Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Vinayak bought an item and sold it at a loss of 5%. If he had bought it for 10% less and sold it for Rs.390 more, he would have had a profit of 20%, find the cost price of item.
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5f2e3ff48c86ab1da0005995- 1Rs. 3300false
- 2Rs. 3600false
- 3Rs. 3200false
- 4Rs. 3000true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 3000"
Q: A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was
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5efc6f0f196e681f76eace0e- 1540false
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Answer : 4. "1080 "
Q: A car worth Rs 30,000 was sold by A to B at 10 % profit. B sold the car back to A at 5 % loss. In the entire transaction.
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5f2cfe55be9f31290fb86bc9- 1A gain Rs 1500false
- 2A loss Rs 1500false
- 3A gain Rs. 1650true
- 4A gain Rs. 1850false
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Answer : 3. "A gain Rs. 1650"
Q:Directions: Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow.
An article was bought for Rs. 5600. Its price was marked up by 12%. Thereafter it was sold at a discount of 5% on the marked price.
What was the marked price of the article?
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5df0b4e6004abe5c78f74f21An article was bought for Rs. 5600. Its price was marked up by 12%. Thereafter it was sold at a discount of 5% on the marked price.
- 1Rs 6207false
- 2Rs 6242false
- 3Rs 6292false
- 4Rs 6192false
- 5Rs 6272true
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Answer : 5. "Rs 6272"
Q: A man sold 18 cots for Rs.16800, gaining there by the cost price of 3 cots. The cost price of a cot is
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5ec5f4ea977d8b0224abe838- 1Rs.600false
- 2Rs.800true
- 3Rs.900false
- 4Rs.1000false
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Answer : 2. "Rs.800 "
Q: A man sells two chairs at Rs. 120 each and by doing so he gains 25% on one chair and loses 25% on the other. His loss on the whole in Rs.is
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5f6d8bdfff25c92a085a9596- 120false
- 216true
- 325false
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Answer : 2. "16"
Q: An article is sold at 5 % profit. The ratio of selling price and cost price will be
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5dcb8a4385d84c59cfbb8aaf- 11 : 5false
- 220 : 21false
- 321 : 20true
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Answer : 3. "21 : 20 "
Q: A store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of the cost. Then the percentage of profit against selling price is-
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61161e5f56340c20700ab605- 122%false
- 220%true
- 318%false
- 415%false
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Answer : 2. "20%"
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