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This section includes 3305 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
A shopkeeper by selling 20 Timex watches earns a profit equal to the selling price of 4 Timex watches. His profit percentage is |
| A. | 20 percent |
| B. | 25 percent |
| C. | 50 percent |
| D. | 40 percent |
| Answer» C. 50 percent | |
| 152. |
On selling an article for Rs. 115, the gain is 20% more than the loss incurred on selling it for Rs. 104. If the article is sold for Rs. 130.80, then the profit percentage is: |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
An article was sold at a certain price. Had it been sold at 4/5 of that price, there would have been a loss of 10%. At what profit percentage was the article sold initially? |
| A. | 10.5 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12.5 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» D. 15 | |
| 154. |
If the cost price is 95% of the selling price, then what is the profit percentage? |
| A. | 5% |
| B. | 5.26% |
| C. | 9.5% |
| D. | 10% |
| Answer» C. 9.5% | |
| 155. |
A, B and C invested their capitals in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5 The ratio of months for which A, B and C invested is 4 : 2 : 3. If C gets a share of profit which Is Rs. 1,47,000 more than that of A, then B’s share of profit is: |
| A. | Rs. 1,05,000 |
| B. | Rs. 1,89,000 |
| C. | Rs. 1,26,000 |
| D. | Rs. 1,68,000 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 1,68,000 | |
| 156. |
A person bought a watch at a 20% discount. He sold the watch to his friend for Rs. 2700 and earns a profit of 12.5%. Find the discount offered on the watch. |
| A. | Rs. 600 |
| B. | Rs. 800 |
| C. | Rs. 1000 |
| D. | Rs. 1200 |
| E. | Rs. 400 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 800 | |
| 157. |
Marked price of an article is 60% more than its cost price. If the article is sold at a profit of 20%, then what will be the discount percentage? |
| A. | 37.5% |
| B. | 17.5% |
| C. | 15% |
| D. | 25% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
A shopkeeper sells a dozen pair of socks whose marked price is Rs. 600 at 20% discount. How many pairs of socks can be bought for Rs. 320? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» D. 12 | |
| 159. |
A shopkeeper calculated his profit percentage on the selling price and says it is 12.5 percent. What is the actual profit percentage (on cost price)? |
| A. | 11.11 percent |
| B. | 14.28 percent |
| C. | 12.5 percent |
| D. | 10 percent |
| Answer» C. 12.5 percent | |
| 160. |
By how much %, goods be marked above the cost price such that after allowing a discount of trade discount of 25% and a cash discount of 4%, a net gain of 8% on the cost is made? |
| A. | 60% |
| B. | 32% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 29% |
| Answer» D. 29% | |
| 161. |
Mr. Mahesh buys a toy for Rs. 25 and sells it for Rs. 30. Find the gain percentage. |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 22% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 21% |
| Answer» B. 22% | |
| 162. |
Ramesh bought 10 cycles for Rs. 500 each. He spent Rs. 2,000 on the repair of all cycles. He sold five of them for Rs. 750 each and the remaining for Rs. 550 each. Then the total gain or loss % is |
| A. | Gain of \(8 \dfrac{1}{3}\%\) |
| B. | Loss of \(8 \dfrac{1}{3}\%\) |
| C. | Gain of \(7 \dfrac{2}{3}\%\) |
| D. | Loss of \(7 \dfrac{1}{7}\%\) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
A shopkeeper, inccreases the price of an item by 45% and then offered a discount of 45% on the sale. find the percentage of total profit or loss that it will get? |
| A. | 19.36% Loss |
| B. | 20.25% profit |
| C. | 20.25% Loss |
| D. | 19.36% profit |
| Answer» D. 19.36% profit | |
| 164. |
A trader had 2000 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest of it at 16% profit so that he made a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice (in kg) did he sell at 10% profit? |
| A. | 1400 |
| B. | 600 |
| C. | 800 |
| D. | 1000 |
| Answer» C. 800 | |
| 165. |
An article was sold for Rs. 3,600 at a discount of 10%. Find the selling price if the discount was 15%.A. Rs. 3,600B. Rs. 4,000C. Rs. 3,800D. Rs. 3,400 |
| A. | A |
| B. | D |
| C. | C |
| D. | B |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 166. |
How much water must be added to a bucket which contains 200 litres of milk at the cost price of Rs. 35/litre so that the cost of milk reduces to Rs. 20/litre? |
| A. | 150 litres |
| B. | 130 litres |
| C. | 125 litres |
| D. | 128 litres |
| Answer» B. 130 litres | |
| 167. |
If a shopkeeper sells a mixer at Rs.11,400 then he suffers a loss of 5%. At what price (in Rs.) should he sell the mixer to gain 10%? |
| A. | 9845 |
| B. | 10909 |
| C. | 13200 |
| D. | 11913 |
| Answer» D. 11913 | |
| 168. |
A single discount equivalent to the discount series of 25%, 15% and 10% is: |
| A. | 25% |
| B. | 30% |
| C. | 42.6% |
| D. | 40.2% |
| Answer» D. 40.2% | |
| 169. |
If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 2275 which is marked as Rs 3250, then what is the discount he is offering? |
| A. | 30 percent |
| B. | 20 percent |
| C. | 25 percent |
| D. | 37.5 percent |
| Answer» B. 20 percent | |
| 170. |
If the cost price of 64 articles is equal to the selling price of 48 articles, find the gain percentage. |
| A. | \(33 \frac 1 3\) |
| B. | \(25 \frac 1 3\) |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 33 |
| Answer» B. \(25 \frac 1 3\) | |
| 171. |
By Selling 5 articles for 18rupee, a man losses 10%. If he sells 3 articles for Rs. 15, then what will be the profit percentage? |
| A. | 75 |
| B. | 66.67 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
If the cost price of 12 books is equal to the selling price of 8 books, what is the gain percent?A. 20%B. 30%C. 40%D. 50% |
| A. | D |
| B. | B |
| C. | A |
| D. | C |
| Answer» B. B | |
| 173. |
A man buys two watches ‘A’ and ‘B’ at a total cost of Rs. 800. He sells both watches at the same selling price, and earns a profit of 18% on watch ‘A’ and incurs a loss of 22% on watch ‘B’. What are the cost prices of the two watches? (Two-place after the decimal). |
| A. | A = Rs. 318.37 and B = Rs. 481.63 |
| B. | A = Rs. 317 and B = Rs. 483 |
| C. | A = Rs. 220 and B = Rs. 580 |
| D. | A = Rs. 350.32 and B = Rs. 450.68 |
| Answer» B. A = Rs. 317 and B = Rs. 483 | |
| 174. |
An article is sold for Rs. 288 after successive discounts of 20% and 25%. What is the marked price of the article? |
| A. | Rs. 500 |
| B. | Rs. 520 |
| C. | Rs. 480 |
| D. | Rs. 460 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 460 | |
| 175. |
If a seller gives a discount of 15% on retail price, she still makes a profit of 2%. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of 20%? |
| A. | Give a discount of 5% on retail price |
| B. | Give a discount of 2% on retail price |
| C. | Increase the retail price by 2% |
| D. | Sell at retail price |
| Answer» E. | |
| 176. |
Akash purchased an article at a discount of 40% and sold it to Ram at 40% profit. What is the ratio between the marked price and the price for which he sold? |
| A. | 27 : 31 |
| B. | 25 : 21 |
| C. | 24 : 23 |
| D. | 25 : 24 |
| Answer» C. 24 : 23 | |
| 177. |
An article is sold at a loss of 20%. If the selling price is doubled, then what will be the profit percentage? |
| A. | 160 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 37.5 |
| Answer» D. 37.5 | |
| 178. |
If a shopkeeper makes a 30% profit by selling an item for ₹ 4420, what is the cost price of that item? |
| A. | ₹ 2500 |
| B. | ₹ 3400 |
| C. | ₹ 3600 |
| D. | ₹ 3300 |
| Answer» C. ₹ 3600 | |
| 179. |
If the cost price of 6 articles is equal to the selling price of 9 articles, then what is the loss percentage? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 33.33 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 50 | |
| 180. |
Rahul professes to lose 16% on selling sugar and uses a weight of 680 gm instead of 1 kg. What is the total profit percentage? |
| A. | 23.52 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 28.57 |
| D. | 19.24 |
| Answer» B. 16 | |
| 181. |
A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and gets X% profit. However, when he sells it at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage of loss. What is the original cost of the article? |
| A. | Rs. 10 |
| B. | Rs. 20 |
| C. | Rs. 30 |
| D. | Rs. 40 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 40 | |
| 182. |
A chair was purchased for Rs. 785 and sold at a profit of 22%. What was the selling price? |
| A. | Rs. 957.7 |
| B. | Rs. 857.9 |
| C. | Rs. 768.3 |
| D. | Rs. 987.4 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 857.9 | |
| 183. |
A, B and C started a business with their capitals in the ratio 4 : 2 : 9. At the end of every quarter, A halves his capital, Whereas B doubles his capital and C leaves his capital unchanged. If at the end of a year, A’s profit was Rs. 24,000, then what is the total profit (in Rs.)? |
| A. | Rs. 230400 |
| B. | Rs. 235200 |
| C. | Rs. 225600 |
| D. | Rs. 216000 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 225600 | |
| 184. |
By how much percentage above the cost price should an article be marked up for sale so that after allowing two successive discounts of 20% and 6.25% on it, a net gain of 20% is made on the cost? |
| A. | \(46\frac{1}{4}{\rm{\% }}\) |
| B. | 60% |
| C. | \(66\frac{2}{3}{\rm{\% }}\) |
| D. | 50% |
| Answer» C. \(66\frac{2}{3}{\rm{\% }}\) | |
| 185. |
By selling a table for Rs. 3906, a trader incurs a loss of Rs. 294. What is his loss percentage? |
| A. | 7.5% |
| B. | 8.14% |
| C. | 7% |
| D. | 8.23% |
| Answer» D. 8.23% | |
| 186. |
On selling an item at Rs. 40 per kg a loss of 10% is incurred. If total loss of the seller is Rs. 80, then weight of items sold in kg, is: |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 187. |
A table is sold at a discount of 45%. If the marked price of the table is Rs 10800, then what is the selling price (in Rs) of the table? |
| A. | 4680 |
| B. | 4860 |
| C. | 5560 |
| D. | 5940 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
Kaushik bought a toy for Rs. 160 and sold it for Rs. 180. The rate of profit was _______% |
| A. | 15.25 |
| B. | 17.5 |
| C. | 12.5 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» D. 16 | |
| 189. |
Rajaram purchased a certain amount of wheat. If he sold one-fourth of the wheat at a profit of 12%, then the profit percent he needs to make on the remaining wheat to make an overall profit of 15% is: |
| A. | 18% |
| B. | 16% |
| C. | 15% |
| D. | 20% |
| Answer» C. 15% | |
| 190. |
If 3 tables and 2 chairs cost Rs. 215 and 2 tables and 3 chairs cost Rs. 250, then the total cost of 5 tables and 5 chairs will be: |
| A. | Rs. 500 |
| B. | Rs. 430 |
| C. | Rs. 465 |
| D. | Rs. 450 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 450 | |
| 191. |
An article has marked price of Rs. 6000 and is available at a discount of 10%. The shopkeeper gives another discount to the buyer and sells the article for Rs. 4050. What is the second discount (in %) offered? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
A sells an item giving 20% discount at marked price. If marked price is ₹1200 the, what is the selling price? |
| A. | Rs. 1020 |
| B. | Rs. 1,080 |
| C. | Rs. 940 |
| D. | Rs. 960 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
Amar bought a TV for Rs. 16,500/- and sold it at 20% profit. What is his selling price (in Rs.)? |
| A. | 19,200/- |
| B. | 19,600/- |
| C. | 20,800/- |
| D. | 19,800/- |
| Answer» E. | |
| 194. |
By selling two articles each at Rs. 480, a merchant gets 20% profit on one and loses 20% on the other. In the total transaction the merchant gets: |
| A. | 4% loss |
| B. | no loss no gain |
| C. | 5% loss |
| D. | 5% gain |
| Answer» B. no loss no gain | |
| 195. |
A person purchases 40 items at Rs. 10 each. He sells a part of them at 25% profit and the remaining at 10% loss. The net profit is 4% in this transaction. The number of items he sold at a loss, is: |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 22 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 196. |
Ram sold 2 items A and B at the same price. Profit on one and incurring loss on the other. Ratio between the total S.P. of both items together and total cost price of both items together is 30 : 37. If he earns 25% profit on selling A, what was the loss incurred in selling of B in Rs. 600? |
| A. | Rs. 450 |
| B. | Rs. 400 |
| C. | Rs. 300 |
| D. | Rs. 360 |
| E. | Rs. 200 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 300 | |
| 197. |
Marked price of an article is Rs. 520 and selling price is Rs. 384.8. What is the discount percentage? |
| A. | 26 |
| B. | 24.42 |
| C. | 35.13 |
| D. | 29 |
| Answer» B. 24.42 | |
| 198. |
Charlie buys a bed after a discount of 22% for Rs.16,725. He later finds that the same store was selling that bed online for 15% off at Rs.15,685. What is the difference between the marked price of store-bought beds and the marked price of online beds? (Rounded off to the nearest rupee)A. 2989B. 2785C. 2897D. 2888 |
| A. | C |
| B. | B |
| C. | D |
| D. | A |
| Answer» E. | |
| 199. |
If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of a loss of 6%, the seller gets Rs. 6 more. What is the cost price of the article? |
| A. | Rs. 18 |
| B. | Rs. 36 |
| C. | Rs. 42 |
| D. | Rs. 50 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 200. |
A shopkeeper incurs 10% loss by selling a washing machine for Rs. 16200. At what price should the washing machine be sold to earn 15% profit? |
| A. | Rs. 18700 |
| B. | Rs. 19700 |
| C. | Rs. 20700 |
| D. | Rs. 20250 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 20250 | |