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1 . Sri Ganesh bought 40kgs of wheat at Rs..50 per kg and 5kgs of it at Rs. 5.0 per kg. He mixed them together. At what rate should he sell the mixture to earn 0% profit? (Syndicate Bank PO Exam ) ) Rs..50 ) Rs..5 ) Rs ) Rs The profit earned after selling an article for Rs.,56 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs.,. Then what is the cost of the article? (Oriental Bank of Commerce PO Exam...008) ) Rs.,4 ) Rs.,4 ) Rs.,44 4) Rs.,44. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs.,754 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs.,49. Then what is the cost price of the article? (Canara Bank PO Exam ) ) Rs.,6 ) Rs.,5 ) Rs.,689 4) Rs., Giridhar purchased Rs. 450 per piece. While selling he offered 0% discount on the labelled price and earned a profit of 0%. Then what was the labelled price of each saree? (PNB Specialist Officer s Exam ) ) Rs. 540 ) Rs. 650 ) Rs ) Rs Vinod makes a profit of Rs. 0 if he sells a certain number of pencils he has at the price of Rs..5 per pencil and incurs a loss of Rs. 55 if he sells the same number of pencials for Rs..75 per pencil. How many pencils does Vinod have? (Indian Bank Rural Marketing Officer Exam ) ) 0 ) 40 ) 00 4) Cannot be determined Profit And Loss 6. A shopkeeper bought 0 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 45 per kg. He sold 40 percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg. should he sell the remaing quantity to make 5 percent overall profit? (Allahabad Bank PO Exam..0.00) ) Rs. 54 ) Rs. 5 ) Rs. 50 4) Rs. 60 5) Rs Meenal purchased a car for Rs.,50,000 and sold it for Rs.,48,000. Then what is the percent profit she made on the car? (Corporation Bank PO Exam ) ) 40 ) 9. ) 8.4 4) 8 8. Rajani purchased a mobile phone and refrigerator for Rs.,000 and Rs. 0,000 respectively. She sold the refrigerator at a loss of percent and mobile phone at a profit of 8 percent. Then what is her overall loss/profit? (Punjab & Sind Bank PO Exam ) ) Loss of Rs. 80 ) Profit of Rs.,60 ) Loss of Rs. 40 4) Profit of Rs., A shopkeeper sells notebooks at the rate of Rs 45 each and earns a commission of 4%. He also sells pencil box at the rate of Rs. 80 each and earns a commision of 0%. How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells 0 notebooks and 6 pencil boxes a day? (Central Bank Of India PO Exam ) ) Rs.,956 ) Rs.,586 ) Rs.,496 4) Rs., A man sold a wristwatch for Rs.,400 at loss of 5 percent. At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a profit of twenty five percent? (Bank Of India PO Exam..0.00) ) Rs.,600 ) Rs. 4,000

2 ) Rs.,500 4) Rs.,800. What profit/loss percent did Ravi earn if he purchased an item of Rs. 5,600 and sold it at three-fourth of its cost price? (Oriental Bank Of Commerce PO Exam ( st Sitting)) ) Loss of 0 percent ) Gain of 5 percent ) Neither gain nor loss 4) Loss of 5 percent. Prasad sold his work tools for Rs.,850 and earned a profit of 5 percent. At what price did prasad buy the work tools? (Indian Bank PO Exam ) ) Rs.,60 ) Rs.,00 ) Rs.,40 4) Rs.,480. Rehman purchased a bike for Rs. 54,000. He sold it at a loss of 8 percent. With that money he again purchased another bike and sold it at profit of 0 percent. What is his overall loss/profit? (Corporation Bank PO Exam ) ) Loss of Rs. 657 ) Profit of Rs. 567 ) Loss of Rs ) Profit of Rs Meera purchased an item for Rs. 6,000 and sold it at a loss of 5 percent. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 0 percent. Then what was her overall gain/loss? (UCO Bank PO Exam ) ) Loss of Rs. 560 ) Profit of Rs. 560 ) Loss of Rs ) Profit of Rs Seema purchased an item for Rs. 9,600 and sold it for a loss of 5 percent. From that money she purchased another item and sold it for a gain of 5 percent. Then what is her overall gain/loss? (Bank Of Baroda PO Exam..0.0) ) Loss of Rs.6 ) Profit of Rs. 4 ) Loss of Rs 54 4) Profit Of Rs Ramya purchased an item of Rs. 46,000 and sold it at a loss of percent. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it again of percent. Then what was her overall gain/loss? (Allahabad Bank PO Exam ) ) Loss of Rs ) Proft of Rs ) Loss of Rs ) Profit of Rs An Article was purchased for Rs. 78,50. Its price was marked up by 0%. It was sold at a discount of 0% on the marked up price. Then what was the profit percent on the cost price? (IBPS Bank PO/MT CWE ) ) 4 ) 7 ) 5 4) 8. A man sells calculator at the rate of Rs. 50 each which includes a profit of 4 percent. Then what amount of profit will he earn in 9 days if he sells seven calculators per day? (IDBI Bank PO Exam ) ) Rs ) Rs ) Rs ) Rs Manish bought 5kg of rice at Rs per kg and 5 kg of rice at Rs. 6 per kg. What profit did he get when he mixed the two varities together and sold it at Rs per kg? ) 5% ) 40% ) 0% 4) 0% 0. Mr. X, a businessman had the income in the year 995, such that he earned a profit of 0% on his investment in the business. In the year 996 his investment was less by Rs. 5,000 but still had the same income (Income = Investment + Profit) as that in 995. Thus the percent profit earned in 996 increased by 6%. Then what was his investment in 995? (SBI Bank PO Exam..0.00) ) Rs.,0,000 ) Rs.,50,000

3 ) Rs.,05,000 4) Data inadequate. Mr. Shivakumar started a business investing Rs. 5,000 in 996. In 997 he invsested an additional amount of Rs. 0,000 and Mr. Rakesh joined him with an amount of Rs. 5,000. In 998, Mr. Shivakumar invested another additional amount of Rs. 0,000 and Mr. Suresh joined them with an amount of Rs. 5,000. Then what will be Rakesh s share in the profit of Rs.,50,000 earned at the end of three years from the start of the business in 996? (SBI Bank PO Exam..0.0) ) Rs. 70,000 ) Rs. 50,000 ) Rs. 45,000 4) Rs. 75,000. If on selling notebooks any seller makes a profit equal to the selling price of 4 notebooks, Then what is his percent profit? (SBI PO exam ) ) 50 ) 5 ) 6 4) Data inadequate. The profit after selling a pair of trousers for Rs. 86 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of trousers for Rs. 6. Then what is the cost price of the pair of trousers? (SBI Preliminary (Tire-I) Exam ) ) Rs. 750 ) Rs. 800 ) Rs. 75 4) Cannot be determined 4. A trader sells 45 meters of cloth for Rs.,5 at the profit of Rs. 0 per meter of cloth. Then what is the cost price of meter of cloth? (SBI Preliminary (Tire-I) Exam ) ) Rs. 65 ) Rs. 75 ) Rs. 95 4) Rs The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 878 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs. 66. Then what is the cost price of the article? (SBI Preliminary (Tire-I) Exam ) ) Rs. 797 ) Rs. 787 ) Rs ) Rs The value of machine depreciates at rate of percent per annum. It was purchased three years ago. Its present value is Rs , then what was the purchase price of the machine? (SBI Preliminary (Tire-I) Exam ) ) Rs ) Rs ) Rs ) Rs Profit earned by an organisation is distributed among officers and clearks in the ratio 5 : respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs. 5,000. Then what was the total amount of profit earned? (SBI Associate Bank PO Exam ) ) Rs. lakhs ) Rs. 8.5 lakhs ) Rs. 8 lakhs 4) Rs..5 lakhs 8. A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 0% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 0% on the labelled price. Then what is the actual percent profit earned in the deal? (SBI Associate Bank PO Exam ) ) 8% ) 5% ) 0% 4) Cannot be determined 9. By selling marbles for a rupee, a shopkeeper losses 0%. In order to gain 0% in the transaction, he should sell the marbles at the rate of how many marbles for a rupee? ) 8 ) 6 ) 4 4) 0. In a certain store, the profit is 0% of the cost. If the cost increase by 5% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what persentage of the selling price is the Profit? ) 0% ) 70% ) %

4 4) 50%. A horse and carriage together cost Rs If by selling the horse at a profit of 0% and the carriage at a loss of 0% a total profit of.5% is made, then what is the cost price of the horse? ) Rs. 000 ) Rs. 500 ) Rs ) Rs A price of cloth costs Rs. 5. If the length of the piece would have been 4 m longer and each Rs. less, the cost would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece? ) 4 m ) 0 m ) m 4) 9 m. A house of costs C rupees. Later it was sold for a profit of 5%. Then what is the capital gains tax if it is 50% of the profit? C C C ) ) ) C 4) 4. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent. ) 66 % ) % ) 05 % 4) 0% 5. Vishal goes to shop to buy a radio costing Rs The rate of sales tax is 7%. He tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio to such an extent that he has to pay Rs. 568, inclusive of sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of the radio? ) Rs ) Rs. 70 ) Rs. 68 4) Rs A bought 4 bottles of beer and B bought one bottle of larger, larger per bottle costing twice that of the beer. C bought nothing but paid Rs. 50, for his share of the drink which they mixed together and shared equally. If C s Rs. 50 covered his share, then what is the cost of the larger? ) Rs. 50 ) Rs. 75 ) Rs. 0 4) Rs Ravi sells an article at a gain of %. If he had sold it at Rs..50 more, he would gained 5%. The cost price of the article is? ) Rs. 6 ) Rs. 40 ) Rs. 96 4) Rs The sale price of an article including the sales tax is Rs. 66. The rate of sales tax is 0%. If the shopkeeper has made of a profit of %, then the cost price of the article is? ) Rs. 500 ) Rs. 55 ) Rs ) Rs A reduction of 0% in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain kg more for Rs. 60. Find the original price per kg of the sugar. ) Rs. ) Rs. 5 ) Rs. 6 4) Rs If the cost of pencils is equal to the selling price of 0 pencils, then the profit percent in the transaction is? ) 6 % ) 8% ) 0 % 4) 5% 4. Two motor cars were sold for Rs each, gaining 0% on one and losing 0% on the other. Then the gain or loss percent in the whole transaction is? ) neither loss nor gain ) % gain ) % 4) % loss By selling a pen at 5% loss and a book at 5% gains the price of m of cloth. His gain percent is? ) 7% ) 50% ) 0% 4) % 4. On selling a pen 5% loss and a book at 5% gain, Karim gains Rs. 7. If he sells the pen at 5% gain and the book at 0% gain, then he

5 gains Rs.. The actual price of the book is? ) Rs. ) Rs. 80 ) Rs. 0 4) Rs My friend collects antique stamps. She purchased two, but found that she needed to raise money urgently. So, she sold them for Rs. 800 each. On one she made 0% profit and on the others she lost 0%. How much did she gain or loss in the entire transformation? ) No loss/ profit ) Rs.667 loss ) Rs. 667 profit 4) Rs. 658 profit 45. A man sells an article at 5% profit. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Rs. less, he would have gained 0%. The cost price of the article is? ) Rs. 00 ) Rs. 50 ) Rs. 50 4) Rs A dairyman pays Rs.6.4 per liter of milk. He adds water and sells the maximum at Rs. 8 per liter, there by making 7.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the customers is? ) : 5 ) : 0 ) : 0 4) : The cost price of 0 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 5%, then the value of x is? ) 5 ) 8 ) 6 4) A person had deposited Rs. 00 in a bank which pays 4% interest. He withdraws the money and invests in Rs stock at 5%. How much does he gain or loss? ) Loss Rs. 48 ) Gain Rs. 48 ) Loss Rs. 4) Gain Rs. 49. A video magazine distributor made 500 copies of the March issue of the magazine at a cost of Rs He gave 500 cassettes free to some key video libraries. He also allowed a 5% discount on the market price of the cassette and gave one extra cassette free with every 9 cassettes bought at a time. In this manner, he was able to sell all the 500 cassettes that were produced. If the market price of a cassette was Rs. 50, then what is his gain or less percent for the March issue of video magazine? ) 5% loss ) 0% gain ) 40% gain 4) 6.8 loss 50. A firm of readymade garments makes both men s and women s shirts. Its average profit is 6% of the sales. Its profit in men s shirts average 8% of the sales and women s shirts compise 60% of the output. The average profit per sales rupee in women s shirts is? ) ) ) ) Answers. (4) Total weight of the mixture = = 65 kg Total cost price of wheat = Rs. ( ) = Rs. ( ) = Rs Total selling price of wheat = Rs. = Rs SP per kg = Rs. = Rs () Let the cost price of the article be Rs. x. According to the question, 56 x = x x = 56 + = x = = Rs.4. () Let the CP of the article be Rs. x According to the question, 754 x = x 49 x = = 46 x = 46 = Rs.6 4. (4) Let the labelled price of each sari be Rs. x

6 According to the question, % of x = 90 x = x = = Rs () Let Vinod have x pencils..5 x.75 x = x = x = = (4) Cost price of 0 kg of wheat = 0 45 = Rs. 50 Total SP for an over all profit of 5% 50 5 = = Rs SP of kg of wheat = 50 = Rs. 600 Expected SP of 8kg of remaining wheat = = Rs Required selling price per kg = Rs () Tricky Approach Gain percent = = 9. % () Total CP = Rs. ( ) = Rs Total S.P. = Rs. + = Rs. ( ) = Rs. 760 Loss = Rs. ( ) = Rs () = Rs. + (8 + 96) = Rs. 4 C.P. of wristwatch = Rs. 400 = Rs Required S.P. of wristwatch 5 = Rs. 00 = Rs (5) S.P = 5600 = Rs Loss = = Rs. 400 Loss Loss percentage = Cost Price 400 = = 5% (4) C.P = S.P. + Pr ofitpercent = 850 = Rs = S.P loss%. (4) First S.P = = Rs Second SP = = Rs Profit = = Rs. 648 = Rs. 4. () 75 0 Last selling price = 6000 = Rs Loss = Rs. ( ) = Rs (5) Required amount of commission 5. (5) First S.P. = = 90

7 90 05 Second S.P. = = Rs Loss = Rs. ( ) = Rs () First S.P. = = Rs Second S.P. = = Rs Loss = Rs. ( ) = Rs () Gain percent 8. (5) 0 0 = 0 0 % = 4% Profit on one calculator Total profit 4 = Rs = = Rs (4) C.P. of 40 kg of mixture = Rs. [(5 ) + (5 6)] = Rs. ( ) = Rs. 40 S.P. of 40 kg of mixture = Rs. (40 40.) = Rs. 608 Profit = Rs. (608 40) = Rs Pr ofit% = = 0% () Let the investment in 995 be Rs. x Income in 995 with 0% profit =.0 x Also the income in 996 =.0 x Investment in 996 = Rs. (x 5000) Profit in 996 = (0 + 6) = 6% Income in 996 with 6% profit =.6 (x 5000).6 (x 5000) =.0 x 0.06 x = x = 0.06 x = Rs () Shivakumar's equivalent capital = (5000 ) + (00 ) + (00 ) = Rakesh's equivalent capital = (5000 ) = Suresh's equivalent capital = (5000 ) = 5000 Total profit of Rs will be distributed in the ratio of their equivalent capitals. Shivakumar : Rakesh : Suresh = 05 : 70 : 5 = : : Rakesh's share in the total profit = 50000= Rs () Profit = Selling price of 4 note books cost price = selling price 0f ( 8) = 4 note books 4 % Pr ofit = = (5) Let the cost price of the trouser be Rs. x According to the equation, 86 x = x 6 x = = x = = Rs () Cost price of 45 m long cloth = Rs. (5 45 0) = Rs CP of metre long cloth 0875 = = Rs (4) Let the C.P of the article be Rs. x According to the question, 878 x = x 66 x = = x = = Rs.757

8 6. () = P = P (0.88) P = = Rs (4) Profit received by each officer = Rs Profit received by each clerk = 5000 = Rs Total earned profit = Rs. ( ) = Rs. ( ) = Rs..5 lakh 8. (5) Let the cost price of the article be Rs. Then labeled price = Rs.0. SP = Rs.0 0% of 0 = Rs.0 = Rs.7. Gain = Rs.7 Rs. = Rs.7. Therefore, gain/profit percent = 7%. 9. () According to question, SP of marbles = Rs., loss = 0% CP of marbles = Rs. = Rs Now, SP of marbles at a gain of 0% CP. =.5. = Rs..5 It means in order to gain 0%, he should sell marbles for Rs..5 Or for Rs., he should sell marbles.5 = 8 0. () Let the original cost price be Rs.. Then, profit = Rs. 0 and SP = Rs. 40 New CP = Rs. 5 New profit = Rs Required percentage = = 70% 40. (4) Let the CP of horse be Rs. x, then CP of carriage would be Rs. (8000 x) SP of horse =. x SP of carriage = 0.9 (8000 x). x 0.9 (8000 x) = = 800. x x = x = 0 x = Rs () Let the length of the piece be x m Cost of price = Rs. 5 5 Then, price per metre = Rs. x 5 ( x + 4) = 5 x ( x+ 4)(5 x) = 5x x + 4x 40 = 0 ( x 0)( x+ 4) = 0 x = 0 m [ from eq. (i)]. () According to question, cost price of house = Rs. C C profit = 5% of C = Rs. 4 Capital gain tax = 5% of C C = Rs () Let CP be x and SP be y. Then, profit = ( y x ) If SP = y, then profit = (y x) Given y x = (y x) y = x Profit is % 5. () Let reduced price of the ratio be Rs. x x + 7% of x = 568 7x x + = x = 07 x = 400 Reduction needed in the price of radio = ( ) = Rs. 68

9 6. () According to question, total amount spent by them = Rs. 50 Let the cost of one beer be x, then the cost of one larger will be x. Total money spent on beer and larger = (4x + x) 50 6x = 50 x = = 5 6 The cost of the larger = 5 = Rs (4) Let the CP of the article be Rs.. SP at a gain of % =.5 = Rs..50 SP at a gain of 5% = Rs. 5 If SP is Rs..5 more than CP = If SP Rs..50 more CP =.5 = Rs () Let the CP of the article be Rs. x Then, SP = x.. Given, x.. = x = = Rs () According to question purchasing capacity = Rs. 60 A reduction of 0% means, now a person 5 gets kg for Rs. and this is the present price of that commodity. Present price per kg = = Rs..8 5 Let the original price be Rs.x, then new price is arrived after reduction 0% of it. x 0.8 =.8 x = Rs. 6 and SP of pencil = Rs 0 Profit = = = Rs Profit percent = 60 = = 0% 60 Marked price = Rs S.P. of the article = = Rs. 7 Actual gain per cent = 7 4. (4) According to question, where SP is same and also gain % and loss % is same there is always a loss and such loss % = % loss 4. () SP of m of cloth = CP of m + gain SP of m = CP of m + SP of m SP of m = CP of m = (say) SP of m = CP of m = Gain = = Gain percent = = 0 = = 50% Common Gain (or) Loss% 0 = () Let CP of pencils = SP of 0 pencils = Rs. Then, CP of pencil = Rs 4. () Let the CP of the pen and book be Rs. x and Rs. y respectively x +.5 y = (x + y) y 0.05 x = 7... (i)

10 and.05 x +. y = (x + y) x + 0.y =... (ii) Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get y = Rs () According to question, CP of stamp sold at a profit of 0% = = = CP of stamp sold at a loss of 0% 8000 = = Total SP = Total SP = 8000 = Rs Loss = = Rs () Let the CP of the article be Rs. Then, SP = Rs. 05 Now CP = Rs. 95 New SP = Rs If he sells it for Rs. 0.5 less than CP = Rs. If he sells it for Rs. less than CP = = Rs () Let the quantity of milk purchase be x and quantity of water added be y. Then, ratio of water to milk be y : x. CP = 6.4 x SP = 8 (x + y) Profit per cent = 7.5% 8 (x + y) = 6.4 x.75 8 x + 8 y = 8.8 x 8 y = 0.8 x x 80 0 = = y 8 y : x = : () According to question, CP of 0 articles = SP of x articles = (say) CP of articles SP of articles x Profit percent x 5 = 0 = 0 0 x = x x = x 5x = 80 x = () According to question, Interest earned on Rs. 4% = Rs Number of shares purchased 00 = = 0 0 Dividend earned by him on 0 shares Rs. 5 per share = Rs. 800 Net loss = Rs (4) According to question, CP of 500 cassettes = Rs The SP of one cassette after discount is Rs..50 SP of each set of 0 cassettes (9 + ) = Rs = Rs SP of 500 cassettes including 500 free cassettes = Rs. 650 Overall loss on Rs is Rs Loss per cent = = 6.8% () According to the question, women's shirts comprise 60% of the output. Men's shirts comprise 40% of the output. Average profit from men's shirts = 8% of 40 =. out of 40 Overll average profit = 6 out of Average profit from women's shirts =.8 out of 60, i.e., out of each shirt.