Profit and Loss · General Aptitude

350 questions in this chapter.

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ABC26GN2828 · A retailer buys 30 articles from a wholesaler at the price of 27. If he sells them at their marked price, the gain percent in the…
ABC26GN2829 · By selling an umbrella for ₹ 300, a shopkeeper gains 20\%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10\% on the marked…
ABC26GN2830 · The cost price of an article is 64\% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 12\%.
ABC26GN2831 · A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10\% on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of 8\% on the discounted price. If the…
ABC26GN2832 · At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20\% even after giving a discount of 10\% on the… · 2008
ABC26GN2833 · A retailer allows a trade discount of 20\% and a cash discount of 6 1/4 \% on the market price of the products and gets a net profit of… · 2007
ABC26GN2834 · A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that
ABC26GN2835 · By selling an article at 2/5 of the marked price, there is a loss of 25\%. The ratio of the marked price and the cost price of the article…
ABC26GN2836 · A tradesman gives 4\% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus gains 35\%. The marked…
ABC26GN2837 · A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35\% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8\% is
ABC26GN2838 · A trader marked his goods at 20\% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20\% on… · 2004
ABC26GN2839 · A manufacturer marked an article at ₹ 50 and sold it allowing 20\% discount. If his profit was 25\%, then the cost price of the article was · 2010
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… · 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…
ABC26GN2842 · A shopkeeper sells a badminton racket, whose marked price is ₹ 30, at a discount of 15\% and gives a shuttle cock costing ₹ 1.50 free with…
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… · 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…
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…
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…
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…
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
ABC26GN2864 · An item was bought for ₹ X and sold for ₹ Y, thereby earning a profit of 20\%. Had the value of X been 15 less and the value of Y ₹ 76… · 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…
ABC26GN2875 · A publisher sells copies of books to a retail dealer at ` 5 per copy but allows 24 copies to be counted as 24. If the retailer sells each…
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…