Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: While selling an article for Rs 18450, a person suffered a loss of 50%. At what price he should have sold the article (in Rs) to earn a profit of 50%?
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Answer : 4. "55350"
Q: If a manufacturer gains 10 percent, wholesaler 15 percent and retailer 25 percent, then the production cost of an article, whose retail price is Rs. 1,265, is
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5efc71058e73c352771d9cd7- 1Rs. 800true
- 2Rs. 900false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 800 "
Q: A trader purchased a gift box for Rs. 150. What should be the marked price on the gift box so that after allowing a discount of 10 %, he makes a profit of 10 %?
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5dd37b4cbfcbc45cddedd7e2- 1Rs . 180false
- 2Rs . 183.3true
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Answer : 2. "Rs . 183.3 "
Q: An article is sold at 5 % profit. The ratio of selling price and cost price will be
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Answer : 3. "21 : 20 "
Q: A trader makes a profit equal to the selling price of 75 articles when he sold 100 of the articles . What % profit did he make in the transaction?
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60f7d47d3ca0726dff34f56c- 1300%true
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Answer : 1. "300% "
Q: What would be the printed price of a wallclock purchased at ₹380, so that after giving 5 % discount, there is 25 % profit?
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5e6b83310b8b1e6afc293a77- 1₹ 500true
- 2₹ 600false
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Answer : 1. "₹ 500 "
Q: A vendor buys bananas at 12 for 45 and sells at 5 for 35. What will be the gain ?
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5ed9d0b4f528050f914ffb64- 187 %true
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Answer : 1. " 87 % "
Q: A merchant has 1000 kg sugar, some part of which he sells at 8 % profit and the rest at 18 % profit. He gains 14 % on the whole. The quantity sold at 8 % profit is:
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