Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Ramesh sold a phone at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Rs. 200 more, he would gave gained 15%. To gain 25%, he should sell it for :
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5ee0620f0cb2490dae750b3b- 1Rs. 1175false
- 2Rs. 1150false
- 3Rs. 1225false
- 4Rs. 1250true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 1250"
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 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 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: The reduction of Rs . 12 in the selling price of an article will changes 5 % gain into $$ 2{1\over 2}\% $$ loss . The cost price of the article is
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5d9dab835863b37fdc696095- 1Rs. 140false
- 2Rs. 160true
- 3Rs. 80false
- 4Rs. 100false
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