Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A shopkeeper bought 80 pens in Rs. 400. He sold 40 pens at 60% profit and sold the remaining pens at 20% profit. If he had sold all the pens at a 15% profit, how much less profit would he have made?

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    Rs. 65
    Correct
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  • 2
    Rs. 80
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 100
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs. 120
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Rs. 150
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 100"

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"

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A watch is sold at a profit of 25%. Had it been sold for Rs.120 less then, there would have been a less then of 15%. What is the cost price in rupees?

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    Rs.400
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs.350
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs.200
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs.300
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Rs.300"

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

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: The cost price of 27 articles is same as the selling price of 18 articles. What is the profit percent? 1523 0

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    40%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    30%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    50%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    25%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "50%"

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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    400 kg
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    560 kg
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    600 kg
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    640 kg
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "400 kg"

Q:

There is 10% loss if an article is sold at Rs. 270. Then the cost price of the article is

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    Rs 320
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs. 250
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 300
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs. 270
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "Rs 320 "
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