Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A person bought pens at 25 for a rupee and sold at 15 for a rupee. What is his profit percentage? 

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    $$66{2\over 3}$$
    Correct
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  • 2
    40
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$16{2\over 3}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$33{1\over 3}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "$$66{2\over 3}$$"

Q:

The profit percentage of P and Q is same on selling the articles at Rs. 1800 each but A calculates his profit on the selling price while Q calculates it correctly on the cost price which is equal to 20%. What is the difference in their profits?

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  • 1
    40
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    50
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    60
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    70
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "60"

Q:

Cost of 8 pencils, 5 pens and 3 erasers is Rs.111. Cost of 9 pencils, 6 pens and 5 erasers is Rs.130. Cost of 16 pencils, 11 pens and 3 erases is Rs. 221 What is the Cost (in Rs) of 39 pencil , 26 pens and 13 erasers ?

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    316
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    624
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    546
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    482
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "546"

Q:

A man buys 12 articles for Rs. 12 /- and sells them at the rate of Rs.1.25 per article. His gain percentage is: 

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    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    18
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "25 "

Q:

If a shopkeeper bought 70 kg of potatoes for Rs 420 and sold the entire purchase at the rate of 6.50 per kg, what was his profit percentage?

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    $$ {8{1\over 3}\%}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $$ {5{1\over 3}\%}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$ {8{2\over 3}\%}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$ {4{1\over 3}\%}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "$$ {8{1\over 3}\%}$$"

Q:

If Jhanavi borrowed Rs.1,25,000 at 8% compounded, what will be the amount to be paid back at the end of 2 years? 

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    1,43,800
    Correct
    Wrong
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    2,00,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1,43,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1,35,800
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "1,43,800 "

Q:

A trade buys 800 kgs of tomatoes for Rs 7200.  10% tomatoes are damaged in transportation. At what rate (Rs / kg) should he sell the rest earn 30 % profit? 

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    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    12
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    9
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    13
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "13 "

Q:

A dealer buys a table listed at Rs 1,500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs. 20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. The selling price of the table is

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    Rs.1320
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs.1350
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs.1360
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs.1380
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "Rs.1320 "
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