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Q.1
Abhishek purchased 140 shirts and 250 trousers @ Rs. 450 and @ Rs. 550 respectively. What should be the overall average selling price of shirts and trousers so that 40% profit is earned ? (rounded off to next integer)
Rs. 700
Rs. 710
Rs. 720
Rs. 725
None of these
Q.2
A man sells two chairs at Rs. 120 each and by doing so he gains 25% on one chair and loses 25% on the other. His loss on the whole in Rs. is = ?
20
16
25
30
Q.3
A man wanted to sell an article with 20% profit: but he actually sold at 20% loss for Rs. 480, at what price he wanted to sell it to earn the profit = ?
Rs. 720
Rs. 840
Rs. 600
Rs. 750
Q.4
A shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of $$12\frac{1}{2}$$% . Had he sold it for Rs. 51.80 more, he would have earned a profit of 6% . The cost price of the article is = ?
Rs. 280
Rs. 300
Rs. 380
Rs. 400
Q.5
A person purchased 10 dozen pens at the rate of Rs. 4 per dozen. On checking, he found that 20 pens were not working. In order to earn 25% profit, he should sell the remaining pens each at -
40 paise
44 paise
50 paise
55 paise
Q.6
The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 23680 for a dining table set, then what was the original price of the dining set ?
Rs. 15700
Rs. 16250
Rs. 17500
Rs. 18500
None of these
Q.7
An article marked at Rs. 540 is sold at Rs. 496.80 in an off - season offer. Then the rate of discount offered (in percent) is = ?
7%
7.5%
8%
10%
Q.8
Bhuvnesh sell two tape recorders at the same price. On one, he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. The total gain or loss in the transaction is = ?
1% gain
1% loss
No loss or gain
2% loss
Q.9
A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40 then how many metres of cloth costing Rs. 32 per metre he should purchase = ?
6m
5m
10m
7m
Q.10
A shopkeeper expects a gain of $$22\frac{1}{2}$$% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit ?
Rs. 18.20
Rs. 70
Rs. 72
Rs. 88.25
Q.11
A trader buys some goods for Rs. 150. If the overhead expenses be 12% of cost price, then at what price should it be sold to earn 10% ?
Rs. 184.80
Rs. 185.80
Rs. 187.80
Rs. 188.80
Q.12
If the loss of percent on article is 15%. Then the ratio of the cost price and selling price will be = ?
17 : 20
20 : 17
23 : 15
15 : 23
Q.13
List price of T.V is Rs. 2300 and discount series found to be 25% ans 10%. Then the selling price of T.V is = ?
Rs. 1255.50
Rs. 1525.50
Rs. 1552.50
Rs. 1555.20
Q.14
Gopi goes from place A to B to bye an article costing 15% less at B, although he spends Rs. 150 on travelling, still he gains Rs. 150 compared to buying it at A. His profit percent is = ?
4.5%
6%
7.5%
8%
Q.15
If an article is sold at 200 percent profit, then the ratio of its cost price to its selling price will be -
1 : 2
2 : 1
1 : 3
3 : 1
Q.16
A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per kg. What will be his gain percent ?
$$4\frac{1}{6}$$%
$$6\frac{1}{4}$$%
$$8\frac{1}{3}$$%
20%
Q.17
A merchant marked cloth at Rs. 50 metre. He offers 2 successive discounts of 15% and 20%. The net price/metre is = ?
Rs. 32.50
Rs. 42.50
Rs. 34.00
Rs. 40.00
Q.18
If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 7 articles, then the gain or loss percent is = ?
51% gain
$$42\frac{6}{7}$$% gain
35% loss
$$42\frac{6}{7}$$% loss
Q.19
A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. His loss or gain will be = ?
5% loss
10% gain
15% loss
20% gain
Q.20
Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:
30%
$$33\frac{1}{3}$$
35%
44%
Q.21
On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:
Rs. 45
Rs. 50
Rs. 55
Rs. 60
None of these
Q.22
By selling an article for Rs. 100 a man gains Rs.15. Then, his gain % is -
15%
$$12\frac{2}{3}$$%
$$17\frac{{11}}{{17}}$$%
$$17\frac{1}{4}$$%
Q.23
When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?
Rs. 21,000
Rs. 22,500
Rs. 25,300
Rs. 25,800
None of these
Q.24
100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:
$$14\frac{2}{7}$$% gain
15% gain
$$14\frac{2}{7}$$% loss
15% loss
None of these
Q.25
A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is:
$$5\frac{{15}}{{17}}$$% loss
$$5\frac{{15}}{{17}}$$% gain
$$6\frac{2}{3}$$% gain
None of these
Q.26
A man purchased the articles for Rs. 123684. He sold 60% of those at a profit of 16.66% and rest at a loss. Find the loss percentage on the remaining if the overall loss is 14%?
20%
30%
60%
66.66%
Q.27
Raghuvir purchased 10 calculators and 16 watches for Rs. 56100 and sold them so as to earn an overall profit of 20%. At what total price should he sell 15 calculators and 24 watches together so as to earn the same percentage profit?
Rs. 100980
Rs. 116176
Rs. 121176
Rs. 100660
Rs. 124132
Q.28
Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
$$4\frac{4}{7}$$%
$$5\frac{5}{{11}}$$%
10%
12%
Q.29
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
x
is:
15
16
18
25
Q.30
If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
$$66\frac{2}{3}$$
100
$$105\frac{1}{3}$$
120
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