Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for
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Answer : 3. "₹ 6 "
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Q: While selling an article, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%. If he gives a discount of 7%, he earns Rs.15 less as profit. The marked price of the article is -
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Answer : 3. "Rs.750"
Q: A woman buys a watch for Rs. 4,000 and sells it at a loss of 13%. What is the selling price of the watch?
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Answer : 1. "Rs.3,480"
Q: If a seller bought an item for Rs. 900 and determined the mark price in such a way that after giving 10 percent discount, he would get a profit of 20 percent, what would be the mark price?
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 1200 "
Q: A shopkeeper bought 25 kg. of pulses at the rate of Rs. 54 kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg. at what price per kg should he sell the approximately quantity to make 25% overall profit ?
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Answer : 1. "79"
Q: If Arun purchases 11 articles for Rs.10 and sold all the articles at the rate of 10 for Rs.11, the profit percentage will be.
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Answer : 1. "21% "
Q: The marked price of an article is Rs.800. A retailer buys it for Rs.540 after getting two successive discounts. The first discount is 25 %. What is the second discount?
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Answer : 3. "10 %"
Q: A dealer sold an article at a loss of 2%. Had he sold it for ₹44 more, he would have gained 20%. Find the cost price of the article.
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