PROFIT & LOSS

1. On selling an article for Rs. 8640 a shopkeeper get 77 9% 26%

the loss of 4% what or the cost price of the article.
8640 4%

(A) Rs. 693 (B) Rs. 700

(A) Rs. 8950 (B) Rs. 9000 (C) Rs. 850 (D) Rs. 750
(C) Rs. 9250 (D) Rs. 8800
7. A shopkeeper sells an articles at 22% profit. If he
2. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 5280 and got
bought it at 12% less price and sold it at 25% profit
the loss of 12% what would be the selling price of
then he get Rs. 66 less. What is the cost price of
that article if he want 12% profit.
article.
5280 12%
22%
12%
12% 25%

(A) Rs. 6780 (B) Rs. 6800 66

(C) Rs. 6720 (D) Rs. 6250
3. On selling an article for Rs.1352 a shopkeeper get (A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 550
the profit of 4% at what price should he sells it that (C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 625
he get 14% profit.
8. A shopkeeper sells an article at 2% profit. If the
1352 4% bought if at 20% less price and sold it for Rs. 9 more
14% then he get 35% profit what is the CP of article.
2%
(A) Rs. 1392 (B) Rs. 1426 20% 9
(C) Rs. 1482 (D) Rs. 1500
35%
4. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. At 18% profit if
(A) Rs.100 (B) Rs.125
he sold it at no profit or no loss than he get Rs. 99
(C) Rs.150 (D) Rs.175
less what is the cost price of the article.
9. A shopkeeper sells an article at 15% profit if he
18%
bought it at 25% less price and sold it for Rs. 68
99 less then he get 32% profit. What is the CP.
15%
(A) Rs. 550 (B) Rs. 650 25% 68
(C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 720
5. A man sold his goods at 4% loss had he sold it for 32%
Rs. 49.50 more he would have gained 5%. What is
the cost price of the article. (A) Rs.425 (B) Rs.450
4% (C) Rs.475 (D) Rs.500
49.50 5% 10. A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs.x and sold for
Rs.y and get 8% profit. Had the value of x is 4% less

(A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 450 3

and value of y is Rs. 27 more than he get 18 %
(C) Rs. 520 (D) Rs. 550 4
6. A shopkeeper sold an article 5% profit had he sold profit. What is the value of x.
it for Rs. 77 less than he get 9% loss. At what price x y
should he sold it so that he get 26% profit.
8% x 4%
5%

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 15. A man buy some articles at 7 for Rs.6 and sold at 5
3
y 27 18 for Rs. 4. Find his profit or loss%
4
6 7 4
x
5
(A) Rs.425 (B) Rs.450
(C) Rs.475 (D) Rs.525
11. A trader sold an article at a gain of 20%. Had he (A) 6.67% loss (B) 5.33% profit
purchased it for 40% more and sold for Rs. 24 (C) 8.33% loss (D) 3.33% loss
16. A man buy some articles at 7 for Rs. 8 and sold at 5
less, he would have incurred a loss of 20%. What
for Rs. 6. Find his profit or loss?
is the cost price (in Rs.) of the article?
8 7
20%
6 5
40% 24
20%
(A) 5% profit (B) 4% profit
(C) 10% profit (D) 8% profit
(A) 150 (B) 300 17. A shopkeeper buy some articles at 9 for Rs. 10 and
(C) 450 (D) 600 equal no. of articles at 11 for Rs. 10 and sells all of
12. A shopkeeper buy 350 articles at the rate of Rs. 89 them at 1 for Rs. 1. What is his net profit or loss%.
per article and mark the price such that if only 275 10 9
articles are sold he get 21% profit. However 25 ar-
10 11
ticles get spoiled and he was able to sold only 325
articles at this price if unsold articles are useless. 1 1
Then find his profit%.
350 89 (A) 1% loss (B) 1% profit
(C) 2% profit (D) No profit no loss
18. A man buy some article at 3 for Rs. 2 and equal no.
275 21%
of articles at 2 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them at 5 for
25 325 Rs. 3. Find his profit or loss%.
3 2
2 1
(A) 32.5% (B) 37.5% 5 3
(C) 43% (D) 45%
13. Sourabh manufactured 850 articles at the rate of
95 paise/article and mark the price such that if only (A) 2.5/7 % profit (B) 2.6/7 % profit
720 articles are sold he get 20% profit. If he sold (C) 3.2/7% profit (D) 3.6/7 % profit
only 780 articles at this price and unsold articles 19. A man buy some number of articles at 5 for Rs. 3
are useless then find his profit%. and equal number of article at 3 for Rs. 2 and sells
all of them at 5 for Rs. 4. Find his proift or loss%.
850 95
3 5
2 3
720 20%
4 5
780
%
(A) 26.3% Profit (B) 29.6% Profit
(A) 25% (B) 28%
(C) 30% (D) 35% (C) 26.5% Loss (D) 29.6% Loss
14. A shopkeeper bought some article at 4 for Rs. 5 and 20. A man buy some articles at 5 for Rs. 1 and equal no.
sold it at 5 for Rs. 7 find his profit or loss? of articles at 4 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them 9 for
Rs. 2 and get loss of Rs. 30. How many articles sold
5 4
by him.
7 5
5 1
4 1 9
(A) 10% profit (B) 15% profit
2 30
(C) 12% profit (D) 20% profit

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 (A) 1000 (B) 10800
(C) 9600 (D) 10530 (A) Rs. 525 (B) Rs. 550
21. A man buy some articles at 3 for Rs. 2 and equal no. (C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 675
of articles at 2 for Rs. 1 and sells all of them at 5 for 26. A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 1285 each
Rs. 3. If he get Rs. 50 as profit on whole sale. Then and sells at 12% profit and other at 12% loss than
find no of article sold by him. find his net profit or loss%?
3 2 1285
2 1 12% 12%
5 3
50 (A) 1.44% loss (B) 1.44% profit
(C) 1.8% loss (D) No profit no loss
(A) 150 (B) 750 27. Mr. Kapur purchased two toy cycles for Rs. 750
(C) 1250 (D) 1500 each. He sold these cycles, gaining 6% on one
22. The P% of Anil and Sachin is same on selling the and losing 4% on the other. The gain or loss per
article at Rs. 1800. Each but Anil calculate his profit cent in the whole transaction is:
on SP and Sachin calculate on CP. Which is equal 750
to 20%. What is the difference b/w their profits. 6% 4%
1800
%
% (A) 1% loss (B) 1% gain
20% (C) 1.5% loss (D) 1.5% gain
28. A trader buys two articles for Rs. 4000 each.
(A) Rs. 50 (B) Rs. 75 While selling if he gains 12.5% on one and loses
(C) Rs. 65 (D) Rs. 60 20% on the other, then what will be the overall
23. The loss% of Salman and Arman is same on selling loss per cent?
the article at Rs. 2400 each but they calculate loss 4000
on CP and SP resp. which is equal to 20%. What is
the difference b/w their loss.
12.5%
2400 20% %
(A) 2.5 (B) 3.75
(C) 5 (D) 5.25
20%
29. C.P. of two articles is same. One sold at 15% profit
and the other for Rs. 4800 more than the first.
(A) Rs. 120 (B) Rs. 125 Find the C.P. of each article. If the net profit is
(C) Rs. 100 (D) Rs. 130 20% then find the C.P of each article?
24. What is the SP of a watch. If two S/K claim that
15%
they make 25% profit each. One calculation it on
CP while another on SP. If the difference being P is 4800
32 and SP same in both case.
20%
25% (A) Rs. 47500 (B) Rs. 48000
(C) Rs. 46000 (D) Rs. 47000
32 (E) None of these
(A) Rs. 960 (B) Rs. 725 30. A shopkeeper sells two articles for Rs. 9285 each on
(C) Rs. 500 (D) Rs. 640 the first he get 20% profit and on the second he
25. Arvind calculate his P% on SP whereas Aashu get 20% loss what is his profit or loss percent in
calculate his P % on CP. They find the diff of their whole sale?
P is Rs. 160. If SP of both articles is same and they 9285
get 60% & 50% P resp. find selling price. 20% 20%

160 (A) 4% profit (B) 4% loss

60% 50% (C) 2% profit (D) No profit no loss

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31. A house and a shop sold for Rs. 1 Cr. each. On the 35. A man sells two articles one at 15% loss and the
house he get 20% loss on the shop he get 20% profit other at 19% profit. During the whole transaction
what is his profit or loss in whole sale? he earned a loss of Rs. 90. Find the price of the
1 second article if S.P. of both articles are same?
20% 20% 15%
19% 90
A) No profit no loss (B) 4 Lakh
1 1
(C) Cr (D) Cr
12 24
(A) Rs. 4500 (B) Rs. 4000
32. A trader sells two bullocks for Rs. 8,400 each, (C) Rs. 3500 (D) Rs. 5500
neither losing nor gaining in total. If he sold one
(E) None of these
of the bullocks at a gain of 20%, the other is sold
36. A man sells two articles for Rs. 1710. He earns
at a loss of -
10% loss on the first article and 25% profit on
8,400
the 2nd article. If the C.P. of Ist article is equal
to selling of the 2nd article, find profit or loss?
20% %
1710
2
(A) 20% (B) 18 % 10% 25%
9
2
(C) 14 % (D) 21%
7
33. Dinesh bought two radios for Rs. 1,920. He sold (A) Profit Rs. 90
one at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss of (B) Loss Rs. 90
2 (C) Profit Rs. 60
6 % . If the selling price of both radios are same, (D) Loss Rs. 60
3
the cost prices of the two radios are - (E) None of these
1920 37. A man purchased two articles for Rs. 7500. If he
sells the first at 20% profit and the second at
2 50% loss then find the amount of profit/loss if
20% 6 %
3
C.P. of Ist article is equal to selling price of 2nd
article.
7500
(A) Rs. 800 and Rs. 1,120
20% 50%
(B) Rs. 840 and Rs. 1,080
(C) Rs. 860 and Rs. 1,060
(D) Rs. 900 and Rs. 1,020
34. A man purchased two article for Rs. 9600. He (A) Rs. 2000 (B) Rs. 3000
sold the Ist article at 20% loss and the second (C) Rs. 2500 (D) Rs. 3500
article at 60% profit. If the selling price of both (E) None of these
the articles are same then find the C.P. of each 38. Abhi bought two articles for Rs. 624. He sold one
article? at a loss of 14% and the other at a profit of 14%.
9600 If the selling price of both the articles is equal,
then the difference between their cost prices (in
20% 60%
Rs.) is:
624
14% 14%
(A) Rs. 3200, 6400
(B) Rs. 3300, 6300
(C) Rs. 3000, 6600
(D) Rs. 3500, 6100 (A) 89.64 (B) 87.36
(E) None of these (C) 89.68 (D) 88.84

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39. Two articles are sold for Rs. 9,720 each. On one, 46. On selling 88 articles a man get loss of SP of 8 ar-
the seller gains 8% and on the other, he loses ticles find his loss %
10%. What is his overall gain or loss? 88 8
9,720
8% (A) 10% (B) 12.1/2 %
(C) 11.11% (D) 8.1/3 %
10%
47. On selling 18 articles for Rs. 1680 a man get the
loss of CP of articles. Then find the CP of 1 article.
(A) Rs. 380 gain (B) Rs. 380 loss 18 1680
(C) Rs. 360 loss (D) Rs. 360 gain
40. Two articles are sold for Rs. 10384 each. On one,
the seller gains 18% and on the other. He loses
(A) Rs.80 (B) Rs.85
12%. What is his overall gain or loss?
(C) Rs.120 (D) Rs.96
10384 48. On selling 21 articles for Rs. 1620 a man get the
18% loss of CP of 3 articles. Find the CP of 1 article.
12% 21 1620 3

(A) Rs. 175 loss (B) Rs. 168 loss

(C) Rs. 178 gain (D) 168 gain (A) Rs.85 (B) Rs.80
41. The CP of 12 articles equal to selling price of 9 ar- (C) Rs.90 (D) Rs.95
ticles find his profit/loss%. 49. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at cost price
but he uses the weight of 900 gms instead of 1 kg
12 9
weight what his profit %.

(A) 25% profit (B) 33.1/3 % profit

(C) 20% profit (D) 12.1/2 % profit 1 900
42. The cost price of 72 articles equal to selling price of
66 articles find has profit%. (A) 10% (B) 11.11%
72 66 (C) 12.5% (D) 15%
50. A dishonest dealer professes to sells goods at his
(A) 9.09% (B) 11.11% Cost Price but uses a false weight of 950 gms, for
(C) 12.5% (D) 10% each kilogram. His gain percent is:
43. The cost price of 49 articles equal to selling price of
56 articles find his loss% 1 950
49 56

(A) 14.28% (B) 12.5% 1 5

(A) 6 % (B) 5 %
(C) 16.67% (D) 11.11% 4 19
44. On selling 24 articles a shopkeeper get the profit of
SP of 4 articles. Then find his profit%. 3 2
(C) 5 % (D) 6 %
24 4 17 7
51. A dishonest dealer sells his good at 10% profit
(A) 15% profit (B) 20% profit but he uses the weight of 160 gms instead of 200
(C) 25% profit (D) 33.1/3 % profit gm What is his profit %?
45. On selling 35 articles a shopkeeper get the loss of 10%
SP of 7 articles. Then find his loss%.
200 160
35 7

(A) 25% (B) 37.5%

(A) 16.67% (B) 12.1/2 % (C) 35% (D) 40%
(C) 18.3/4% (D) 22.2/9 %

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52. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 15% profit x%
and uses the weight 920 gms instead of 1 kg x%
weight What is his P?
%
15%
1 920
10 2
(A) 2x% (B)   x  %
(A) 20% (B) 22.5% x 
(C) 25% (D) 30%
 2
53. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 9% loss and x  x 
(C) None of these (D)  100  %
uses the weight of 840 gms instead of 1 kg what  
is his P/L%.
58. A dishonest dealer cheats 10% in buying goods as
9%
well as 10% in selling goods what is his P%.
1 840 10%
10%
(A) 8.33% P (B) 8.33% L
(C) 12.5% P (D) 12.5% L
(A) 21% (B) 18.18%
54. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 6.1/4% loss
(C) 22.22% (D) 25%
on cost price but uses the weight of 14 gms in-
59. A dishonest dealer professes to sells his goods at
stead of 16g what his P/L%.
Cost Price but he uses a weight of 200 gm instead
6.1/4%
of x gm and get 25% profit. Find value of x.
16
14 x 200
25%
(A) 7.1/7% P (B) 8.1/3% P
x
(C) 7.1/7% L (D) 8.1/3 % L
55. A Cloth dealer professes to lose 16% on a certain (A) 225 gm (B) 240 gm
garments but he uses a meter having a length of (C) 250 gm (D) 220 gm
90 cm only and charges for the metre. What is his 60. A dishonest dealer professes to sells his goods at
P/L%. Cost Price but he uses a weight of 280 gm instead
of x gm and get 14.28% profit. Find value of x.
16%
90
x 280
14.28%

(A) 6.1/4% L (B) 6.2/3% P x

(C) 6.1/4% L (D) 6.2/3% P (A) 300 gm (B) 320 gm
56. A salesman by means of false weight defraud of (C) 315 gm (D) 325 gm
10% in buying goods and also by means of false 61. A dishonest dealer profosses to sells his goods at
balance defraud of 10% in selling. If purchasing Cost Price but he cheats 50 gm by false weight
and selling rate are same. What is his P%. and make 20% Profit. Find value of Weight used
10% by him.
10%
50
20%
(A) 21% (B) 18.2/11%
(C) 22.2/11% (D) 25% (A) 250 gm (B) 225 gm
57. A dishonest dealer defrauds to the extent of x% (C) 275 gm (D) 300 gm
in buying as well as selling his goods by using 62. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at cost
faulty weight. What will be the gain per cent on price. If he uses a faulty scale, he earns 25% profit.
his outlay?
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 Find out what weight does he use in place of 1 kg 20%
weight. 10%
%
25%
(A) 80% (B) 60%
1
(C) 70% (D) None of these
67. A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods
(A) 800 (B) 889 by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the cus-
(C) 881 (D) 772 tomer. Besides, he also cheats both his supplier and
(E) None of these his buyer by 100 grams while buying or selling 1
63. A dishonest dealer cheats 20% on buying an ar- kilogram. Find the percentage profit earned by the
ticle as well as 20% cheats on selling it and allow shopkeeper.
a discount of 25% on cash payment. What is his 20%
P%? 10%
20% 100
20% %
25% (A) 20% (B) 25%
(C) 32% (D) 27.5%
(A) 7% (B) 10% 68. A dishonest dealer mark up the price of his goods
(C) 12.1/2% (D) 8% by 20% and gives 10% discount to customer. Be-
64. A dealer sells his goods at 10% P and uses 880 gm sides he also cheats both his supplier and his buyer
instead of 1 kg and allow 10% discount an cash by 100 gms while buying or selling 1 kg. If dealer
payment what is his P%. takes a discount of 10% from his supplier and dis-
10% 1 regard this discount while making up. Find his profit
%.
880
20%
10%
10%
1 100
(A) 12.50% (B) 15%
10%
(C) 20% (D) 25%
65. A dishonest dealer mark the price of his goods at
20% above the CP and allow 10% discount at the %
selling the goods he uses the weight of 880 gm (A) 32% (B) 36.66%
instead of 1 kg and at the time of buying he use (C) 40.33% (D) 46.66%
1100 gm instead of 1 kg find his profit %.
69. A dishonest dealer purchases goods at 20% discount
20% of the cost price of Rs. x and also cheats his whole-
10% saler by getting 20% extra through false weighing,
per kg. Then he marks up his goods by 80% of x,
1 880
but he gives a discount of 25% besides he cheats
1 1100 his customer by weighing 10% less than the re-
quired. What is his overall profit percentage?
(A) 35% (B) 25% x 20%
(C) 30% (D) 33.1/3%
66. A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 80% and 20% 1
gives discount of 25%. Besides he gets 20% more
x 80%
amount per kg from wholesaler and sells 10% less
per kg to customer. What is the overall profit per- 25% 10%
centage? %
80% (A) 125% (B) 100%
25% (C) 98.66% (D) 120%

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70. Successive discounts of 30% and 20% is (A) Rs.1800 (B) Rs.1825
equlvalent to a single discount of
(C) Rs.1875 (D) Rs.1890
77. After allow a discount of 15% a S/K get 19%
(A) 50% (B) 40% profit if the mark price of article is Rs.1260
(C) 44% (D) 10% what is the cost price.
71. The successive discount of 15% 20% and 25%
on an article is equlvalent to the single dis-
count of

(A) Rs.1000 (B) Rs.950

(C) Rs.1050 (D) Rs.900
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78. If discount of 20% is given and marked price
Exam. 10.09.2016) of an article the S/K get the profit of 20% what
(A) 60% (B) 47% is his P? if discount offers by him changes to
(C) 49% (D) 40% 30%.
72. If the successive discounts be 20%, 10% and
5% then the single equlvalent rate of discount
is:
(SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I CBE
(A) 4% (B) 5%
(Exam) 08.09.2016)
(C) 6% (D) 8%
(A) 31.6% (B) 31.5% 79. After allow a discount of 15% a S/K get the
(C) 31% (D) 31.4% profit % of 19% what is his profit % if discount
73. Buy 3 Get one free and additional 20% dis- changes to 10%
count is equivalent to a single discount of -
3
(A) 25% (B) 26
(A) 40% (B) 44% (C) 30% (D) 33.1/3%
(C) 37.5% (D) 42.75% 80. The list price of an article is Rs.1600 and a
74. Buy 15 get 1 free and additional 6.25% dis- customer buy it for Rs.1229 after two succes-
count is equivalent to a single discount of- sive discounts. If first discount is 10% then
find the other discount

(A) 9.25% (B) 7.85%

(C) 11.28% (D) 10%
75. A S/K bought an article for Rs.450 what price (A) 10% (B) 12%
should he marked on it so that he get 20% profit (C) 15% (D) 18%
after allow a discount of 10% 81. An article is marked at Rs.650 and a customer
buys it for Rs.561.60 and got two successive
discount. If first discount is 4% then find sec-
ond discount

(A) Rs.550 (B) Rs.575

(C) Rs.600 (D) Rs.625
76. A man bought a watch for Rs.1260 what price (A) 8% (B) 10%
should be marked on it so that he get 20% profit
after allow 20% discount (C) 9% (D) 11%
82. A dealer is marked the price of an article is
Rs.850 after two successive discount he sells
it for Rs.578. If first discount is equal to 20%
then find second discount.

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 (A) 25% (B) 18.5%
(C) 12.5% (D) 10%
(A) 10% (B) 15% 88. After giving two successive discounts, each of
(C) 12% (D) 18% x% on the marked price of an article, total dis-
count is Rs. 259.20. If the marked price of the
83. A S/K gives 4% discount an additional 1 ar- articleis Rs. 720, then the value of x is:
ticle free with every 15 articles bought and still
x%
he gain 35%. Then find mark price is what %
above the CP. Rs. 259.20
Rs. 720 x
(A) 18 (B) 24
(C) 20 (D) 25.
89. The price of an article reduces to 576 after
two successive discounts. The markup is 80%
(A) 40% (B) 50% above the cost price of Rs. 500. What is the
new profit percentage if instead of two
(C) 60% (D) 45% sussessive discounts the makrup price was
84. A S/K gives 12% discount on mark price and further increased successively two times by
additional 1 article free with every B articles the same percentage?
bought and still gains 32% profit then find mark
price is what % above cost price

B
(A) 259.2% (B) 59.2%
(C) 159.2% (D) can't be determined
(A) 35% (B) 75% 90. A Rs. 750 tin of cheese is offered at 8% dis-
(C) 50% (D) 100% count and a Rs. 1.250 tin of butter at 20%
discount. If we buy 5 tins of cheese and 3 tins
85. A S/K allow 10% discount on marked price and of butter, what is the effective discount we get
addition 2 article free with every 3 article (in %) ?
bought and still he gain 8%. Then mark price
is what % above cost price

(SSC CGL Tier-II CBE

(Exam) 17.02.2018)
(A) 50% (B) 30%
(A) 12% (B) 15%
(C) 25% (D) 100%
(C) 14% (D) 16%
86. After two successive discount each of x% on
marked price of on article, a customer buy it 91. The discounts offered on a Shirt of Rs. 500
for Rs. 3610. If marked price of the article is and a pair of Trousers of Rs. 1000 are 20% and
Rs. 4000. Find value of x. 40% respectively, If Ajay bought 2 Shirts and
3 pairs of Trousers what was the effective dis-
x% count (in %) he received?

x
(A) 25% (B) 15%
(C) 10% (D) 5% (A) 30 (B) 32
87. After three successive discount each of x% a (C) 25 (D) 35
customer buy it for Rs. 3430. If marked price 92. Marked price of an item is Rs. 900. On pur-
of article is Rs. 5120. Find value of x. chase of 2 items discount is 16%, on purchase
of 5 items discount is 44%. Raksha buys 7
items, what is the effective discount?
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 97. Cost price of 35 articles is equal to selling
price of 28 articles and discount offered on 3
articles is equal to profit earn on 6 articles.
What is the difference between profit and
(A) 10 per cent (B) 16 per cent discount %.
(C) 36 per cent (D) 9.6 per cent
93. Marked price of an item is Rs. 200. On pur-
chase of 1 item discount is 5%, on purchase of
2 items discount is 14%. Rajeshri buys 3 items.
What is the effective discount?
(A) 2.65% (B) 3.56%
(C) 7.27% (D) 6.5%
98. Cost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling
price of 9 oranges and the discount on 10 or-
(A) 37 per cent (B) 26.25 per cent anges is equal to the profit on 5 oranges. What
(C) 11 per cent (D) 30.2 per cent is the percentage point difference between the
94. Ticket for an adult is Rs. 1500 and that of a profit percentage and discount percentage?
child is Rs. 800. One child goes free with two
adults. If a group has 25 adults and 12 chil-
dren, what is the discount the group gets?

(A) 20 (B) 22.22

(C) 16.66 (D) 15
99. Radha purchased 10 dozens pens at Rs. 60 per
dozen. She sold 7 dozens pen at 7% profit and
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remaining 3 dozens at 17% profit. What is his
(Exam) 02.02.2017 (Second Sitting) P% in this transaction
(A) 26.47 per cent (B) 20.38 per cent
(C) 31.60 per cent (D) 33.33 per cent
95. On a television of brand A the discount is 25%
and on television of brand B the discount is
40%. The price of B after discount Rs. 2,250 (A) 10% (B) 12%
greater than the price of A after discount. What
(C) 14% (D) 15%
is the marked price of A (in Rs.) if marked price
of B is Rs. 35,000? 100. A man has 232kg sugar at 39 Rs. per kg he sells
7/11 of quantity at 5% Loss and remaining
A B
quantity at 17% Profit. Then find his actual
B A profit%.
B
A
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(A) 3% (B) 4%
(A) 18750 (B) 21000
(C) 7% (D) 11%
(C) 25000 (D) 17850
101. A man has 272kg sugar at 39 Rs. per kg he sells
96. Cost price of 36 articles is equal to selling 8/13 of quantity at 5% Loss and at what percent
price of 27 articles and discount offened on profit should he sales remaining quantity so that
10 articles is equal to profit earn on 5 ar-
he get 5% Profit.
ticles. What is the difference between profit
and discount %.

(A) Rs. 21 (B) Rs. 15

(A) 25% (B) 22.22%
(C) Rs. 13 (D) None of these
(C) 27.27% (D) 26.5%
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102. A man has 252 kg sugar he sells two third quan-
tity at 30% profit, one fourth quantity at 16%
profit and remaining quantity at 12% profit.
Find his net profit%

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(A) 80 (B) 84
(A) 20% (B) 22.22%
(C) 94 (D) 96
(C) 25% (D) 27.5%
107. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the
103. A man buys a field of agricultural land for Rs. cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked
3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20% price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the
and two-fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price marked price and the rest at a discount of 40%
must he sell the remaining field so as to make on the marked price. His total gain is
an overall profit of 10%?

(A) 2% (B) 4.5%

(A) Rs. 100000 (B) Rs. 115000
(C) 13.5% (D) 15%
(C) Rs. 120000 (D) Rs. 125000
108. A shopkeeper listed the price of goods at 30%
104. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% above the cost price. He sells half the stock at
profit, half of the remaining cloth at 20% loss this price, one fourth of the stock at a dis-
and the rest was sold at his cost price. In the count of 15% and the remaining at 30% dis-
total transaction, his gain or loss will be count. His overall profit is

(A) 5% profit
(B) Neither loss nor gain
(C) 5% loss 3
(A) 15 % (B) 15%
(D) 10% profit 8
105. A dealer marks article at a price that gives him 3 2
a profit of 40%. 8% of the consignment of goods (C) 15 % (D) 15 %
5 3
was lost in fire. 22% was soiled and had to be 109. A trader bought 10 kg of apples for Rs. 405
sold at half of CP. If remainder was sold at MP. out of which 1 kg of apples were found to be
Find his net P%. rotten. If he wishes to make a profit of 10%, at
what rate should he sell the remaining apples
per kg?

(A) Rs. 45 (B) Rs. 49.50

(A) 5% (B) 8%
(C) Rs. 50 (D) Rs. 51
(C) 9% (D) 12% 110. A rice trader buys 8 quintals of rice for Rs.
106. A fruit-seller buys some oranges and by selling 3,600. 10% rice is lost in transportation. At
40% of them he realises the cost price of all what rate should he sell to earn 15% profit?
the oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-
ripe, he reduces the price and sells 80% fo the
remaining oranges at half the previous rate of
profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are
thrown away. The overall percentage of profit (SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-1 CBE
is
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 (A) Rs. 352.1 per cent quintal % %
(B) Rs. 517.5 per quintal
(C) Rs. 575 per quintal
(D) Rs. 582.3 per quintal (A) 83700 (B) 80700
111. A shopkeeper pruchased 510 eggs at the rate (C) 81700 (D) 82700
of Rs. 20 per dozen. 30 eggs were broken on
the way. In order to make a gain fo 20%, he 116. A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs.
must sell the remaining eggs at the rate of 40,000. He sold the horse at a gain of 10% and
the carriage at a loss of 5%. He gained 1% on
his whole transaction. The cost price of the
horse was:

(A) Rs. 22.50 per dozen

(B) Rs. 25.50 per dozen
(C) Rs. 26 per dozen
(D) Rs. 25.50 per dozzen (A) Rs. 15000 (B) Rs. 16000
112. A merchant bought 200 eggs, out of which 38 (C) Rs. 18000 (D) Rs. 20000
eggs were broken. He sold the remaining eggs 117. Aman bought 2 fast rack & 3 Casio watch for Rs.
at the rate of Rs. 4.80 per dozen and thus 18700. He sold fast rack watch at 12% profit &
gained 8%. His total investment is Casio watch at 10% loss on the wholesale he get
neither profit nor loss find cost price of 1 fast
rack & 1 Casio watch.
2 3 18700
(A) Rs. 80 (B) Rs. 60 12%
(C) Rs. 45 (D) Rs. 120 10%
113. A fruit seller buys 240 apples for Rs. 600. Some
of these apples are bad and are thrown away.
He sells the remaining apples at Rs. 3.50 each
and makes a profit of Rs. 198. The per cent of (a) 5250, 3500 (b) 3400, 4250
apples thrown away are (c) 4250, 3400 (d) 3500, 5250
118. A man purchase 10 horses and 9 cows for
20,0000. He sold horses at 15% profit and cows
at 10% loss. Find cp of each cow if he earn
profit of 3.75%.
(A) 6% (B) 8%
(C) 5% (D) 7% % %
114. A fruit seller has 108 kg fruits he sales some %
quantity at 28% profit & remaining quantity at
8% loss on the wholesale he 17% profit find the
(A) 10,000 (B) 85,000
quantity sold by him at 28% profit.
108 (C) 82,500 (D) 1,15,000
28% 8% 119. A man purchased 2 chair and 3 Tables for
17% 28% 24000. He sells chair at 20% loss and Table at
25% profit during whole sale he get profit of
2400 . Find cp of each chair.
(a) 75 kg (b) 54 kg
(c) 65 kg (d) 80 kg
% %
115. A man buys two horses for 155000. He sell
one at the loss of 23% and other at a gain of
27%. On the whole sale he get neither profit
nor loss. Find price of first horse. (A) 4200 (B) 4250
(C) 3950 (D) 4000
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120. A man buy 20 pens and 16 pencils for 360.
2
He sells pens at profit of 40% and pencil at 16 %
profit of 25% his overall gain is 120. Find cp 3
of one pen.
1
11 %
9
% %

(A) 4000, 6000 (B) 3000, 6000

(A) 15 (B) 12
(C) 5000, 4000 (D) 2250, 3750
(C) 10 (D) 18
121. A person sells his table at 25% profit and chair 124. A man purchased 450 pens of 3 types & sells
at 20% loss but on whole sale he get net profit such that he earned profit of 9%, 10% and 12%
of 180. If he sells table at 20% loss and chair respectively on each type. He earn profit of
at 25% profit he get neither profit nor loss. 3
Find cp of table. 9 % on first two types and 10% overall profit
7
% on all types. Find number of pens in all three
% types.
%
%
% % %
3
(A) 2250 (B) 2000 9 %
7
(C) 1850 (D) 1600 %
122. A man sells a table at 15% profit and chair at
12% loss he earn 540 as profit but if he sells (A) 250, 100, 100 (B) 200, 150, 100
table at 12% loss and chair at 15% profit there
is no profit no loss. Find cp of table & chair. (C) 175, 150, 125 (D) 200, 100, 150
% 125. A man has 560 pens of 3 types & sells such
% that he earn profit of 12%, 16% and 20%
% respectively on each type. He earn 13% profit
% on first two types and earn 15% profit on all
three types. Find number of pens in all three
types.
(A) 11000, 9000 (B) 10000, 8000
(C) 12000, 7000 (D) 9000, 6000 % % %
%
123. A man sells of fastrack watch at 13% profit %
and casio watch at 9% profit earn 1060 as
2
profit. If he sells fastrack at 16 % profit and (A) 300, 100, 160 (B) 300, 110, 150
3
(C) 350, 100, 110 (D) 200, 150, 210
1
CASIO watch at 11 % loss he get no profit no 126. In what ratio sugar at Rs. 65 kg mixed with sugar
9 at Rs. 57 kg so that vendor get 15% profit on
loss. Find cp of fastrack and CASIO watch. selling it for Rs. 69.
% 65 67
%

69

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 (a) 3 : 4 (b) 3 : 5 tal profit or loss in the transaction was:
(c) 5 : 3 (d) 4 : 3

127. A grocer sells two types of sugar. He sells first

2
type 77 /kg and get 16 % % profit where
3 (A) Rs. 2 Loss (B) Rs. 2 Profit
as IInd type at 43.2 /kg and get 10% loss. In (C) Rs. 7 Loss (D) Rs. 7 Profit
what proportion should he mixed two variety
so that he get 10% profit on selling mixture at 131. The profit earned by selling on article for Rs.
60.50 /kg. 2760 a shopkeeper get the loss which is equal to
the profit on selling the same article for Rs. 2960.
What is the CP.
2
16 %
3
IInd %

% (A) Rs. 2800 (B) Rs. 2840

(A) 2 : 1 (B) 2 : 3 (C) Rs. 2860 (D) Rs. 2875

(C) 3 : 2 (D) 7 : 11 132. The profit when selling the article for Rs. 1175
is 15 times the loss incurred when it is sold for
128. Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs. Rs. 375. At what price the article sold if he want
10 for each and the same number for Rs. 14 to make a profit of 20%.
each. He mixed them together and sold them
for Rs. 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent
is

(A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 510

(C) Rs. 515 (D) Rs. 520

1 2 133. On selling an article for half of its selling price a

(A) Loss 8 % (B) Gain 8 % shopkeeper get 30% loss what is his profit % if
3 3
he sells if at original price.
2 1
(C) Loss 8 % (D) Gain 8 %
3 3
129. Saurav purchased 25kg rice at Rs. 175 kg and
another 25 kg rice at certain rate. He mixed two
and sold the entire quantity at Rs. 186kg and (A) 20% (B) 25%
make 20% profit. At what price did the purchase
another rice. 1
(C) 33 % (D) 40%
3

134. What will be the % profit after selling an article

at a certain price it there is a loss of 60%. When
% the article is sold at 1/3 of the previous selling
price.

(a) Rs. 145 kg (b) Rs. 125 kg

(c) Rs. 155 kg (d) Rs. 135 kg
130. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.
9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of (A) 10% (B) 15%
Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the
mixture at the rate of Rs. 9.90 per kg. Her to- (C) 20% (D) 25%

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135. A shopkeeper estimates his P% as 25% of the (A) 8 (B) 9
selling price what is his actual profit percent. (C) 10 (D) 11
141. If selling price of an article becomes double
net profit % becomes triple. What is his net
profit % on selling article at actual selling price.
1
(A) 33 % (B) 25%
3

(C) 20% (D) 40%

136. If a merchant estimates his loss% on selling
price and get 10%. What is his actual Profit/ (A) 66.2/3 % (B) 83.1/3 %
loss%. If SP is decreased by 20%.
(C) 100% (D) 133.1/3%
142. If the selling price of an article is doubled, then
its loss per cent is converted into equal profit
percent. The loss per cent on the article is

1 3
(A) 33 % (B) 27 %
3 11
(C) 20% (D) 15%
2
137. On selling an article for Rs. 144 a S/K get the P (A) 26 % (B) 33%
% which is equal to CP. What is the cost price. 3

1
(C) 33 % (D) 34%
3
143. If the selling price is tripled and cost price
(A) Rs. 104 (B) Rs. 100 doubled the profit would become 65%. What is
the present profit (in %)?
(C) Rs. 96 (D) Rs. 75
138. On selling an article for Rs. 24 a S/K get the
loss% equal to the CP. What is the CP.
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(A) 20 (B) 15
(A) Rs. 60 (B) Rs. 40
(C) 25 (D) 10
(C) Rs. 70 (D) Either (A) or (B)
144. The marked price of an article is 50% above
139. A shopkeeper sells 12 toffees for Rs.25 and he
cost price. When marked price is increased by
get 20% loss how many toffees should he sells 20%, the profit doubles. If original marked
in Rs. 25 so he get 20% profit price is Rs. 300, then original selling price is

(A) 8 toffee (B) 9 toffee (A) Rs. 200 (B) Rs. 250
(C) 10 toffee (D) 6 toffee
(C) Rs. 240 (D) Rs. 275
140. On selling 11 pens in Rs. 56 a S/K get 16%
loss. How many pens he should sells in Rs. 64 145. A manufacturer fixes his selling price at 33%
over the cost of production. If cost of produc-
so he get 32% P.
tion goes up by 12% and manufacturer raises
his selling price by 10% his percentage profit
is

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 1 9
(A) Rs. P (B) Rs. P
20 10

9 10
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam (C) Rs. P (D) Rs. P
20 9
25.10.2015 TF No. 1099685
150. A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale
3 5 dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer
(A) 28 % (B) 30 % sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shop-
8 8
keeper sells it to a customer for Rs. 56,100 at
a loss of 15%. Then the cost prices of the ar-
5
(C) 36 % (D) 35% ticle to the manufacturer is
9
146. On an article the profit is 230% of the cost
price. If the cost price increases by 50% but
the selling price remains constant, then what
is the new profit per cent?
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Exam. 16.09.2017)
(A) 25000 (B) 10000
(A) 54.54 (B) 80
(C) 50000 (D) 55000
(C) 120 (D) 150
151. A person bought two bicycles for Rs. 1600 and
147. If a commission at the rate of 10% is given to sold the first at 10% profit and the second at
a bookseller on the market price of a book by 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit
the publisher, the publisher gains 20%. If the and the second at 10% profit, he would get Rs.
commission is increased to 15%, then the gain 5 more. The difference of the cost price of the
percent would be: two bicycles was:

2 1
(A) 16 % (B) 13 %
3 3
(A) Rs. 50 (B) Rs. 40
5 1 (C) Rs. 25 (D) Rs. 75
(C) 15 % (D) 12 %
6 2
152. The price of an article reduces to 576 after
148. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his two successive discounts. The markup is 80%
advertised price and still makes a profit of 10%. above the cost price of Rs. 500. What is the
If he gains Rs. 56 on one item, his advertised new profit percentage if instead of two
price of the item. (in Rs.) is sussessive discounts the makrup price was
further increased successively two times by
the same percentage?

(A) 820 (B) 780

(C) 790 (D) 800
149. A sells a cycle to B at a profit of 20% and B (A) 259.2% (B) 59.2%
sells it to C at a loss of 25%. If C bought the
cycle for Rs. P, then the cost price of it for A (C) 159.2% (D) can't be determined
was 153. The cost price of an article is C and the selling
price of the same article is S, where Z is the
A B B; C
profit or loss percentage. If the cost price and
C P selling price both are increased by same
A amount then which of the following is true:
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 C S Z 154. After allow x% discount a shopkeeper get 30%
loss if selling price becomes double then find
his discount percent. (Given MP > 140% of CP)
x%
(A) Z increases
(B) Z decreases >
(C) remains constant (A) 100–2x (B) 100+x
(D) none of these (C) 2x–100 (D) 100+2x

ANSWER KEY
70. (C) 80. (C) 90. (C) 100.(A) 110.(C) 120.(C) 130.(A) 140.(A) 150.(C)
71. (C) 81. (B) 91. (D) 101.(A) 111.(B) 121.(B) 131.(C) 141.(C) 151.(A)
72. (A) 82. (B) 92. (C) 102.(C) 112.(B) 122.(B) 132.(B) 142.(C) 152.(C)
73. (A) 83. (B) 93. (C) 103.(C) 113.(C) 123.(A) 133.(D) 143.(D) 153.(B)
74. (D) 84. (D) 94. (B) 104.(A) 114.(A) 124.(B) 134.(C) 144.(B) 154.(C)
75. (C) 85. (D) 95. (C) 105.(C) 115.(A) 125.(A) 135.(A) 145.(B)
76. (D) 86. (D) 96. (B) 106.(B) 116.(B) 126.(B) 136.(B) 146.(C)
77. (D) 87. (C) 97. (B) 107.(A) 117.(C) 127.(D) 137.(D) 147.(B)
78. (B) 88. (C) 98. (B) 108.(A) 118.(A) 128.(D) 138.(D) 148.(D)
79. (B) 89. (C) 99. (A) 109.(B) 119.(D) 129.(D) 139.(A) 149.(D)

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