Profit and Loss

ABC26GN2690 · Arun purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the… · 2011

ABC26GN2691 · Padam purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of ₹ 17.50 per kg and another 30 kg rice at a certain rate. He mixed the two and sold the entire… · 2006

ABC26GN2692 · A person blends two varieties of tea-one costing ₹ 160 per kg and the other costing ₹ 200 per kg in the ratio 5 : 4. He sells the blended… · 2007

ABC26GN2693 · A trader mixes three varieties of groundnuts costing ₹ 50, ₹ 20 and ₹ 30 per kg in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3 in terms of weight, and sells the…

ABC26GN2694 · A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 45 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of ₹ 50 per kg… · 2010

ABC26GN2696 · A dairyman pays ₹ 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at ₹ 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion…

ABC26GN2697 · Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing ₹ 3 per litre. If by selling the mixture at the same price as… · 2006

ABC26GN2698 · By mixing two brands of tea and selling the mixture at the rate of ₹ 177 per kg, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 18%. If to every 2 kg of…

ABC26GN2701 · A dishonest dealer uses a scale of 90 cm instead of a metre scale and claims to sell at cost price. His profit is

ABC26GN2702 · A dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a false weight of 950 grams for a kilogram. The gain percent of the dealer is · 2008

ABC26GN2703 · A fruit seller professes to sell his fruits at cost price, but still gains 25% on his outlay. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram? · 2009

ABC26GN2704 · A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price. But he uses a false weight and thus gains 6 18/47%. For a kg, he uses a…

ABC26GN2706 · Left pan of a faulty balance weighs 100 grams more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in the left pan while buying… · 2007

ABC26GN2707 · A grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses weights which are 20% less than the market weight. The total gain earned by him will be

ABC26GN2708 · A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 20% loss on cost price but uses 15% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss?

ABC26GN2709 · A merchant professes to lose 4% on a certain tea but he uses a weight equal to 840g instead of 1 kg. Find his real loss or gain percent.

ABC26GN2710 · A shopkeeper advertises for selling cloth at 4% loss. However, by using a false metre scale he actually gains 20%. What is the actual… · 2006

ABC26GN2712 · A trader professes to sell his goods at a nominal gain percentage but actually earns 37 1/2% profit by using false weight. If for a kg he…

ABC26GN2713 · A dry fruit merchant professes to sell 2 kg almond packs at a loss of 20%. However, he uses two false weights each of which is marked 1 kg…

ABC26GN2715 · A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is

ABC26GN2716 · Prateek sold a music system to Kartik at 20% gain and Kartik sold it to Swastik at 40% gain. If Swastik paid ₹ 10500 for the music system… · 2009

ABC26GN2717 · A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 20% and the wholesale dealer sells it to a retail merchant at a loss… · 2006

ABC26GN2718 · A bought a radio set and spent ₹ 110 on its repairs. He then sold it to B at 20% profit, B sold it to C at a loss of 10% and C sold it for…

ABC26GN2719 · A car worth ₹ 1,50,000 was sold by X to Y at 5% profit. Y sold the car back to X at 2% loss. In the entire transaction · 2007

ABC26GN2720 · A manufacturer sold a machine to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sold it to a retailer at a profit of 20%… · 2010

ABC26GN2721 · Goods pass successively through the hands of three traders and each of them sells his goods at a profit of 25% of his cost price. If the… · 2005

ABC26GN2723 · A merchant buys an article for ₹ 27 and sells it at a profit of 10 percent of the selling price. The selling price of the article is · 2005

ABC26GN2724 · By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is · 2010

ABC26GN2725 · If there is a profit of 20% on the cost price of an article, the percentage of profit calculated on its selling price will be · 2010

ABC26GN2726 · Vineet calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas Roshan calculates his profit on the cost price. They find that the… · 2005

ABC26GN2727 · A clock was sold for ₹ 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the cost of the clock was · 2009

ABC26GN2728 · By selling an article at 2/3 of the marked price, there is a loss of 10%. The profit percent, when the article is sold at the marked price… · 2006

ABC26GN2730 · A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is

ABC26GN2732 · If 5% more is gained by selling an article for ₹ 350 than by selling it for ₹ 340, the cost of the article is

ABC26GN2733 · If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from ₹ 400 to ₹ 380, his loss increases by 2%. The cost price of the fan is

ABC26GN2734 · An increase of ₹ 3 in the selling price of an article turns a loss of 7 1/2% into a gain of 7 1/2%. The cost price (in ₹) of the article is · 2007

ABC26GN2735 · A shopkeeper sells an article at 12 1/2% loss. If he sells it for ₹ 92.50 more then he gains 6%. What is the cost price of the article? · 2008

ABC26GN2736 · A dealer sold an article at a loss of 2 1/2%. Had he sold it for ₹ 100 more, he would have gained 7 1/2%. To gain 12 1/2%, he should sell…

ABC26GN2737 · A man sells a book at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for ₹ 18 less, he would have gained 25%. The cost price… · 2009

ABC26GN2738 · A bookseller sells a book at a profit of 10%. If he had bought it at 4% less and sold it for ₹ 6 more, he would have gained 18 3/4%. The… · 2007

ABC26GN2739 · A watch is sold at a profit of 20%. If both the cost price and the selling price of the watch are decreased by ₹ 100, the profit would be… · 2010

ABC26GN2740 · An article is sold at a profit of 20%. If the cost price is increased by 10% and the sale price by ₹ 26, then the percentage of profit… · 2005

ABC26GN2741 · The difference between the cost price and sale price of an article is ₹ 240. If the profit is 20%, the selling price is

ABC26GN2742 · The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is ₹ 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is · 2003

ABC26GN2743 · Shailja earns 15 percent on an investment but loses 10 percent on another investment. If the ratio of the two investments is 3 : 5, then… · 2006

ABC26GN2744 · A shopkeeper bought three watches w1, w2 and w3 from a dealer and sold them to three different customers. The ratio of the selling prices…

ABC26GN2745 · A man sells two articles for ₹ 240 each. On one he gains 20% and on the other he loses 20%. What is the gain or loss percent in the entire… · 2005

ABC26GN2746 · A shopkeeper sells two watches for ₹ 308 each. On one he gets 12% profit and on the other 12% loss. His profit or loss in the entire… · 2007

ABC26GN2747 · A man sells two flats at the rate of ₹ 1.995 lakhs each. On one he gains 5% and on the other, he loses 5%. His gain or loss percent in the…

ABC26GN2748 · A man sells two commodities for ₹ 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one commodity at a gain of 25%, the other…