Q.1
A farmer sold a cow and an ox for Rs. 800 and got a profit of 20% on the cow and 25% on the ox. If he sells the cow and the ox for Rs. 820 he gets a profit of 25% on the cow and 20% on the ox. The individual cost price of the cow and the ox is :
Q.2
The C.P. of two watches taken together is Rs. 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12% , there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P. of the two watches are respectively.
Q.3
If an article is sold for Rs. x, there is a loss of 15%. If the same article is sold for Rs. y, there is a profit of 15%. The ratio of left (y - x) to (y + x) is -
Q.4
A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 40 and the same quantity at 5 for Rs. 60. If he sells all the oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 50, find his gain or loss percent ( to the nearest integer ) = ?
Q.5
Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg of wheat and the same amount of wheat at the rate Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was = ?
Q.6
By selling 90 ball pens for Rs. 160, a person loses 20% . How many ball pens should be sold for Rs. 96 so as to have a profit of 20% ?
Q.7
If the total cost of 73 articles having equal cost is Rs. 5110 and the total selling price of 89 such articles is Rs. 5607, then in the transaction, there will be = ?
Q.8
A space research company wants to sell its two products A and B. If the product A is sold at 20% loss and the product B at 30% gain, the company will not lose anything. If the product A is sold at 15% loss and the product B at 15% gain, the company will lose Rs. 6 million in the deal. What is the cost of product B ?
Q.9
Albert buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is -
Q.10
A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the purchasing prices of A and B respectively ?
Q.11
A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for Rs. 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for Rs. 57. How many oranges should be sold to earn a net profit of Rs. 45 ?
Q.12
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg) sold at 18% profit is.
Q.13
Nita blends two varieties of tea one costing Rs. 180 per kg and another costing Rs. 200 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If she sells the blended variety at Rs. 210 per kg then her gain is = ?
Q.14
A trader bought two horses for Rs. 19500, he sold one at a loss 20% and the other at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each horse is the same, then their cost prices are respectively ?
Q.15
A man sells two articles at Rs. 99 each. He gains 10% on one and loses 10% on the other. Then on overall basis he -
Q.16
If I would have purchased 11 articles for Rs. 10 and sold all the articles at the rate of 10 for Rs. 11, the profit percent would have been = ?
Q.17
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 850 g. instead of 1 kg. his gain percent is = ?
Q.18
A man sells two commodities for Rs. 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one commodity at a gain of 25%, the other commodity is sold at a loss of = ?
Q.19
Two - thirds of a consignment was sold at a profit of 6% and the rest at a loss of 3%. If however there was an overall profit of Rs. 540, the value of consignment was -
Q.20
Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs. 10 for each and the same number for Rs. 14 each. He mixed them together and sold them for Rs. 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent is = ?
Q.21
A man sold two steel chairs for Rs. 500 each. On one, he gains 20% and on the other, he loses 12%. How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction ?
Q.22
Ranjan purchased 120 tables at a price of Rs. 110 per table. He sold 30 tables at a profit of Rs. 12 per table and 75 tables at a profit of Rs. 14 per table. The remaining tables were sold at a loss of Rs. 7 per table. What is the average profit per table ?
Q.23
A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was = ?
Q.24
In a shop, 80% of the articles are sold at a profit of 10% and the remaining at a loss of 40%. What is the overall profit/loss ?
Q.25
A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in -
Q.26
A man bought two goats for Rs. 1008. He sold one at a loss of 20% and other at a profit of 44% if each goat was sold for the same price the cost price of the goat which was sold at loss, was = ?
Q.27
Joseph's salary is reduced by 10% . In order to have his salary back to his original amount, it must be raised by = ?
Q.28
x sells two articles for Rs. 4000 each with no loss and no gain in the transaction. If one was sold at a gain of 25% the other is sold at a loss of = ?
Q.29
I purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of Rs. 3 each and sold $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of them at the rate of Rs. 4 each, $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of them at the rate of Rs. 5 each and the rest at the cost price. My profit percent is -
Q.30
Ravi buys some toffees at 2 for a rupee and sells them at 5 for a rupee. His loss percent is = ?
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