Profit and Loss
285 questions in this chapter, page 6 of 6.
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ABC26GN2840 · The labelled price of a cupboard is ₹ 6500. The shopkeeper sold it by giving 5% discount on the labelled price and earned a profit of 15%… · 2008
ABC26GN2841 · Kunal bought a suitcase with 15% discount on the labelled price. He sold the suitcase for ₹ 2880 with 20% profit on the labelled price. At…
ABC26GN2843 · If a commission of 10% is given on the written price of an article, the gain is 20%. If the commission is increased to 20%, the gain is · 2008
ABC26GN2844 · A shopkeeper offered a discount of 15% on the labelled price. By selling an article for ₹ 340 after giving discount he earned a profit of… · 2008
ABC26GN2845 · A shopkeeper sold an air-conditioner for ₹ 25935 with a discount of 9% and earned a profit of 3.74%. What would have been the percentage of… · 2006
ABC26GN2846 · A shopkeeper sells 25 articles at ₹ 45 per article after giving 10% discount and earns 50% profit. If the discount is not given, the profit…
ABC26GN2847 · A shopkeeper sold sarees at ₹ 266 each after giving 5% discount on labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a…
ABC26GN2848 · The marked price of a shirt and trousers are in the ratio 1 : 2. The shopkeeper gives 40% discount on the shirt. If the total discount on… · 2007
ABC26GN2849 · If the selling price of an article is five times the discount offered and if the percentage of discount is equal to the percentage profit…
ABC26GN2850 · Even after reducing the marked price of a transistor by ₹ 32, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. If the cost price be ₹ 320, what…
ABC26GN2851 · A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned…
ABC26GN2852 · Komal buys an article at a discount of 25%. At what percentage above the cost price should he sell it to make a profit of 25% over the…
ABC26GN2853 · Peter bought an item at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it with 40% increase on the price he bought it. The new sale price is…
ABC26GN2854 · Tarun got 30% concession on the labelled price of an article and sold it for ₹ 8750 with 25% profit on the price he bought. What was the…
ABC26GN2855 · A merchant marks his goods at 25% above the cost price. Due to a slump in the market, his cost reduces by 5%. He thus offers a discount of…
ABC26GN2856 · Aditya, a trader, sells an item to a retailer at 20% discount, but charges 10% on the discounted price, for delivery and packaging. The… · 2015
ABC26GN2857 · A box is bought of ₹ 75 and sold at a gain of 8%. Find its selling price · 2014
ABC26GN2858 · Oranges are bought at 5 for ₹ 10 and sold at 6 for ₹ 15. The gain percent is · 2014
ABC26GN2859 · Dhar bought two articles A and B at a total cost of ₹ 8000. He sold article A at 20% profit and article B at 12% loss. In the whole deal he…
ABC26GN2860 · A dealer marked the price of an item 40% above the cost price. He allowed two successive discounts of 20% and 25% to a particular customer…
ABC26GN2861 · The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price. Inthis kind of sale, the seller…
ABC26GN2862 · The profit earned by selling a article at ₹ 5520 is equal to the loss incurred on selling the same article at ₹ 4080. What will be percent…
ABC26GN2863 · Rajlani sold a machine for ₹ 22, 000 with a discount of 8% on the labeled price and made a profit of 22 2/3%. What would have been the… · 2015
ABC26GN2865 · A trader has 600 kgs of rice, a part of which he sells at 15% profit and the remaining quantity at 20% loss. On the whole, he incurs an… · 2015
ABC26GN2866 · When an article was sold for ₹ 696, percent profit earned was P%. When the same article was sold for ₹ 841, percent profit earned was…
ABC26GN2867 · Raza purchased a bicycle for ₹ 6810. He had paid a VAT of 13.5%. The list price of the bicycle was [SSC-CHSL (10+2) Exam, 2015]
ABC26GN2868 · Srinivas sold an article for ` 6800 and incurred a loss. Had he sold the article for ` 7850, his gain would have been equal to half of the…
ABC26GN2870 · Sanjay made a profit of 8% by selling a shirt after offering a discount of 12%. If the marked price of the shirt is ` 1080, find its cost…
ABC26GN2871 · The sale price of an article including the sales tax is ` 1232. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12%…
ABC26GN2872 · The value of a machine depreciates every year at the rate of 10% on its value at the beginning of that year. If the present value of the… · 2016
ABC26GN2873 · Meena Kumari goes to a shop and buys a saree, costing ₹5,225, including sales tax of 12%. The shopkeeper gives her a discount, so that the…
ABC26GN2874 · The profit earned by selling a chair for ` 752 is 1.2 times the loss incurred when the same chair was sold for ` 400. What is the cost…
ABC26GN2876 · Supriya sold a washing machine for ` 8500. She incurred a loss of 15% in this transaction. At what price had she bought the washing machine? · 2016
ABC26GN2877 · The price of a cycle is marked at ` 1150. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 15% after allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price. Find the… · 2016
ABC26GN2878 · The price of an article is first increased by 20% and later on decreased by 25% due to reduction in sales. Find the net percentage change…