1. (i) A man buys a toy for
Rs.25 and sells it for Rs.40. Find his profit percent. [Ans. (b) 60%]
(a) 40% (b) 60%
(c) 25% (d)
30% (e) None of these
(ii) A man buys a toy for Rs.30 and sells it
for Rs.20. Find his loss percent. [Ans. (a) (33&1/3)%]
(a) (33&1/3)% (b) 10%
(c) 25% (d) 30% (e) None of these
(iii) An umbrella marked at
Rs.80 is sold for Rs.68. The rate of discount is: [Ans.(b)15%]
(a) 12% (b) 15%
(c) 17&11/17% (d) 20% (e) None of these
(iv) A loss of 5% was suffered
by selling a plot for Rs.4,085. The cost price of the plot was: [Ans. (c) Rs.4300]
(a) Rs.4350 (b) Rs.4259.25 (c) Rs.4300 (d) Rs.4200 (e) None
(v) The CP of an article
which is sold at a loss of 25% for Rs.150, is [Ans.(a) Rs.200]
(a) Rs.200 (b) Rs.125 (c) Rs.175 (d) Rs.225 (e) None of
these
(vi) Venkat purchased 20
dozens of toys at the rate of Rs.375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the
rate of Rs.33. What was his percentage profit? [Ans.(d) 5.6]
(a)
6.5 (b) 3.5
(c) 4.5 (d) 5.6 (e) None of
these
(vii) Bhajans Singh purchased
120 reams of paper at Rs.80 per ream. He spent Rs.280 on transportation, paid
octroi at the rate of 40 paise per ream and paid Rs.72 to the coolie. If he
wants to have a gain of 8%, the selling price per ream must be: [Ans. (c)
Rs.90]
(a) Rs.86 (b) Rs.89
(c) Rs.90 (d) Rs.87.48 (e) None of these
2. (i) The profit earned by
selling an article for Rs.600 is equal to the loss incurred when the same
article is sold for Rs.400. What should be the sale price of the article for
making 25% profit? [Ans.(a) Rs.625]
(a) Rs.625 (b) Rs.500 (c) Rs.575 (d) Rs.625 (e) None of
these
(ii) The profit earned by
selling an article for Rs.832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same
article is sold for Rs.448. What should be the sale price of the article for
making 50% profit? [Ans.(a)
Rs.960]
(a)Rs.960 (b)Rs.1060
(c)Rs.1200 (d)Rs.920 (e)None of
these
(iii) The profit earned by
selling an article for Rs.600 is equal to four times the loss incurred when the
same article is sold for Rs.400. What should be the sale price of the article
for making 25% profit? [Ans.(d)
Rs.550]
(a) Rs.625 (b) Rs.500 (c) Rs.575 (d) Rs.550 (e) None of
these
(iv) By selling an article
for Rs.96, double profit is obtained than the profit that would have been
obtained by selling it for Rs.84. What is the cost price of the article? [Ans.
(c) Rs.72]
(a) Rs.96 (b) Rs.92
(c) Rs.72 (d) Rs.66 (e) None of these
(v) By selling an article for
Rs.96, three times the profit is obtained than the profit that would have been
obtained by selling it for Rs.84. What is the cost price of the article? [Ans.(d) Rs.78]
(a) Rs.84 (b) Rs.80
(c) Rs.72 (d) Rs.78 (e) None of these
3. (i) By selling twelve
notebooks, the seller earns profit equal to the selling price of two
note-books, what is his percentage profit? [Ans. (b) 20%]
(a) (16&2/3)% (b)
20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
(e) None of these
(ii) By selling twelve
notebooks, the seller earns profit equal to the cost price of two note-books,
what is his percentage profit? [Ans. (a)
(16&2/3)%]
(a) (16&2/3)% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30% (e) None of these
4. (i) The cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price
of 9 articles. Find the profit percent. [Ans. (a) (11 & 1/9)%]
(a)
(b) 12 ½ %
(c)
(d) 13 ½ %
(e) None
(ii) I sell 16 articles for
the some money as I paid for 20. What is my gain percent? [Ans. (b) 25%]
(a) 24% (b) 25%
(c) 30% (d) 35 %
(e) None
(iii) A man sells 320 mangoes
at the cost price of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is: [Ans. (b) 25%]
(a) 10% (b)
25% (c) 15%
(d) 20 % (e) None
5. (i) If I purchased 11
books for Rs.10 and sold all the books at the rate of 10 books for Rs.11, the
profit percent is: [Ans. (b) 21%]
(a) 10% (b)
21% (c) 11%
(d) 100% (e) None of these
(ii) If a man purchases 12 oranges
for Rs.10 and sells 10 oranges for Rs.12. How much profit or loss does he make?
[Ans. (b) 44%
profit ]
(a) (33&1/3)% profit (b)
44% profit (c) 44% loss (d) 40% loss (e) None of these
(iii) If a man purchases 9
mangoes for Rs.16 and sells 11 mangoes for Rs.20. How much profit or loss does
he make? [Ans. (a)
(2&3/11)% profit]
(a) (2&3/11)% profit (b) 4%
profit (c) 4% loss (d) 2% loss (e) None of these
(iv) If a man purchases 12
mangoes for Rs.15 and sells 10 mangoes for Rs.14. How much profit or loss does
he make? [Ans. (b) 12% profit]
(a) (13&1/3)% profit (b)
12% profit (c) 10% loss (d) 12% loss (e) None of these
(v) A man buys 10 articles
for Rs.8 and sells them at the rate of Rs.1.25 per article. His gain percent is:
[Ans. (b) 56.25%]
(a) 50% (b) 56.25% (c) 19.5%
(d) 20% (e) None of these
6. (i) A reduction of 10% in
the price of salt enables a person to buy 2 kg more for Rs.18. Find the reduced
and the original price per kg of salt respectively. [Ans.(b) Re.0.9, Rs.1]
(a) Re.1, Rs.0.9 (b) Rs.0.9, Re.1 (c) Rs.2, Rs.1.9 (d) Rs.1.9, Rs.2 (e) None of these
(ii) A reduction of 20% in
the price of salt enables a person to buy 8 kg more for Rs.80. Find the reduced
and the original price per kg of salt respectively. [Ans.(c) Re.2,
Rs.2.50]
(a) Rs.2.50, Rs.2 (b) Rs.2.50, Rs.3 (c) Rs.2, Rs.2.50 (d) Rs.1.5, Rs.2 (e) None of these
(iii) A reduction of 40% in
the price of salt enables a person to buy 6 kg more for Rs.45. Find the reduced
and the original price per kg of salt respectively.[Ans.(d)Re.3, Rs.5]
(a) Rs.3, Rs.4 (b) Rs.5, Rs.3 (c) Rs.4, Rs.6 (d) Rs.3, Rs.5 (e) None of these
(iv) A 10% hike in the price
of rice forces a person to purchase 2 kg less for Rs.110. Find the new and the
original prices of the rice per kg. [Ans. (a) Rs.5.50, Rs.5]
(a) Rs.5.50, Rs.5
(b) Rs.5, Rs.5.50 (c) Rs.4, Rs.3.50 (d) Rs.5.50, Rs.4.50 (e) None of these
(v) A 12% hike in the price
of rice forces a person to purchase 2 kg less for Rs.56. Find the original
price of the rice per kg. [Ans.(a)Rs.3]
(a) Rs.3 (b) Rs.5
(c) Rs.4 (d) Rs.2.50 (e) None of these
7. (i) A person bought two
watches for Rs.480. He sold one at loss of 15% and the other at a gain of 19%
and he found that each watch was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of
the two watches. [Ans. (c) Rs.280,
Rs.200]
(a) Rs.250, Rs.200 (b) Rs.160, Rs.120 (c)
Rs. 280, Rs.200 (d) Rs.300, Rs.200 (e)
None of these
(ii) A person bought two
horses for Rs.960. He sold one at loss of 20% and the other at a gain of 60%
and he found that each watch was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of
the two watches. [Ans. (a) Rs.640,
Rs.320]
(a) Rs.640, Rs.320 (b) Rs.540, Rs.420 (c)
Rs. 440, Rs.520 (d) Rs.650, Rs.310 (e) None of these
(iii) A person bought two
goats for Rs.630. He sold one at loss of 10% and the other at a gain of 20% and
he found that each watch was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of the
two watches. [Ans. (b) Rs.360,
Rs.270]
(a) Rs.350, Rs.280 (b) Rs.360, Rs.270 (c)
Rs. 340, Rs.290 (d) Rs.300, Rs.330 (e) None of these
(iv) A person bought two
horses for Rs.690. He sold one at gain of 10% and the other at a gain of 20%
and he found that each horse was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of
the two horses. [Ans. (c) Rs.360, Rs.330]
(a) Rs.250, Rs.200 (b) Rs.260, Rs.230 (c)
Rs. 360, Rs.330 (d) Rs.300, Rs.170 (e) None of these
(v) A person bought two
tables for Rs.860. He sold one at gain of 5% and the other at a gain of10% and
he found that each table was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of the
two tables. [Ans.
(a) Rs.440, Rs.420]
(a) Rs.440, Rs.420 (b) Rs.460, Rs.400 (c)
Rs. 480, Rs.380 (d) Rs.200, Rs.170 (e)
None of these
(vi) A person bought two
chairs for Rs.735. He sold one at gain of 20% and the other at a gain of25% and
he found that each chair was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of the
two chairs. [Ans. (a) Rs.375,
Rs.360]
(a) Rs.375, Rs.360 (b) Rs.385, Rs.350 (c)
Rs. 370, Rs.365 (d) Rs.300, Rs.270 (e)
None of these
8. (i) A man buys two horses
for Rs.1350. He sells one so as to lose 6% and the other to gain 7.5%. On the
whole he neither gains nor loses. What does each horse cost? [Ans. (b) Rs.750, Rs.600]
(a) Rs.750, Rs.500 (b)
Rs.750, Rs.600 (c) Rs. 760, Rs.330 (d) Rs.800, Rs.670 (e)
None of these
(ii) A man buys two chairs
for Rs.1250. He sells one so as to lose 5% and the other to gain 20%. On the
whole he neither gains nor loses. What does each chair cost? [Ans. (a) Rs.1000, Rs.250]
(a) Rs.1000, Rs.250 (b) Rs.1100, Rs.150 (c) Rs. 900, Rs.350 (d) Rs.950, Rs.300 (e)
None of these
(iii) A man buys two tables
for Rs.1750. He sells one so as to lose 10% and the other to gain 15%. On the
whole he neither gains nor loses. What does each table cost? [Ans. (b) Rs.1050, Rs.700]
(a) Rs.1000, Rs.750 (b)
Rs.1050, Rs.700 (c) Rs. 950, Rs.800
(d) Rs.950, Rs.600 (e) None of these
9. (i) Two cows having equal
selling price of Rs.500 are sold, one at a profit of 20% and another at a loss
of 20%. Find his total percentage gain or loss. [Ans. (a) 4% loss]
(a)4% loss (b)40% profit (c)4% profit (d)12% loss (e) None of these
(ii) A man sells two horses,
one at a profit of 25% and another at a profit of 15%. Find approximately his
total percentage gain or loss. [Ans. (b) 19.79% profit]
(a) 20% loss (b) 19.79% profit (c)24% profit (d) 12% loss (e) None of these
(iii) A man sells two horses,
one at a profit of 20% while another at a loss of 10%. Find his total
percentage gain or loss. [Ans. (a)2
profit]
(a)2
profit (b) 3
% profit (c)4
% profit (d)12% loss
(e) None of these
10. (i) A sells a good to B
at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. Find the resultant
profit percent. [Ans.
(d) 50%]
(a) 45% (b)
60% (c) 75% (d)
50% (e) None of these
(ii) (i) A sells a good to B
at a profit of 5% and B sells it to C at a profit of 10%. Find the resultant
profit percent. [Ans.
(c) 15.5%]
(a) 16.5% (b) 12.5%
(c) 15.5% (d) 4.75% (e) None of these
(iii) (i) A sells a good to B
at a profit of 30% and B sells it to C at a loss of 20%. Find the resultant
profit or loss percent. [Ans.
(b) 4% profit]
(a) (13&1/3)% profit (b) 4%
profit (c) 6% loss (d) 4% loss (e) None of these
(iv) (i) A sells a good to B
at a profit of 15% and B sells it to C at a loss of 5%. Find the resultant
profit or loss percent. [Ans.
(a) 9.25% profit]
(a) 9.25% profit
(b) 10.25% profit (c) 9.75% loss (d) 12% loss (e) None of these
11. (i) A sells a good to B
at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs.225 for
it, what was the cost price of A? [Ans. (d) Rs.150]
(a) Rs.200 (b) Rs.125 (c) Rs.175 (d) Rs.150 (e) None of these
(ii) A sells a good to B at a
loss of 20% and B sells it to C at a loss of 25%. If C pays Rs.900 for it, what
was the cost price of A? [Ans. (c) Rs.1500]
(a)Rs.2000 (b)Rs.1450 (c) Rs.1500(d)Rs.1200(e)None of these
(iii) A sells a good to B at
a profit of 30% and B sells it to C at a loss of 20%. If C pays Rs.520 for it,
what was the cost price of A? [Ans. (b) Rs.500]
(a) Rs.550 (b)
Rs.500 (c) Rs.450 (d) Rs.475 (e) None of these
(iv) A man sells a car to his
friend at 10% loss. If the friend sells it for Rs.54000 and gains 20%, the
original CP of the car was: Ans.(b)
Rs.50000]
(a) Rs.25000 (b) Rs.50000 (c) Rs.37500 (d) Rs.60000 (e) None of these
12. (i) I sold a book at a
profit of 12%. Had I sold it for Rs.18 more, 18% would have been gained. Find
the cost price. [Ans.
(c) Rs.300] (a) Rs.350 (b) Rs.500
(c) Rs.300 (d) Rs.275 (e)None
of these
(ii) I sold a book at a
profit of 5%. Had I sold it for Rs.17 more, 15% would have been gained. Find
the cost price. [Ans.
(a) Rs.170] (a) Rs.170 (b)
Rs.180 (c) Rs.150 (d) Rs.175 (e)None of these
(iii) A man sold a book at a
loss of 7%. Had he been able to sell it at a gain of 9%, it would have fetched
Rs.64 more. Find the cost price. [Ans. (e) None of
these (Rs. 400)]
(a) Rs.350 (b)Rs.500
(c) Rs.300 (d) Rs.475 (e)None of
these
(iv) A man sold a cow at a
loss of 10%. Had he been able to sell it at a gain of 4%, it would have fetched
Rs.84 more. For how much was the cow sold? [Ans. (e) None of these (Rs. 540)]
(a) Rs.650 (b) Rs.500
(c)Rs.600 (d)Rs.475 (e) None of
these
13. (i) A dishonest fruit
vendor professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 900
gm for the kg weight. Find his gain percent.
[Ans. (b)
(11&1/9)% profit]
(a) 11% profit (b)
(11&1/9)% profit (c) 11.50%
loss (d) 10% loss (e) None of these
(ii) A dishonest dealer
professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 960 gm for
the kg weight. Find his gain percent. [Ans.
(a) 4&1/6% profit]
(a) (4&1/6)% profit (b) 4% profit (c) 2.50% loss (d) 2% loss (e) None of these
14. (i) A dishonest grocer
sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses a weight, which is 20% less. Find his
total percentage gain. [Ans.
(b) 37.5%] (a) 35% (b) 37.5%
(c) 40% (d) 50% (e) None of these
(ii) A dishonest grocer sells
rice at a loss of 10% and uses a weight, which is 20% less. Find his total
percentage gain or loss. [Ans. (c) 12.5% profit] (a) 12.5% loss (b) 12% loss (c)
12.5% profit (d) 25% profit (e) None of these
(iii) A dishonest grocer
sells rice at a profit of 20% and uses a weight, which is 25% less. Find his
total percentage gain. [Ans. (b)
60% ]
(a) 45% (b)
60% (c) 75% (d) 50%
(e) None of these
(iv) A dishonest grocer sells
rice at a profit of 6.25% loss on cost price, but uses uses14 gm instead of 16
gm. Find his total percentage gain or loss. [Ans. (d) (7&1/7)%
profit]
(a) (7&1/7)% loss (b) 12.5% profit (c) 7% loss (d) (7&1/7)% profit (e) None of these
(v) A merchant professes to
lose 6% on a certain tea, but he uses a weight equal to 900 gm instead of one
kg. His real gain percent is: [Ans. (a) (4&4/9)%]
(a) (4&4/9)% (b)(5&1/9)% (c) 6%
(d) 4% (e) None of these
(vi) A seller uses 840 gm in
place of one kg to sell his goods. Find his actual % profit or loss, when he
sells his article on 4% gain on cost rice. [Ans. (d) (23&17/21)%
profit]
(a) (23&1/21)% loss (b) 22.5% profit (c) 25% loss (d) (23&17/21)% profit (e) None
of these
(vii) A seller uses 900 gm in
place of one kg to sell his goods. Find his actual % profit or loss, when he
sells his article on 20% gain on cost rice. [Ans. (c) (33&1/3)%
profit]
(a) (33&1/3)% loss (b) 32.5% loss (c) (33&1/3)% profit (d) (33&2/3)% profit (e) None of these
15. (i) A dealer sold a radio
at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Rs.100 more, he would have gained 7.5%.
For what value should he sell it in order to gain 12.5%? Find the initial cost
price also. [Ans.(d) Re.1125, Rs.1000]
(a) Rs.1000, Rs.1125 (b) Rs.1175, Rs.1000 (c) Rs.1125, Rs.900 (d)Rs.1125, Rs.1000 (e) None
(ii) A dealer sold a radio at
a profit of 20%. Had he sold it for Rs.100 less, he would have gained 15%. For
what value should he sell it in order to gain 25%? Find the initial cost price
also. [Ans.(c) Re.2500, Rs.2000]
(a) Rs.2500, Rs.1800 (b) Rs.2200, Rs.2000 (c) Rs.2500, Rs.2000 (d)Rs.2125, Rs.2000 (e) None
(iii) A dealer sold a chair
at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Rs.150 more, he would have gained 10%. For
what value should he sell in order to gain 20%? Find the initial cost price
also. [Ans.
(a) Rs.1200, Rs.1000]
(a) Rs.1200, Rs.1000 (b) Rs.1300, Rs.1000 (c) Rs.1000, Rs.850 (d) Rs.1000, Rs.950 (e)
None
(iv) A dealer sold a table at
a loss of 10%. Had he sold it for Rs.75 more, he would have gained 15%.For what
value should he sell in order to gain 25%? [Ans. (c) Rs.375]
(a) Rs.475 (b) Rs.575
(c) Rs.375 (d) Rs.300 (e)
None
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