Chapter- 7 PROFIT AND LOSS Cost Price (C.P) selling Price (S.P) Profit / Gain Loss Discount important Point (case) Qt ; Profitand Loss 1. Incase of Amount / Rate: Profit and Loss=———Gp__—=* 100 Amount / Rat a Profit and Loss 2. Incase of Goods Profit and Loss ===> x 100 Goods Selling Price: | Rs. | > Goods QB. A shopkeeper buys article /,pencil 4p for Rs.10 and sold them at 20 for Rs.11. His gain pereentlenh (554 Boil Oat) a) 21% b) 20% c) 31% d) 30% 29. Mangoes are bought at 5 for Rs.10 and sold at 6 for Rs.15. Gain% is? a) 25% b) 30% c) 40% d) 15% 15210. By selling a watch for Rs.144 5%? Pes Ae pal) a) 1280 b) 1680 <) 1360 d) 1580. * wh <€{11. 60% of the cost price of an article is equal to 50% oft ecihe price of that article, then find gain or loss %. (CG L 2ellby ow We Co sk 24 a) 15% b) 10% c) 30% d) 2 \ 212, The Ratio of Cost price and selling pric Find Profit Percent. [Railway] a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% >S.P 000, then whole value = 1,000 x 10 / e Profit = 20% /5+1=6/5; 25% = 25 / 106 14. 213. Aman buys 2 watches @ 1000 each. He sold one watch @ 10% profit and other at 10% loss. What is his profit or loss%?. Ans. No. Profit, No. Loss. 41‘Aman sold 2 horses @ Rs.28,560 each, He gains 15% profit on one but 15% loss on another. Find profit and loss? a)2.23% —b)2.24% —c) 2.35% © d) 2.25% [ss GI HSL] AA. Ifthe profit on cost price of an article is 20%, the percentage of profit when calculated on its sale price is [SSC / CGL Tier ~ 1. 2010/14] a) 16% b) 162% c) 20%. d) 20% 98. Ifthe profit on cost price of an article is 25%, the percentage of profit when calculated on its sale price is Issey CGL Tier — 1, 2010/14) a) 16% b) 162% c) 20% d) 202% AG. Ifthe profit on cost price of an article is 40%, the percentage of profit when calculated on its sale price is [SSC / CGL Tier ~ 1, 2010/14] 2)28.57% — b) 162% c) 20% d) 202% 494. Aman finds his gain 20% when dalculated on Selling price. His actual gain is [SSC Investigator, 2010] a) 162% b) 212% ) 24% d) 25% +Q5. By selling an article, a man makes a profit 25% of its selling price. His profit percentage is: [SSC / CGL Tier - 1, 2010] a) 20% b) 25% c) 162% d) 335% \Q6. A man finds his gain 10% when calculated on selling price. His actual gain is a) 162% b) 212% <) 115% d) 25% wa A person sold anvarticle at 16 o% profit on selling price. Afterwards when the cost price reduced by10%'thenhe also reduced the selling price by 10%. His percentage of profit on cost price will be? a) 20% b) 21% c) 19% d) 25% NOX +28: A’store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of its cost price. Then the percentage of profit against selling price is: [SSC / CGL Tier ~ 1 (CBE)'2016] a)Rs.22% b) Rs, 20% c) Rs. 18% d) Rs. 15% Q9. if 10% loss Is made on selling price, then the percentage of loss on the cost price will be: [SSC CGL Tier-1 (CBE)'2016] a) 11.2% b)9A% c) 10% d) 11% 42 ~ &{ > lllAMO. Loss of 20% on selling price is equal to x% loss on cost price. What is the value of x? [SSC CGL Tier-1 (CBE)’2016) a) 20 b) 15 o)16= d)16 RMA. A shopkeeper calculated his profit” percent on the selling price which is 30%. IF it had been calculated as usual on the cost price then what is the required percentage profit? a) 422% b) 422% © c)a2 3% d) 422% e) None of these +922. One Trader calculates the percentage of profit on the buying price and-another calculates on the selling price. When their selling price are the same, then the difference of their actual profit is Rs. 85 and both claim to have made 20% profit. What is the selling price ofeach? [SSC / CGL Tier— 12008] : a)Rs.1700 b) Rs. 2100 ¢)Rs. 2550) Rs. 2750 ».943. Two merchants sell each an article for Rs: 1000. If merchant‘A compuites his profit on cost price, while merchant 8 computes his profit on selling pricé, they.enid up making profits of 25% each, By how much is the profit made by merchant.8 greater than that of merchant A? a) Rs. 66.67 b)Rs.50 c)Rs.125 _d) Rs, 200 AQAA. Rakesh calculates his profit percentage onthe ‘selling price whereas Ramesh calculates his on the cost price. They find that the difference’f their profits is Rs 100. If the selling price of both of them are the same and both of them get 25% profit, find their selling price. a)Rs.2000 b) Rs. 3500 c) Rs. 2500. d).Rs. 2900 ¢ Q15. A person sells a TV at 25% pfofit.|f he gets profit equal to 25% on SP then he would gain (5% of CP + Rs. 80) more. Find.CP of TV? a) Rs. 3200 _b) Rs. 2400. “c)Rs. 6400 d) Rs. 4800 Q16. A person buysan article for some rupees. He finds that if he had sold the article at a profit of 13% of the Selling price than he sold it at a profit of 13% of the cost price then he would have got Rs, 422.5 more. Find the cost price of the article. [IBPs PO Pre — 2019] a) Rs. 21,560 b) Rs. 42,250 ¢) Rs. 52,000 d) Rs. 27,300, e) Rs. 21,750 Q17. Xbolight 4 bottles of lemon juice and Y bought one bottle of orange juice. Orange juice per bottle'costs twice the cost of lemon juice per bottle. Z bought nothing but contributed Rs. 50 for his share of the drink which they mixed together and shared the cost equally. If 2's Rs. 50 is covered from his share, then what is the cost of one bottle of orange juice? [eps - 2018 (11)] a) Rs. 75 b) Rs. 50 c) Rs. 46 d) Rs, 39 Q18. One trader calculates the percentage of profit on the buying price and another calculates ‘on the selling price. When their selling prices are the same, then the difference of their actual profits is Rs. 85 and both claim to have made 20% profit. What is the selling price of each? [SSC / CGL. Pre — 2008] 43