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Profit and Loss Level - I price of 12 articles. Find gain percent.

1. The cost price of a shirt is 200 and selling price is a. 20% b. 25%
250. Calculate the % profit. 2
c. 16 % d. none of these
2 1 3
a. 20% b. 25% c. 16 3 % d. 33 3 % 15. A discount dealer professes to sell his goods at cost
2. A man sold his cow for 7920 and gained 10%. The price but uses a weight of 960 gm for 1kg. Find his gain
cow was bought for: percent.
a. 7200 b. 7128 c. 8712 d. 7840.80 1 2 1
3. Anu bought a necklace for 750 and sold it for 675. a. 8 % b. 25% c. 16 % d. 4 %
3 3 6
Find her percentage loss. 16. Successive discounts of 20% and 10% is equivalent
a. 20% b. 12% c. 10% d. 8% to a single discount of how many percent?
4. A watch is sold for 1080 at a loss of 10%. The price of a. 30% b. 32% c. 28% d. 25%
the watch is: 17. The marked price of a radio is 20% more than its cost
a. 1125 b. 1200 c. 1180 d. 972 price. If a discount of 10% is given on the marked
5. A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at cost price, the gain percent is–
price, but he uses a weight of 900gm for 1 kg weight. a. 15% b. 12% c. 10% d. 8%
Find his gain percent. 18. If a dealer want to earn 5% profit on an article after
1 2 offering 10% discount to the customers, by what per-
a. 20% b. 25% c. 11 % d. 16 % cent should he increase his marked price to arrive at
9 3
6. A man bought a house of 2500. For how much should the label price?
he sell it so as to gain 10 percent? 2 1 1
a. 2700 b. 2650 c. 2800 d. 2750 a. 15% b. 16 % c. 15 % d. 16 %
3 2 2
7. A tooth paste marked at 80 is sold for 68. The rate 19. A man sold two watches at 240 each; on one he
of discount is- gained 20% and on the other he lost 20%. The gain or
a. 12% b. 14% loss percent in the whole transaction is?
c. 15% d. none of above a. 1% gain b. 1% loss c. 4% gain d. 4% loss
8. Mr. Verma sold his scooter for 10500 at a gain of 5%. 20. A watch is sold for 880 at a loss of 20%. For how
Find the cost price of the scooter. much should it be sold to gain 10%?
a. 10300 b. 10700 c. 10000 d. 10200 a. 1000 b. 1100 c. 1210 d. 1400
9. Ramesh purchased a bicycle for 5200 and spent 21. The cost price of 18 article is equal to s.p. of 15 article.
800 on its repairs. He had to sell it for 5500. Find his The gain percent is–
profit% or loss%. a. 15% b. 20% c. 25% d. 18%
1 1 22. An item costing 840 was sold by a shop-keeper at a
a. 8 % b. 7 % gain of 10%. It was then sold by the customer to an-
3 2
c. 9% d. none of these other person at a loss of 5%. Find the selling price of
10. A man buy 10 articles for 8 and sells them at the rate new buyer.
of 1.25 per article. His gain percent is– a. 877.80 b. 798 c. 924 d. 824
23. By selling a hard disk for 475 a person losses 5%. To
1
a. 55% b. 56 % c. 40% d. 56% get a gain of 5%, he should sell the hard disk for–
4 a. 500 b. 575 c. 535 d. 525
11. Find cost price, when :- s.p. = 77; gain = 10% 24. Rahul is selling two second hand TVs at 4500 each
a. 70 b. 84.7 gaining 15% on one and losing 15% on another. Find
c. 69.3 d. none of these his over all gain/loss percent ?
12. I sell my radio for 480 and there by suffers a loss of a. 15% loss b. 2.25% profit
20%. Find the cost price– c. 30% loss d. 2.25% loss
a. 500 b. 600 c. 576 d. 650 25. A shopkeeper bought some lollipops at 11 for a rupee
13. By selling 100 pencils, a shopkeeper gains the selling and the same number at 9 a rupee. If the whole lot is
price of 20 pencils. His gain percent is– sold at 10 for a rupee. Find the gain or loss percent.
2 1 a. 1% loss b. 1% profit
a. 25% b. 20% c. 16 % d. 33 % c. 10% loss d. 10% profit
3 3
14. If the selling price of 10 articles is the same as the cost
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26. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 878 is e. None of these
the same as loss incurred after selling the article for 35. Sri Ganesh bought 40 kgs of wheat at Rs. 12.50 per kg
Rs. 636. What is the cost price of the article ? (SBI PO and 25 kgs of it at Rs. 15.10 per kg. He mixed them
Prelim Exam; 27.07.2008) together. At what rate should he sell the mixture to
a. Rs. 797 b. Rs. 787 c. Rs. 767 earn 10% profit ?
d. Rs. 757 e. None of these (Syndicate Bank PO Exam, 10.10.2004)
27. The owner of a cellphone shop charges his customer a. Rs. 13.50 b. Rs. 13.25
32% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. c. Rs. 14.75 d. Rs. 14.85
6600 for the cellphone, then what was the cost price of e. None of these
the cellphone ? 36. Lalit bought a book for Rs. 63 after getting 30% dis-
(UBI Clerk Exam, 08. 06. 2008) count on the printed price. What was the printed price
a. 5800 b. 6100 c. 5000 of the book?
d. 5400 d. None of these (Corporation Bank Clerk Exam, 07.11.2004)
28. A man bought a radio for Rs. 800 and spent Rs. 400 on a. Rs. 90 b. Rs. 110 c. Rs. 81.90
it. He sold it for Rs. 1500. His gain per cent is d. Cannot be determined e. None of these
(RRB Ajmer ECRC Exam, 18.05.2008) 37. Deepa bought a calculator with 30% discount on the
a. 55% b. 35% c. 25% d. 52% listed price. Had she not got the discount, she would
29. The cost price of an article is Rs. 7840. To gain 7%, the have paid Rs. 82.50 xtra. At what price did she buy the
article should be sold at calculator ?
(RRB Ajmer ASM Exam, 13.04.2008) (Canara Bank PO Exam, 09.02.2003)
a. Rs. 8388.80 b. Rs. 8000 a. Rs. 192.50 b. Rs. 275 c. Rs. 117.85
c. Rs. 8383.80 d. Rs. 8833.80 d. Cannot be determined e. None of these
30. On selling an article for Rs. 270 there is a gain of 12.5%. 38. Suresh sold a watch at Rs. 105 and earned a profit of
What is its cost price ? 20%. What was his cost price ?
(RRB Ajmer ASM Exam, 13.04.2008) (RBI Note Printing Pvt. Ltd. Industrial Workmen
a. Rs. 240 b. Rs. 220 Exam, 12.01.2003)
c. Rs. 210 d. Rs. 250 a. Rs. 87.50 b. Rs. 84 c. Rs. 90
31. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 625 is d. Cannot be determined d. None of these
the same as loss incurred after selling the article for 39. A fruit seller sells mangoes at Rs. 9 per kg. and thereby
Rs. 435. What is the cost price of the article ? loses 20%. At what price per kg, he should have sold
(Bank of Baroda PO Exam, 06.05.2007) them to make a profit of 5% ?
a. Rs. 530 b. Rs. 520 c. Rs. 540 (RRB Bhubaneshwar ASM Exam, 25.08.2002)
d. Rs. 550 e. None of these a. Rs. 12.31 b. Rs. 11.81 c. Rs. 12.00
32. The labelled price of a product is Rs. 750. If it is sold at d. Rs. 12.25 e. None
a 20% discount and the dealer earns a 25% profit, what 40. A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the
is the cost price ? discounted price, after giving an initial discount of
(UCO Bank Clerk Exam, 05.08.2007) 20% on the labelled price of a radio. If the final sale
a. Rs. 550 b. Rs. 450 c. Rs. 435 price of the radio is Rs. 704, then what is its labelled
d. Rs. 480 e. None of these price ? (RRB Bhubaneshwar ASM Exam, 25.08.2002)
33. The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers a. Rs. 844.80 b. Rs. 929.28 c. Rs. 1044.00
15% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. d. Rs. 1000.00 e. None
9,039/- for a sofa set. then what is the cost price of the 41. A sold a tape-recorder to B for 4,860 at a loss of 19%.
sofa set ? (Corporation Bank Clerk Exam, Again B sold it to C at a price that would give A a profit
18.06.2006) of 17%. The gain of B is (SSC Assistant Grade-III
a. Rs. 7,680 b. Rs. 7,860 Exam. 11.11.2012 (IInd sitting)
c. Rs. 7,880 d. Rs. 7,660
2 1
e. None of these a. 22 % b. 33 %
34. A shopkeeper sells a T.V. set on discount of 8% of 9 3
print price and gain 25%. If print price was Rs. 20000 4 2
then, what was the cost price ? c. 44 % d. 66 %
9 3
(Syndicate Bank Clerk Exam, 17.04.2005)
42. A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He
a. Rs. 13800 b. Rs. 14720
then allows some discount on it and marks a profit of
c. Rs. 14800 d. Rs. 13720
12%. The rate of discount is a. 200 b. 1300
(SSC Assistant Grade-III c. 240 d. 100
Exam. 11.11.2012 (IInd sitting)
48. A merchant fixed the selling price of his articles at
2 1 700 after adding 40% profit to the cost price. As the
a. 6 % b. 6 %
3 4 sale was very low at this price level, he decided to fix
the selling price at 10% profit. Find the new selling
1 2
c. 33 % d. 16 % price.
3 3 (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
43. A dealer purchased a washing machine for 7,660. Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist sitting)
After allowing a discount of 12% on its marked price, a. 500 b. 550 c. 450 d. 490
he still gains 10%. Find the marked price of the wash-
49. A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for 390.
ing machine.
He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and
(SSC Assistant Grade-III
Exam. 11.11.2012 (IInd sitting) 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of 51.50. The
difference between the original prices of the wall clock
a. 9,575 b. 8,426
and the watch is equal to
c. 8,246 d. 9,755 (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
44. Ramesh bought 10 cycles for 500 each. He spent Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist sitting)
2,000 on the repair of all cycles. He sold five of them a. 80 b. 120 c. 110 d. 100
for 750 each and the remaining for 550 each. Then 50. A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of 12 per pen.
the total gain or loss % is He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain
Exam. 11.11.2012 (Ist sitting) 15% on the whole outlay is
1 1 (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
a. Gain of 8 % b. Loss of 8 % Exam. 16.09.2012)
3 3
2 1 1 1
c. Gain of 7 % d. Loss of 7 % a. 21 % b. 20% c. 17% d. 17 %
3 7 2 2
51. A man sells 320 mangoes at the cost price of 400 man-
45. A man purchases two fans for 2,160. By selling one
goes. His gain per cent is :
fan at a profit of 15% and the other at a loss of9% he
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
neither gains nor loses in the whole transaction. Find
Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011
the cost price of each fan in . (IInd sitting) (Delhi zone)
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 10
Operator & LDC Exam. 04.11.2012 (IInd sitting) 52. If the profit on selling an article for Rs. 425 is the same
a. 710, 1450 b. 1530, 630 as the loss on selling it for Rs. 355, then the cost price
c. 810, 1350 d. 1340, 820 of the article is
46. A publisher printed 2000 copies of a book at a cost of (SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman
70,000. He distributes 400 copies free as specimen (GD) Exam. 22.04.2012 (Ist sitting)
copies. He gave 30% discount on printed price and a. Rs. 370 b. Rs. 380 c. 390 d. 400
the printed price of each book is 375. What is his 53. A fruit seller makes a profit of 20% by selling mangoes
gain or loss percentage ? at a certain price. If he charges 1more for each mango,
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry he can make a profit of 40%. Find the selling price of a
Operator & LDC Exam. 04.11.2012 (IInd sitting) mango in the first case.
a. 20% gain b. 20% loss (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
c. 10% loss d. 10% gain Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011
47. A shopkeeper bought 200 articles, each costing the (IInd sitting)(East Zone)
same. He sold 30% of the article at 20% profit and a. 6 b. 5 c. 5.50 d. 7
remaining at 10% profit. If the total profit made by him 54. By selling 20 articles for Rs. 160 a man loses 20%. The
is 2600, find the cost price of one article. number of articles to be sold at Rs. 240 so as to gain
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry 20% is
Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (IInd sitting) (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry

Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011 is the marked price of item which he purchased in Rs
(Ist sitting)(East Zone) 210.
a. 20 b. 28 c. 24 d. 18 [SSC Exam 2005]
55. The cost price : selling price of an article is a : b. If b is a. 288 b. 280 c. 282 d. 278
200% of a then the percentage of profit on cost price is 63. A Trader markes his goods 25% more than cost price if
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry he gives discount of 8% an cash payment. Find the
Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011 profit per cent
(Ist sitting)(Delhi zone) [Tax Assistant Exam 2005] a .
a. 75% b. 125% c. 100% d. 200% 15% b. 10%
56. A Shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that c. 12% d. N.O.T
1 64. By selling on item in Rs 4500, a man suffers loss of
after giving a discount of 12 % on marked price he 10%. For earning 10% profit, at what price must he
2
sells it ? [Tax Assistant Exam 2005]
gets profit of 20%. Calculate the marked price of goods a. 5000 b. 5500 c. 5600 d. 5200
which Shopkeeper purchased at Rs 1400. [SSC 65. A Machine is sold at 10% profit. If it is sold in Rs 400
Main Exam 2001] less, than there is loss of 10%. Find cost price of Ma-
a. 1900 b. 1910 chine
c. 1920 d. 1930 [SSC Main Exam Grade-B 2006]
57. By selling a article at discount of 20%, there is 20% a. 2000 b. 2010
profit If article is sold at discount of 10%, What is the c. 1500 d. N.O.T
profit percent Profit and Loss Level - II
[SSC Main Exam Grade-B 2002] 1. On selling an article for 240, a trader loses 4% . In
a. 30% b. 45% c. 33% d. 35% order to gain 10%, he must sell that article for :
58. Toffees are purchased at rate of 6 per rupee and sold at a. 264 b. 273.20 c. 275 d. 280
a rate of 5 per rupee. What is profit percent 2. By selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a man loses 20% .
[SSC Exam 2003] How many for a rupee should he sell to gain 20%
a. 20% b. 25% a. 15 b. 10 c. 8 d. 5
2 3. A person sold two shops each for 9900. If he gained
c. 16 % d. 30% 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which one
3
59. A Trader marks his goods at 20% more than the actual of the following is true ?
price. After giving some discount earns profit of 14% a. He gained 200 b. He lost 200
What is the rate of discount given on the goods ? c. Neither gained nor lost d. None of these
[SSC Exam 2003] 4. A man gains 10% by selling an article for a certain
a. 5% b. 6% c. 7% d. 4% price. If he sells it at double the price, the profit made
is:
1 a. 20% b. 60% c. 100% d. 120%
60. By selling a watch in Rs 280, a man gets profit of of
3
2
cost price. Calculate profit per cent 5. An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at
of
[SSC Main Exam Grade-A 2003] 3
that price one loses 10%. The gain percent at original
1 price is.
a. 33 % b. 30%
3
1
c. 20% d. 25% a. 33 % b. 35% c. 40% d. 20%
61. By selling an umbrella at Rs 300 a Shopkeeper gets 3
20% profit. For increasing its sale, if he marks it at 10% 6. 6% more is gained by selling a cycle for 1425 than by
discount, find his profit percent. selling it for 1353. The cost price of the cycle is.
[Tax Assistant Exam 2004] a. 1200 b. 1302
a. 8% b. 9% c. 1339.50 d. 1444.28
c. 10% d. N.O.T 7. Rajeev bought a Radio and paid 10% less than its origi-
62. A Trader marks his item such that by giving a discount nal price. He sold it at 30% profit on the price he had
paid. What percentage of profit did Rajeev earn on the
1 original price?
of 12 % on cash payment, he earns 20% profit. What
2 a. 20% b. 25% c. 28% d. 17%

8. What percent of selling price would be 34% of cost retailer, the wholesaler and the manufacturer earn 20%,
price if gross profit is 26% of the selling price? 10% and 5% respectively, what does it cost to manu-
a. 16.16 b. 24.16 c. 25.16 d. 26.00 facturer?
9. Ravi sold a book at a profit of 7%. Had Ravi sold it for a. 2252.25 b. 2500 c. 2370 d. 3000
15 more, 22% would have been gained. Find the cost 19. A man buys 50 chocolates for 1000, but 20 of them
price. are crushed. He decided to sell each crushed one at
a. 100 b. 50 c. 70 d. 90 three fourth the price at which he sells a new one.
10. Sumit buys 300 books at a cost of 1500. He fixes the What must his selling price per chocolate be in order
selling price of each book at 20% above the cost price to make a profit of 35% on his total outlay?
and sells 260 books at this price. As for remaining a. 32 b. 31 c. 30 d. 13.5
books, he sells them at 50% of the selling price. Calcu- 20. A trader uses a faulty weight and sells sugar weighing
late the total profit/loss made by Sumit. out only 960 gm instead of 1 kg. and makes a profit of
a. 180 profit b. 200 loss 1
c. 180 loss d. None of these 4 % . How much profit or loss percent would he make
6
11. Ranjeet buys 5kg sugar at 125 per kg. In addition, for
every kg. of sugar purchased, he has to pay sales tax if the balance was not faulty and his selling price re-
of 6% on the selling price. Calculate the total amount mained unchanged?
of money that he had to pay. a. 4% profit b. 4% loss
a. 662.25 b. 662.50 1
c. % profit d. None of above
c. 666.50 d. 2772.00 6
12. Vivek bought 400 dozen DVD’s at rate 800 a dozen. He 21. The profit margin on readymade shirts is 20%. If there
sold half of them at 1050 a dozen and another half at is a defective one, it is disposed off at 200. It costs
750 a dozen. Find his profit/loss? 240 to make a shirt and 5 out of every 100 are defective.
a. 30000 b. 40000 c. 50000 d. 15000 The profit percentage on every 100 shirt is-
13. A shopkeeper on giving a discount of 10% on the a. 18.86% b. 17.48% c. 18% d. 18.17%
marked price of 1100 of a cycle, gains 10%. The cost th
price of the cycle is- 1
22. A dealer sells an article at a profit of of the cost.
a. 1100 b. 900 4
c. 700 d. 675 th
14. Ramu purchases several articles at the rate of 11 for 1

Had he sold it at a profit of the selling price he
10 and sells them at the rate of 10 for 11. Find his 4
profit% would have gained 50 more. The cost of the article
a. 21% b. 26% c. 11% d. 13% is-
15. A shopkeeper bought 22 kg of a certain commodity of a. 500 b. 600 c. 700 d. 800
type “A” at the rate of 8.40/kg and 28 kg of type “B” 23. A man buys eggs at 2 for 1 and equal number at 3 for
at 6.30/kg. He mixed the two types and sold the mix- 2 and sells the whole at 5 for 3. Find the gain or
ture at the rate of 7.80/kg. Find his profit or loss? loss percent.
a. 28.8 loss b. 28.8 profit 6 2
c. 4% loss d. None of these a. 2 % loss b. 3 % loss
7 7
16. A house and shop were sold for 12000 each. The
house was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost and the 6
c. No gain, no loss d. 2 % gain
shop at gain 20% of the cost. Find the overall profit/ 7
loss? 24. A man bought a number of hourses for 720. Four of
a. No profit no loss b. Loss of 1000 them died, and he sold the rest at 14 per head more
c. Loss of 2000 d. None of these than he paid for them. He made a profit of 80 on the
17. There would be 10% loss if rice were sold at 5.50/kg. whole transaction. Find the price that he originally paid
At what price per kg should it be sold to earn a profit for each horses.
of 20%? a. 72 b. 42 c. 36 d. 65
a. 7.20 b. 7.33 25. A man buys 4 items and sells each at 250; the first at
c. 6.48 d. 7.04 a profit of 5%, the second at a profit of 10%, the third
18. A buyer buys an article from a retailer. The retailer
buys these from a wholesaler and the wholesaler from
a manufacturer. If the buyer bought it a 3465 and the
at a loss of 10% and fourth at a loss of 5%, what is his 100
overall profit or loss? a. 20% b. 25% c. 30% d. %
3
a. 0% b. 1.2% loss
c. 0.6% loss d. 0.6% profit 35. On selling a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15% gain,
26. A milk man makes a profit of 20% in the sale of milk. If Amar gains 7. If he sells the pen at 5% gain and the
he were to add 10% water to milk, by what percent book at 10% gain, then he gains 13. The actual cost
would his profit increase by ? price of book is-
a. 30% b. 32% c. 12% d. 10% a. 100 b. 80 c. 10 d. 400
27. A shopkeeper sold some articles at 35 per article and 36. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold
gained 40% on it. What would be the selling price of for 40 less, there would have been a loss of 10%.
each article to get 60% profit- What was the cost price?
a. 40 b. 45 a. 175 b. 200 c. 225 d. 250
c. 50 d. None of these 37. A house costs C rupees. Later it was sold for a profit of
28. A person sells 36 oranges per rupee and suffers a loss 25%. What is the capital gain tax if it is 50% of the
of 4%. Find how many oranges per rupee he should profit?
sell to have a gain of 8%? C C C C
a. 16 b. 5 a. b. c. d.
24 8 4 2
c. 32 d. None of these 38. If the selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find
29. A manu facturer sells an article to a whole sale dealer the profit percent.
at a profit of 20% and the wholesale dealer sells it to a
retail merchant at a loss of 5%. Find the resultant profit 2
a. 66 % b. 100%
or loss. 3
a. 14% loss b. 14% gain 1
c. 12% gain d. 12% loss c. 105 % d. 120%
3
30. A person sells two articles, each for the same price
39. A fruit seller buys oranges 6 for 1 and an equal num-
1040. He incurs 20% loss on the first and 10% loss on
ber at 4 for 1. He mixes them and sells at 20 paise per
the second. Find his overall percent loss.
oranges. Find the gain or loss percent.
5 5 a. 3% profit b. 5% loss
a. 12 % b. 15 %
17 17 c. 4% loss d. 10% profit
40. A purchased an article for 500. He sold it to B at a
3
c. 13 % d. None of these profit of 10%. B sold it back to A at a loss of 10%. In the
4 whole process now much did A gain?
31. A grocer sells rice at a profit of 20% and uses weight a. 40 b. 44 c. 55 d. 60
which is 25% less. Find his overall percentage gain. 41. A tradesman marks his goods 30% more than the cost
1 1
a. 60% gain b. 2 % loss price. If he allows a discount of 6 %, then his gain
2 4
c. 80% gain d. None of these percent is.
32. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling
price of x articles. If the profit is 25% then the value of 3
a. 22 % b. 22%
x is- 4
a. 25 b. 18 c. 16 d. 15 7
33. A shopkeeper sold a T.V. set for 17940 with a dis- c. 21 % d. None of these
8
count of 8% and gained 19.6%. If no discount is al-
42. A shopkeeper sells a T.V. set for Rs. 16,560 at 10%
lowed, then what will be his gain percent?
discount on its marked price and earns 15% profit. If
a. 25% b. 26.4%
no discount is offered, then what will be per cent profit
c. 24.8% d. None of these
?
34. A trader wants 10% profit on the selling price of a
(BSRB Patna Bank PO Exam, 07.01.2001)
product where as his expenses amount to 15% on
sales. What should his rate of mark up be on the article 7 7 7
a. 27 b. 22 c. 25
of 9. 9 9 9
d. Data inadequate e. None of these
43. A shopkeeper sold a T.V. set for Rs. 17940, with a dis-
count of 8% and gained 19.6%. If no discount is al- e. None of these
lowed, what will be his gain per cent ? 50. By selling an article for Rs. 98, double profit is earned
(RBI Grade ‘B’ Officers Exam, 17.11.2002) than the profit that would have been obtained by sell-
a. 25% b. 26.4% c. 24.8% ing it for Rs. 86. What is the cost price of the article ?
d. Cannot be determined e. None of these (BSRB Delhi Bank PO Exam, 12.11.2000)
44. A shopkeeper sold some articles at Rs. 35 per article a. Rs. 74 b. Rs. 75 c. Rs. 70
and gained 40% on it. What would be selling price of d. Rs. 68 e. None of these
the each article to get 60% profit ? 51. The marked price of an article is 50% above cost price.
(BSRB Baroda Bank Clerical Exam, 28.11.2000) When selling price is increased by 20%, the profit
a. Rs. 45 b. Rs. 42 c. Rs. 39 doubles. If original marked price is 300, then original
d. Rs. 40 e. None of these selling price is
45. If on selling 12 notebooks any seller makes a profit (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
equal to the selling price of 4 notebooks, what is his Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011
per cent profit ? (IInd sitting)(East zone)
(BSRB Delhi Bank PO Exam, 12.11.2000) a. 200 b. 250 c. 240 d. 275
2 52. A shopman bought pens at the rate of 7 for Rs. 10 and
a. 50 b. 25 c. 16 sold them at a profit of 40%. How many pens would a
3
d. Data inadequate e. None of these customer get for Rs. 10 ?
46. A grocer purchased 2 kg of rice @ Rs. 15 per kg and 3 (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
kg of rice @ Rs. 13 per kg. At what price per kg should Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011
(Ist sitting)(East zone)
1 a. 6 b. 4 c. 5 d. 3
he sell the mixture to earn 33 % profit on the cost
3 53. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 40% profit,
price ? half of remaining at 40% loss and the rest was sold at
(BSRB Delhi Bank PO Exam, 12.11.2000) the cost price. In the total transaction his gain or losss
a. Rs. 28.00 b. Rs. 20.00 will be
c. Rs. 18.40 d. Rs. 17.40 (SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical)
e. None of these Staff Exam. 11.12.2011
47. An article when sold for Rs. 960 fetches 20% profit. a. 20% gain b. 25% loss
What would be the per cent profit or loss if 5 such c. 10% gain d. 15% loss
articles are sold for Rs. 825 each ? 54. If I purchased 11 books for 100 and sold 10 books for
(BSRB Bhopal Bank PO Exam, 05.03.2000)
110, the percentage of profit per book sold is
a. 3.125 % profit b. 3.125% loss
(SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical)
c. Neither profit nor loss d. 16.5% profit
Staff Exam. 20.02.2011
e. None of these
a. 10 b. 11.5 c. 17.3 d. 21
48. A shopkeeper sells 25 articles at Rs. 45 per article after
giving 10% discount and gains 50% profit. If the dis- 55. A man purchased a bedsheet for 450 and sold it at a
count is not given, what is the profit earned ? gain of 10% calculated on the selling price. The selling
(SBI Mumbai Bank PO Exam, 16.07.2000) price of the bedsheet was
(SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry
2 2 Operator & LDC Exam. 28.11.2010 (IInd sitting)
a. 60% b. 60 % c. 66 %
3 3 a. 460 b. 475 c. 480 d. 500
d. 66% e. None of these 56. The expenditure on the printing of a book depends on
49. Mr. X, a businessman had the income in the year 1995 two factors - one is fixed cost and other is variable
such that he earned a profit of 20% on his investment cost which depends on the number of printing books.
in the business. In the year 1996 his investment was Publisher wants to earn profit of 20% on his invest-
less by Rs. 5000 but still had the same income (Income ment and according to his estimation, 500 copies of
= Investment + Profit) as that in 1995. Thus the per- book having cost Rs. 2 each will be sold in 3 month,
cent profit earned in 1996 increased by 6%. What was and 1000 copies of book will be sold in 9 months. If he
his investment in 1995 ? prints 4830 copies & sell it in 50 months then find his
(SBI Bank PO Exam, 11.02.2001) profit. [SSC Main Exam 1999-2000]
a. Rs. 1,02,000 b. Rs. 1,50,000 a. 1610 b. 1600 c. 1620 d. 1630
c. Rs. 1,05,000 d. Data inadequate 57. If Nootan sells her watch at Rs 3000 she gets profit but
if she sells it at Rs. 2400 she gets loss. In this condition c. 7000, 11000 d. N.O.T
64. A TV manufacturer sells each TV set at Rs 14,400 &
2
profit is 66 % of her loss. Calculate her profit per- earns profit of 20%. If production price is increased by
3 15%, then for getting 15% profit, what is the selling
cent. price of each TV set ?
15 15 16 14 [SSC Exam 2006]
a. 8 % b. 9 % c. 8 % d. 8 % a. 15860 b. 15870
23 23 23 23
c. 15880 d. 15780
58. If cost price of 15 articles is equal to selling price of 20
65. A sells his article at 10% cheaper than B & at 10%
articles, then by selling these types of 80 articles he
costlier than C. Find the saving of the customer of B
gets Rs. 2400. Find the cost price of each article.
when he purchases 100 rupees article from Shopkeeper
a. 40 b. 45 c. 35 d. 50
C.
59. A wholeseller makes the decrement of Rs 100 in marked
[LDC Main Exam2007]
price of radio then sell it at 25% profit. If he purchase it
in Rs 1600 and sell it at marked price then what is his 2 2 1
a. 22 b. 20 c. 20 d. 20
profit percent ? 9 9 9
1 1
a. 30 % b. 31 % Profit and Loss Level - III
4 4
1. A reduction of 20% in the price enables a customer to
1 1 purchase 12.5 kg more for 800. The original price of
c. 30 % d. 31 %
2 2 rice per kg is – SSC (10+2) 2013
60. If a discount of 10% is given on the marked price of an a. 12 b. 15 c. 14 d. 16
article, a trader gets profit of 20%. What is profit per- 2. A shopkeeper sells an article at 15% gain. Had he sold
cent of trader, if he increases discount to 15% [LDC it for 18 more, he would have gain 18%. The cost
Main Exam 2001] price of the article is – SSC (10+2) 2013
a. 600 b. 350 c. 540 d. 318
1 1
a. 13 % b. 13 % 3. A cloth merchant on selling 33 mtr. of cloth obtains a
3 2 profit equal to the selling price of 11 mtr. of cloth. The
1 2 profit is
c. 13 % d. 13 % a. 50% b. 11% c. 40% d. 22%
4 3
4. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mr.
2 Bhadra to buy an extra 5 kg of it for 320. The original
61. A man sells a table at 25% profit and a chair at 16 %
3 rate of sugar is – SSC (10+2) 2013
loss, thus gets a profit of Rs 50. If he sells table at a. 12 per kg b. 15 per kg
c. 16 per kg d. 20 per kg
2
16 % loss & chair at 25% profit, he gets no profit no 5. The cost price of 18 articles is equal to the selling price
3 of 15 articles. The gain is – SSC (10+2) 2013
loss Calculate the cost price of table and chair a. 20% b. 25% c. 18% d. 15%
[SSC Main Exam Grade-A 2002] 6. A dealer buys a table listed at 1500 and gets succes-
a. 360, 240 b. 240, 360 sive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends 20 on
c. 360, 250 d. 240, 250 transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. The sell-
62. A man can purchase 50 kg more product in Rs 500 by ing price of the table is – SSC FCI 2012
decrement of 25% in the price of product. What is the a. 1320 b. 1350 c. 1360 d. 1380
price of the decreased value of product per kg. [Tax 7. A pair of articles was bought for 37.40 at a discount
Assistant Exam 2004] of 15%. What must be the marked price of each of the
a. 2 Rs/kg b. 2.5 Rs/kg article ? SSC FCI 2012
c. 2.25 Rs/kg d. 2.75 Rs/kg a. 11 b. 44 c. 33 d. 22
63. Mohan purchased two old scooters on Rs 18000. He 8. A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had
sells one scooter at 25% profit & other scooter at 20% bought it at 20% less and sold it for 10.50 less, he
loss. Thus on whole transaction, he neither gains nor would have gained 30%. Find the cost price of the
loss. Find the cost price of each scooter. article. SSC FCI 2012
[Tax Assistant Exam 2004] a. 50 b. 20 c. 25 d. 35
a. 8000, 10000 b. 9000, 9000 9. Rahul had 200 mangoes. He sold 30 mangoes at 25%

gain, 40 mangoes at 20% gain, 60 mangoes at 10% FCI MAINS 2012
gain and 70 mangoes at 10% loss. His net gain/loss 19. A shopkeeper marks his goods at 40% above its cost
percentage is – SSC FCI 2012
a. 7% gain b. 7% loss 3 th
price. He is able to sell of his goods at this price,
4
1 1
c. 7 % gain d. 7 % loss and the remaining at 40% discount. Assuming that the
4 4
10. In a shop, a watch carried a price tag of 825. The shopkeeper is able to sell all the goods he buys. Find
sales man offered a discount of 20% on the marked his loss/gain % on the whole transaction.
price. If on the sale he got a profit of 10%, the cost a. 20% loss b. 25%loss
price in rupees is – SSC LDC 2012 c. 26% gain d. 30% gain
a. 500 b. 600 c. 400 d. 660 FCI MAINS 2012
11. A shop offers 5% discount to all customers and for 20. Arvind purchased a wrist watch with 30% discount on
members it offers 15% additional discount. If the shop- the labelled price. He sold it with 40% profit on the
keeper, by mistake took 40,000 from a member for an price he bought. What was his percent loss on the
article whose original price was 50,000 , how much labelled price. SSC CGL 2013
did the member gain ? SSC LDC 2012 a. 4 b. 8 c. 2 d. 12
a. 300 b. 175 c. 375 d. 325 21. The marked price of a watch was 720. A man bought
12. Komal bought a second hand music system for 2000. the same for 550.80 after getting 2 successive dis-
She spent 400 on its repairing. The selling price of counts the Ist being 10%. What was the IInd discount?
a. 18% b. 12% c. 17% d. 15%
2
the music system, if she want to gain 16 % is SSC CGL 2013
3
22. The price of sugar having down by 10%, a consumer
a. 2800 b. 3000 c. 2400 d. 2600
can buy 5 kg more sugar for 270. The differene b/w
SSC LDC 2012
the original and reduced price per kg is –
13. A person sells 36 oranges per rupee and suffers a loss
a. 62 paise b. 60 paise
of 4%. Find how many oranges should be sold per
c. 75 paise d. 53 paise
rupee to have a gain of 8% – SSC LDC 2012
SSC CGL 2013
a. 30 b. 28 c. 32 d. 40
23. The cost of manufacture of an article was 900. The
14. Two-third of a consignment was sold at a profit of 5%
trader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of
and the remaining at a loss of 2%. If the total profit was
10%. The marked price should be –
400, the value of the consignment in rupee was –
a. 1000 b. 1500 c. 1250 d. 1200
a. 12000 b. 10000
SSC CGL 2013
c. 20000 d. 15000
24. The number of seats in an auditorium is increased by
SSC LDC 2012
25%. The price of a ticket is also increased by 12%.
15. A toy is sold at a profit of 16%. Had it been sold for
Then the increased in revenue collection will be –
20 more than the profit would have been 20%. Then its
a. 40% b. 35% c. 45% d. 48%
cost price is – SSC (10+2) 2012
SSC CGL 2012
a. 520 b. 250 c. 200 d. 500
25. Two successive discounts of 10%, 20% are given on
16. The cost of manufacture of an article in made up of
cost price of an article. Selling price now is 720 /.
materials, labour and overheads in the ratio 4:3:2. If the
Cost price of the article is
cost of labour is 45. Find the profit percent, if the
a. 1200 b. 400 c. 1000 d. 1100
article is sold for 180. SSC (10+2) 2012
26. The ratio of cost price and sale price of an article is
1 1 1 10:11. The percentage of profit is :
a. 30 % b. 40% c. 33 % d. 33 %
3 2 3 a. 10% b. 11% c. 11.5% d. 10.5%
17. Rahim bought a gift item for 510 after getting a dis- POST OFFICE 2013
count of 15%. He then sells it 5% above the marked 27. A man sold two watches 99 each. He gains 10% on
price. The profit earned in this deal is – one watch and loses 10% on another. Find his gain or
a. 150 b. 120 c. 100 d. 90 loss% . POST OFFICE 2013
FCI MAINS 2012 a. 10% loss b. 1% profit
18. A discount of 40% on the marked price of a trouser c. 1% loss d. 10% profit
enables Ajit to purchase a shirt also which costs him 28. A dishonest dealer uses a scale of 90 cm instead of a
320. How much did Ajit pay for the trouser ? metre scale and claims to sell at cost price. His profit
a. 480 b. 540 c. 800 d. 400 is–
a. 10.33% b. 11.11% c. 9% d. 10% c. Rs. 2200 d. Data inadequate
29. By selling 25 metres of cloth a trader gains the selling e. None of these
price of 5 metres of cloth. The gain of the trader in % 39. Prabhu purchased 30 kg of rice @ Rs. 1750 per kg and
is– SSC CGL MAINS 2013 another 30 kg at a certain rate. He mixed the two and
a. 25% b. 20% c. 28% d. 29% sold the entire quantity @ Rs. 18.60 per kg. and made
30. Saurav purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of 10 per 20% overall profit. At what price per kg did he pur-
kg and 35 kg at the rate of 11 per kg. He mixed the chase the lot of another 30 kg rice ?
two. At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to (BSRB Chennai Bank PO Exam, 30.01.2000)
make a 30% profit in the transaction ? a. Rs. 1450 b. Rs. 12.50
a. 12.5 b. 13 c. 13.7 d. 14.25 c. Rs. 15.50 d. Rs. 13.50
SSC CGL MAINS 2013 e. None of these
31. Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15% 40. Venkat purchased 20 dozens of toys @ Rs. 375 per
respectively. If the amount of profit received is the dozen. He sold each one of them @ Rs. 33. What was
same, then the cost price of A and B may be – his per cent profit ?
a. 1000, 1500 b. 5000, 2000 (BSRB Chennai Bank PO Exam, 30.01.2000)
c. 3000, 2000 d. 3000, 5000 a. 6.5 b. 5.6 c. 3.5 d. 4.5
SSC CGL MAINS 2013 e. None of these
32. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mrs. 4
Shah to buy an extra 5 kg of it for 320. Find the 41. Richa purchased an article at of its list price and
5
original rate –
a. 16/kg b. 12/kg sold it at 20% more than the list price. Richa’s profit
c. 12.8/kg d. 16.8/kg percent percent was
33. If two toys are bought a 5 each and sold at 4.50 (SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry
each. Then the loss is – Operator & LDC Exam. 28.11.2010 (IInd sitting)
a. 10% b. 11% c. 1% d. 13% a. 50 b. 40 c. 30 d. 25
34. A tradesman marks his goods at such a price that after 42. If the cost price of an article is 80% of its selling price,
allowing a discount of 15%, he makes a profit of 20% . the profit per cent is :
What is the marked price of an article whose cost price (SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry
is 170 ? Operator & LDC Exam. 28.11.2010 (Ist sitting)
a. 220 b. 200 c. 240 d. 260 1
35. A man purchased 5 cows and 13 buffaloes for 51000. a. 20% b. 22 % c. 24% d. 25%
2
He sold cows at 15% profit and buffaloes at 10% loss. 43. The marked price of an article is 10% higher than cost
In this way be earned a profit of 1150. What is the price. A discount of 10% is given on marked price. In
cost price of 2 cows and 3 buffaloes? this kind of sale, the seller bears :
a. 13000 b. 15000 (SSC Combined Graduate Level
c. 16000 d. 17000 Prelim Exam. 11.11.2012 (IInd sitting)
36. A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If a. no loss, no gain b. a loss of 5%
in a month his sale was 7,91,000. What was his profit c. a gain of 1% d. a loss of 1%
?
44. A person bought 50 pens for 50 each. He sold 40 of
a. 91000 b. 97000 c. 85659 d. 88000
them at a loss of 5%. He wants to gain 10% on the
37. Mr. A bought a refrigerator with 16 2 % discount on whole. Then his gain percent on the remaining pens
3 should be
the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
he would have saved 600. At what price did he buy Officer) Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
the refrigerator? a. 15 b. 40 c. 50 d. 70
a. 6000 b. 7200 c. 7500 d. 5000 45. A shopkeeper marks an article at 60 and sells it at a
38. The percent profit earned by selling an article for Rs. discount of 15%. He also gives a gift worth 3. If he
1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by sell- still makes 20% profit, the cost price, in rupees, is
ing the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
the article be sold to make 25% profit ? Officer) Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
(SIDBI Officers Grade Exam, 28.05.2000) a. 22 b. 32 c. 40 d. 42
a. Rs. 2000 b. Rs. 2400 46. A man sells two articles for 5000 each neither losing
nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one of them at a gain 54. Rita bought a television set with 20% discount on the
of 25%, the other article is sold at a loss of labelled price. She made a profit of Rs. 800 by selling it
(SSC Combined Graduate Level for Rs. 16,800. The labelled price of the set was
Tier-I Exam. 26.06.2011 (IInd sitting) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
2 2 1 1 Exam. 09.11.2008)
a. 15 % b. 16 % c. 17 % d. 18 % a. Rs. 18,000 b. Rs. 20,000
3 3 3 3
c. Rs. 20,800 d. Rs. 24,000
47. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his adver- 55. A man buys a certain number of oranges at 20 for Rs.
tised price and still makes a profit of 10%. If he gains 60 and an equal number at 30 for Rs. 60. he mixes them
56 on one item, his advertised price of the item, in , is and sells them at 25 for Rs. 60. What is gain or loss per
(SSC Combined Graduate Level cent ?
Tier-I Exam. 26.06.2011 (IInd sitting) (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 09.11.2008)
a. 820 b. 780 c. 790 d. 800 a. Gain of 4% b. Loss of 4%
48. 20% loss on selling price is what per cent losss on the c. Neither gain nor loss d. Loss of 5%
cost price ? 56. One Trader sells one type of sugar at rate of Rs. 10 per
(SSC Combined Graduate Level kg & gets loss of 20%. He sell second type of sugar at
Tier-I Exam. 19.06.2011 (IInd sitting) rate of Rs. 15 per kg at a profit of 25%. He mixes the two
a. 25% b. 15% type of sugar in equal proportion & sells the mixture at
2 1 a rate of Rs. 18 per kg. Calculate his profit or loss per-
c. 16 % d. 16 % cent.
3 3
49. A man purchased some eggs at 3 for 5 and sold them 23 46
a. 45 % b. 46 %
at 5 for 12. Thus he gained 143 in all. The number 49 49
of eggs he bought is 49 43
(SSC Combined Graduate Level c. 50 % d. 46 %
51 49
Tier-I Exam. 19.06.2011 (IInd sitting)
57. A man sells a T.V. at 25% profit on its cost price. If he
a. 210 b. 200 c. 195 d. 190
sells it at 25% profit on selling price, then his profit is
50. A man sold 20 apples for 100 and gained 20%. How 5% of C.P. and 100 more than the cost price. Calculate
many apples did he buy for 100 ? cost price of T.V.
(SSC Combined Graduate Level [SSC Main Exam 1999-2000]
Tier-I Exam. 19.06.2011 (Ist sitting) a. 8000 b. 8200 c. 6000 d. 8500
a. 20 b. 22 c. 24 d. 25 58. The producer of any patent medicine gives discount
51. If selling price of an article is reduced by 60%, then of 25% on marked price and gives an extra dozen bottle
there is a loss of 10% on cost price. The initial profit of medicine on every order of 12 dozen medicine. If the
percent was marked price of bottle is Rs. 113, then calculate at what
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector minimum price he must sell one bottle to get no loss.
Exam. 12.12.2010 (Paper-I) a. 75 b. 76.23 c. 78.23 d. 79.23
a. 70 b. 80 c. 100 d. 125
52. An article is sold at 5% profit. The ratio of selling price 1
59. A man purchase some articles. He sells part of ar-
and cost price will be 3
(SSC (South Zone) Investigator 2
Exam. 12.09.2010) ticle at 12% profit, part at 15% profit and remaining
5
a. 1 : 5 b. 20 : 21 c. 21 : 20 d. 5 : 1
53. A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs. 720. What should at 24% loss. Then in total what is his profit or loss
be the selling price of each egg if he wants to make a percent.
profit of 20% ? a. 3.6% profit b. 3.6% loss
(SSC CISF ASI c. 2.4% profit d. no profit no loss
Exam. 29.08.2010 (Paper-I) 1
60. A man purchases a landpart at Rs 720000. He sells
3
a. Rs. 3.25 b. Rs. 3.30
c. Rs. 3.50 d. 3.60

2 fourth stock at a discount of 15% on selling price and
part of it at 20% loss and part of the remaining part remaining at discount of 30% on selling price. What is
3
the profit percent or loss percent ? [SSC Main
at 25% profit. At what price he must sell the remaining Exam Grade-A 2007]
part to get total of 20% profit a. 6.5% b. 6% c. 5.5% d. 5%
a. 27100 b. 27200 69. The price at which A is selling an article gets Rs 100
c. 27000 d. 27300 less than list price & he gets commission equal to 10%
61. A producer sells all the produced articles & sold each of selling price. The price at which B sells is Rs 200
of them at rate of Rs 90. In the production of each less than list price & gets commission equal to 20% of
article he expenses Rs 60 in raw material & in wages of selling price. If both have equal commission. What is
labours. The factory in which the article is produced the list price of the article
has an expense of Rs 6000 per week. If producer wants [SSC Main Exam Grade-A 2007]
to earn profit of Rs 3000 per week, then what is the a. 400 b. 100 c. 300 d. 200
number of articles to be produced per week ? 70. By what percent marked price should be more than
a. 300 b. 250 c. 350 d. 400
62. A Shopkeeper marked a watch at a discount of 20% 1
cost price by giving 20% industrial discount on 6 %
and sells it at Rs 960. If he does not give discount, his 4
profit is 40%. If he wants to earn profit of 54% on the cash discount, a Shopkeeper is able to get 20% profit
cost price. At what price must he sell the watch ? [SSC Main Exam Grade-B 2009]
a. 1300 b. 1310 c. 1320 d. 1330 a. 60% b. 50% c. 40% d. 65%
63. A Trader sells tea at Rs 80 & gets 20% profit, sells Profit and Loss Level - IV
coffee at Rs 120 gets 25% profit, sells sugar at Rs 90 1. You can collect rubies and emeralds as many as you
gets 50% profit. If he wants to earn the total profit of can. Each ruby is of Rs. 4 crore and each emerald is of
50% on all products, then calculate at what price must Rs. 5 crore. Each ruby weighs 0.3 kg. And each emer-
be sell the products ? ald weighs 0.4 kg. Your bag can carry at the most 12 kg.
a. 333 b. 334 c. 336 d. 330 What you should collect to get the maximum wealth ?
a. 20 rubies and 15 emeralds b. 40 rubies
64. A person purchase a table and a chair at Rs 2000. He
c. 28 rubies and 9 emeralds d. None of these
sells table at 20% profit & chair at 30% profit. On total
2. A retailer bought 20 kg tea at a discount of 10%. Be-
he gets profit of 28%. Calculate the cost price of table
sides 1 kg tea was freely offered to him by wholesaler
[SSC Main Exam Grade-B 1999-2000]
at the purchase of 20 kg tea. Now he sells all the tea at
a. 400 b. 300 c. 200 d. 500
the marked price to a customer. What is profit percent-
65. Selling price of 9 articles is equal to cost price of 15
age of retailer ?
articles. What is loss or profit percent on whole trans-
a. 30% b. 12 %
action [SSC Main Exam 2001]
2 1 3. When a bicycle manufacturer reduced its selling price
a. 66 % b. 66 %
3 3 by 50%, the no. of bicycles sold radically increased by
600%. Initially the manufacturer was getting only 140%
3 4
c. 66 % d. 66 % profit. What is the percentage increase of his profit ?
4 5 a. 10% b. 14%
66. A shopkeeper gives 10% discount on marked price of c. 0% d. Can’t be determined
an article. But after giving discount, 8% sales-tax is 4. A trader sells two brands of petrol; one is Extra Pre-
applied. If a customer gives Rs 680.40 inclusive of sales- mium (EP) and other one is speed (SP). He mixes 12 l of
tax. Find the marked price of article EP with 3l of SP and by selling this mixture at the price
[SSC Main Exam Grade-A 2006] of EP he gets the profit of 9.09%. If the price of EP be
a. 700 b. 720 c. 750 d. N.O.T Rs 48/l, then the price of SP (in Rs/l) is :
67. A Trader purchases a table having marked price of Rs a. 38/l b. 42/l
1500 at continuous discount at 20% and 10%. He gives c. 28/l d. None of these
Rs 20 on transportation & sells it at 10% profit. Calcu- 5. A trader sells goods to a customer at a profit of R%
late selling price of table over the C.P., besides if he cheats his customer by
[Tax Assistant Exam 2006] giving 880g only instead of 1 kg. Thus his overall profit
a. 1200 b. 1210 c. 1220 d. 1205 percentage is 25%. Find the value of R ?
68. A Shopkeeper marks the selling price of item 20% more a. 8.33% b. 8.25 %
than cost price. He sells half stock at this price, one- c. 10% d. None of these
6. A, B and C invest in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5. The percentage ) of the DVD player.
of return on their investments are in the ratio of 6 : 5 : 4. a. 12,000 b. 20,000 c. 18,000 d. 22,000
Find the total earnings, if B earns Rs 250 more than A : 13. A sells an article to B at 37.5%profit whereas B sells it
a. Rs 6000 b. Rs 5000 1
c. Rs 7250 d. None of these to C at 9 % profit. Again C sells it to D at 25%
11
7. In Wednesday Bazar everyone purchases with a fair
bargaining, so the traders markup the prices too much. profit. Find by what percent is D’s cost price more
A trader marked up an article at Rs M, expecting huge than A’s cost price.
profit if it is sold on the marked price. But a customer a. 75% b. 87.5% c. 80% d. 112.5%
purchased it at M/2 with his fine bargaining skills, so 14. A shopkeeper uses a faulty electronic weighing scale
the expected profit of the trader diminished by 66.66%. which shows only 900 gm for every kilogram of goods
What is the percentage discount fetched by the cus- 2
tomer through bargaining ? weighed. If he sells his goods 22 % above his cost
9
a. 33.33% b. 50 % price, then find his profit or loss percent.
8. Nasru Miya has two types of grapes. One is the fresh 1
a. 8.33% b. 10% c. 11 % d. 15%
grapes containing 80% water and dry grapes contain- 9
ing 25% water. He sells 20 kg dry grapes, by adding 15. A man sells two articles one at a profit of 10% and
water to the dry grapes, at cost price. What is the total another at a loss of 10%, but the selling price of each
profit percentage when after adding water the weight article is Rs 200. Find the net amount of profit/loss.
of 20 kg dry grapes increased in the proportion of wa- a. 4 b. 4.04
ter in fresh grapes ? c. 4.40 d. None of these
a. 200% b. 275% c. 80% d. 125% 16. Ramu gives 10% discount on Label price but on pur-
9. The price of an article reduces to 576 after two succes- chasing 20 articles, he give 4 articles free. Then, he get
sive discounts. The markup is 80% above the cost 25% profit. Find label price above C.P. ?
price of Rs 500. What is the new profit percentage if a. 50% b. 75%
instead of two successive discounts the markup price 2
was further increased successively two times by the c. 66 % d. None of these
3
same percentage ?
17. A person bought some oranges at 5 for a rupee & he
a. 259.2% b. 59.2%
purchase same no. of oranges at 4 per rupee & mixes
c. 159.2% d. Can’t be determined
them. He sold them at 9 for 2 rupee. In whole transac-
10. A milkman purchases 10 l of milk at Rs 7/l and forms a
tion, he loses 3. Find out how many oranges were
mixture by adding freely available water which consti-
there in the beginning ?
tutes 16.66% of the mixture. Later on he replaced the
a. 540 b. 1080
mixture by some freely available water and thus the
c. 810 d. None of these
ratio of milk is to water is 2 : 1. He then sold the new
18. For every set of 19 kites sold, a vendor gives 1 kite
mixture at cost price of milk and replaced amount of
extra, free of ocst. In order to give a discount of 10%,
mixture at twice the cost of milk then what is the per-
the number of extra kites he should give in sale of 27
centage profit ?
kites to the nearest integer ?
a. 68% b. 34%
a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
c. 40% d. None of these
Direction for question (19 - 21) : Refer to the data
11. Profit on selling 10 candles equals selling price of 3
below and answer the questions that follow.
bulbs. While loss on selling 10 bulbs equals selling
In an orchard, capacity of each fruit-bearing mango
price of 4 candles. Also profit percentage equals to the
tree is 600 mangoes. If pesticides are sprayed, 80%
loss percentage and cost of a candle is half of the cost
mangoes finally ripen, other wise only 40% ripen. Not
of a bulb. What is the ratio of selling price of candle to
all the trees are fruit bearing trees for a particular year.
the selling price of a bulb ?
Cost of spraying pesticide on a tree is Rs. 300. Selling
a. 5 : 4 b. 3 : 2 c. 4 : 5 d. 3 : 4
price of a dozen mangoes is Rs. 20. In a particular year,
12. Mohan has a TV and a DVD player. If he sells his TV at
only 75% of the total mango trees belong to fruit-bear-
a loss of 15% and his DVD player at a profit of 25%, he
ing mango trees. Total profit is Rs. 52800. There is no
would make neither profit nor loss. If he sells his TV at
other cost involved other than spraying of pesticides
a profit of 18% and his DVD player at a loss of 8%, he
19. If the pesticide is used on only 40% of fruit-bearing
would make a profit of 2640. Find the cost price (in
trees, how many mango trees are there in the orchard ? 3 1
a. 100 b. 120 c. 160 d. 200 a. 29 % b. 33 %
5 3
20. If pesticide is used on all fruit bearing mango trees,
what will be the increase in profits ? c. 30% d. None of these
a. 10200 b. 7200 c. 12700 d. 9200 27. Ashish sells sugar at 20% more than the cost of pur-
21. Which of the following is/are true ? chase. He also cheats on weight and weighs only 950
a. Buy 2, get 1 free is equivalent to a discount of 50% gm per kg of sugar. Girish being a regular customer is
b. Buy 3, get 1 free is equivalent to a discount of 25% offered a discount of 5% and pays only 18 for a kg of
c. Buy 2, get 2 free is equivalent to a discount of 40% sugar. The profit of Ashish when Girish purchases 1
d. Buy 6, pay only for 5 is equivalent to a discount of kg of sugar from him is :
20% a. 3.60 b. 3 c. 2.85 d. 2.70
e. A 20% discount means buy 5 and pay only for four. 28. During Diwali, Ragini is offered a discount of 20% and
a. a & b only b. b, c & d only a DVD player worth 3500 free with a new television
c. b, c & e only d. All of the above set. Ragini does not want the DVD player and so asks
22. Sameer marks up an article by p%, (P>0), gives a dis- the shopkeeper to deduct the price of the DVD player
p p from her bill. But the shopkeeper deducts only 75% of
count of % and gets a profit of % . Had he marked
4 4 the cost of the DVD player. Rangini finally pays 8975.
Had the shopkeeper sold the TV at marked price, he
p p would have made a profit of 25%. What is his percent-
up by % and given a discount % , what would
2 6 age loss in the transaction?
be his profit percentage? a. 18.4% b. 20.6% c. 22.6% d. 24.4%
1 2 29. The cost of setting up the type of a magazine is 1000.
a. 25% b. 33 % c. 50% d. 66 %
3 3 The cost of running the printing machines is 120 per
23. A hawker uses a false balance and defrauds upto the 100 copies. The cost of paper, ink etc. is 60 paise per
extent of 20% in buying mangoes and also defrauds copy. The magazines are sold at 2.75 each. 900 copies
20% in selling them. What percent does he gain on his are printed, but only 784 are sold. What sum should be
outlay by doing this fraud? made from advertisements to make an overall profit of
a. 30% b. 37.5% 10%?
c. 36% d. None of these a. 464 b. 654 c. 710 d. 726
24. Gautam found that he has sold Acer & Compaq at 30. An automobile agency launched a scheme that if a
same selling price. He made 12% profit in Acer but customer purchases two Jabaaj Discover bikes, one
suffered 10% loss in Compaq. If the total cost price of extra Jabaaj Discover will be free and if he purchases 3
Acer & Compaq is 84000, find how much money Jabaaj Pulser he will get one extra Jabaaj Pulser free. If
Gautam has gained or lost in the transaction? the cost price of 3 Jabaaj Discover and 4 Jabaaj Pulser
a. 1680 gain b. 1344 loss be 67500 and 232500 respectively. If a customer pur-
c. 672 gain d. 1680 loss chases 2 bikes of Jabaaj Discover and 3 bikes of Jabaaj
25. Profit on selling 20 mangoes equals selling price of 6 Pulser as per scheme the availed 1 bike free of each
oranges. While loss on selling 20 oranges equals sell- category, then at what price these bikes should be
ing price of 8 mangoes. Also profit percentage equal sold so that the agency can get overall profit of 17.5%.
to the loss percentage and cost of a mango is half of a. 235250 b. 352500 c. 368000 d. 268000
the cost of an orange. How many mangoes can a per- 31. The ratio of selling price of 3 articles A, B and C is 8 : 9 : 5
son buy on selling price, if this person has money and the ratio of percentage profit is 8 : 7 : 4 respectively. If
equivalent to selling price of 30 oranges. the profit percentage of A is 14.28% and the cost price of
a. 30 b. 20 c. 15 d. 10 B is 400, what is the overall percentage gain?
26. Coffee beans of two different qualities are mixed and a. 14.28% b. 14.87%
sold at 20% profit. If the higher quality beans are sold c. 16.66% d. None of these
at the above price, then the loss is 4%. If the ratio of 32. The cost of servicing of a Maruti car at Maruti care Pvt.
lower quality and the higher quality beans in the mix- Ltd. is 400. Manager of service centre told me that for
ture is 5 : 2, then what is the percentage profit when the second service within a year a customer can avail a
10% discount and further for third and fourth servicing
the lower quality beans are sold at the same price?
he can avail 10% discount of the previous amount paid,
within a year. Further if a customer gets more than 4
services within a year he has to pay just 60% of the penditure of Rs 30000 which is independent of the
servicing charges on these services. A customer availed number of watches produced. If he is able to sell a
5 services from the same servicing station, what is the watch during the season, he sells it for Rs 250. If he
total percentage discount fetched by the customer? fails to do so, he has to sell each watch for Rs 100.
a. 19.42% b. 18.5% c. 17.6% d. 26% 38. If he is able to sell only 1200 out of 1500 watches he
33. Cost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling price of has made in the season, then he has made a profit of :
9 oranges and the discount on 10 oranges is equal to a. Rs 90,000 b. Rs 75,000
the profit on 5 oranges. What is the percentage point c. Rs 45,000 d. Rs 60,000
difference between the profit percentage and discount 39. If he produces 1500 watches, what is the number of
percentage? watches that he must sell during the season in order to
a. 20 b. 22.22 c. 16.66 d. 15 breakeven, given that he is able to sell all the watches
34. Chuna Lal has a weighing balance in which there is a produced ?
technical fault. The right pan of his balance measures
a. 500 b. 700 c. 800 d. 1000
always 200 g more than its left pan. Chuna Lal as usual
40. A stockiest wants to make some profit by selling sugar.
misutilise this balance in his business. While purchas-
He contemplates about various methods. Which of
ing the articles he puts goods in the left pan and weight
the following would maximize his profit ?
in the right pan while selling he reverse the order i.e.,
goods in the right pan and weight in the left pan. He I. Sell sugar at 10% profit
uses only 2 kg weight for the measurement and to mea- II. Use 900g of weight instead of 1 kg
sure 2n kg weight he measures n times by 2-2 kg but he III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at
sells goods at cost price. What is his profit percentage? cost price
IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weights by 5%
2 a. I or II b. II
a. 20% b. 22 %
9 c. II, III and IV d. Profit are same
41. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes
2
c. 18 % d. None of these a profit of 20%, when he further allows 16 articles to a
11 dozen to a particularly sticky bargainer. How many per
35. Nav Bharat Times launched a new magazine in June cent above the cost price were his wares listed?
2013. The group printed 10000 copies initially for
2
50000. It distributed 20% of its stock freely as speci- a. 100% b. 80% c. 75% d. 66 %
3
men copy and 25% of the rest magazines are sold at
25% discount and rest at 16.66% discount whose print- Direction for question (42 - 43) : Answer the questions based
ing price was 12 per copy. What is the overall gain or on the following information.
loss in the first month’s issue of magazine, if the maga- A company purchases components A and B from Ger-
zine could not realize the income from advertisements many and U.S.A. respectively. A and B form 30% and
or other resources? 50% of the total production cost. Current gain is 20%.
a. 56% profit b. 27% loss Due to change in the international scenario, cost of
c. 16.66 profit d. 38% profit the German mark increased by 30% and that of U.S.A.
36. Profit on selling 10 candles equals selling price of 3 dollar increased by 22%. Due to market conditions,
bulbs. While loss on selling 10 bulbs equals selling the selling price can’t be increased beyond 10%.
price of 4 candles. Also profit percentage equals to the 42. What is the maximum current gain possible ?
loss percentage and cost of a candle is half of the cost a. 10% b. 12.5% c. 0% d. 7.5%
of a bulb. What is the ratio of selling price of candle to 43. If the USA dollar becomes cheap by 12% over its origi-
the selling price of a bulb? nal cost and the cost of German mark increased by
a. 5 : 4 b. 3 : 2 c. 4 : 5 d. 3 : 4 20%, what will be the gian ?
37. A trader sells 20 kg of sugar at 400. A customer asks (The selling price is not altered)
20% discount and he agrees to it but instead of 1 kg he a. 10% b. 20% c. 15% d. 7.5%
gives 4% less sugar. What is the effective discount 44. After allowing a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes
that the customer gets? a gain of 14.28%. At how many per cent above the cost
a. 16% b. 16.66% c. 15.5% d. 19.6% price does he mark his goods ?
Direction for question (38 - 39) : Answer the questions based a. 28.56% b. 35%
on the following information. c. 22.22% d. None of these
A watch dealer incurs and expense of Rs 150 for pro- 45. A dealer buys dry fruits at Rs. 100, Rs. 80 and Rs. 60
ducing every watch. He also incurs an additional ex- per kilogram. He mixes them in the ratio 3 :4 : 5 by

weight, and sells at a profit of 50%. At what price per profit is 10%. If I sell horse in Rs 3150 and buffalo at
kilogram does he sell the dry fruit ? cost price, then there is loss of 10%. What is differ-
a. Rs. 80 b. Rs. 100 ence between the cost price of horse and buffalo ?
c. Rs. 95 d. None of these a. 3000 b. 3100
46. Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 c. 3200 d. 3150
cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale while 55. A man purchases a horse and a vehicle at Rs 1800. He
selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% sells horse at 20% profit and vehicle at 30% profit. On
on cash payment, what is his overall profit percent-
age? 5
total his profit is 25 % . Calculate difference between
a. 20% b. 25% c. 40% d. 15% 6
47. I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at the loss of the cost price of horse & vehicle
10% and the other at the profit of 10%. What is the a. 300 b. 250 c. 350 d. 400
percentage of loss (-) or profit (+) that resulted from 56. In a shop, the price of articles is marked at 15% more
the transaction ?
than the cost price and discount of 5% is given on all
a. (+) 10 b. (-) 1 c. (+) 1 d. (-) 10
48. The cost of diamond varies directly as the square of articles. In a month, total expenditure is Rs 6500 and
its weight. Once, this diamond broke into four pieces the shopkeeper gets 6% profit. Calculate cost price of
with weights in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. When the pieces all the sold articles on that month
were sold, the merchant got Rs. 70,000 less. Find the [SSC Main Exam Grade-A 1999-2000]
original price of the diamond. a. 200000 b. 250000 c .
a. Rs. 1.4 lakh b. Rs. 2 lakh 210000 d. 205000
c. Rs. 1 lakh d. 2.1 lakh 57. A article is sold at 20% profit. If cost price and selling
49. For any customer, which of the following trasaction is price both are Rs 20 less, then profit is 10% more. Cal-
more profitable ? culate cost price of article
a. continuous discount of 20% and 15% [SSC Main Exam Grade-A 2004]
b. continuous discount of 10% and 25% a. 60 b. 50 c. 40 d. 70
c. continuous discount of 5% and 30% 58. 450 pens having equal cost price, are categorized on
d. buy 2 get 1 free. three types of sections for selling purpose. The pens
50. A fruit seller purchase 9 dozen banana at rate of Rs 15 are sold on 9%, 10% & 12% profit respectively. The
per dozen and 20 bananas gets destroyed. He pur-
3
chases second type of 8 dozen bananas at a rate of Rs profit on first two sections is 9 % . Profit on all 3
10 per dozen and 30 bananas gets destroyed. At what 7
rate must he sells the remaining bananas to get total sections is 10%. Calculate the number of pens in the
20% profit first section first
a. Rs. 20 per dozen b. Rs. 21 per dozen [SSC Main Exam Grade-B 2003]
c. Rs. 20.10 per dozen d. Rs. 22 per dozen a. 200 b. 450 c. 480 d. 500
51. I purchase lemon at rate of 18 per rupee and sells it at 59. A Shopkeeper purchases goods at 25% discount on
20% profit. If I sell it at 10% loss, then in both condi- list price. He marks the price of goods such that after
tion, what is the difference. in the number of lemon to giving 20% discount on marked price, he gets 25%
be sold in Rs. 24 ? profit. What is the per cent of list price he marks on the
a. 120 b. 100 c. 110 d. 115 goods ?
52. A Trader comes from Delhi to Patna to purchase an [SSC Main Exam Grade-B 2003]
article. In Patna the price of article is 10% less than 3 3
that in Delhi. He makes additional expenditure of Rs a. 117 % b. 117 %
16 15
300 & sells article in Delhi and gets profit of Rs 480.
What is the price of aritcle in Patna ? 3 3
c. 118 % d. 118 %
a. 7000 b. 7020 c. 7010 d. 7040 16 15
53. A Shopkeeper purchases 40 litres milk at rate of Rs 12 60. Kundan sells a watch at profit of 15%. If he purchase it
per litre. At cost of Rs 20, he made 8 kg cream and 36 at 10% less & sells at Rs 28 less, then there is profit of
litres tond milk. He sells cream at Rs 60 per kg and tond 20%. Calculate the cost price of watch [SSC Main
milk at Rs 6 per litre. What is his profit percent ? Exam Grade-A 2006]
a. 48% b. 45% a. 400 b. 420 c. 450 d. 500
c. 49.2% d. 49%
54. If I sell a horse in Rs 3100 and a buffalo in Rs 1300, then


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