General Aptitude

Profit and Loss

248 questions in this chapter, page 4 of 5.

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ABC26GN2749 · A house and a shop were sold for ₹ 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted…
ABC26GN2750 · A man sells two articles at ₹ 99 each. He gains 10% on one and loses 10% on the other. Then on overall basis he · 2006
ABC26GN2752 · Ranjan purchased 120 tables at a price of ₹ 110 per table. He sold 30 tables at a profit of ₹ 12 per table and 75 tables at a profit of ₹…
ABC26GN2753 · Hemant sold 10 sarees for a total profit of ₹ 460 and 12 sarees for a total profit of ₹ 144. At what profit per saree should he sell the…
ABC26GN2754 · Sanket purchased 20 dozen notebooks at ₹ 48 per dozen. He sold 8 dozen at 10% profit and the remaining 12 dozen with 20% profit. What is…
ABC26GN2757 · I purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of ₹ 3 each and sold 1/3 of them at the rate of ₹ 4 each, 1/2 of them at the rate of ₹ 5 each… · 2006
ABC26GN2758 · A departmental store receives a shipment of 1000 pens, for which it pays ₹ 9000. The store sells the pens at a price 80 percent above cost…
ABC26GN2761 · A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform…
ABC26GN2762 · A person earns 15% on an investment but loses 10% on another investment. If the ratio of the two investments be 3 : 5, what is the gain or…
ABC26GN2763 · A man bought goods worth ₹ 6000 and sold half of them at a gain of 10%. At what gain percent must he sell the remainder so as to get a gain…
ABC26GN2766 · A man sells two horses for ₹ 1475. The cost price of the first is equal to the selling price of the second. If the first is sold at 20%…
ABC26GN2768 · A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for ₹ 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He… · 2005
ABC26GN2769 · Albert buys 4 horses and 9 cows for ₹ 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit…
ABC26GN2770 · A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of ₹ 650. He sells A with 20% profit and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling…
ABC26GN2771 · A farmer sold a cow and an ox for ₹ 800 and got a profit of 20% on the cow and 25% on the ox. If he sells the cow and the ox for ₹ 820 he… · 2005
ABC26GN2772 · The C.P. of two watches taken together is ₹ 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12%, there is no loss or…
ABC26GN2774 · A space research company wants to sell its two products A and B. If the product A is sold at 20% loss and the product B at 30% gain, the… · 2009
ABC26GN2777 · The cost of manufacturing an article rose by 18% as a result of the increase in the cost of raw material. A manufacturer revised the…
ABC26GN2779 · Previously, the manufacturing cost of a product was thrice the cost of raw material. Now the cost of raw material increases in the ratio 5… · 2007
ABC26GN2780 · A milk vendor mixes water with milk in the ratio 1 : 4. He then measures 800 ml instead of a litre and sells the milk at a nominal profit…
ABC26GN2781 · A shopkeeper offers 2.5% discount on cash purchases. What cash amount would Rohan pay for a cycle, the marked price of which is ₹ 650? · 2003
ABC26GN2782 · If a company sells a car with a marked price of ₹ 2,72,000 and gives a discount of 4% on ₹ 2,00,000 and 2.5% on the remaining amount of ₹…
ABC26GN2783 · Garima purchased a briefcase with an additional 10% discount on the reduced price after deducting 20% on the labelled price. If the…
ABC26GN2784 · A T-shirt bought for ₹ 50 is marked at 8 percent profit and then sold at a 10 percent sales discount on marked price. What is the selling…
ABC26GN2785 · An umbrella marked at ₹ 80 is sold for ₹ 68. The rate of discount is · 2008
ABC26GN2787 · Vanita bought a watch with 25% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her ₹ 780, what is the original selling price of the watch? · 2009
ABC26GN2788 · In a sale, perfume is available at a discount of 15% on the selling price. If the perfume's discounted selling price is ₹ 3675.40, what was… · 2009
ABC26GN2790 · A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a…
ABC26GN2791 · A fan is listed at ₹ 1500 and a discount of 20% is offered on the list price. What additional discount must be offered to the customer to…
ABC26GN2793 · If the S.P. of ₹ 24 results in a 20% discount on list price, what S.P. would result in a 30% discount on list price?
ABC26GN2794 · An article was sold for ₹ y after giving a discount of x%. Then, its list price is
ABC26GN2795 · A seller allows a discount of 5% on a watch. If he allows a discount of 7% he earns ₹ 15 less in the profit. What is the marked price? · 2006
ABC26GN2797 · A sells a scooter priced at ₹ 36000. He gives a discount of 8% on the first ₹ 20000 and 5% on the next ₹ 10000. How much discount can he…
ABC26GN2798 · Manoj sold an article for ₹ 15000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the… · 2009
ABC26GN2799 · A manufacturer offers a 20% rebate on the marked price of a product. The retailer offers another 30% rebate on the reduced price. The two…
ABC26GN2800 · Successive discounts of 10%, 12% and 15% amount to a single discount of · 2008
ABC26GN2801 · A discount series of p% and q% on an invoice is the same as a single discount of · 2007
ABC26GN2802 · Three successive discounts of 20% on the marked price of a commodity are together equivalent to a single discount of
ABC26GN2803 · A shop gives 10% discount on the purchase of an item. If paid for in cash immediately, a further discount of 12% is given. If the original…
ABC26GN2804 · Find the selling price of an article if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 5% each on the marked price of ₹ 80. · 2003
ABC26GN2805 · A dealer buys an article marked at ₹ 25000 with 20% and 5% off. He spends ₹ 1000 on its repairs and sells it for ₹ 25000. What is his gain… · 2007
ABC26GN2806 · If an article with marked price of ₹ 400 is sold at successive discounts of 10%, 25% and 15%, what is the approximate price the customer… · 2009
ABC26GN2807 · For the purchase of a motor car, a man has to pay ₹ 17000 when a single discount of 15% is allowed. How much will he have to pay for it if… · 2005
ABC26GN2808 · After successive discounts of 12% and 5% an article was sold for ₹ 209. What was the original price of the article?
ABC26GN2809 · Applied to a bill for ₹ 1,00,000, the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% is
ABC26GN2810 · Two stores A and B mark the price of an item identically. A allows 3 successive discounts of 10% each. B allows 10% discount on the list…
ABC26GN2811 · If on a marked price, the difference of selling prices with a discount of 30% and two successive discounts of 20% and 10% is ₹ 72, then the… · 2010
ABC26GN2812 · An article is listed at ₹ 900 and two successive discounts of 8% and 8% are given on it. How much would the seller gain or lose, if he… · 2007
ABC26GN2813 · Two shopkeepers announce the same price of ₹ 700 for a sewing machine. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second… · 2009
ABC26GN2814 · A company offers three types of successive discounts (i) 25% and 15%; (ii) 30% and 10%; (iii) 35% and 5%. Which offer is the best for a… · 2007