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2151.	A single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 5% , 10% , 20% is :
A.	28.9%
B.	31.6%
C.	35.5%
D.	37.3%
Answer» C. 35.5%

Discussion

2152.	Mr.Mittal purchased a car for Rs. 3,00,000 and a bike for his son for Rs. 1,00,000. He sold the car at a profit of 10% and bike at a loss of 20%. What is the net gain or loss?
A.	1.5%
B.	2.5%
C.	3.5%
D.	4.5%
Answer» C. 3.5%

Discussion

2153.	Arun bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee he should sell to gain 20% ?
A.	2
B.	7
C.	9
D.	5
Answer» E.

Discussion

2154.	An item costing Rs. 200 is being sold at 10% loss. If the price is further reduces by 5%, the selling price will be ?
A.	Rs. 156
B.	Rs. 162
C.	Rs. 171
D.	Rs. 187
Answer» D. Rs. 187

Discussion

2155.	A person sold two cows each for Rs. 9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true ?
A.	1575
B.	1476
C.	1389
D.	1214
Answer» B. 1476

Discussion

2156.	6 % more is gained by selling a coat for Rs.1425 than by selling it for Rs. 1353. The cost price of the coat is ?
A.	Rs. 1000
B.	Rs. 1200
C.	Rs. 1400
D.	Rs. 1600
Answer» C. Rs. 1400

Discussion

2157.	By selling 12 apples for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to gain 20%
A.	2
B.	4
C.	8
D.	10
Answer» D. 10

Discussion

2158.	On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain 10 % he must sell that article for
A.	Rs. 200
B.	Rs. 225
C.	Rs. 250
D.	Rs. 275
Answer» E.

Discussion

2159.	A man bought 18 oranges for a rupee and sold them at 12 oranges for a rupee. what is the profit percentage ?
A.	20 %
B.	35 %
C.	50 %
D.	70 %
Answer» D. 70 %

Discussion

2160.	A stationer buys diaries at 75 rupees per dozen and sells them at 15 rupees per piece. What is the profit?
A.	35 rupees
B.	55 rupees
C.	75 rupees
D.	105 rupees
Answer» E.

Discussion

2161.	If cost of 15 eggs be 75 rupees, then find out the cost of 5 dozen eggs.
A.	300
B.	200
C.	100
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. 200

Discussion

2162.	Anuradha sold 2 books at 1.40 each. Her profit on one was 20% and her loss on the other was 20%. Then, she
A.	Lost 10-paise
B.	Lost 12-paise
C.	Lost 14-paise
D.	Lost 16-paise
Answer» C. Lost 14-paise

Discussion

2163.	A shopkeeper purchase 12 balloons for 10 and sells them at balloons for 12. Thus, earns a profit of
A.	44 %
B.	34 %
C.	24 %
D.	14 %
Answer» B. 34 %

Discussion

2164.	The cost of manufacture of an article was 900. The trader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of 10%. The market price should be
A.	1450
B.	1350
C.	1250
D.	1150
Answer» D. 1150

Discussion

2165.	A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. Find the percentage loss or gain
A.	20 %
B.	15 %
C.	10 %
D.	5 %
Answer» D. 5 %

Discussion

2166.	The cost price of an item is two-third of its selling price. What is the gain/loss percent on that item?
A.	50 %
B.	60 %
C.	70 %
D.	80 %
Answer» B. 60 %

Discussion

2167.	If total cost of four tube lights and three bulbs is Rs.260 and the ratio between the cost of a tube light and a bulb is 5:2 respectively, what is the total cost of one tube light and six bulbs?
A.	150 Rs.
B.	160 Rs.
C.	170 Rs.
D.	180 Rs.
Answer» D. 180 Rs.

Discussion

2168.	The cost of 15 kgs. of Rice is Rs.675. The cost of 12 kgs. of Wheat is Rs.432 and the cost of 8 kgs. of Corn is Rs.224. What is the total cost of 28 kgs. of Rice, 23 kgs. of Wheat and 35 kgs. of Corn?
A.	Rs.6068
B.	Rs.5068
C.	Rs.4068
D.	Rs.3068
Answer» E.

Discussion

2169.	The cost of 36 Microwaves and 12 Cookers is Rs.84126. What is the cost of 6 microwaves and 2 Cookers?
A.	Rs.14021
B.	Rs.15021
C.	Rs.16021
D.	Rs.17021
Answer» B. Rs.15021

Discussion

2170.	Raghavan purchased a scooter at 13/15th of its selling price and sold it at 12% more than its selling price. His gain is
A.	29 3/13%
B.	39 3/13%
C.	49 3/13%
D.	59 3/13%
Answer» B. 39 3/13%

Discussion

2171.	A man sold 18 cots for Rs.16800, gaining thereby the cost price of 3 cots. Find the cost price of a cot.?
A.	200
B.	800
C.	1400
D.	1900
Answer» C. 1400

Discussion

2172.	A dishonest dealer sells his goods at the cost price, but he uses a weight of 900 gm for 1 kgwt. What is his gain percent?
A.	13 1/9%
B.	12 1/9%
C.	11 1/9%
D.	10 1/9%
Answer» D. 10 1/9%

Discussion

2173.	A person sells two fans for 3200. The cost price of the first fan is equal to the selling price of the second fan. If the first is sold at 40% loss and the second at 100% gain, what is total profit or
A.	200
B.	400
C.	600
D.	800
Answer» B. 400

Discussion

2174.	A man buys a cycle at a discount of 15% and sells it for 2550. In this process, he makes a profit of 25%. Find the discount received by him.
A.	300
B.	320
C.	340
D.	360
Answer» E.

Discussion

2175.	Mr. Baljit purchased 100 pieces of an article at the rate of Rs.480 per piece. He then listed the price so as to gain a profit of 25%. While selling the articles he offered a discount of 5%. What is t
A.	16.75 %
B.	17.75 %
C.	18.75 %
D.	19.75 %
Answer» D. 19.75 %

Discussion

2176.	Meena bought two fans for Rs.1200 each. She sold one at a loss of 55 and the other at a profit of 10%. What will be the total profit percent or loss percent?
A.	1.5%
B.	2.5%
C.	3.5%
D.	4.5%
Answer» C. 3.5%

Discussion

2177.	A gold bracelet is sold for Rs.13425 at a loss of 25%. What is the cost price of the bracelet?
A.	Rs.15900/-
B.	Rs.16900/-
C.	Rs.17900/-
D.	Rs.18900/-
Answer» D. Rs.18900/-

Discussion

2178.	The cost of 3 chairs and 10 tables is Rs.9856. What is the cost of 6 chairs and 20 tables?
A.	Rs. 20012
B.	Rs. 19912
C.	Rs. 19812
D.	Rs. 19712
Answer» E.

Discussion

2179.	A TV and a VCR together cost 35000. If TV is 1 ½ times costlier than VCR, then the cost of VCR is
A.	10000
B.	20000
C.	30000
D.	40000
Answer» B. 20000

Discussion

2180.	A person sells an item to another person at a profit of 40% and the second person sells it to a third person at a loss of 15%. What is the resultant profit or loss?
A.	7 %
B.	11 %
C.	19 %
D.	35 %
Answer» D. 35 %

Discussion

2181.	If the cost of 10 tables and 15 chairs is Rs.20000 what will be the cost of tables and 21 chairs?
A.	Rs. 30000
B.	Rs. 28000
C.	Rs. 26000
D.	Rs. 24000
Answer» C. Rs. 26000

Discussion

2182.	A person bought an old TV at Rs.4000 and spent 20% of its cost on repairing. If the person wants to make a net profit of Rs.520, to what percentage should he add, in the purchase price while determini
A.	13 %
B.	23 %
C.	33 %
D.	43 %
Answer» D. 43 %

Discussion

2183.	A person buys bananas 75 paise per piece and sells them at Rs.15 per dozen. What is the percentage profit?
A.	66 2/3%
B.	65 2/3%
C.	64 2/3%
D.	63 2/3%
Answer» B. 65 2/3%

Discussion

2184.	A shopkeeper increases the original selling price of an item to its twice. The initial gain per cent is given as 8%. Find out the new gain per cent
A.	108 %
B.	112 %
C.	114 %
D.	116 %
Answer» E.

Discussion

2185.	Meenal purchased a car for Rs.250000 and sold it for Rs.348000. What is the percent profit she made on the car?
A.	29.2%
B.	39.2%
C.	49.2%
D.	59.2%
Answer» C. 49.2%

Discussion

2186.	Manoj incurred a loss of 40% on selling an article for 5700. What was the cost price of the article?
A.	7500
B.	8500
C.	9500
D.	10500
Answer» D. 10500

Discussion

2187.	A person sells an item at a profit of 42%. If the customer pays 12496 for that item what is the net profit (in ) of the person?
A.	3396
B.	3496
C.	3596
D.	3696
Answer» E.

Discussion

2188.	On selling an item for 276 a person gains 15%. In order to gain 35%, what should be the increase in its selling price?
A.	31
B.	48
C.	53
D.	67
Answer» C. 53

Discussion

2189.	The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 155 more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.9039/- for a sofa set, then what is the cost price of the sofa set?
A.	Rs. 7560/-
B.	Rs. 7660/-
C.	Rs. 7760/-
D.	Rs. 7860/-
Answer» E.

Discussion

2190.	The total cost of 15 pencils and 25 sharpeners is Rs.170. What will be the cost of 57 pencils and 95 sharpeners?
A.	Rs. 846
B.	Rs. 746
C.	Rs. 646
D.	Rs. 546
Answer» D. Rs. 546

Discussion

2191.	Sumit bought a car at a certain praice and sold it at Rs.852150 which was 15% more than the original price. What was the price at which Sumit bought the car?
A.	Rs. 744000
B.	Rs. 743000
C.	Rs. 742000
D.	Rs. 741000
Answer» E.

Discussion

2192.	The ratio of cost price of two articles was 2:3, by selling getting the gain 10% and 20% then what is the percentage of gain
A.	15%
B.	16%
C.	17%
D.	18%
Answer» C. 17%

Discussion

2193.	A man sells two articles at 99 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. What is his loss percent on the whole transaction?
A.	1 % loss
B.	3 % loss
C.	5 % loss
D.	8 % loss
Answer» B. 3 % loss

Discussion

2194.	If selling price of an article is 8/5 times its cost price, then profit percent on it is
A.	50 %
B.	60 %
C.	70 %
D.	80 %
Answer» C. 70 %

Discussion

2195.	If cost price is 80, overhead is 20 and selling price is 120, then the profit percent is
A.	8 %
B.	12 %
C.	16 %
D.	20 %
Answer» E.

Discussion

2196.	The marked price of an article is 200. A discount of 12 ½% is allowed on the marked price and a profit of 25% is made. The cost price of the article is
A.	110
B.	140
C.	170
D.	200
Answer» C. 170

Discussion

2197.	Sreenivas sells a table to Shiva at 10% profit and Shiva sells it to Mahesh at 10% loss. At what price did Sreenivas purchase the table if Mahesh paid Rs. 2178?
A.	Rs. 2200
B.	Rs. 2700
C.	Rs. 3100
D.	Rs. 4200
Answer» B. Rs. 2700

Discussion

2198.	A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth?
A.	Rs. 27
B.	Rs. 35
C.	Rs. 50
D.	Rs. 63
Answer» D. Rs. 63

Discussion

2199.	The value of a machine depreciates at 20% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 1,50,000, at what price should it be sold after two years such that a profit of Rs. 24,000 is made?
A.	1,10,000 Rs.
B.	1,20,000 Rs.
C.	1,30,000 Rs.
D.	1,40,000 Rs.
Answer» C. 1,30,000 Rs.

Discussion

2200.	A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?
A.	Rs. 40,000
B.	Rs. 20,000
C.	Rs. 60,000
D.	Rs. 10,000
Answer» C. Rs. 60,000

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

A single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 5% , 10% , 20% is :

Mr.Mittal purchased a car for Rs. 3,00,000 and a bike for his son for Rs. 1,00,000. He sold the car at a profit of 10% and bike at a loss of 20%. What is the net gain or loss?

Arun bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee he should sell to gain 20% ?

An item costing Rs. 200 is being sold at 10% loss. If the price is further reduces by 5%, the selling price will be ?

A person sold two cows each for Rs. 9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true ?

6 % more is gained by selling a coat for Rs.1425 than by selling it for Rs. 1353. The cost price of the coat is ?

By selling 12 apples for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to gain 20%

On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain 10 % he must sell that article for

A man bought 18 oranges for a rupee and sold them at 12 oranges for a rupee. what is the profit percentage ?

A stationer buys diaries at 75 rupees per dozen and sells them at 15 rupees per piece. What is the profit?

If cost of 15 eggs be 75 rupees, then find out the cost of 5 dozen eggs.

Anuradha sold 2 books at 1.40 each. Her profit on one was 20% and her loss on the other was 20%. Then, she

A shopkeeper purchase 12 balloons for 10 and sells them at balloons for 12. Thus, earns a profit of

The cost of manufacture of an article was 900. The trader wants to gain 25% after giving a discount of 10%. The market price should be

A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. Find the percentage loss or gain

The cost price of an item is two-third of its selling price. What is the gain/loss percent on that item?

If total cost of four tube lights and three bulbs is Rs.260 and the ratio between the cost of a tube light and a bulb is 5:2 respectively, what is the total cost of one tube light and six bulbs?

The cost of 15 kgs. of Rice is Rs.675. The cost of 12 kgs. of Wheat is Rs.432 and the cost of 8 kgs. of Corn is Rs.224. What is the total cost of 28 kgs. of Rice, 23 kgs. of Wheat and 35 kgs. of Corn?

The cost of 36 Microwaves and 12 Cookers is Rs.84126. What is the cost of 6 microwaves and 2 Cookers?

Raghavan purchased a scooter at 13/15th of its selling price and sold it at 12% more than its selling price. His gain is

A man sold 18 cots for Rs.16800, gaining thereby the cost price of 3 cots. Find the cost price of a cot.?

A dishonest dealer sells his goods at the cost price, but he uses a weight of 900 gm for 1 kgwt. What is his gain percent?

A person sells two fans for 3200. The cost price of the first fan is equal to the selling price of the second fan. If the first is sold at 40% loss and the second at 100% gain, what is total profit or

A man buys a cycle at a discount of 15% and sells it for 2550. In this process, he makes a profit of 25%. Find the discount received by him.

Mr. Baljit purchased 100 pieces of an article at the rate of Rs.480 per piece. He then listed the price so as to gain a profit of 25%. While selling the articles he offered a discount of 5%. What is t

Meena bought two fans for Rs.1200 each. She sold one at a loss of 55 and the other at a profit of 10%. What will be the total profit percent or loss percent?

A gold bracelet is sold for Rs.13425 at a loss of 25%. What is the cost price of the bracelet?

The cost of 3 chairs and 10 tables is Rs.9856. What is the cost of 6 chairs and 20 tables?

A TV and a VCR together cost 35000. If TV is 1 ½ times costlier than VCR, then the cost of VCR is

A person sells an item to another person at a profit of 40% and the second person sells it to a third person at a loss of 15%. What is the resultant profit or loss?

If the cost of 10 tables and 15 chairs is Rs.20000 what will be the cost of tables and 21 chairs?

A person bought an old TV at Rs.4000 and spent 20% of its cost on repairing. If the person wants to make a net profit of Rs.520, to what percentage should he add, in the purchase price while determini

A person buys bananas 75 paise per piece and sells them at Rs.15 per dozen. What is the percentage profit?

A shopkeeper increases the original selling price of an item to its twice. The initial gain per cent is given as 8%. Find out the new gain per cent

Meenal purchased a car for Rs.250000 and sold it for Rs.348000. What is the percent profit she made on the car?

Manoj incurred a loss of 40% on selling an article for 5700. What was the cost price of the article?

A person sells an item at a profit of 42%. If the customer pays 12496 for that item what is the net profit (in ) of the person?

On selling an item for 276 a person gains 15%. In order to gain 35%, what should be the increase in its selling price?

The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 155 more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.9039/- for a sofa set, then what is the cost price of the sofa set?

The total cost of 15 pencils and 25 sharpeners is Rs.170. What will be the cost of 57 pencils and 95 sharpeners?

Sumit bought a car at a certain praice and sold it at Rs.852150 which was 15% more than the original price. What was the price at which Sumit bought the car?

The ratio of cost price of two articles was 2:3, by selling getting the gain 10% and 20% then what is the percentage of gain

A man sells two articles at 99 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. What is his loss percent on the whole transaction?

If selling price of an article is 8/5 times its cost price, then profit percent on it is

If cost price is 80, overhead is 20 and selling price is 120, then the profit percent is

The marked price of an article is 200. A discount of 12 ½% is allowed on the marked price and a profit of 25% is made. The cost price of the article is

Sreenivas sells a table to Shiva at 10% profit and Shiva sells it to Mahesh at 10% loss. At what price did Sreenivas purchase the table if Mahesh paid Rs. 2178?

A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth?

The value of a machine depreciates at 20% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 1,50,000, at what price should it be sold after two years such that a profit of Rs. 24,000 is made?

A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?