Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A trader bought 120 kg of potato at 24/kg. He sold 80 kg of it at 50% profit and the balance at 25% low. Find the total profit or loss?
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5eb507e64080050ac2650bc0- 150% Profitfalse
- 225% Profittrue
- 350% Lossfalse
- 425% Lossfalse
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Answer : 2. "25% Profit "
Q: The cost price of two items P and Q are equal. If item P sold at 40% profit and item Q sold at 20% less than the selling price of item P, then the total profit is ?
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5e9d3fe8bf0a265d837bfcbd- 1₹ 600false
- 2₹ 500true
- 3₹ 660false
- 4₹ 550false
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "₹ 500"
Q: If an item is sold for Rs. 270, there is a loss of 10 percent on it , then what will be the cost price of that item?
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5f892eb358d85e164c5b5cb2- 1Rs. 300true
- 2Rs. 330false
- 3Rs. 240false
- 4Rs. 324false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 300 "
Q: A man purchased a bed sheet for Rs. 450 and sold it at again of 10 % calculated on the selling price. The selling price of the bedsheets was
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5dcb896ae9d33d6509bd9de7- 1Rs. 460false
- 2Rs . 475false
- 3Rs . 480false
- 4Rs . 500true
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Answer : 4. "Rs . 500 "
Q: A cow was sold at 8% profit. If it were bought at 20% less and sold at 40% profit, then the owner would gain ₹ 640 more. Find the initial cost price of the cow.
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614c6ea7cf76ad014639dbc3- 1₹ 15,000false
- 2₹ 16,000true
- 3₹ 20,000false
- 4₹ 25,000false
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Answer : 2. "₹ 16,000 "
Q: Ranjan made a profit of 25% when selling a TV set at Rs. 3000. If he now has to pay Rs. 500 more for the set, what should be his new selling price in order to make the same percentage of profit?
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60c3443fb0fa62518b433b1e- 1₹ 3650false
- 2₹ 4000false
- 3₹ 3600false
- 4₹ 3625true
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Answer : 4. "₹ 3625 "
Q: If the profit on selling an article for Rs. 425 is the same as the loss on selling it for Rs. 355, then the cost price of the article is
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5f803b6488aba328edaf3cd0- 1Rs. 390true
- 2Rs. 380false
- 3Rs. 400false
- 4Rs. 440false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 390"
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Q: A trader had 2000 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 10 % profit and the rest at 16 % profit so that he made a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice (in kg) did he sell at 10 % profit?
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5dca4eecf7c0852c4475b0b9- 11400false
- 2600true
- 3800false
- 41000false
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