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1. Rahul sold a bike for Rs.16384 5. Shiva would gain 20% by selling 8. If the mark price of an article is
a chair 840 and would gain 12% 20% more than the cost price and
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and made a profit of 14 % . To by selling a table for Rs. 980. What the discount offered is 10% on the
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is the least price for which she marked price of the article, then
make a profit of 30%, he has to must sell the table to Avoid any what is the ratio of cost price to
sell the bike. loss on together.
the mark price.
jkgqy us ,d ckbd 16384 #i;s esa csph
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,d dqlhZ dks 840 #i;s esa cspus ij f'ko ;fn fdlh oLrq dk vafdr ewY; ykxr
vkSj mls14 7 % ykHk gqvkA 30» dk dks 20» dk ykHk gksrk gS vkSj ,d Vscy
ewY; ls 20» vf/d gS vkSj nh tkus okyh
ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, mls ckbd dks dks 980 #i;s esa cspus ij 12» dk ykHk NwV oLrq ds vafdr ewY; ij 10» gS] rks

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fdrus esa cspuk gksxkA gksrk gSA de ls de fdrus ewY; ij mls
ykxr ewY; dk vafdr ewY; ls vuqikr
est cspuh pkfg, rkfd ,d lkFk fdlh

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(a) 20640 (b) 18636.8
D;k gS\
(c) 20636.8 (d) 21000 Hkh uqdlku ls cpk tk lds\
2.
an by 2
Aman earn A profit of 16 % by
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(a) 735 (b) 750
(a) 25 : 26
(c) 25 : 27
(b) 26 : 25
(d) 27 : 25

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selling an Article for Rs. 1414 by (c) 760 (d) 755
9. A shopkeeper buys two books for
how much should he increase the
7 Rs. 300. He sells the first book at
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selling price to get 33
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% profit. 6. By selling an article at of its a profit of 20% and the second
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3 12
selling price. A man loss 16%. If book at a loss of 10% what is the
veu ,d oLrq dks 1414 :i;s esa cspdj
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he sells it at 90% its original selling price of the first book, if in

2 selling price. Then what will be the whole transaction there is no profit
16 % dk ykHk vftZr djrk gSA profit percentage. no loss.
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ykHk çkIr djus ds fy, foØ; 7 ,d nqdkunkj 300 :i;s esa nks fdrkcsa •jhnrk
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33 % ,d oLrq dks mlds foØ; ewY; 12ds

3 gSA og igyh fdrkc dks 20» ds ykHk
ewY; esa fdruh o`f¼ djuh pkfg,\ ij cspdjA ,d vkneh dks 16» dh gkfu ij vkSj nwljh fdrkc dks 10» dh gkfu
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(a) 200 (b) 201 gksrh gSA ;fn og bls mlds ewy foØ; ij csprk gS] rks igyh fdrkc dk foØ;
(c) 202 (d) 204 ewY; ds 90» ij csprk gSA rks ykHk çfr'krewY; D;k gS] ;fn iwjs ysunsu esa dksbZ
3. A watch sold at 5% gain. Had it D;k gksxkA
been sold 400 less, there would ;k gkfu ugha gS\
have been loss of 15% to gain 10% (a) 29.6% (b) 26.4%
(a) 115 (b) 110
the selling price of watch would be.
(c) 32.5% (d) 30.2%
,d ?kM+h 5» ykHk ij csph xbZA ;fn bls (c) 120 (d) 130
7. One third of goods are sold at a
400 de cspk x;k gksrk] rks 15» gkfu 10. An article is sold for Rs. 9x if it
15% profit, 25% of the Goods are
gksrh 10» dk ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, sold at a 20% profit rest at a 12% 2
sold at 22 % less of this price
?kM+h dk foØ; ewY; fdruk gksxkA loss. If total profit of Rs.135 is 9
(a) 2000 (b) 2100 earned on the whole transaction there is a loss of 16%. what is
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(c) 2200 (d) 2300 the value of good is? profit% when it is sold for 9x.
4. By selling an article for 425.25
there is a loss of 5.5%. If the same ,d frgkbZ eky 15» ykHk ij cspk tkrk ,d oLrq 9x #i;s esa csph tkrh gSA ;fn
article is sold for 465.75, then gS] 25» eky 20» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gS 2
vkSj 'ks"k 12» gkfu ij cspk tkrk gSA ;fnbls bl ewY; ls 9 % de ij cspk
22
what is the profit percent.
,d oLrq dks 425-25 esa cspus ij 5-5» iwjs lkSns ij 135 #i;s dk dqy ykHk vftZr
tkrk gS rks 16» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ykHk
dh gkfu gksrh gSA ;fn mlh oLrq dks 465- fd;k tkrk gS rks oLrq dk ewY; D;k gS\ D;k gS tc bls x9 esa cspk tkrk gSA
75 esa cspk tkrk rks ykHk çfr'kr D;k gksrkA
(a) 2500 (b) 2700 (a) 6% (b) 7%
(a) 3.5% (b) 3%
(c) 4% (d) 55% (c) 2900 (d) 2800 (c) 9% (d) 8%

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SOLUTION
1. (b) 6. (a) 11. (a)
2 1 Let S.P = 12 Old New
14 %= then S.P = 7  84% of C.P C.P. 100 76
7 7
S.P. 92 60.8
given, 84 92 – 60.8  390
8  16384 10.8  × 10.8 = 129.6
7 31.2 390
16384 390
7 ×7 84
8 10.8  × 10.8 = 129.6 60.8  × 60.8 = 760
7 31.2
= 14336 = C.P.
 29.6% profit 12. (c)
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Now, 30% = 7. (b) 10
10 C.P of 1 article =
Let total goods = 12 and C.P. of 15
10  14336 each good is Rs. 100
10
14336 A.T.Q S.P of 1 article =

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13  ×13 = 18636.8 15
10 4 115  460
3 120  360 10 10 1

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2. (c)
Profit in 1 article = – =
2 1 5 88  440 12 15 6
16 %= 1260
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given,
6 an by Total C.P. = 1200
Total S.P. = 1260
Total profit = Rs.14
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7  1414  total no. of article = 1 = 84.
6  1212 = C.P. 60  135 6
Now, 135 13. (d)
ja 1200  1200 = 2700
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1 1 60 X Y Z
33 %= 4 7
3 3 8. (c) S.P
a th

3  1212 5 6
C.P. M.P. S.P. x :-
4  1616
9 4  5656
increase in price = 1616 – 1414 100 120 120 ×
= 202 10 5656
5  5 = 7070
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3. (c) 108 4
C.P. : M.P. y :-
105
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100 : 108 7  5656

100 – 400 5656
25 : 27 6 × 6 = 4848
85 9. (c) 7
Total S.P = 16968
20% = 400 Using allegation  C.P. of Z = 16968 – (7070 +
100% = 2000 I book II book 4848)
110% = 2200 +20 –10 = 5050
4. (a) 14. (b)
Given, A.T.Q
425.25 94.5% 0 M.P. C.P. S.P.
94.5 30 20 27
465.75  × 465.75
425.25 27 – 20
10 : 20 P% = ×100 = 7 × 5
= 103.5% 1 : 2 20
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 profit of 3.5% 3  300 = 35

5. (a) 15. (b)
1  100
H.P Dell
840 20% profit  S.P = 120 Eff. Discount
C.P. of chair = ×100 = 700
120 10. (d) 10+25–2.5 5+30 – 1.5
980 S.P = 9x = 33.5% = 32.5%
C.P. of table = ×100 = 875 Let, M.P of H.P and Dell is x & y
112 2 2
22 % = then A.T.Q
Total C.P. = 700 + 875 = 1575 9 9
S.P. of chair = 840 67.5x = 66.5y
 7x 84% of C.P
least S.P. of table x 66.5 133
9x 108% of C.P  = =
= 1575 – 840 = 735 y 67.5 135
 8% profit

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11. If S.P. of an article is decreased by
390 and cost price is decreased
by 24%. Then loss% changes from
8% to 20% then the final S.P. of
an article.
;fn fdlh oLrq dk foØ; ewY; 390 de
dj fn;k tkrk gS vkSj ykxr ewY; 24»
de dj fn;k tkrk gSA rks gkfu» 8» ls
20» esa cny tkrh gS] oLrq dk vafre
foØ; ewY; D;k gSA
(a) 760 (b) 775
(c) 732 (d) 855
12. A person buys some articles at the
rate of 15 for Rs. 10 and sell all
the articles at the rate of 12 for
Rs. 10. If he made a profit of Rs.14 16. The price of an article reduces to
in whole transaction then how
15. Company H.P. and Dell sell two
laptops at the same price. H.P.
gives two discounts of 10% and
25% while Dell gives two discounts
of 5% and 30%. What is the ratio
of their marked price?
dEiuh H.P. vkSjDell leku ewY; ij
nks ysIkVksi csprh
H.P.gS
10» vkSj 25»
dh nks NwV nsrh gSDelltcfd5» vkSj
30» dh nks NwV nsrh gSA muds vafdr
ewY; dk vuqikr D;k gS\ 19. The marked price of an article is
(a) 120 : 121 (b) 133 : 135
(c) 139 : 140 (d) 151 : 153
576 after two successive discounts.
,d Vh-oh- dk vafdr ewY; 20]000 #i;s
gS] ml ij nks yxkrkj
x» dh NwV nh tkrh
gSA xzkgdksa dh vkSj lkSnsckth ds dkj.
2800 dh vfrfjDr NwV Hkh nh tkrh gSA
vkSj bls 10]000 #i;s esa csp fn;kA
x dk
eku Kkr djsaA
(a) 25% (b) 30%
(c) 35% (d) 20%
Rs.5500. After two successive
discounts, it is sold for Rs.3465.
If the first discount is 10% then
find other.
,d oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 5500 #i;s gSA

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many articles did he buy? The markup is 80% above the C.P.
,d O;fÙkQ 10 #i;s esa 15 dh nj ls of Rs. 500 what is the new profit% yxkrkj nks NwV ds ckn bls 3465 #i;s esa

si
dqN oLrq, •jhnrk gSA vkSj lHkh oLrqvksa if instead of two successive
discounts the markup price was cspk tkrk gSA ;fn igyh NwV 10» gS rk
dks 10 #i;s esa 15 ds nj ls csp nsrk gSA
an by further increased successively two nwljh NwV Kkr djsaA
;fn mlus iwjs lkSns esa 14 #i;s dk ykHk times by the same%?
dek;k rks mlus fdruh oLrq,¡ •jhnha\ (a) 15% (b) 28%

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(a) 80 (b) 82
,d oLrq dh dher yxkrkj nks NwV ds
(c) 84 (d) 70 ckn 576 gks tkrh gSA vafdr ewY; Ø; (c) 30% (d) 25%
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13. A man sells three articles x, y & z ewY; (500) ls 80» vf/d gS ;fn nks20. Radha bought 6 tables and 12
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for Rs. 5656 each. He sells article
yxkrkj NwV ds ctk; vafdr ewY; dks chairs for Rs.12000. She sold the
a th

x at 20% loss, article y at 16 %

2 leku nj ls nks ckj Øfed :i ls c<+k;k table at a profit of 25% and the
3 chairs at a loss of 10%. If her total
tkrk gS rks u;k ykHk » D;k gksxk\
profit. If there is no profit no loss gain was Rs.900 then the total
in whole transaction. Find the C.P. (a) 148.2% (b) 259.2% cost of tables was.
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of Article z.
(c) 159.2% (d) 116%
,d O;fÙkQ rhu oLrq,¡
x, y vkSjz izR;sd (a) 6000 (b) 7000
dks 17. A shopkeeper gives 3 article free
dks 5656 :i;s esa csprk gSAx og
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on the purchase of 10 articles and (c) 9000 (d) 19000

2 the also allow an additional
20» gkfu ij] y dks 16 3 % ykHk ij 21. Find the difference b/w selling
discount of 12.5% to customer and
price of goods if two salesman
csprk gSA vxj iwjs ysu&nsu esa dksbZ ykHk 1 claim to make 16.25% profit each,
;k gkfu ugha gks rksz oLrq
dk Ø; ewY; still gains 11 % profit. Find the
9 one calculating on cost price while
Kkr djsaA ratio of M.P. to C.P. another on selling price, the
(a) 2025 (b) 5025 difference in the profit earned
(c) 2050 (d) 5050 ,d nqdkunkj 10 oLrqvksa dh •jhn ij 3
being Rs. 595 if selling price of
3 oLrq,a eqÝr nsrk gS vkSj xzkgd dks 12-5»
both goods is in the ratio 3 : 5
14. If marked price of camera is
2
of dh vfrfjÙkQ NwV Hkh nsrk gS vkSj fiQj Hkh
respectively.
1
ykHk çkIr djrk gSA vafdr ewY; ;fn nks foØsrk 16-25» ykHk dekus dk
9 11 %
the CP and selling price is of
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10 9
nkok djrs gSa] rks ,d x.kuk djus ij eky
marked price. Find the percentage vkSj Ø; ewY; dk vuqikr Kkr dhft,A
profit or loss. dh fcØh ewY; ds chp varj Kkr djsaA
;fn fdlh dSejs dk vafdr ewY; Ø; ewY; (a) 95 : 81 (b) 104 : 63 ;fn ykxr ewY; ij vkSj nwljk foØ; ewY;
3 (c) 103 : 72 (d) 106 : 75 ij] vftZr ykHk esa varj #- 595 gS vkSj
dk 2 xquk gS vkSj foØ; ewY; vafdr 18.
ewY;Mark price of a T.V. is Rs.20,000
nksuksa oLrqvksa dk foØ; ewY; Øe'k%
two successive discounts each x%
9 5 ds vuqikr esa gSA
dk 10 gSA ykHk ;k gkfu izfr'kr Kkr djksa
are given. Due to further
bargaining of customer discount of (a) 2976 (b) 2232
(a) 25% Profit (b) 35% Profit Rs.2800 are also Allowed. and sold
(c) 33.33% Loss (d) None of these it Rs.10,000. Find the value of x. (c) 334.8 (d) 3174.4

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16. (c) 24. (c)

Given: Tables Chairs By sellegation:
25 –10 10 16
SP = 576
CP = 500
MP = 900
7.5 14.2
Effective Discount%
900 – 576
= ×100 = 36%
900 17.5 : 17.5 1.8 : 4.2
Single Discount% = 20% 1 : 1
3 : 7
A.T.Q
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New S.P = 900 + 1  × 1000 = 300 kg
cost = × 12000 = Rs. 6000 10
20 20 2
× 900 + 21. (a) 25. (a)
100 100
A.T.Q,
13 2(C.P – 3500) = (50,000 – C.P)
 20  16.25% =
90 +
 × 900  80 3CP = 120,000

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 100 
CP1 = 80 × 80 × 3 CP2 = 6 7 × 93 × 5 CP = 40,000

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= 1080 + 216 P1 = 13 × 80 × 3 P 3 = 13 × 93 × 5 26. (a)
= 1296 SP1 = 93 × 80 × 3 SP2 = 8 0 × 93 × 5 Let, C.P 

 Profit% =
an by1296 – 500
500
×100 =
{Making SP1 : SP2 = 3 : 5}
given
P1 – P2 = 13[80 × 3 – 93 × 5] =
100
114
– 121

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159.2% 2925 92
17. (b) 2925  595 given,
M.P. S.P. ja C.P. 1 121  22
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1~ 536.25  97.5
13 10 (Articles) 70
× 9 = 63
5
10 loss of 2.5%
a th

8 7 (Discount)
Difference is S.P = 2 × 93 × 80
104 70 27. (c)
M.P. : C.P. 1 Given,
× = 2976 12 C.P = 9 S.P
104 : 63 5
CP 3
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18. (d) 22. (b) =

S.P = 10,000 SP 4
2 1
S.P = 12800 We know, 14 % = 10D = 5P
di M

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Effective discount D 1
also, =
20,000 – 12800 P 2
×100 total S.P = 5120 + 5120 = 10240
=
20,000 = total C.P CP – 6 SP – 8
P–2 D –1
7200 5120 SP – 8 MP – 9
= = 36% CP1 = × 7 = 4480
200 8 2 1
P% = = 33.33% D% = = 11.11%
 individual discount = 20% CP2 = 10240 – 4480 = 5760 6 9
 = 22.22%
 x2  5760 – 5120 28. (b)
2x – = 36  x = 20 Loss% = ×100
 100  5760
 1
Claimed profit = 12.5% =
19. (c) 1 8
= 11 %
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9 CP 8
9 x SP 9
5500 × × = 3465 23. (b)
10 100 P1
5 6 Actual profit
34650
x= = 70 –22% x SP 9 (remain same)
55 × 9
0%
1
So discount = (100 – 70) = 30% CP 7.2 (profit = )
–110% + 6x 4
20. (a) =0
11 Now,
By allegation :- Rs. 8  1 kg
6x = 110
 900  1
Total profit = 100 = 7.5  55 1 Rs. 7.2  × 7.2 = 900 gm

 12000  x= = 18 % 8
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22. A person sold two articles at Rs. ,d Mhyj ,d LdwVj dks 35000 #i;s esa ,d O;kikjhC.P. ij k» ds ykHk ij xzkgd
5120 each. If one at profit of dks viuk eky csprk gSA blds vykok mlus
csprk gS vkSj mls dqN gkfu gksrh gSA vxj
14
2
% but he sold second article mls 50]000 #i;s esa cspk gksrk rks mldk1 fdyks ds cnys 880 xzke fn;k] mldk
7 ykHk mlds gkfu dk nksxquk gksrkA LdwVj dqy ykHk 25» gS]
k dk eku Kkr djsa\
in such a way that overall he dk ykxr ewY; D;k gSA (a) 12.5% (b) 10%
would get neither profit nor loss.
Find the loss% at which second (a) 45000 (b) 40000 (c) 8.33% (d) 15%
article sell. 30. A dishonest dealer sells goods
(c) 32000 (d) 38000
,d O;fDr us nks oLrq izR;sd dks 5120
26. An article was sold at 14% profit. 6
2
% loss on cost price but uses
3
2 Had it been sold for Rs.121 less
:i;s esa cspkA ;fn og O;fÙkQ
14 dks
7
%
then got 8% loss incurred. If the 1.3 kg instead of 1.5 kg. What is
same article would have been sold his profit of loss%.
dk ykHk gksrk gS ysfdu og nwljh oLrq
for Rs. 536.25, then the profit/loss 2
dks bl çdkj csprk gS fd dqy feykdj percent would have been. ,d csbZeku Mhyj ykxr ewY;6 3ij%
mls u rks ykHk gksxk vkSj u gh gkfuA
gkfu» Kkr djsa ftl ij nwljh oLrq csph ,d oLrq dks 14» ds ykHk ij cspk x;kA gkfu ij eky csprk gS ysfdu 1-5 fdxzk
tkrh gSA ;fn bls 121 #i;s de esa cspk tkrk rks ds ctk; 1-3 fdxzk dk mi;ksx djrk gSA

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8» dh gkfu gksrhA ;fn og mls 536-25 mldk gkfu ;k ykHk izfr'kr D;k gSA
1 1
#i;s esa csprk rks ykHk@gkfu çfr'kr D;k

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(a) 9 % (b) 11 % 9 1
11 9
gksrhA (a) 7 % Profit (b) 6 % Loss
13 4
(c) 14
2
7
% an by 1
(d) 12 %
2 (a) Loss 2.5% (b) Profit 2.5%
(c) 7
1
% Loss (d) 7
1
% Profit

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5 (c) Profit 5% (d) Loss 5% 13 7
23. A person sell part of all articles 27. C.P. of 12 oranges is equal to S.P.
11 31. A Milkman Sells the milk at the
of 9 oranges and discount on 10
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at 22% loss at what profit% he has cost price but he mixes the water
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to sell remaining article so that he oranges is equal to profit on 5
will get neither profit nor loss in 1
oranges. Find difference b/w profit (C.P. of water is of C.P. of pure
10
a th

whole transaction. percentage and discount percent.

5 milk) in it and thus he gain 20%.
,d O;fÙkQ oLrqvksa 11
dk
Hkkx 22» gkfu 12 larjkas dk foØ; ewY; 9 larjksa ds foØ; Find the ratio of water to milk
in mixture.
ij csprk gS] mls 'ks"k Hkkx dks fdrus çfr'krewY; ds cjkcj gS vkSj 10 larjksa ij NwV
ykHk ij cspuk pkfg, rkfd mls iwjs lkSns5 larjksa ds ykHk ds cjkcj gSA ykHk çfr'kr ,d nw/okyk ykxr ewY; ij nw/ csprk gS
ty a

esa u rks ykHk gks vkSj u gh gkfuA ysfdu og mlesa ikuh feykrk gS (ikuh
vkSj NwV çfr'kr ds chp varj Kkr dhft,A
dk Ø; ewY; 'kq¼ nw/ ds Ø; ewY; dk
di M

1 1
(a) 14 % (b) 18 % (a) 33.33%
3 3
3 1
(c) 12 % (d) 13 %
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24. A trader had 1000 kg of rice. He
sold a part of it at 10% profit and
the rest at 16% profit, So that he
made a total profit of 14.2%. How
much rice did he sell at 10% profit?
,d O;kikjh ds ikl 1000 fdyks pkoy
FkkA mlus bldk ,d Hkkx 10» ykHk ij esa xyr otu dk mi;ksx djds 25» ykHk profit by mixing water to milk.
A
(b) 11.11% 1
10
gS) vkSj bl çdkj mls 20» dk
(c) 22.22% (d) 18.18%
28. A merchant claim to make profit ykHk gksrk gSA feJ.k esa ikuh dk nw/
of 12.5% on his sale but actually vuqikr Kkr dhft,A
makes 25% by using false weight (a) 5 : 17 (b) 1 : 11
he promise to sell 1 kg. How much (c) 5 : 27 (d) 5 : 22
does he actually sale. 32. A milkman says that he sells milk
,d O;kikjh viuh fcØh ij 12-5» dk 2
at cost price but he makes 22 %
ykHk dekus dk nkok djrk gS ysfdu okLro 9
How much water is available in

vkSj 'ks"k 16» ykHk ij cspk] ftlls mls dekrk gS] og 1 fdyksxzke cspus dk oknktotal mixture (approx)
dqy 14-2» dk ykHk gqvkA mlus 10» djrk gSA og okLro esa fdruk csprk gSA,d nw/okyk dgrk gS fd og ykxr ewY;
ykHk ij fdruk pkoy cspk\ ij nw/ csprk gS ysfdu og nw/ esa ikuh
(a) 800 gm (b) 900 gm
(a) 200 (b) 500 2
(c) 300 (d) 400 (c) 920 gm (d) 950 gm feykdj 22 9 % ykHk dekrk gSA dqy feJ.k
25. A dealer sells a scooter for 29. A trader sells his goods to esa fdruk ikuh miyC/ gS (yxHkx)
Rs.35000 and make some loss. If customer at a profit of k% over
(a) 15% (b) 17%
he had sold for Rs. 50,000 his C.P. Besides it he gives 880 gm
profit would be twice his loss. What instead of 1 kg his overall profit 2
(c) 18% (d) 22 %
was the cost price of the scooter. is 25% find the value of k? 9

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29. (b) 33. (a) 36. (d)

Let C.P of goods be Rs. 100 Let ratio of milk and water be 4096 4096
m:w CP1 = 100 ; CP2 =
C.P. S.P. 132 72
Let c be the cost of milk × 100
Rate 100 K + 100
c(m + w) 128.33 = 3103.03
Quantity 880 1000 = = 5688.89
T. price 88 k + 100 cm 100
T.C.P = 8791.91
100m + 100w = 128.33m T.S.P = 8791.91
1
given profit is 25% = 28.33m = 100w L/P%
4
599.91
CP 88 4 w 28.33 = × 100  6.82% loss
= = = 8791.91
SP k +100 5 m 100
37. (a)
 440 = 4k + 400 w 60
=
m 17 324
k = 10% Overall CP = ×100 = 270
30. (a) 120
34. (c)
By allegation:-
2 1 C.P. = 1000 × 9 = Rs. 9000 250
6 %= 320

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3 15 52 cups broken
S.P. = 948 × 11

si
C.P. S.P.
= 10428
Rate 15 14 270
Quantity
T. price
an by
1300
13 :
1500
14
P% =
1428
9000
×100%

n
= 15.867%
1 9 20 50
P% = ×100 = 7 % 35. (a)
13 13 2 : 5
ja 38. (b)
R s
31. (d)
Let, C.P. S.P. Let, total goods be 100 with Rs.1
a th

each.
m = amount of milk in mixture I (9 18 : 10 20) × 2 Total C.P = 100
w = amount of water in mixture
II (8 32 : 5 20 ) × 4 Left goods = 100 – 25 = 75
Let, price of per L milk of Rs.10
SP of 75 goods
A.T.Q. III (3 15 : 4 20 ) × 5
ty a

65 : 60 125 3
10(m + w) 6 = 75 × ×1 = ×125
= 13 : 12 100 4
10m + w 5
di M

New SP
50m + 50w = 60m + 6w
44w = 10m 1 9 120 3
Loss% = ×100% = 7 % = × ×125 = 112.5
22w = 5m 13 13 100 4
 12.5% profit
w 5 OR
= Now he is facing 25 – 12.5
m 22
1 1 1 3 = 12.5% loss
32. (*) 11 % = ,37 % =
9 9 2 8 39. (d)
2 2 2 1
22 % = 16 %=
9 9 1
33.33% = 3 6
Let cost be milk be c. 3
CP 6 6x – 289 5
Let ratio of milk & water be m : = = =
w CP1 9 10 CP2 8 20 SP 7 7 x – 289 6
= × = ×
SP1 10 10 , SP2 5 20
A

A.T.Q 36x – (289 × 6) = 35x – (5 ×

289)
c(m + w) 11
= CP3 3 25 x = 289
c m+ o 9 = ×
SP3 4 25 S.P = 7x = 289 × 7 = 2023
9m + 9w = 11m 40. (a)
SP1 = SP2 = SP3 = 100 Total mangoes bought = 50 × 12
w 2
 = CP1 = 90, CP2 = 160, CP3= 75 = 600
m 9
T.CP = 325 for 200 mangoes:-
% water in mixture
T.CP = 300 10
2 Total C.P = 200 × = 50
×100  18% 25 4
=
11 P% = = 8.33% for 400 mangoes:-
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33. A milkman mixes water with milk nks oLrq,¡ çR;sd 4096 #i;s esa csph40.tkrhA merchant bought some mangoes
he sells the mixture at C.P of pure gSaA ,d ij foØsrk dks 32» dk ykHk gksrkat the rate of 4 for Rs.10 and
milk thus he gains 28.33% in what bought twice as much of the first
ratio he mixes milk with water.
gS vkSj nwljs ij 28» dh gkfu gksrh gSA variety at the rate of 5 for Rs.16.
dqy ykHk ;k gkfu çfr'kr D;k gSA He sold the entire quantity at the
,d nw/okyk nw/ esa ikuh feykrk gS vkSj rate of 6 for Rs.20. If he had
feJ.k dks 'kq¼ nw/ ds Ø; ewY; ij (a) 5.9% gain (b) 6.8% gain bought 50 dozen mangoes. Then
find the total profit/loss.
csprk gS] bl çdkj og 28-33» dk ykHk (c) 5.9% loss (d) 6.8% loss
çkIr djrk gSA mlus nw/ vkSj ikuh37.dksIn what ratio Darjeeling tea ,d O;kikjh us dqN vke 10:- ds 4 dh
fdl vuqikr esa feyk;kA nj ls [kjhnk rFkk igys ds nksxquh ek=kk
costing 320 per kg be mixed with
Assam tea costing 250 per kg so
nwljs fdLe ds vke 16 :- esa 5 dh nj
(a) 60 : 17 (b) 43 : 17
that there is a gain of 20% by ls [kjhnkA mlus iwjh ek=kk dks 20 :- esa
(c) 77 : 60 (d) 77 : 17 selling the mixture at 324 per kg? dh nj ls csp fn;kA ;fn mlus 50 ntZu
vke [kjhns FksA rks dqy ykHk@gkfu Kkr
34. A person buys 1000 cup at Rs.9 320 #i;s çfr fdxzk okyh nkftZfyax pk;
each on the way 52 cup are (a) Rs.220 Profit (b) Rs.60 Loss
dks vle okyh pk; ds lkFk fdl vuqikr
broken. He sell the remaining cups (c) Rs.550 Profit (d) Rs.65 Loss
at Rs.11 each. His profit or loss? esa feyk;k tk,] rkfd feJ.k dks 324

r
41. If selling price of a book is
:i;s çfrfdxzk ij cspus ij 20» dk ykHk
,d O;fÙkQ 1000 di çR;sd 9 #i;s esa 11
gks\

si
times to the discount offered
•jhnrk gS jkLrs esa 52 di VwV tkrs gSaA 2
og 'ks"k diksa dks 11 #i;s çfr di ds (a) 2 : 5
an by (b) 3 : 2 and discount% is equal to profit%.
It is given that discount is Rs.240
fglkc ls csprk gSA mldk ykHk ;k gkfu\ (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 3 find the C.P. of book?

n
(a) 15% Loss 38. A merchant earns 25% in general ;fn iqLrd dk foØ; ewY; ,d iqLrd
one day 25% part has been stolen.
(b) 15.5% Loss 11
ja Try to compensate his loss he sold ij nh xbZ NwV dk xquk gS vkSj NwV
R s
the rest amount by increasing his 2
(c) 15.867% Profit
S.P. by 20% what is new profit% izfr'kr ykHk izfr'kr ds cjkcj gSA ;g fn;k
a th

(d) 16.867% Profit

or loss%? x;k gS fd NwV 240 #i;s gSA fdrkc dk
35. Three articles are sold at the same ,d O;kikjh lkekU;r% 25» ykHk dekrk Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft,A
1 A,d fnu mldk 25» Hkkx pksjh gks x;k (a) 1114
gS (b) 1144
price there is a profit of 11 % on (c) 1324 (d) 1500
ty a

9 uqdlku dh HkjikbZ djus ds fy, mlus 42.

'ks"kA fruit seller makes a profit of
1 jkf'k dks vius fcØh ewY; ls 20» dh 2
di M

1st, loss of 37
2
% on 2nd and profit o`f¼ djds csp fn;k] u;k ykHk ;k gkfu 14 7 % by selling mangoes at
of 33.33% on the 3rd article. Find izfr'kr D;k gS\ certain price. If he bought Rs.13
the overall gain or loss% more and sold it Rs.26 less, then
(a) 11.11% Loss (b) 12.5% Loss
2
rhu oLrqvksa dks leku ewY; ij cspk tkrk(c) 915% Loss (d) 20% Loss loss is 16 % find the selling price
3
39. A businessman sells a commodity
1 of mangoes if he want to make a
gS] igyh oLrq ij11 9 » dk ykHk gksrk 2
at 16 % profit. If he had bought 4
3 profit of 28 %.
7
1
gS] nwljh oLrq37
ij 2 » dh gkfu vkSj it at Rs. 289 less and sold it also ,d iQy foØsrk ,d fuf'pr ewY; ij
289 less then he would have
2
rhljh oLrq dks 33-33» ykHk ij cspk tkrk gained 20%. The S.P. of vkeksa dks cspdj
14 % dk ykHk dekrk
commodity is: 7
A

gSA dqy ykHk ;k gkfu izfr'kr Kkr dhft,

gSA vxj mlus mUgsa 13 :i;s vf/d esa
2
9 9 ,d O;kikjh fdlh oLrq dks
16 % ykHk •jhnk gksrk vkSj 26 :i;s de esa cspk
(a) 7 % (b) 5 % 3
13 13 2
ij csprk gS ;fn mlus bls 289 #i;s de gksrk rks mls
16 % dh gkfu gksrh gS]
3
1 1 eas •jhnk gksrk vkSj 289 :i;s de csprk
(c) 6 % (d) 5 % rks vkeksa dk foØ; ewY; Kkr djsa ;fn
2 2 rks mls 20» dk ykHk gksrkA oLrq dk foØ;
ewY;D;k gS% 4
36. Two article are sold for Rs.4096 og 28 % dk ykHk dekuk pkgrk gSA
7
each. On one the seller gains 32%
(a) 2030 (b) 1437
and on other at 28% loss. What (a) 149 (b) 136
is overall gain or loss percent. (c) 1960 (d) 2023 (c) 153 (d) 160

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48. (d)
16 125 C × 2 250C 10
Total C.P = 400 × = 1280 = = = C.P of x pens Rs.y
5 225 C 225C 9
y
 Total C.P = 500 + 1280 = 1780 C.P of 1 pen 
x
20 1 1
profit% = = 11 %
Total S.P = 600 × = 2000 9 9 x
6 S.P of 1 pen  y
 P = 2000 – 1780 = 220 45. (c)
41. (*) Let CP of I game = x x>y
Cleary, there is a profit
SP 11 CP of II game = 1800 –x
Given: =
D 2 x y
110 120 120 –
D = 240 x+ (1800 – x ) – x– y x
100 100 100 P% = ×100
 S.P = 1320 y
x
240 110
D% = ×100 (1800 – x ) = 5
1320 + 240 100 x 2 – y²
×100 x 2 – y²
600 y  ×100
110 = xy   = y2
= = P%  
39  x + 2160 x 
100

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1320 49. (a)
CP = 4500 / 39 = 100 = 1144 120 120 110

si
– x– x – 1980 + x 150000 ×105
100 100 100
42. (c) C.P for y =
100
=5
14
2
7
1
7
2
3
an by
1
6
4
% , 16 % = , 28 % =
7
2
7
–
20
x +180 = 5
= 157500
98
×157500

n
100 S.P for y =
C.P 7 100
= = 154350
S.P 8 x
A.T.Q ja  = 175 X's gain = 157500 – 154350
R s
5 = 3150
7x +13 6 x = 875 50. (c)
=
a th

8x – 26 5 MP 3 P 1
1800 – 875 = 925 = , =
 35x + 65 = 48x – 156 CP 2 D 3
46. (b)
13x = 221
Let C.P of 1 article = Rs. 1 3
221 MP = CP D = 3P
ty a

x= by allegation:- 2
13 Let CP = 100 MP = 150
30 18
221 150 – D = 100 + P
di M

C.P = 7 × 150 – 3P = 100 + P

13
50 = 4P
221 9 P = 12.5%
x
S.P1 = 7 × × = 153 51. (b)
13 7
A's C.P = 10 lakh
43. (d)
Total C.P = 9000 × 6 = 54000 90
B's C.P = ×10 = 9
26 100
3 14
Remaining apples = × 9000 110
5 30 – x 14 B's S.P = × 9 = 9.9
 = 100
125 x – 18 26
 A's Loss = (10 – 9.9) lakh
S.P of apples = 54000 ×  20x = 516
100 = Loss of Rs.10,000
S.P of each apple  x = 25.8% 52. (b)
A

54000 125 5 47. (d)

Merchant Customer
=   = 12.5 C.P of pen = P
3 100 9000
C.P of book = B Price 8 7
44. (a)
A.T.Q
Let there be 100 L petrol Quantity 28 36
–0.05P + 0.15 B = 7
= 25 Liter Kerosene ....(1) 224 252
let cost of petrol = Rs. c and 0.05P + 0.10 B = 13 ....(2)
A.T.Q Solving (1) and (2)  1
12.5% = 
 
S.P C(100 + 25)
0.25 B = 20  8
= B = 80
C.P C ×100 + C × 25 252 – 224
C.P of book = 80  P /L = ×100
2 224

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43. Alok purchased 9000 apples for ,d O;fDr ,d fuf'pr dher ij 40 oLrq,¡ 50. Ratio of cost price to marked price
Rs. 6 each. He saw 40% of them [kjhnrk gSA mlus 26 oLrqvks dks 30» ds 2 : 3 and ratio of discount given
were spoilt he sold reaming apple to profit earned 3 : 1. Find profit
and made a profit of 25% overall
ykHk ij vkSj 'ks"k oLrqvkasa 18» ykHk ij csp
percentage.
find the selling price of each apple. fn;k mls dqy fdrus izfr'kr dk ykHk gqvkA
ykxr ewY; dk vafdr ewY; ls vuqikr
vkyksd us 6 :i;s dh nj ls 9000 lsc (a) 26% (b) 25.8%
2%3 vkSj vftZr ykHk ls nh xbZ NwV d
•jhnsA mlus ik;k fd 40» lsc •jkc gks (c) 27% (d) 26.8%
vuqikr 3%1 gSA ykHk çfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
x, FksA cps gq, lscksa dks mlus csp47.fn;k
On selling a pen at 5% loss and
vkSj dqy feykdj 25» dk ykHk dek;k] book at 15% gain, Karim gains Rs. (a) 37.5% (b) 25%
çR;sd lsc dk foØ; ewY; Kkr djsaA 7. If the sells the pen at 5% gain
(c) 12.5% (d) 50%
and the book at 10% gain he gains
(a) 11 (b) 12 Rs. 13. What is the cost price of
51. A sells his apartment to B at the
(c) 11.5 (d) 12.5 the book in the rupees?
loss of 10%. B sells it to A at the
44. A trader mixes 25% kerosene to ,d dye dks 5» gkfu ij vkSj iqLrd profit of 10%. If the estimate value
his petrol and sells the whole dks 15» ykHk ij cspus ij] djhe dks 7 of apartment is Rs. 10 lakhs. The
A gets?
mixture at the price of petrol. If #- dk ykHk gksrk gSA ;fn dye dks 5»

r
cost price of kerosene be 50% of
the cost price of petrol. What is
ykHk ij vkSj iqLrd dks 10» ykHk ij A viuk vikVZesaV B dks 10» dh gkfu
csprk gS rks mls 13 #- dk ykHk gksrk gSA

si
the profit. ij csprk gSAB bls A dks 10» ds ykHk

,d O;kikjh vius isVªksy esa 25» feêðhiqLrd dk ykxr ewY; fdruk gS\ ij csprk gSA ;fn vikVZesaV dk vuqekfu
an by
dk rsy feykrk gS vkSj iwjs feJ.k dks (a) 85
isVªksy ds ewY; ij csprk gSA ;fn feêðh
(b) 90 ewY; 10 yk• :i;s feyrk gS\

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(c) 95 (d) 80 (a) No profit No loss
ds rsy dk Ø; ewY; isVªksy ds Ø; ewY;
48. A pen-seller buys x pens for Rs.
(b) Loss of Rs. 10,000
dk 50» gSA ykHk D;k gSA
ja y and sell y pens for Rs x. If x >
R s
y, then what he made? (c) Loss of Rs. 20,000
1
(a) 11 % (b) 20% ,d isu&foØsrky #i;s ds fy, x isu
a th

9 (d) Profit of Rs.1,10,000

•jhnrk gSA y isu x #i;s esa csprs gSaA
1 1 52. A dishonest merchant sells goods
(c) 9 % (d) 12 % ;fn x > y rks mlus D;k cuk;k\
11 9 at a 12.5% loss on the cost price,
2 2 but uses 28 g weight instead of
ty a

45. A shopkeeper bought two video x –y

(a) % loss 36 g. What is his percentage profit
game in Rs. 1800. If he sold first xy
or loss?
video game at 10% profit and 2nd
di M

at 20% profit, he earns certain x 2 – y2

% profit ,d csbZeku O;kikjh Ø; ewY; ij 12-5»
(b)
profit. If he sold first at 20% profit xy dh gkfu ij eky csprk gS] ysfdu g36
and the second at 10% profit, he ds ctk; 28 g otu dk mi;ksx djrk
got Rs. 5 more. Then selling price x 2 – y2
(c) % loss gSA mldk izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu D;k gS\
of both video games. y2
,d nqdkunkj us 1800 #i;s esa nks ohfM;ks 2 2 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (Shift-01)
x –y
xse •jhnsA ;fn igyk ohfM;ks xse 10» (d) y2
% gains (a) 6.25% loss (b) 12.5% gain
ykHk ij vkSj nwljk ohfM;ks xse 20» ykHk
49. A house worth Rs. 1,50,000 is sold (c) 18.75 gain (d) 10.5% loss
ij cspk tkrk gS] rks og fuf'pr ykHk
by x to y at profit 5% y sells the 53. A dishonest dealer sells a product
vftZr djrk gSA ;fn mlus igys dks 20» house back to x at 2% loss. In the
at 11% loss on cost price, but uses
ykHk ij vkSj nwljs dks 10» ykHk ij cspkentire transaction:
A

22% less weight. What is his

mlus 5 # vf/d izkIr djrk nksuksa ohfM;ks1]50]000 #i;s dk ,d ?kj dks
x }kjky percentage profit or loss?
xse dh Ø; ewY; Kkr djsaA dks 5» ykHk ij cspk tkrky gS?kj dks ,d csbZeku Mhyj ,d mRikn dks Ø; ewY;
(a) 875 & 775 (b) 600 & 1000 okil x dks 2» gkfu ij csprk gSA iwjk ij 11» dh gkfu ij csprk gS] ysfdu
ysu&nsu% 22» de otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mldk
(c) 925 & 875 (d) 850 & 750 izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu D;k gS\
46. A person bought 40 articles at the (a) x gain Rs. 3150
a certain price. He sold 26 articles SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (Shift- 02)
(b) x loss rs. 4350
at a profit of 30% and remain (a) 14.1% loss (b) 14.1% gain
articles sold at 18% profit find (c) x loss Rs. 3150
overall profit percent. (d) x gain Rs. 4350 (c) 11.4% gain (d) 11.4% loss

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5% + x% = 50% 63. (b)

28
= ×100 = 12.5% Profit x% = 45% CP = 3900
224
58. (d) P = 540
53. (b)
540 540
Trader Customer CP SP P% = ×100 =
3900 39
Price 100 89 Initial 100 230
By allegation:-
Quantity 78 100 8% 16%
New 128 230
78 89
230 – 128
11 1100 P% = ×100 540
P% = ×100 = 128
39%
78 78
= 14.1% gain. 102
= ×100  80%
54. (a) 128 84 228
Let Piyash pay Rs. K 59. (a) 7 : 19
A.T.Q 7 + 19 = 26  3900

r
15640
C.P of I cow = ×100 = 13600
132 116 115

si
K× × 3900
= 3828 19 – 7 = 12  ×12 = 1800
100 100 15640 26
C.P of II cow = ×100 = 18400
85
K = Rs.2500
55. (c)
an by  Total CP = 32000
Total SP = 31280
64. (b)
C.P S.P Profit

n
A.T.Q 5,000 6,000 1,000
 Loss = 720
60. (c) 8,000 10,000 2,00 0
 1 ja
R s
S.P in hydrabad = Rs. M 13, 000 3, 0 00
11 + 13  %  1274
2 3 3, 000
S.P in Madras = M
a th

 27  4 Profit% = × 100 = 23.08%

13, 000
11 +  %  1274 ATQ,
2  65. (b)
33
 49   M + 11000 = 10 M C.P S.P
  %  1274 4
ty a

2
4 I. Trader 10 13
1% = 52  M = 11000
7 II. Trader 10 13
di M

44000 III. Trader

CP = 100% Rs. 5200  M= = 6285.7 10 13
7
56. (a) 61. (c) 10 00 21 97
Let the ares x gm. for 1 kg. 2197  300
Shopkeeper Customer CP for Dealer = x
SP for dealer = 1000 300
1000  ×1000 = Rs. 136.55
Rate 100 93
ATQ, 2197
x 100 20 66. (b)
Quantity x cm 100 cm
= =
1000 115 23 Let CP1 = 400x
23x = 20000
x 93
20000  CP2 = 500x
x = = 869.6 gm.
Price 100 124 23 S.P1 = 440x
62. (d) SP2 = 600x
A

x 100 A.T.Q
 = Dealer Customer
93 124
Rate 100 93
(600 – 440)x = 480
9300
 x= = 75 cm Quantity 82 100 480
124  x= =3
Price 82 93 160
57. (d)
I II 93 – 82  Difference in costprice of first
P% = ×100 and second articles is
1 : 1 82
Profit/Loss  5% : x% 500x – 400x = 100x
1100
= = 13.41% = 100 × 3 = Rs. 300
25% 82

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54. Piyush sold a guitar to Anuj at 16% ,d O;fDr 400 #i;s eas Ø; fd, gq, eky 61. A dishonest dealer professes to sell
his goods at cost price but uses a false
gain and Anuj sold it to Mayank at dk vk/k 5» ds ykHk ij csp nsrk gSA mls
weight and thus gains 15%. For a
32% gain. If Mayank paid Rs.3,828 'ks"k eky dks fdl ykHk izfr'kr ij cspuk kilogram, he uses a weight of
for the guitar, what amount did
pkfg, rkfd iwjs eky ij 25» ykHk gks\ (rounded off to one digit after decimal).
Piyush pay for the same?
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift- 02) ,d Bx Mhyj vius eky dks Ø; ewY;
ih;w"k us vuqt dks 16» ds YkkHk ij ,d (a) 30% (b) 25% ij cspus dk [kqysvke nkok djrk gSA ysfdu
fxVkj cspk vkSj vuqt us bls 32» ykHk(c) 20% (d) 45%
,d xyr ckV dk mi;ksx djds 15» ykHk
ij e;ad dks csp fn;kA ;fn e;ad us fxVkj
58. In a certain shop, the profit is ysrk gSA ,d fdyksxzke ds fy,] og
ds fy, 3]828 #i;s dk Hkqxrku fd;k] 130% of the cost. If the cost ________(n'keyo ds ckn ,d vad rd
increases by 28% and the selling
rks ih;w"k us mlds fy, fdruh jkf'k dk price remains constant, then what iw.kkZafdr) okys ckV dk mi;ksx djrk gS
Hkqxrku fd;k Fkk\ is the profit percentage to the SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift- 02)
SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (Shift- 02) nearest whole number? (a) 833.3 gm (b) 876.7 gm
(a) Rs.2,500 (b) Rs.3,200 ,d fuf'pr nqdku eas] ykHk] Ø; ewY; dk (c) 869.6 gm (d) 898.33 gm

(c) Rs.1,600 (d) Rs.2,800

130» gSA ;fn Ø;ewY; eas 28» dh o`f¼62. gksrhA dishonest dealer sells the goods at
gS vkSj foØ; ewY; fLFkj jgrk gS] rks (fudVre7% loss on cost price but uses 18%
55. A shopkeeper sells an article at less weight. What is his percentage

r
iw.kZ la[;k eas) ykHk izfr'kr D;k gS\ of profit? (Correct to 2 decimal places)
1

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13 % loss. If he sells it for
2
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift- 03) ,d csbZeku Mhyj oLrqvksa dks Ø;&ewY
Rs.1,274 more, then he gain 11%.
(a) 75% (b) 60% 7» dh gkfu ij csprk gS ysfdu 18» de
an by
What is the cost price of the
article?
(c) 59% (d) 80%
59. A man sells two cows for
otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA mld s ykHk dk
izfr'kr D;k gS\ (2 n'keyo LFkkuksa rd lgh)

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Rs.15,640 each, gaining 15% on SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift- 04)
1 one and losing 15% on the other.
,d nqdkunkj ,d OkLrq 13
dks2 % gkfu Find his total gain or loss.
(a) 25.65% (b) 12.82%
ja (c) 28.75% (d) 13.41%
R s
ij csprk gSA ;fn og bls 1]274 #i;s ,d vkneh nks xk;ksa dks 15]640 #i;s izR;sd
63. Ramesh purchases a table and a
vf/d esa csprk gS] rks mls 11» dk ykHk eas csprk gS] ,d ij 15» dk ykHk vkSj chair for Rs.3,900. He sells the
a th

nwljh ij 15» dh gkfu gksrh gSA mldk table at a profit of 8% and the
gksrk gSA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; D;k gS\
dqy ykHk ;k gkfu Kkr dhft,A chair at a profit of 16%. He earns
SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (Shift- 02) a profit of Rs.540. What is the
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (Shift- 04)
difference between the original
ty a

(a) Rs.4,874 (b) Rs.4,800 (a) Rs.720 loss (b) Rs.360 loss price of the table and the chair?
(c) Rs.5,200 (d) Rs.5,274 (c) Rs.720 gain (d) Rs.360 gain jes'k 3]900 #i;sa esa ,d est vkSj ,d dqlhZ
di M

56. A shopkeeper advertises for selling 60. A Microwave oven is sold in [kjhnrk gSA og est dks 8» ds ykHk ij
Hyderabad for Rs.M. A retailer,
cloth at 7% loss. However, by
Elahi from Hyderabad went to vkSj dqlhZ dks 16» ds ykHk ij csprk gSA
using a false scale of length 1
Madras and bought it for 25% less mls 540 #i;s dk ykHk gksrk gSA est vkS
metre he actually gains 24%. What (when compared to the price in dqlhZ ds ewy ewY; esa fdruk varj gS\
will be the actual length he uses Hyderabad). He spends Rs.1,000 on SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (Shift- 01)
instead of 1 metre ? transport to bring it from Madras
(a) Rs.2,00 (b) Rs.1,800
,d nqdkunkj 7» gkfu ij diM+k cspus to Hyderabad. He sold it in (c) Rs.1,900 (d) Rs.1,700
Hyderabad for Rs.M making a profit
dk foKkiu djrk gSA ysfdu okLro eas of 10%. Find the value of M (in Rs.). 64. A man buys a machine for Rs. 5,000.
og 1 ehVj yackbZ ds xyr Ldsy dk mi;ksx gSnjkckn esa ,d ekbØksosoRs.M vksou After one year, he sells it for Rs. 6000.
After two years, again he buys the
djds 24» ykHk izkIr dekrk gSA 1 ehVj esa cspk tkrk gSA ,d [kqnjk foØsrk] bykgh
same machine at Rs. 8,000 and sells
ds Ldsy ds LFkku ij og fdl yackbZ dk gSnjkckn ls enzkl x;k vkSj bls 25» de it for Rs.10,000. Find his overall profit
A

Ldsy mi;ksx dj jgk gS\
SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (Shift- 01)
(a) 75 cm (b) 31 cm
(c) 76 cm (d) 93 cm
57. A person having bought goods for
Rs.400 sells half of it at a gain of
5%. At what gain percentage must
he sell the remainder, so as to gain
25% on the whole?
eas [kjhnk (tc gSnjkckn dh dher ls rqyuk percentage for both the transactions.
dh tkrh gSA) og bls enzkl ls gSnjkckn
ykus ds fy, ifjogu ij 1]000 #i;s [kpZ
djrk gSA mlus bls gSnjkckn Rs.Mesa
esa
csp fn;k vkSj 10» dk ykHk v£tr fd;kA
M dk eku (#i;sa eas) Kkr dhft,A
SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (Shift- 01)
(a) 6,305.8 (b) 6,258.8
(c) 6,285.7 (d) 6,527.9
,d vkneh Rs.5]000 esa ,d e'khu •jhnrk
gSA ,d o"kZ ds ckn] ogRs.bls6000 esa
csprk gSA nks o"kZ ckn] og fiQj ls ml
e'khu dksRs.8]000 esa •jhnrk gS vkSj
Rs.10]000 esa csprk gSA nksuksa ysu&n
fy, mldk lexz ykHk çfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
SSC CGL TIER - II 02/03/2023
(a) 20.23% (b) 23.08%
(c) 18.75% (d) 15.23%

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65. Products pass successively 68. A shopkeeper bought a table for 71. Manjeet bought a second-hand
through the hands of three traders Rs.4,600 and a chair for motorbike for Rs 22,000 and spent
and each of them sells his goods Rs.1,800. He sells the table with Rs 3,000 on its overhauling and
at a profit of 30% of his cost price. 10% gain and the chair with 6% maintenance. He then sold it with
If the last trader sold the products gain. Find the overall gain 12% profit. If he had sold it for Rs
500 less, then what would have
for Rs. 300, then how much did percentage.
been his profit percentage?
the first trader pay for them?
,d nqdkunkj us #- 4]600 esa ,d est vkSj eathr us ,d lsdsaM gSaM eksVjckbd #- 22]00
dksbZ eky rhu O;kikfj;ksa ds gkFkksa ls Øfed
#- 1]800 esa ,d dqlhZ [kjhnhA og est dks esa [kjhnhA vkSj bldh ejEer vkSj vuqj{k.
:i ls xqtjrk gS vkSj muesa ls çR;sd O;kikjh10» ykHk vkSj dqlhZ dks 6» ykHk ij csprk ij #- 3]000 [kpZ fd,A fiQj mlus bls 12»
vius eky dks vius Ø; ewY; ds 30» ds gSA dqy ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A ykHk ij csp fn;kA ;fn og bls #- 500
ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn vafre O;kikjh us de esa csprk] rks mldk ykHk çfr'kr gksrk\
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Shift-01)
eky dks #i;s 300 esa cspk] rks igys O;kikjh SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Shift-01)
us bls fdrus esa •jhnk Fkk\ 7
3 (a) 10% (b) 10.5%
(a) 16 (b)
4 (c) 8% (d) 5%
SSC CGL TIER- II 03/03/2023
7 72. An article is sold at a certain price.
(a) Rs. 330.55 (approx) (c) 8 (d) 8 If it is sold at 70% of this price,
8 then there is a loss of 10%. What

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(b) Rs. 136.55 (approx)
69. The cost prices of two articles A is the percentage profit, when it is
(c) Rs. 240.55 (approx) sold at the original selling price?

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and B are in the ratio 4:5. While
(d) Rs. 137.55 (approx) selling these articles, the ,d oLrq fdlh fuf'pr dher ij csph tkrh
an by
66. The cost prices of two articles A
shopkeeper gains 10% on article gSA ;fn bls bl ewY; ds 70» ij cspk tkrk
and B are in the ratio 4 : 5. While
A and 20% profit on article B, and gS] rks 10» dh gkfu gksrh gSA ewy foØ
the difference in their selling ewY; ij cspus ij çfr'kr ykHk D;k gS\

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selling these articles, the
prices is Rs.480. Find 30% of the
shopkeeper gains 10% on article A total cost price (in Rs.) of both the SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Shift-03)
and 20% on article B and the
ja articles. 200 300
R s
difference in their selling prices is (a) % (b) %
Rs. 480. The difference in the cost nks oLrqvksa
A vkSjB ds Ø; ewY; 4%5 ds 7 7
vuqikr esa gSaA bu oLrqvksa dks cspus ij] nqdkunkj
a th

price (in Rs.) of articles B and A is: 50 100

dks oLrq
A ij 10» dk ykHk vkSj oLrqrB (c) % (d) %
nks oLrqvksa
A vkSjB ds Ø; ewY; dk vuqikr 7 7
ij 20» dk ykHkizkIrgksrk gS] vkSj muds
4 % 5 gSA bu oLrqvksa dks csprs le;] 73. A shopkeeper bought toffees at a
foØ; ewY; esa varj #- 480 gSA nksuksa oLrqvksa
rate ofds10 for Rs.15 and sold them
nqdkunkj dks oLrq
A ij 10» vkSj oLrq
ty a

B
dqy Ø; ewY; dk 30» (#- esa)r Kk
dhft,A at a rate of 16 for Rs.40. Find his
ij 20» dk ykHk gksrk gS vkSj muds foØ; profit percentage. (correct to two
ewY; esa varj 480 #- gSA B vkSj
oLrq
A ds
di M

SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Shift-02)

decimal places)
Ø; ewY; (#- esa) esa varj fdruk gS\ (a) 1,000 (b) 900 ,d nqdkunkj us #- 15 esa 10 dh nj ls
SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Shift-02) (c) 810 (d) 1,250 VkWfiQ;ka [kjhnha mUgsa #- 40 esa 16 d
70. An article is sold at a profit of csp fn;kA mldk çfr'kr ykHk Kkr dhft,A
(a) 250 (b) 300
(n'keyo ds nks LFkkuksa rd lgh)
(c) 400 (d) 350 1
13 % . Had it been sold for SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Shift-01)
4
67. shopkeeper bought 40 pieces of
Rs76.70 more, the profit would (a) 65.05% (b) 33.33%
an article at a rate of Rs. 50 per
(c) 50.55% (d) 66.67%
item. He sold 35 pieces with 20% 1
profit. The remaining 5 pieces have been 16 % 50% of the cost 74. A vegetable vendor sold 1 kg of
5
were found to be damaged and he potatoes for Rs.25 and earned 25%
pirce of the article (in Rs) is: profit. In the evening, he started
sold them with 10% loss. Find his
selling potatoes with only 10% profit.
A

overall profit percentage. 1

,d oLrq dks13 4 % ds ykHk ij cspk At what cost (in Rs.) per kg did he
,d nqdkunkj us 40 oLrq #- 50 dh nj ls sell the potatoes in the evening?
[kjhnsA mlus 35 oLrq, 20» ds ykHk ij tkrk gSA ;fn bls #- 76-70 vf/d esa cspk ,d lCth foØsrk us 1 fdxzk vkyw :i;s
csphA 'ks"k 5 oLrq,sa {kfrxzLr ikbZ xbZ 25 esa cspk vkSj 25» ykHk vftZr fd;kA
x;kvkSj
1
gksrk] rks
16 % dk ykHk gksrkA oLrq
'kke dks mlus dsoy 10» ykHk ij vkyw
mlus mUgsa 10» gkfu ds lkFk csp fn;kA 5
mldk dqy ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A ds Ø; ewY; dk 50» (#- esa) gS% cspuk 'kq: dj fn;kA 'kke dks mlus vkyw
dks fdl dher (:i;s esa) izfr fdxzk cspk\
SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Shift-03) SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Shift-02)
SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Shift-03)
(a) 30% (b) 10% (a) 2,500 (b) 13,00
(a) 20 (b) 22
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67. (d)
50 40
By Allegation:- = × 2600 = Rs.1300
100  Selling price of 1 toffee is Rs.
20 –10 16
Hence, the correct answer in
option b.
40 15
x 71. (a) –
 P% = 16 10 × 100 = 66.67%
Total C.P for Majeet 15
= 22000 + 3000 10
35 5 = 25000
x + 10 20 – x 74. (b)
500
x + 10 7 Consider, ×100 = 2% Given that, selling price of Potatoes
 = 25,000
20 – x 1 = Rs.25
 8x = 130  Rs. 500 is 2% of C.P with 25% profit
130  New profit% = 12 – 2 = 10%
 x= = 16.25% 1
8 72. (a) 25% =
4
68. (d) Let the original S.P be 100

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 if C.P = 4, S.P = 5
4600 If the product is sold at 70% of
SP of table = × 110 = 5060

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100 original C.P 25
i.e., 70 then there is 10% loss  × 4 = C.P
1800 5
SP of chair =
100
Total CP = 6400
an by
× 106 = 1908

90
100
× C.P = 70
 C.P = Rs. 20
Now, in evening he started selling

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Total SP = 6968
70 ×100
700  1 
568  C.P = = at 10% profit 10%  
gain % = × 100 ja 90 9  10 
R s
6400
Now, we need to find the profit
71 7 percentage if article was sold at 11
a th

8 %  S.P = × 20 = 22 Rupees.
8 8 100. 10
69. (c) 75. (d)
A B S.P – C.P
 P% = × 100
CP  400 : 500 C.P 1 1
ty a

10% ( ) 20% 25% =

4
and 20% =
5
SP  440 600 700
100 –
di M

9 200 CP 4x
 
= 700 × 100 = % SP 3x
160 7
9 A.T.Q.
480 30
 × 900 × 73. (d)
160 100 8x 5

 810 10  Rs. 15 × 8 3x + 660 6
70. (b) 16  Rs. 40 × 5  48x = 15x + 3300
Let the cost price of article be Rs. x.  C.P of 80 toffees  Rs. 120 33x = 3300
S.P of 80 toffees  Rs. 200 x = 100
 1 1   Original C.P. = 4x = 400
Then,  16 % – 13 %  of x 200 – 120
 5 4   P% = × 100 76. (c)
120
A

S.P. of A = S.P. of B
= 76.70
80 2 48640
 81 53  = × 100 = × 100 = 66.67% = = 24320
  %– %  of x = 76.70 120 3 2
 5 4 
'OR' A.T.Q.
 (16.2% – 13.25%) of x = 76.70 Cost price of 10 toffees is Rs. 15 24320
 2.95% of x = 76.70 C.P.A = × 100 = 19000
15 128
100  Cost price of 1 toffee is Rs.
 x = 76.70 × = 2600 10 24320
2.95 C.P.B = × 100 = 32000
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75. An article is sold at 25 percent loss. SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022) ,d oLrq dk Ø; ewY; :i;s 2800 gSA foØ;
If its cost price is doubled and
(a) Rs.26000, Rs.40000 ewY; ds izfr'kr esa ykHk 20 izfr'kr gSA okLrfo
selling price is increased by Rs.660,
ykHk dk eku (:i;s esa) D;k gS\
then there is a profit of 20 percent. (b) Rs.17000, Rs.28000
SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022
What is the original cost price of
(c) Rs.19000, Rs.32000
the article? (a) Rs.616 (b) Rs.700
(d) Rs.24000, Rs.38000 (c) Rs.504 (d) Rs.560
,d oLrq dks 25 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij cspk 79. Aditya sells two wrist watches from
77. A person sells an article for a loss
tkrk gSA ;fn mldk Ø; ewY; nksxquk gks tk, his personal collection for Rs.
of 18 percent. If he increases the
rFkk foØ; ewY; esa 660 #i;s dh o`f¼ dj 12,600 each. On the first watch,
selling price by Rs. 144 and he gains 26% and, on the second,
nh tk,] rks 20 izfr'kr ykHk izkIr gksrk gSA he loses 10%. Find the overall gain
decreases the cost price by 30
oLrq dk okLrfod Ø; ewY; D;k gS\ or loss percentage.
percent, then there is profit of 20
SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022) percent. What is the original selling vkfnR; vius futh laXkzg ls nks dykbZ ?kfM
price? izR;sdRs.12]600 ds ewY; esa csprk gSA
(a) Rs. 360 (b) Rs. 500 igyh ?kM+h ij mls 26» dk ykHk gksrk g
,d O;fDr fdlh oLrq dks 18 izfr'kr dh vkSj nwljh ?kM+h ij mls 10» dh gkfu gks

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(c) Rs. 480 (d) Rs. 400
gkfu ij csprk gSA ;fn og foØ; ewY; dks gSA dqy ykHk ;k gkfuizfr'kr Kkr dhft,A

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76. The selling prices of articles A and
B are the same. A is sold at a profit #i;s 144 c<+k ns rFkk ewY; dks 30 izfr'kr SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Shift-03)

an by
of 28 percent and B is sold at a
loss of 24 percent. If the total selling
?kVk ns] rks 20 izfr'kr dk ykHk gksrk gSA
ewy foØ; ewY; fdruk gS\
(a) Gain of 16%
(c) Loss of 5%
(b) Gain of 5%
(d) Gain of 12%

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price of the both articles is Rs.
80. A man bought toffees at 3 for a
48640, then what is the cost price SSC CGL MAINS (08/08/2022) rupee. How many toffees for a
of A and B, respectively?
ja rupee must he sell to gain 50%?
R s
(a) Rs.6036 (b) Rs.5904
oLrqvksa
A RkFkkB ds foØ; ewY; leku gSA ,d vkneh us ,d #i;s esa 3 VkWfiQ;ka [kjhnh
(c) Rs.6124 (d) Rs.5068
50» dk ykHk izkIr djus ds fy, mls ,d
a th

A dks 28 izfr'kr ds ykHk ij cspk tkrk gSA

rFkkB dks 24 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij cspk78. The cost price of an article is Rs. #i;s esa fdruh VkWfiQ;ka cspuh pkfg,\
2800. Profit as a percentage of
tkrk gSA ;fn nkuksa oLrqvksa dk dqy foØ; SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Shift-02)
selling price is 20 percent. What is
ty a

ewY; 48640 #i;s gks]Arks rFkkB dk (a) 2 (b) 1

the actual profit (in Rs.)?
Øe'k% Ø; ewY; D;k gS\ (c) 4 (d) 3
di M

ANSWER KEY
1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(a) 5.(a) 6.(a) 7.(b) 8.(c) 9.(c) 10.(d)

11.(a) 12.(c) 13.(d) 14.(b) 15.(b) 16.(c) 17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(c) 20.(a)

21.(a) 22.(b) 23.(b) 24.(c) 25.(b) 26.(c) 27.(a) 28.(b) 29.(a) 30.(a)

31.(d) 32.(a) 33.(a) 34.(b) 35.(a) 36.(d) 37.(a) 38.(b) 39.(d) 40.(a)
A

41.(b) 42.(c) 43.(c) 44.(a) 45.(c) 46.(b) 47.(d) 48.(d) 49.(a) 50.(c)

51.(b) 52.(b) 53.(b) 54.(a) 55.(c) 56.(a) 57.(d) 58.(d) 59.(a) 60.(c)

61.(c) 62.(d) 63.(b) 64.(b) 65.(b) 66.(b) 67.(d) 68.(d) 69.(c) 70.(b)

71.(a) 72.(a) 73.(d) 74.(b) 75.(d) 76.(c) 77.(b) 78.(b) 79.(b) 80.(a)

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77. (b) 78. (b) 80. (a)

A.T.Q.
1
 Profit 1
C.P. 100 50x 20%  The cost price of 1 toffee = Rs.
  5  S.P 3
S.P. 82 41x
Now, The required selling price of 1
 C.P = 4  2800
50 x – 15x 5
 1  150  1
  Pr ofit = 1  700 toffee = 
  ×
  = Rs.

41x +144 6 3
   100  2
79. (b)
 42x = 41x + 144 So, The selling price of two toffee
12600
x = 144 C.P of W1 = ×100 = 10000 1 
126 =
Original S.P. = 41x   × 2 = Rs. 1
2
= 41 × 144 = Rs.5904 12600
C.P of W2 = ×100 = 14000  The total 2 toffees for a rupee
90
must be sold to gain 50%
Total CP = 24000
Total SP = 25200

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1200
Profit % = ×100 = 5%

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24000

an by
n
ja
R s
a th
ty a
di M
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