26. An article is sold at 33(1/3)% profit. If it had 10% profit = 1/10.

So CP = 10, SP = 10+1 = 11
been sold at a profit of 40%,it would have fetched Now make CP 10% less, CP becomes = 9, Now
Rs50 more. Find cost price of article? there is 16(2/3)% profit So SP becomes 21/2
A) 700 Original SP = 11, final = 21/2. Difference is ½
B) 750 S o 1/2 == 2 [Rs 2 less]
C) 600 1 == 4
D) 650 and 10 == 40

Option B 29. A dishonest shopkeeper sells milk at 20% gain

Solution: and also he add water in the ratio 4:1 in it. What is
1st 33(1/3)% profit so CP = 3, and SP = 3+1 = 4 his total profit?
2nd 40% = 2/5. So CP = 5, SP = 7 A) 50%
Now CP is same so make CP same B) 45%
CP…….. SP C) 40%
15………..20 D) 44%
15………….21
20 to 21 is + 1, so 1= 50 [increase in SP] Option A
So 15=750 Solution:
In the case of milk & water. The milk amount is
27. The percentage of loss when an article is sold at consider as 100. Now during the comparison of
Rs60 is same as that of profit, when it is sold at water with milk, the water amount is taken as
Rs80. profit %.
The above mention profit or loss on the article is? See here : M W
A) 14(2/7) % . 4:1
B) 16(2/3)% . 100 : 25% profit on selling milk on CP but he
C) 20% sold it 20% gain
D) 25% So: 25+20+ (25*20)/100= 50% total

Option A 30. The price of coal is increased by 20%. By what

Solution: percent a family should decrease its consumption
CP = 60+ 80/2= 70 so that expenditure remains same?
Profit = 80-70=10 A) 25%
Profit % = 10/70 * 100= 14(2/7)% B) 14(2/7)%
C) 16(2/3)%
28. A businessman sells a commodity at 10% profit. D) 20%
If he had bought it 10% less and sold it for rs2 less,
then he would have gained 16(2/3)%. What is the Option C
cost price of the commodity? Solution:
A) 32 increased 20% = 1/5
B) 48 Since there is increase, so decrease in consumption
C) 36 will be 1/(5+1) = 1/6 = 16 2/3%
D) 40 In there was decrease, so increase in consumption
would have been 1/(5-1) = 1/4 = 25%
Option B
Solution:
31. After selling 12 balls a man suffer a loss equal S.P = 1600
to cost price of 6 balls. Find loss percent? C.P= 1200
A) 100% Profit % = 400/1200* 100= 33(1/3)%
B) 50%
C) 33(1/3)% 34. A trader wants to earn 16(2/3)% after allowing
D) 40% a discount of 25%. Find by how much % he has to
increase his cost price to make M.P?
Option B A) 50%
Solution: B) 55.55%
loss = CP-SP C) 40%
CP of 6 ball = CP of 12 ball – SP of 12 ball D) 55%
SP of 12 ball = CP of 6 ball
Loss % = 6/12*100= 50% Option B
Solution:
32. A man bought a horse & a carriage for profit % = 16(2/3)% = 1/6. So CP = 6, and SP = 6+1 =
Rs60,000. He sold the horse at 15% profit and the 7
carriage at a loss of 6%. But still he gained of 1% on Discount = 25% = 1/4 So MP = 4, SP = 4-1 = 3
overall. The cost price of the horse was? Make S.P Same in both cases
A) 18000 C.P…. S.P…….. M.P
B) 22000 18……. 21……… 28
C) 25000 Difference between CP and MP is 10
D) 20000 So 10/18*100 = 55.55%

Option D 35. Nikita bought 30kg of wheat at the rate of

Solution: 9.50/kg of wheat and the same amount of wheat at
Horse carriage the rate of Rs8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold
15% ………..-6 the mixture at the rate of Rs 8.90/kg. Find her total
. +1 profit or loss in the whole transaction?
7……………… 14 A) Rs2 profit
1:2 B) Rs6 loss
1/3*60000= 20000 C) Rs2 loss
D) Rs6 profit
33. A customer saves Rs400 at the rebate of 20%
on market price of an article. If the cost price of the Option B
article for shopkeeper is Rs1200.Then find the Solution:
profit percent of shopkeeper? C.P = 30*9.50 + 30*8.5 = 540
A) 33(1/3)% S.P = 60 * 8.90 = 534
B) 25% So loss of Rs 6.
C) 20%
D) 16(2/3)% 36. A shopkeeper sold a T.V set for Rs17,940 with a
discount of 12.5% and Gained 5%. If no discount is
Option A allowed then what will be his gain percent?
Solution: A) 20%
20% of M.P = 400 B) 25%
M.P = 2000 C) 30%
D) 15%
39. An article is sold at 25% profit. Had it been sold
Option A at Rs30 less then there would have been a loss of
Solution: 25%. What was the cost price (in Rupees)?
. MP…………SP A) 75
. 8……………. 7 B) 45
Gain – 5% = 1/20 C) 60
CP………SP D) 90
20……….21
Make SP same. Option C
CP…….SP……….MP Solution:
20……..21……….24 Profit = 25% = 1/4
MP – CP = 4 CP………….SP
(4/20)*100= 20% 4………………5
Loss 25%= CP SP
37. If 8kg of tea price costing Rs56/kg is blended . 4…..3
with 32kg of tea of Rs69/kg and 25kg of Rs75/kg In both SPs, difference = 5-3 = 2
and the mixture is sold at 20% profit. Find the 2=30
selling price (in rupees) of mixture? 1=15
A) 82.64 4=60
B) 83.64
C) 80 40. Even after reducing the marked price of a fan
D) 85 by Rs64, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. If the
cost price of fan is Rs640 what percent of profit
Option B would have been made if he had sold the fan at the
Solution: market price?
(8*56 + 32*69 + 25*75)/ 65 = 69.70 A) 20%
(69.70/100) * 120 = 83.64 B) 25%
C) 30%
38. If the price of an article increased by 25% and D) 40%
his expenditure increases by 15%, a person gets
4kg less article. Find the original quantity of article Option B
(in kg). Solution:
A) 50 Profit = 15% = 3/20. So
B) 54 CP…………SP
C) 45 20…………23
D) 40 640……….736
M.P = 736+64 = 800
Option A Profit % = 160/640* 100 = 25%
Solution:
100 41. A man gets a profit of 28% after allowing
. 115…………..125 discount of 11(1/9)%. Find how much percent the
125 – 115 =10 cost price should be increased to make this Mark
10/125 * T = 4 Price?
T = 125 * 4/10 = 50 A) 40%
B) 45% and sell in order to make a profit of at least Rs3000
C) 44% per week?
D) 46% A) 370
B) 350
Option C C) 400
Solution: D) 450
Gain – 28% CP………SP
. 100………128 Option C
Discount 11(1/9)% = 1/9 Solution:
MP………..SP 50x – (30x + 5000) = 3000
9…………….8 20x = 8000
Make SP same x = 400
CP…………SP…………….MP
100……….128……………144 44. A shopkeeper sold his article at cost price but
MP – CP =44% he uses false weight and gives 400gm instead of
600gm. Find his loss or profit percent?
42. The sale price of an article including the sales A) 62%
tax is Rs560. The rate of sales tax is 16(2/3)%. If the B) 40%
shopkeeper has made a profit of 14(2/7)% then C) 50%
find the cost price (in rupees)? D) 30%
A) 420
B) 450 Option C
C) 500 Solution:
D) 550 (600-400)/400 *100 = 200/400 * 100=50%

Option A 45. If a person reduce his selling price of an article

Solution: by rs40 then the suggested profit of 33(1/3)%
Sales tax = 16(2/3)% = 1/6 convert into loss of 20%. Find the cost price?
After sales tax………………SP A) Rs60
. 7………………………..6 B) Rs75
Gain = 14(2/7)% = 1/7 C) Rs100
CP………….SP D) Rs150
7…………….8
Make SP same Option B
CP…………SP……….sales tax Solution:
21………….24………….28 . C.P………………S.P
420………………………560 33(1/3)% gain=1/3 3………………….4
20%LOSS= 1/5 5………………….4
43. A manufacturer of a certain item can sell all Make C.P same & we will get
items that he can produce at the selling price of 15………..20
Rs50 each. It cost him Rs30 in materials and labour 15…………12
to produce each item and he has overhead 20-12 =8
expenses of Rs5000 per week in order to operate 8 =40
the plant. The number of units he should produce 1 =5
15 =75
 CP………………….SP
46. The price of an article increase by 20% and a 100……………….125
man now get 10kg less, if he also reduce his At 10% loss
consumption by 20%, then find how much kg of 90………………….117…..125- 117= 8
article he used to purchase in normal price? . +30% profit
A) 15kg 8 =16
B) 20kg 1 =2
C) 30kg 100 =200
D) 40kg
49. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost price but
Option C he mixes water and earns 14(2/7)%. Find the ratio
Solution: of mixture and milk in the mixture?
. 100 A) 7 : 1
80 120 B) 7 : 8
120 -80 =40 C) 1 : 7
40/120 * T =10 D) 8 : 7
T = 30kg
Option D
47. A shopkeeper sell his goods at 25% loss but he Solution:
uses false weight of 30%. Find the loss or profit of milk : water
shopkeeper in this whole process? 100 14(2/7)
A) 50/7% profit 7:1
B) 50/3% profit Milk =7
C) 50/7% loss Mixture = 7+1 =8
D) 50/3% loss Mixture : milk
8:7
Option A
Solution: 50. A man sells his two articles at Rs1200. At one
. 1000 he gains 25% and at another he gains 16(2/3)%.
700 750 Overall he gains 20%. Find the cost price of first
750 – 700 = 50 article?
50/700 *100 = 50/7% profit A) 500
B) 400
48. A shopkeeper sells an article at 25% profit. Had C) 600
he bought it for 10% loss and sold it for rs16 less, D) 700
he would have earned 30% profit. What is the
actual cost price? Option B
A) 100 Solution:
B) 150 first we find C.P of both
C) 175 20% gain = 1/5
D) 200 SP is 1200, so 1+5 = 6 = 1200. SO 5 = 1000
25……………………………….50/3
Option D ….. 20
Solution: 10/3…………………………..5
let C.P = 100 2:3
2/5*1000 = 400