Profit and Loss · General Aptitude

350 questions in this chapter.

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ABC26GN2778 · The cost of raw materials of a product increases by 30\%, the manufacturing cost increases by 20\% and the selling price of the product…
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
ABC26GN2786 · A dress shop marked down all items as following: Which group of items was offered at the greatest rate of discount?
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… · 2009
ABC26GN2789 · A pair of articles was bought for ₹ 37.40 at a discount of 15\%. What must be the marked price of each of the articles?
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…
ABC26GN2792 · A discount of 15\% on one article is the same as a discount of 20\% on another article. The costs of the two articles can be
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
ABC26GN2796 · Jatin bought a refrigerator with 20\% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25\% discount, he would have saved ₹ 500. At…
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… · 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… · 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… · 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
ABC26GN2815 · On a ₹ 10000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of 10\%, 10\% and 30\%, and 3 successive discounts of 40\%… · 2007
ABC26GN2816 · A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10\%, 15\% and 15\% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of 30.05 percent on… · 2008
ABC26GN2817 · A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts on an article marked ₹ 450. The first discount given is 10\%. If the customer pays ₹ 344.25 for… · 2006
ABC26GN2818 · The marked price of a watch was ₹ 820. A man bought the same for ₹ 570.72 after getting two successive discounts of which the first was… · 2008
ABC26GN2819 · A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of ₹ 250 each. He spent an amount of ₹ 2500 on transport and…
ABC26GN2820 · A person first increases the price of a commodity by 10% and then he announces a discount of 15%. The actual discount on the original price… · 2009
ABC26GN2821 · Raman bought a camera and paid 20\% less than its original price. He sold it at 40\% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of… · 2007
ABC26GN2822 · A trader marked the price of a product in such a way that it is 20\% more than the cost price. If he allows 10\% discount on the marked…
ABC26GN2823 · A trader marked the price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25\%. He allowed discount of 16\% on the marked price. His actual… · 2004
ABC26GN2824 · A tradesman marks his goods 30\% above the C.P. If he allows a discount of 6 1/4 \%, then his gain percent is
ABC26GN2825 · A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12\% on selling a book at 10\% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed… · 2006
ABC26GN2826 · A showroom owner sells a leather jacket for ₹ X and claims to make a profit of 10\%. He plans to have a stall in the trade fair and marks…
ABC26GN2827 · The price of an article is raised by 30\% and then two successive discounts of 10\% each are allowed. Ultimately, the price of the article…