Profit Loss and Discount

1. When a commodity is sold for Rs.34.80, there is loss of 25%. What is the cost price of the commodity?

(a) 46.40 (b) 50.26 (c) 40.45 (d) 95.30



2. The net price of a certain article is Rs.306 after successive discounts of 15% and 10% of the marked price?

(a) Rs.234.09 (b) Rs.400 (c) Rs.382.50 (d) Rs.408



3. Oranges cost Rs.100 for carte containing 20 oranges. If the oranges sold for Rs.6 each what percent of the selling price is the profit?

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 20

4. When an article sold for Rs.40, there is a loss of 25%.What is the cost price of the article?

(a) 53.4 (b) 56 (c) 46 (d) 10



5. Two dealers G and M sell the same model of television for the same selling price. A gives a successive discounts of 25% and 4% whereas B gives successive discounts of 16% and 12% .From whom is it more advantageous to buy the television? (a) A (b) B (c) a and b (d) None of these



6. Which is a better bargain for a customer?

(i) Successive discounts of 20% and 15%

(ii) Successive discounts of 10% and 25%

(iii) Successive discounts of 25% and 4%

(iv) Successive discounts of 16% and 12%



(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)



7. A sells to B an iron-box at 10% profit, B sells it to C, for 20% profit. If C pays Rs.528 for the product what is A’s C.P?

(a) Rs.450 (b) Rs.350 (c) Rs.400 (d) Rs.500



8. What is the profit percentage if a person purchases articles at Rs.x per gross and sells them x/6 per dozen?

(a) 50% (b) 100% (c) 150% (d) 200%



9. If the cost price of 18 oranges is the same as the selling price of 16 oranges, find the gain percent.

(a) 12.5% (b) 15.5% (c) 20% (d) 25%



10. A man purchased goods worth Rs.880. He sold one-forth of the goods at 5% loss. At what percent gain should he sell the remainder to gain 5% on the whole?

(a) 20/3% (b) 25/3% (c) 33/4% (d) 35/3%



11. A man sold a suitcase at 8% gain. Had he purchased it for 5% less and sold it for Rs 36 less than what he actually sold it for, he would have gained 12.5%. For how much did the man purchase the suitcase?

(a) 1600 (b) 2200 (c) 3200 (d) 3000



12. A person sells 36 oranges per rupee and suffers a loss of 4%. Find how many oranges per rupee to be sold to have a gain of 8%?

(a) 32 oranges (b) 30 oranges (c) 25 oranges (d) 20 oranges



13. A trader makes a profit equal to the selling price of 75 articles when he sold 100 of the articles. What % profit did he make in the transaction?

(a) 33.33% (b)75% (c)300% (d)150%



14. Rakesh calculates his profit % on the selling price whereas Ramesh calculates his on the cost price. They find the difference of their profits is Rs100. If the selling price of both of them are the same and both of them 25% profit, find their selling price.

(a)3000 (b)4000 (c)2000 (d) 5000



15. 20% more can be gained if a piece of cloth is sold for Rs. 83 instead of Rs. 78. Find the cost price of the piece of cloth.

(a) Rs. 25 (b) Rs. 20 (c) Rs. 35 (d) 40

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