3305 + Mcqs in Profit And Loss Page 64 McqOptions

3151.	A man sells two articles. The cost price of the first article is equal to the selling price of the second article. The first article is sold at a profit of 20% and the second articles is sold at a loss of 20%. What is the ratio of the selling price of the first article and the cost price of the second article?
A.	1.0173611111111
B.	1.0583333333333
C.	1.2270833333333
D.	1.1451388888889
Answer» B. 1.0583333333333

Discussion

3152.	A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 15%, he is only able to save Rs. 400 per month. What is his monthly salary ?
A.	Rs. 6000
B.	Rs. 4500
C.	Rs. 5000
D.	Rs. 6500
Answer» D. Rs. 6500

Discussion

3153.	A man buys oranges at Rs 5 a dozen and an equal number at Rs 4 a dozen. He sells them at Rs 5.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 50. How many oranges does he buy?
A.	30 dozens
B.	40 dozens
C.	50 dozens
D.	60 dozens
Answer» D. 60 dozens

Discussion

3154.	A man purchases two articles, on selling one at loss of 20% while the other at a profit of 25%, he gains the overall profit of 5% than find the ratio of their selling price ?
A.	0.0062789351851852
B.	2.2972222222222
C.	0.37847222222222
D.	64.4 : 9
Answer» B. 2.2972222222222

Discussion

3155.	A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit percentage?
A.	125
B.	175
C.	225
D.	245
Answer» E.

Discussion

3156.	A man purchased a bullock and a cart for Rs 1800. He sold the bullock at a profit of 20% and the cart at a profit of 30%.His total profit was 155/6 %. Find the cost price of bullock.
A.	Rs 650
B.	Rs 750
C.	Rs 900
D.	Rs 800
Answer» C. Rs 900

Discussion

3157.	A man buys an item at Rs. 1200 and sells it at the loss of 20 percent. Then what is the selling price of that item
A.	Rs. 660
B.	Rs. 760
C.	Rs. 860
D.	Rs. 960
Answer» E.

Discussion

3158.	A man buys a trouser in Rs.1250. By reduction of 20% in the price of trouser, he can purchase a t-shirt also in the same amount that was initially paid for the trouser. Find the price of the t-shirt?
A.	Rs. 250
B.	Rs. 125
C.	Rs. 225
D.	Rs. 200
Answer» B. Rs. 125

Discussion

3159.	A man bought bananas at the rate of Rs. 8 for 10 pieces and sold them at the rate of Rs. 10 for 8 pieces. HowÂ many bananas should he sell to earn a profit of Rs. 90?_x005F_x000D_
A.	300
B.	200
C.	100
D.	400
Answer» C. 100

Discussion

3160.	A man buys 3 type-I cakes and 6 type-II cakes for Rs. 900. He sells type-I cakes at a profit of 15% and type-II cakes at a loss of 10%. If his overall profit isÂ Rs.30, the cost price (in Rs.) of a type-I and of a type-II cakes is
A.	100, 100
B.	160, 70
C.	180, 60
D.	120, 90
Answer» C. 180, 60

Discussion

3161.	A man buys 10 oranges for Rs. 3 and sells 8 for Rs. 3. Calculate his gain percent.
A.	0.2
B.	0.25
C.	0.27
D.	0.3
Answer» C. 0.27

Discussion

3162.	A home theatre set is Rs. 4950. If two successive discounts of 20% and 15% are given, then its selling price is
A.	Rs.3366
B.	Rs.6633
C.	Rs.3636
D.	Rs.6363
Answer» B. Rs.6633

Discussion

3163.	A lady wants to buy the following items in the given price range - _x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ 1. Tomato between Rs.40 and Rs.45 per kg.2. Grapes in the price range of Rs.80 and Rs.90 per kg.3. Milk packets at Rs. 23 per litre._x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ In which shop from the following will she definitely get all her items?_x005F_x000D_
A.	Shop S sells tomato at Rs.22.5 per half kg, grapes at Rs.82 per kg and milk at Rs.24 per litre
B.	Shop H sells grapes at Rs.21 per quarter kg, milk at 12.5 per half litre and tomato at Rs.22 per half kg
C.	Shop O sells milk at Rs.11.5 per half litre, tomato at 21 per half kg and grapes at Rs.43 per half kg
D.	Shop P sells tomato at Rs. 23.5 per half kg, grapes at Rs.85 per kg and milk at Rs.23 per litre
Answer» D. Shop P sells tomato at Rs. 23.5 per half kg, grapes at Rs.85 per kg and milk at Rs.23 per litre

Discussion

3164.	A man bought 25 crates of oranges for Rs.Â 10,000. He lost 5 crates. In order to earn a total profit ofÂ 25% of the total cost, he would have to sell each of theÂ remaining crates at
A.	Rs.650
B.	Rs. 625
C.	Rs. 600
D.	Rs. 575
Answer» C. Rs. 600

Discussion

3165.	A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The C.P. of the article was
A.	Rs 100
B.	Rs 150
C.	Rs 200
D.	Rs 250
Answer» D. Rs 250

Discussion

3166.	A man bought 500 metres of electronic wire at 50 paise per metre. He sold 50% of it at a profit of 5%. At what percent should he sell the remainder soÂ as to gain 10% on the whole transaction?
A.	0.13
B.	0.125
C.	0.15
D.	0.2
Answer» B. 0.125

Discussion

3167.	A farmer purchased a piece of land for Rs.18 lakh and spent Rs.3 lakh for registration, fencing etc. He sold it for Rs.24.57 lakh. Find his profit in percentage?
A.	0.15
B.	0.1415
C.	0.165
D.	0.17
Answer» E.

Discussion

3168.	A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that he made a total profit of 17%. How much wheat (inÂ kg) did he sell at 20% profit?
A.	600
B.	1000
C.	800
D.	1200
Answer» C. 800

Discussion

3169.	A farmer buys a goat and a sheep for Rs 3500. He sold the sheep at a profit of 20 percent and the goat at a loss of 10 percent. If he sold both theÂ animals at the same price, then the cost price (in Rs) of the cheaper animal was?
A.	2000
B.	1500
C.	1750
D.	2250
Answer» C. 1750

Discussion

3170.	A fan was sold for Rs. 3600 at a loss of 4%. What would be the gain or loss percent ifit was sold for Rs. 4200?
A.	Gain 10%
B.	Gain 12%
C.	Loss 12%
D.	Loss 10%
Answer» C. Loss 12%

Discussion

3171.	A driver of auto rickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the % profit for the same journey if he goes for 4 passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litres ?
A.	0.68
B.	0.8
C.	0.75
D.	1
Answer» E.

Discussion

3172.	A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 850 gm instead of 1 kg and sells rice on its cost price. What will be his profit percentage on selling 5 kg rice?
A.	18.24
B.	17.65
C.	15
D.	13.04
Answer» C. 15

Discussion

3173.	A dishonest milkman buys milk at Rs 30 per litre and adds 1/5 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 32 per litre. What will be his gain?
A.	33.33 percent
B.	50 percent
C.	28 percent
D.	25 percent
Answer» D. 25 percent

Discussion

3174.	A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his groceries at his cost price but uses a false weight of 900 grams for each kilogram. Find his gain percentage.
A.	91/9 %
B.	100/9%
C.	100/11 %
D.	95/9%
Answer» C. 100/11 %

Discussion

3175.	A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell goods at his cost price but uses a false weight of 950 gms, for each kilogram. His gain percentage is
A.	100/23%
B.	100/19%
C.	100/17%
D.	100/21%
Answer» C. 100/17%

Discussion

3176.	A dishonest milkman buys milk at Rs 24 per litre and adds 1/3 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 32 per litre. What is his gain?
A.	33.33 percent
B.	50 Percent
C.	77.78 percent
D.	66.67 percent
Answer» D. 66.67 percent

Discussion

3177.	A dealer sells two machines at Rs 12000 each. On one it gains 32% and on the other it looses 32%. What is its profit/loss percentage in the wholeÂ transaction?
A.	No gain and no loss
B.	1% loss
C.	18% profit
D.	10.24% loss
Answer» E.

Discussion

3178.	A dealer sold two of his cattle for Rs. 500 each. On one of them he lost 10% on the other, he gained 10%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was:
A.	10% loss
B.	1% loss
C.	1% gain
D.	Neither loss nor profit
Answer» C. 1% gain

Discussion

3179.	A dealer sold an article at 6% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 64 more, he would have made a profit of 10%. Then the cost of the article is
A.	Rs.400
B.	Rs.200
C.	Rs.164
D.	Rs.464
Answer» B. Rs.200

Discussion

3180.	A dishonest dealer professes to sell hisÂ goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gms for theÂ kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is
A.	0.17
B.	0.14714285714286
C.	0.14285714285714
D.	0.14
Answer» D. 0.14

Discussion

3181.	A car dealer purchased an old car for Rs.1,08,500 and spent some amount on its maintenance. He sold it for Rs.1,56,250, there byÂ earning a profit of 25%. How much money did he spend on the maintenance of the car?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	Rs. 16,500
B.	Rs. 20,625
C.	Rs. 8,687.5
D.	Rs. 47,750
Answer» B. Rs. 20,625

Discussion

3182.	A car mechanic purchased four old cars for Rs. 1 lakh. He spent total 2 lakh in the maintenance and repairing of these four cars. what is the average sale price of the rest three cars to get 50% total profit if he has already sold one of the four cars at Rs. 1.2 lakh?
A.	1.5 lakh
B.	1.1 lakh
C.	1.2 lakh
D.	1.65 lakh
Answer» C. 1.2 lakh

Discussion

3183.	A cell phone was marked at 20% above the cost price and a discount of 10% was given on its marked price. What is the profitÂ percentage?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	0.1
B.	0.08
C.	0.11
D.	0.09
Answer» C. 0.11

Discussion

3184.	A contractor has got two orders A and B. On one (A) he spends Rs.Â 25,000 and makes a bill of Rs.Â 30,500. On the other (B) he makes a bill keeping a profitÂ of 20%. Which of the two orders is more profitable to him?
A.	B
B.	A
C.	A nor B
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. A nor B

Discussion

3185.	A certain sum of money is invested for one year at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is 3% higher, then the invest earned will be 25% more than the interest earned earlier. What is the earlier rate of interest ?
A.	4% p.a.
B.	6% p.a.
C.	8% p.a.
D.	12% p.a.
Answer» E.

Discussion

3186.	A, B and C invest in the ratio of 3 : 4: 5. The percentage of return on their investments are in the ratio of Â 6 : 5 : 4. Find the total earnings, If B earns Rs. 250 more than A :
A.	Rs. 6000
B.	Rs. 7250
C.	Rs. 5000
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Rs. 5000

Discussion

3187.	A bookseller bought 500 text books forÂ 20,000. He wanted to sell them at a profit so that he get 50 books free. At what profit percent should he sell them?
A.	10
B.	20
C.	15
D.	10.5
Answer» B. 20

Discussion

3188.	A bottle is sold at a loss of 9%. Had it sold for Rs. 15 more, a profit of 25/2% would have gained. What is the cost price of the bottle (approx)?
A.	Rs. 32
B.	Rs. 35
C.	Rs. 36
D.	Rs. 33
Answer» C. Rs. 36

Discussion

3189.	A and B invest Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2400 respectively in a business. If after one year there is a loss of Rs. 720, how much loss will B bear? (Loss or Profit isÂ in proportion to their investments)
A.	Rs. 72
B.	Rs. 320
C.	Rs..400
D.	Rs. 360
Answer» C. Rs..400

Discussion

3190.	A book seller allowed 10% discount on printed price. He gets 30% commission from publisher. His profit in percent will be
A.	20
B.	28.571428571429
C.	25
D.	26.428571428571
Answer» C. 25

Discussion

3191.	â€˜Xâ€™ is a bread seller who marked up price of each bread packet by 150% above and allow discounts of 40% and made a profit of Rs. 30 on each bread packet. If â€˜Xâ€™ allows 37.5% discount on each packet, then find how much profit he gets on selling 80 bread packets?
A.	Rs 2750
B.	Rs 3200
C.	Rs 2500
D.	Rs 2700
Answer» E.

Discussion

3192.	12 copies of a book were sold for Rs. 1800 thereby gaining cost price of 3 copies. The cost price of a copy of the book is
A.	Rs. 120
B.	Rs. 150
C.	Rs. 1200
D.	Rs. 1500
Answer» B. Rs. 150

Discussion

3193.	12 days payment to the servant in a cloth showroom in festival season is Rs. 400 plus one shirt. The servant leaves after 9 days and recieves Rs. 280 and a shirt. What is the price of the shirt ?
A.	Rs. 80
B.	Rs. 120
C.	Rs. 70
D.	Rs. 100
Answer» B. Rs. 120

Discussion

3194.	70% of the cost price of a article is equal to the 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage?
A.	63% loss
B.	70% loss
C.	75% profit
D.	80% profit
Answer» D. 80% profit

Discussion

3195.	A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:~!
A.	No profit, no loss
B.	5%
C.	8%
D.	10%
E.	None of these
Answer» C. 8%

Discussion

3196.	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:~!
A.	5 15/17% loss
B.	5 15/17% gain
C.	6 2/3% gain
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 6 2/3% gain

Discussion

3197.	If a man were to sell his chair for Rs. 720, he would lose 25%. To gain 25% he should sell it for:%!
A.	Rs. 1,200
B.	Rs. 1,000
C.	Rs. 960
D.	Rs. 900
Answer» B. Rs. 1,000

Discussion

3198.	A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?%!
A.	Rs. 1090
B.	Rs. 1160
C.	Rs. 1190
D.	Rs. 1202
Answer» D. Rs. 1202

Discussion

3199.	Find the difference of amount if 40% discount is given on Rs. 500 and two consecutive discount 30% and 10% are given on the same amount.%!
A.	Rs. 15
B.	Rs. 0
C.	Rs. 20
D.	Rs. 10
Answer» B. Rs. 0

Discussion

3200.	A fruit seller buys some oranges and by selling 40% of them he realizes the cost price of all the oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-ripe, he reduces the price and sells 80% of the remaining oranges at half the previous rate of profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are thrown away. The overall percentage of profit is:%!
A.	80
B.	84
C.	94
D.	96
Answer» C. 94

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 15%, he is only able to save Rs. 400 per month. What is his monthly salary ?

A man buys oranges at Rs 5 a dozen and an equal number at Rs 4 a dozen. He sells them at Rs 5.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 50. How many oranges does he buy?

A man purchases two articles, on selling one at loss of 20% while the other at a profit of 25%, he gains the overall profit of 5% than find the ratio of their selling price ?

A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit percentage?

A man purchased a bullock and a cart for Rs 1800. He sold the bullock at a profit of 20% and the cart at a profit of 30%.His total profit was 155/6 %. Find the cost price of bullock.

A man buys an item at Rs. 1200 and sells it at the loss of 20 percent. Then what is the selling price of that item

A man buys a trouser in Rs.1250. By reduction of 20% in the price of trouser, he can purchase a t-shirt also in the same amount that was initially paid for the trouser. Find the price of the t-shirt?

A man bought bananas at the rate of Rs. 8 for 10 pieces and sold them at the rate of Rs. 10 for 8 pieces. HowÂ many bananas should he sell to earn a profit of Rs. 90?_x005F_x000D_

A man buys 3 type-I cakes and 6 type-II cakes for Rs. 900. He sells type-I cakes at a profit of 15% and type-II cakes at a loss of 10%. If his overall profit isÂ Rs.30, the cost price (in Rs.) of a type-I and of a type-II cakes is

A man buys 10 oranges for Rs. 3 and sells 8 for Rs. 3. Calculate his gain percent.

A home theatre set is Rs. 4950. If two successive discounts of 20% and 15% are given, then its selling price is

A man bought 25 crates of oranges for Rs.Â 10,000. He lost 5 crates. In order to earn a total profit ofÂ 25% of the total cost, he would have to sell each of theÂ remaining crates at

A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The C.P. of the article was

A man bought 500 metres of electronic wire at 50 paise per metre. He sold 50% of it at a profit of 5%. At what percent should he sell the remainder soÂ as to gain 10% on the whole transaction?

A farmer purchased a piece of land for Rs.18 lakh and spent Rs.3 lakh for registration, fencing etc. He sold it for Rs.24.57 lakh. Find his profit in percentage?

A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that he made a total profit of 17%. How much wheat (inÂ kg) did he sell at 20% profit?

A farmer buys a goat and a sheep for Rs 3500. He sold the sheep at a profit of 20 percent and the goat at a loss of 10 percent. If he sold both theÂ animals at the same price, then the cost price (in Rs) of the cheaper animal was?

A fan was sold for Rs. 3600 at a loss of 4%. What would be the gain or loss percent ifit was sold for Rs. 4200?

A driver of auto rickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the % profit for the same journey if he goes for 4 passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litres ?

A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 850 gm instead of 1 kg and sells rice on its cost price. What will be his profit percentage on selling 5 kg rice?

A dishonest milkman buys milk at Rs 30 per litre and adds 1/5 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 32 per litre. What will be his gain?

A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his groceries at his cost price but uses a false weight of 900 grams for each kilogram. Find his gain percentage.

A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell goods at his cost price but uses a false weight of 950 gms, for each kilogram. His gain percentage is

A dishonest milkman buys milk at Rs 24 per litre and adds 1/3 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 32 per litre. What is his gain?

A dealer sells two machines at Rs 12000 each. On one it gains 32% and on the other it looses 32%. What is its profit/loss percentage in the wholeÂ transaction?

A dealer sold two of his cattle for Rs. 500 each. On one of them he lost 10% on the other, he gained 10%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was:

A dealer sold an article at 6% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 64 more, he would have made a profit of 10%. Then the cost of the article is

A dishonest dealer professes to sell hisÂ goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gms for theÂ kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is

A car dealer purchased an old car for Rs.1,08,500 and spent some amount on its maintenance. He sold it for Rs.1,56,250, there byÂ earning a profit of 25%. How much money did he spend on the maintenance of the car?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_

A car mechanic purchased four old cars for Rs. 1 lakh. He spent total 2 lakh in the maintenance and repairing of these four cars. what is the average sale price of the rest three cars to get 50% total profit if he has already sold one of the four cars at Rs. 1.2 lakh?

A cell phone was marked at 20% above the cost price and a discount of 10% was given on its marked price. What is the profitÂ percentage?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_

A contractor has got two orders A and B. On one (A) he spends Rs.Â 25,000 and makes a bill of Rs.Â 30,500. On the other (B) he makes a bill keeping a profitÂ of 20%. Which of the two orders is more profitable to him?

A certain sum of money is invested for one year at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is 3% higher, then the invest earned will be 25% more than the interest earned earlier. What is the earlier rate of interest ?

A, B and C invest in the ratio of 3 : 4: 5. The percentage of return on their investments are in the ratio of Â 6 : 5 : 4. Find the total earnings, If B earns Rs. 250 more than A :

A bookseller bought 500 text books forÂ 20,000. He wanted to sell them at a profit so that he get 50 books free. At what profit percent should he sell them?

A bottle is sold at a loss of 9%. Had it sold for Rs. 15 more, a profit of 25/2% would have gained. What is the cost price of the bottle (approx)?

A and B invest Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2400 respectively in a business. If after one year there is a loss of Rs. 720, how much loss will B bear? (Loss or Profit isÂ in proportion to their investments)

A book seller allowed 10% discount on printed price. He gets 30% commission from publisher. His profit in percent will be

â€˜Xâ€™ is a bread seller who marked up price of each bread packet by 150% above and allow discounts of 40% and made a profit of Rs. 30 on each bread packet. If â€˜Xâ€™ allows 37.5% discount on each packet, then find how much profit he gets on selling 80 bread packets?

12 copies of a book were sold for Rs. 1800 thereby gaining cost price of 3 copies. The cost price of a copy of the book is

12 days payment to the servant in a cloth showroom in festival season is Rs. 400 plus one shirt. The servant leaves after 9 days and recieves Rs. 280 and a shirt. What is the price of the shirt ?

70% of the cost price of a article is equal to the 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage?

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:~!

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:~!

If a man were to sell his chair for Rs. 720, he would lose 25%. To gain 25% he should sell it for:%!

A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?%!

Find the difference of amount if 40% discount is given on Rs. 500 and two consecutive discount 30% and 10% are given on the same amount.%!