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201.	A man sold an article at a loss of 25% . If he sells the article for Rs. 21 more, he would have got a gain of 10% . The CP of the article is ?
A.	Rs. 56
B.	Rs. 84
C.	Rs. 60
D.	Rs. 92
Answer» D. Rs. 92

Discussion

202.	A trader lists his articles 20% above C.P. and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His gain per cent is ?
A.	10%
B.	8%
C.	6%
D.	5%
Answer» C. 6%

Discussion

203.	The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discount of 36% and 4% on the same amount is ?
A.	0
B.	Rs. 2
C.	Rs. 1.93
D.	Rs. 7.20
Answer» E.

Discussion

204.	By selling 45 oranges for Rs. 40, a man loss 20%. how many should he sell for Rs. 24 so as to gain 20% in the transaction ?
A.	16
B.	18
C.	20
D.	22
Answer» C. 20

Discussion

205.	The marked price of an article is Rs. 480. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percent would be ?
A.	18%
B.	20%
C.	18.5
D.	20.5%
Answer» C. 18.5

Discussion

206.	A dealer buys an article marked at 40000 with 20% and 10% off. He spends 1200 on its repairs and sells it for 30000. What is his gain or loss per cent ?
A.	10% gain
B.	10% loss
C.	No gain no loss
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

207.	Raj sold an item for 6384 and incurred a loss of 30%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30%
A.	14656
B.	11856
C.	13544
D.	cannot be determind
Answer» C. 13544

Discussion

208.	An article is sold for 300 at a profit of 20%. Had it been sold for 235, the loss percentage would have been ?
A.	3%
B.	5%
C.	6%
D.	16%
Answer» D. 16%

Discussion

209.	Neeta got profit of 10% on selling an article in 220. To get the profit of 30%, she should sell the article in how many rupees ?
A.	220
B.	230
C.	260
D.	280
Answer» D. 280

Discussion

210.	The profit earned after selling a pair of shoes for 2033 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of shoes for 1063. What is the cost price of the shoes ?
A.	1650
B.	1548
C.	1532
D.	Cannot be determined
E.	None of the above
Answer» C. 1532

Discussion

211.	A man sells an article at a profit of 40%. If he had bought it at 40% less and sold for 5 less, he would have gained 50% . Find the cost price of the article .
A.	10
B.	15
C.	20
D.	30
E.	None of the above
Answer» B. 15

Discussion

212.	Meera purchased 23 bracelets at the rate of 160 per bracelet. At what rate per bracelet should she sell the bracelets so that profit earned is 15% ?
A.	184
B.	186
C.	192
D.	198
E.	None of the above
Answer» B. 186

Discussion

213.	By selling 32 orange for 30 a man loses 25%. How many oranges should be sold for 24 so as to gain 20% in the transaction ?
A.	16
B.	24
C.	32
D.	28
E.	None of the above
Answer» C. 32

Discussion

214.	Kamlesh purchased 120 reams of paper at 100 per ream and the expenditure on transport was 480. He had to pay an octroi duty of 50 paise per ream and the coolie charges were 60. What should he charge per ream to gain 40% ?
A.	155
B.	147
C.	138
D.	165
E.	None of the above
Answer» C. 138

Discussion

215.	A producer of a tea blends two varieties of tea from tea gardens one costing 18 per kg and another 20 kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If he sells the blended variety at 21 per kg, then his gain percentage is
A.	18
B.	8
C.	10
D.	12
Answer» E.

Discussion

216.	Pens are bought at 5 for 4 and sold at 4 for 5. Find the gain per cent.
A.	55%
B.	45.26%
C.	56.26%
D.	60%
Answer» D. 60%

Discussion

217.	A man sold an article at loss of 20%. If he sells the article for 12 more, he would have gained 10%. The cost of price of the article is ?
A.	60
B.	40
C.	30
D.	22
Answer» C. 30

Discussion

218.	By selling an umbrella for 30, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% of the marked price. His gain percentage during the sale season is
A.	7
B.	7.5
C.	8
D.	9
Answer» D. 9

Discussion

219.	A person sold a watch at a profit of 10%. If he had sold it for 2000 more, he would have gained 20%. Find the CP of watch ?
A.	15000
B.	10000
C.	20000
D.	25000
Answer» D. 25000

Discussion

220.	On selling an article at 530, the gain is 20% more than the loss incurred on selling it at 475. In order to gain 20% the selling price will be
A.	900
B.	600
C.	700
D.	500
E.	None of the above
Answer» C. 700

Discussion

221.	The price of a land passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit, respectively. Find the profit earned by the third seller ?
A.	20%
B.	55%
C.	10%
D.	25%
E.	.
Answer» D. 25%

Discussion

222.	A furniture seller sells two tables 1500 each. He earned a profit of 20% on one table and suffered a loss of 20% on the another table. Net profit or loss in this deal is
A.	4% loss
B.	4% profit
C.	Neither profit nor loss
D.	10% loss
E.	10% profit
Answer» B. 4% profit

Discussion

223.	If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of at loss of 6%, then the seller gets 6 more. The cost price of the article is
A.	106
B.	50
C.	94
D.	100
Answer» C. 94

Discussion

224.	A man sold two houses for 96000 each. In the sale of the first house, he incurred 20% profit and in the sale of the second, he incurred 20% loss. what is the gain or loss percentage in total ?
A.	6% gain
B.	6% loss
C.	4% gain
D.	4% loss
Answer» E.

Discussion

225.	A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 10% loss on cost price but uses 20% less weight. What is his profit or loss per cent ?
A.	12% loss
B.	22.5% gain
C.	13.9% loss
D.	12.5% gain
Answer» E.

Discussion

226.	A trader sells wheat at 20% profit and uses weight 20% less than the actual measure. His gain per cent is ?
A.	35%
B.	38%
C.	48%
D.	50%
Answer» E.

Discussion

227.	A sold a watch to B at 40% gain and B sold it to C at a loss of 20%. if C bought the watch for 432, at what price did A purchase it ?
A.	385.71
B.	216
C.	250
D.	550
Answer» B. 216

Discussion

228.	A Seller uses 920g in place of one kg to sell his goods. When he sells his article at 15% gain on cost price, the actual percentage of profit is ?
A.	20%
B.	15%
C.	25%
D.	30%
Answer» D. 30%

Discussion

229.	A fruit seller buys 700 oranges at the rate of 500 for 100 oranges and another variety of 500 oranges at the rate of 700 for 100 oranges and sells them at 84 per dozen. The profit percent is
A.	20%
B.	40%
C.	30%
D.	10%
E.	.
Answer» B. 40%

Discussion

230.	A man sold two watches, each for 495. If he gained 10% on one watch and suffered a loss of 10% on the other, then what is the loss of gain percentage in the transaction ?
A.	1 % gain
B.	1% loss
C.	100/99% loss
D.	Neither gain nor loss
Answer» C. 100/99% loss

Discussion

231.	A person sold an article for 136 and got 15% loss, had he sold it for N, he would have got a profit of 15%. Which one of the following is correct ?
A.	190 < N < 200
B.	180 < N < 190
C.	170 < N < 180
D.	160 < N < 170
E.	.
Answer» C. 170 < N < 180

Discussion

232.	A Shopkeeper purchased some books from a publication worth 750. Because of some reasons, he had to sell two-fifth part of the book at a loss of 15%. On which gain he should sell his rest of the books, so that he gets neither nor loss
A.	10%
B.	9%
C.	12%
D.	15%
E.	18%
Answer» B. 9%

Discussion

233.	A person purchased 11 articles for 10 and sells at 10 articles for 11. Find the gain percentage.
A.	22
B.	20
C.	1
D.	21
Answer» E.

Discussion

234.	By selling 100 pens, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 40 pens. Find his gain percent.
A.	4.47%
B.	6.67%
C.	8.8%
D.	5.59%
E.	None of the above
Answer» F.

Discussion

235.	If cost of 15 eggs be 75 rupees, then find out the cost of 5 dozen eggs.
A.	300
B.	400
C.	500
D.	600
Answer» B. 400

Discussion

236.	A trader sells two articles, one at a loss of 10% and another at a profit of 15% but finally there is no loss or gain.If the total sale price of these two articles is Rs.30,000, find the difference between there cost price :
A.	Rs.5000
B.	Rs.6000
C.	Rs.7500
D.	none of these
Answer» C. Rs.7500

Discussion

237.	An item was sold after giving two successive discount of 20% and 10% respectively. If the item was sold for Rs. 468. The marked price of that item is :
A.	600
B.	500
C.	575
D.	650
Answer» E.

Discussion

238.	A single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 5% , 10% , 20% is :
A.	68.4 %
B.	35 %
C.	31.6 %
D.	32 %
Answer» D. 32 %

Discussion

239.	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.	He gained Rs. 200
B.	He lost Rs 200
C.	He neither gained nor lost
D.	None of the above
Answer» E.

Discussion

240.	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. 170
B.	Rs. 171
C.	Rs. 180
D.	Rs. 181
Answer» C. Rs. 180

Discussion

241.	Arun bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee he should sell to gain 20% ?
A.	3
B.	4
C.	5
D.	can't be determined
Answer» D. can't be determined

Discussion

242.	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.	2% gain
B.	1.5% loss
C.	2.5% loss
D.	2.5% gain
Answer» E.

Discussion

243.	The profit percentage on the three articles A , B and C is 10%,20% and 25% and the ratio of the cost price is 1 : 2 : 4 . Also the ratio of number of articles sold of A , B and C is 2 : 5 : 2 then the overall profit percentage is :
A.	18.5 %
B.	21 %
C.	75 %
D.	none of these
Answer» C. 75 %

Discussion

244.	The CP of 19 articles is same as the selling price of 29 articles. what is the loss % ?
A.	35 %
B.	34.48 %
C.	52.63 %
D.	none of these
Answer» C. 52.63 %

Discussion

245.	A shopkeeper sold 12 cameras at a profit of 20% and 8 cameras at a profit of 10%. If he had sold all the 20 cameras at a profit of 15% , then his profit would have been reduced by Rs. 36. what is the cost price of each camera ?
A.	100
B.	150
C.	180
D.	220
Answer» D. 220

Discussion

246.	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. 1250
C.	Rs. 1500
D.	Rs. 1200
Answer» E.

Discussion

247.	At kul - kul petrol pump the operator gives 5% less petrol but he sells it at the cost price.What is his profit in this way ?
A.	5%
B.	5.6%
C.	5.26%
D.	4.78%
Answer» D. 4.78%

Discussion

248.	ITC sells one product at a profit of 20% another at a loss of 20% at the same selling price. what is the loss incurred by ITC ?
A.	1 %
B.	2 %
C.	4 %
D.	0 %
Answer» D. 0 %

Discussion

249.	Abhinav save Rs. 25 by getting 6.66% discount on a textbook.What is the amount of money (in Rs.) paid by him ?
A.	450
B.	350
C.	225
D.	375
Answer» C. 225

Discussion

250.	ITC sells one product at a profit of 20% another at a loss of 20% at the same selling price. , If SP of each article be Rs. 200, what is the amount of loss ?
A.	Rs. 10
B.	Rs. 16
C.	Rs. 16.66
D.	none of these
Answer» D. none of these

Discussion

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A man sold an article at a loss of 25% . If he sells the article for Rs. 21 more, he would have got a gain of 10% . The CP of the article is ?

A trader lists his articles 20% above C.P. and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His gain per cent is ?

The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discount of 36% and 4% on the same amount is ?

By selling 45 oranges for Rs. 40, a man loss 20%. how many should he sell for Rs. 24 so as to gain 20% in the transaction ?

The marked price of an article is Rs. 480. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percent would be ?

A dealer buys an article marked at 40000 with 20% and 10% off. He spends 1200 on its repairs and sells it for 30000. What is his gain or loss per cent ?

Raj sold an item for 6384 and incurred a loss of 30%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30%

An article is sold for 300 at a profit of 20%. Had it been sold for 235, the loss percentage would have been ?

Neeta got profit of 10% on selling an article in 220. To get the profit of 30%, she should sell the article in how many rupees ?

The profit earned after selling a pair of shoes for 2033 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of shoes for 1063. What is the cost price of the shoes ?

A man sells an article at a profit of 40%. If he had bought it at 40% less and sold for 5 less, he would have gained 50% . Find the cost price of the article .

Meera purchased 23 bracelets at the rate of 160 per bracelet. At what rate per bracelet should she sell the bracelets so that profit earned is 15% ?

By selling 32 orange for 30 a man loses 25%. How many oranges should be sold for 24 so as to gain 20% in the transaction ?

Kamlesh purchased 120 reams of paper at 100 per ream and the expenditure on transport was 480. He had to pay an octroi duty of 50 paise per ream and the coolie charges were 60. What should he charge per ream to gain 40% ?

A producer of a tea blends two varieties of tea from tea gardens one costing 18 per kg and another 20 kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If he sells the blended variety at 21 per kg, then his gain percentage is

Pens are bought at 5 for 4 and sold at 4 for 5. Find the gain per cent.

A man sold an article at loss of 20%. If he sells the article for 12 more, he would have gained 10%. The cost of price of the article is ?

By selling an umbrella for 30, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% of the marked price. His gain percentage during the sale season is

A person sold a watch at a profit of 10%. If he had sold it for 2000 more, he would have gained 20%. Find the CP of watch ?

On selling an article at 530, the gain is 20% more than the loss incurred on selling it at 475. In order to gain 20% the selling price will be

The price of a land passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit, respectively. Find the profit earned by the third seller ?

A furniture seller sells two tables 1500 each. He earned a profit of 20% on one table and suffered a loss of 20% on the another table. Net profit or loss in this deal is

If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of at loss of 6%, then the seller gets 6 more. The cost price of the article is

A man sold two houses for 96000 each. In the sale of the first house, he incurred 20% profit and in the sale of the second, he incurred 20% loss. what is the gain or loss percentage in total ?

A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 10% loss on cost price but uses 20% less weight. What is his profit or loss per cent ?

A trader sells wheat at 20% profit and uses weight 20% less than the actual measure. His gain per cent is ?

A sold a watch to B at 40% gain and B sold it to C at a loss of 20%. if C bought the watch for 432, at what price did A purchase it ?

A Seller uses 920g in place of one kg to sell his goods. When he sells his article at 15% gain on cost price, the actual percentage of profit is ?

A fruit seller buys 700 oranges at the rate of 500 for 100 oranges and another variety of 500 oranges at the rate of 700 for 100 oranges and sells them at 84 per dozen. The profit percent is

A man sold two watches, each for 495. If he gained 10% on one watch and suffered a loss of 10% on the other, then what is the loss of gain percentage in the transaction ?

A person sold an article for 136 and got 15% loss, had he sold it for N, he would have got a profit of 15%. Which one of the following is correct ?

A Shopkeeper purchased some books from a publication worth 750. Because of some reasons, he had to sell two-fifth part of the book at a loss of 15%. On which gain he should sell his rest of the books, so that he gets neither nor loss

A person purchased 11 articles for 10 and sells at 10 articles for 11. Find the gain percentage.

By selling 100 pens, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 40 pens. Find his gain percent.

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

A trader sells two articles, one at a loss of 10% and another at a profit of 15% but finally there is no loss or gain.If the total sale price of these two articles is Rs.30,000, find the difference between there cost price :

An item was sold after giving two successive discount of 20% and 10% respectively. If the item was sold for Rs. 468. The marked price of that item is :

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

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 ?

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

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

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?

The profit percentage on the three articles A , B and C is 10%,20% and 25% and the ratio of the cost price is 1 : 2 : 4 . Also the ratio of number of articles sold of A , B and C is 2 : 5 : 2 then the overall profit percentage is :

The CP of 19 articles is same as the selling price of 29 articles. what is the loss % ?

A shopkeeper sold 12 cameras at a profit of 20% and 8 cameras at a profit of 10%. If he had sold all the 20 cameras at a profit of 15% , then his profit would have been reduced by Rs. 36. what is the cost price of each camera ?

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 ?

At kul - kul petrol pump the operator gives 5% less petrol but he sells it at the cost price.What is his profit in this way ?

ITC sells one product at a profit of 20% another at a loss of 20% at the same selling price. what is the loss incurred by ITC ?

Abhinav save Rs. 25 by getting 6.66% discount on a textbook.What is the amount of money (in Rs.) paid by him ?

ITC sells one product at a profit of 20% another at a loss of 20% at the same selling price. , If SP of each article be Rs. 200, what is the amount of loss ?