Profit and Loss Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If in a month his sale was ₹ 7,91,000, what was his profit ? 

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    ₹ 91,000
    Correct
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  • 2
    ₹ 97,786
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    ₹ 85,659
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    ₹ 88,300
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "₹ 91,000 "
Explanation :

Q:

A sold a watch to B at a profit of 20%. B sold it to C at 30% profit. C sold it to D at 10% loss. If B's profit is ₹80 more than that of A, then D bought it for:

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    ₹700
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    ₹680
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    ₹652
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    ₹702
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "₹702"

Q:

An item when sold for ₹ 1,690 earned 30% profit on the cost price. Then the cost price is 

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    ₹ 1,300
    Correct
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    ₹ 130
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    ₹ 507
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    ₹ 630
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "₹ 1,300 "
Explanation :

Q:

A shopkeeper on selling 33 metres of cloth obtain a profit equal to the selling price of 11 metre of cloth the profit is

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    40%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    22%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    50%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    11%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "50%"

Q:

The ratio of the cost price and selling price of an article is 10 : 11. The gain per cent is:

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    5%
    Correct
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    15%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    8%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "10%"

Q:

A pen passing through two hands is finally sold at a profit of 44% of the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 20%, then the profit made by the second dealer is:

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    24%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    36%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    27%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20%"

Q:

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a false weight and thus gains 15%. For a kilogram, he uses a weight of _________ (rounded off to one digit after decimal).

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    833.3 gm
    Correct
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  • 2
    876.7 gm
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    869.6 gm
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    898.33 gm
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "869.6 gm"

Q:

If the shopkeeper sold the mobile for Rs.15000 and then he gets some loss. If he sold the same mobile at Rs.19200 and then he gets profit is double of loss. Find the cost price of the mobile?

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    Rs.16000
    Correct
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  • 2
    Rs.18000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs.17500
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs.15500
    Correct
    Wrong
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    None of these
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Answer : 5. "None of these "

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