Profit and Loss

1. A man sells his goods at 25% loss on SP. Find his loss percentage?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
2. CP of 16 articles is equal to SP of 14 articles. Find the profit or loss percentage?
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a. Loss 14 7% b. Profit 14 7% c. Loss 15% d. Profit 15%
3. CP of 12 articles is equal to SP of 9 articles, while the discount on 10 articles is equal to the profit earned on 5
articles. Find the difference between profit percentage and discount percentage?
a. 33.33% b. 22.22% c. 11.11% d. 44.44%
4. CP of 12 articles is equal to SP of 9 articles, while discount on 8 articles is equal to profit earned on 6 articles. Find
the sum of profit and discount percentage?
a. 49.12% b. 59.12% c. 48.12% d. 51.12%
5. After selling 72 articles a man losses SP of 9 articles. Find the Loss percentage?
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a. 11 9% b. 11 9% c. 14 7% d. 9 11%
6. After selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of CP of 9 articles. Find the profit percentage?
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a. 11 2% b. 12 2% c. 13 2% d. 10 2%
7. After selling 10 candles a man earns a profit of the SP of 3 pens. While selling 10 pens a man losses SP of 4
candles. The numerical value of Profit percentage and loss percentage is equal and the CP of candle is half the CP
of the pen. Find the ratio of SP of candle to pen?
a. 2:3 b. 4:3 c. 3:4 d. 3:2
8. The profit earned when an article is sold for Rs.800 is 20 times the loss incurred when it is sold for Rs.275. Find at
what price he should sell his goods if he wants to earn 20% profit?
a. Rs.360 b. Rs.300 c. Rs.525 d. Rs.420
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9. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs.717 is 11 % more than loss incurred when it is sold at Rs.527.
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what would be the SP if he wants to earn profit of 10%?
a. Rs.778.7 b. Rs.678.7 c. Rs.768.7 d. Rs.677.7
10. A shopkeeper sells an article at 9% loss. Had he sold at Rs.750 more, then he would have gained 7%. Find the
initial CP?
a. Rs.4687.5 b. Rs.4678.5 c. Rs.4768.5 d. Rs.4567.5
11. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchased it for 10% less and sold it for Rs.18 less, then he
would have gained 30% profit. Find the initial CP?
a. Rs.500 b. Rs.550 c. Rs.600 d. Rs.650
12. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 10% profit. Had he purchased it for 20% less and sold it for Rs.20 more, then he
would have gained 40% profit. Find the initial CP?
a. Rs.1500 b. Rs.1600 c. Rs.1100 d. Rs.1000
13. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 25% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs.900 less and sold it for Rs.900 less, then he
would have gained 5% more profit. Find the initial CP?
a. Rs.5350 b. Rs.5540 c. Rs.5400 d. Rs.4600
14. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchased it for Rs.600 less and sold it for Rs.400 less, then he
would have gained 10% more profit. Find the initial CP?
a. Rs.3800 b. Rs.3900 c. Rs.4000 d. Rs.3700
15. A man purchases some articles at 11 articles for Rs.10 and sells the entire article at 10 articles for Rs.11. Find the
Profit or Loss percentage?
a. 20% b. 21% c. 22% d. 31%
16. A man purchases some oranges at 1 orange for Rs.2 and same number of oranges at 2 oranges for Rs.1. He sells
the entire oranges at 4 oranges for Rs.3. Find the Profit or Loss percentage?
a. 40% b. 45% c. 35% d. 42%
17. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP but he uses 30% less weight. Find the profit
percentage?
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a. 41 % b. 42 % c. 41 % d. 42 %
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18. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 44% loss but he uses 30% less weight. Find the actual loss
percentage?
a. 20% b. 18% c. 21% d. 22%
19. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 10% profit but he uses 20% less weight. Find the profit percentage?
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a. 37 4% b. 37 2% c. 12 2% d. 12 4%
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20. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x% profit but he uses 20% less weight thus gain 37 % profit. Find x?
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a. 15% b. 20% c. 10% d. 12%
21. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x% loss but he uses 25% less weight thus gain 20% profit. Find x?
a. 15% b. 20% c. 10% d. 12%
22. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the CP and gives 25% discount to customer. At the time of selling the
goods he uses 800gram weight instead of 1Kg. Find his profit percentage?
a. 31.5% b. 32.5% c. 30.5% d. 33.5%
23. A man purchases some number of oranges at 25 oranges for Rs.1. How many oranges for a rupee did he sell to
gain 25%?
a. 19 b. 20 c. 21 d. 22
24. By selling 12 oranges for a Rupee, a man loss 20%. How many for a Rupee did he sell to earn 20% profit?
a. 8 b. 9 c.10 d. 7
25. Kaiku makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise per article. He fixed the selling price such that if only 600 articles
are sold, he would have made 40% profit on the outlay. However, 120 articles got spoiled and he was able to sell
630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit percentage assuming that the unsold articles are useless.
a. 44% b. 45% c. 46% d. 47%
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26. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs.5400 and he sells 3 of them at 5% profit. At what profit
percentage did he sell the remaining to gain 13% overall?
a. 39% b. 29% c. 35% d. 19%
27. A shopkeeper allow 25% discount on MP and earns 30% profit. If he gets Rs.90 as profit, find the amount of
discount?
a. Rs.150 b. Rs.140 c. Rs.130 d. Rs.160
28. By how much percentage a shopkeeper should mark his goods above its CP so as by giving 20% discount he may
gain 10% profit?
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a. a. 37 4% b. 37 2% c. 12 2% d. 12 4%
29. A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 12.5% on the MP he can earn a
profit of 20%. If the article cost him Rs.1400 then find its MP?
a. Rs.1920 b. Rs.1820 c. Rs.1940 d. Rs.1840
30. By selling an article for Rs.1170 a man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the article is sold at marked
Price, then what should be the profit?
a. 44.44% b. 45.44% c. 43.33% d. 42.33%
31. A Shopkeeper gives 3 article free on purchase of 5 articles. He also allow a discount of 20% and still earns 25%
profit. Find the ratio of CP & MP?
a. 5:2 b. 2:5 c. 3:2 d. 2:3
32. A shopkeeper gives 4 articles free on the purchase of every 12 articles. He also allows a discount of 20% to
customer and still earn 20% profit. Find the ratio of CP to MP of the article?
a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 3:2 d. 1:3