold some of the these mangoes at 20% profit and the rest, at 10% profit, so that he made 13% profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) did, he sell at 20% profit?, , (a) 140, , (b) 60, , (c) 80, , (d) 120, , 125. If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled the profit would become 65%. What is the present, profit (in%)?, (a) 20, , (b) 15, , (c) 25, , (d) 10, , 126. A trader marks up in his goods by 120% and offers 30% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs.) if, the cost price is Rs. 750 ?, 120%, (a) 1225, , (b) 1080, , (c) 1280, , (d) 1155, , 30%, , 750, , 127. A vendor buys bananas at 7 for Rs. 6 and sells at 6 for Rs. 7. What will be the result ?, 6, , 7, , 7, , 6, , (a) 36.1 % loss/, , (b) 26.5 % Profit/, , (c) 36.1 % Profit/, , (d) 26.5 % loss/, , 128. A miner sells a diamond to a trader at a profit of 40% and the trader sells it to a customer at a profit of, 25%. If the customer pays Rs. 56 lakhs to buy the diamond, what had it cost the miner (in Rs. lakhs) ?, 40%, , 25%, , (a) 30, (b) 28, (c) 25, (d) 32, 129. A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that he, made a total profit of 17%. How much wheat (in kg) did he sell at 20% profit?, 1600, 17%, (a) 600, , 18, , (b) 1000, , (c) 800, , 20%, 20%, (d) 1200, , 12%

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130. A used two wheeler dealer sells a scooter for Rs. 46,000 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for Rs., 58,000 his profit would have been double his loss. What was the cost price (in Rs.) of the scooter?, 46,000, , 58,000, , (a) 52000, (b) 54000, (c) 48000, (d) 50000, 131. A retailer marks up his goods by 20% and then offers 25% discount. What will be the selling price on an, item that he sells if its cost price (in Rs) is Rs 2500?, , (a) 2400, (c) 2750, , (b) 3000, (d) 2250, , 132. A trader buys jowar at Rs 30 per kg. 20% of the grain gets wasted. He plans to sell the remaining grain so, that he makes 40% overall profit. At what price (in Rs. per kg) should he sell the grain?, , (a) 48, , (b) 50, , (c) 52.5, , (d) 47.5, , 133. If a vendor sells a watermelon at Rs 69 he makes 8% loss. If he wants to make 16% profit then at what, price (in Rs) should he sell?, , (a) 91, , (b) 83, , (c) 87, , (d) 79, , 134. The cost of 25 items is the same as the revenue by selling X items. Find X, if the profit made in the, transaction is 25%, X, (a) 25, , (b) 16.67, , X, (c) 20, , (d) 32, , 135. An item is sold for Rs 7130 making a 15% profit. What is the cost price (in Rs) of this item?, (a) 6000, , (b) 6125, , (c) 6250, , (d) 6200, , Example, 1., , A man marks up his goods 30% above its CP and, allows 20% discount find his profit or Loss%, 30%, 20%, , 2., , (a) 4%L, (b) 4%P, (c) 8%L, (d) 7%P, A man marks up his goods 100% above its CP, If, SP is increased by Rs. 60 then profit becomes, double. Find intial SP if initial MP is Rs. 800, 100%, , 60, 800, , 19

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3., , (a) 460, (b) 520, (c) 630, (d) 840, A man marks up his goods 50% above CP - If MP and SP both are increased by 20%, then Profit becomes, doubles find intial selling price if initial mark price is Rs. 300, 50%, , 20%, Rs. 300, , 4., , (a) 350, (b) 300, (c) 400, (d) 250, A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 orange for Rs. 2 and same no. of oranges at the rate of, 5 orange for Rs. 4 and he sells all of them at the rate of 6 oranges for Rs. 5. Find overall profit and loss%., 2, , 3, , 4, , 5, , 5, , %, (a), , 5., , 150, %P, 11, , (b) 40% L, , (c) 30% P, (d) 35% P, A man purchases some articles at the rate of1 orange for Rs. 2 and same no. of articles at the rate of, 2 article for Rs. 3 and he sells all of them at the rate of 3 oranges for Rs. 4. Find overall profit and, loss%., 2, , 1, , 3, , 2, , 4, , %, , 6., , (a), , 150, %P, 11, , (b) 40% L, , (c), , 500, %L, 21, , (d) 35% P, , A man sells two articles on same price, on first he earn 10% profit and on other he bears 10% loss. Find, his overall profit or loss percent., 10%, (a) 1% P, , 7., , 8., , (c) 2% P, , (d) 10% L, , A man purchased some no. of oranges at the rate of 65 oranges for, to earn 30% profit?, , 1 How many for a rupee did he sell, , (a) 60, (b) 50, (c) 30, (d) 65, By selling 45 oranges for Rs. 40 a man loses 20%. How many did he sell for Rs. 40 to earn 20% Profit?, 40, (a) 30, , 20, , (b) 1% L, , 10%, , 45, (b) 50, , 20%, (c) 40, , (d) 42, , 40, , 20%