Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A shopkeeper buys three products a, b, c and sells them at 20%, 30%, 40% profit, respectively. What is ratio of the selling price of these products, if the ratio of their cost prices is 4:3 :2?

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    48 : 39 : 28
    Correct
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  • 2
    34 : 54 : 12
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    24 : 39 : 14
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    56 : 26 : 21
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "48 : 39 : 28"

Q:

If Manoj buys 324 toffees for Rs 486, then how many toffees should he sell for Rs 90 to make 50% profit?

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    40
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    55
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    60
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    45
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "40"

Q:

A dishonest dealer marks up his goods by 50% and then gives a discount of 20% on the marked price. Apart from this, he uses a faulty balance which reads 1kg for 900 gm. What is his net profit percentage (rounded off to the nearest integer)?

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    24
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    27
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    36
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    33
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "33"

Q:

If Cost price of an article is Rs.220 and profit is 20 %, then what will be the selling price of the article?

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    Rs. 264
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs. 216
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 176
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs. 256
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 264"

Q:

By what fraction selling price ( S.P. ) must be multiplied to get the cost price ( C.P. ) if the loss is 20%? 

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    $${5\over4}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $${6\over5}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $${4\over5}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $${8\over5}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. " $${5\over4}$$"

Q:

The cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 9 articles. Find the profit percent.

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    $$ {9}{1\over 11}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $$ {10}{1\over 11}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$ {11}{1\over 9}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$ {12}{1\over 0}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "$$ {11}{1\over 9}\%$$"

Q: The cost price of 27 articles is same as the selling price of 18 articles. What is the profit percent? 1436 0

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    40%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    30%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    50%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    25%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "50%"

Q:

Chandu bought a watch at 20 percent discount on mark price but sold it at mark price. Find the percentage of profit.

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    25 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    20 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    18 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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    30 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "25 % "

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