Profit and Loss
Six Mangoes are brought at 3 for Rs. 2 & sold at 2 for Rs. 3. Find cost price of 6 Mangoes & selling price of 6 Mangoes? /
- Rs. 5,10
- Rs. 5,10
- Rs. 3,8
- Rs. 2,7
Answer 5,10
A sold a table to B at profit of 15%.Later on B sold it back to A at a profit of 2% There by gaining Rs. 69 How much did A pay for it originally?
- Rs. 400
- Rs. 200
- Rs. 100
- Rs. 300
Correct Answer :Rs. 300
If the cost price of 30 articles is equal to the selling price of 20 articles. Find the Profit percentage?
60%
70%
80%
50%
Correct Answer :50%
A Fruit seller buys 200 apples for Rs. 80 & sells it for Rs. 100. What is his profit Percent?
- 30%
- 35%
- 25%
- None of these
Correct Answer: 25 %
When a commodity is sold for Rs. 34, there is a loss of 15%. What is the cost price of the commodity?
- 50
- 40
- 60
- 70
Correct Answer :40
A shopkeeper marks his items 40% above the cost price and gives a discount of 20% on the marked price. His gain percentage is:
- 20%
- 14%
- 15%
- 12%
Correct Answer: 12%
An Iron box was brought for Rs. 770.75 and was sold for a profit of Rs. 50.25. Find selling price of Iron box?
- Rs. 721
- Rs. 521
- Rs. 821
- Rs. 621
Correct Answer: Rs. 821
A person purchased a bike for Rs. 50,440 including sales tax. If the rate of the sales tax is 4%, find the original cost of the bike.
- Rs. 48,500
- Rs. 49,500
- Rs. 48,000
- Rs. 49,000
Correct Answer: 49,500
A briefcase was sold at a profit of 10%. If its cost price was 5% less and it had been sold for Rs. 7 more than the profit, it would have been 20%. Find the cost of briefcase.
- Rs. 170
- Rs. 169
- Rs. 175
- Rs. 174
Correct Answer :- Rs 175
When a book is sold for Rs. 24, the seller loses 20% of its cost. What would be his profit or loss, if he sells it for Rs. 27?
- A loss Rs. 3
- A loss Rs. 1
- A profit Rs. 4
- A profit Rs. 6
Correct Answer: A loss Rs. 3
The selling price of 4 articles is the same as the cost price of 5 articles. Find the loss or profit percentage?
- 30 %
- 25 %
- 10 %
- 40 %
Correct Answer :-25 %
A person sells a radio of price Rs. 1000 at 20% discount to another person. The second person increases its price by Rs. 400 and sells it at a discount of 25%. What is the profit percentage made by the second person?
- 12.5%
- 5%
- 12%
- 10%
Correct Answer :- 12.5%
A grain merchant sold 600 quintals of rice at a profit of 7 %. If a quintal of rice costs him Rs. 1600, find his total profit and his selling price respectively.
- Rs. 77,200, and Rs. 9,27,200
- Rs. 57,200, and Rs. 8,27,200
- Rs. 62,200, and Rs. 7,27,200
- Rs. 67,200, and Rs. 10,27,200
Correct Answer :- Rs. 67,200, and Rs. 10,27,200
A trader marks his goods at 40 % above the cost price but allows a discount of 25 %. What is his gain percent?
- 6 %
- 7 %
- 5 %
- 8 %
Correct Answer :- 5 %
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