Chapter:

profit-and-loss

1. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on printed price. The ratio of cost price and printed price of book is:


2. By selling a bicycle for Rs. 2,850, a shopkeeper gains 14%. If profit is reduced to 8%, n selling price will be:


3. A sells an article to B at a profit of 10% B sells article back to A at a loss of 10%. In this transaction:


4. A person sold a horse at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and sold it for Rs. 600 less, he would have made a profit of 32%. The cost price of horse was:


5. If a man were to sell his chair for Rs. 720, he would lose 25%. To gain 25% he should sell it for:


6. A man sold two chairs at Rs. 1200 each. On one he gained 20% and on or he loss 20%. His gain or loss in whole transaction is:


7. A shopkeeper marks his goods 30% above his cost price but allows a discount of 10% at time of sale. His gain is:


8. If profit per cent got on selling an article is numerically equal to its cost price in rupees and selling price is Rs. 39, n cost price (in Rs.) will be:


9. A man buys a field of agricultural land for Rs. 3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20% and two-fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price must he sell remaining field so as to make an overall profit of 10%?


10. An article is listed at Rs. 920. A customer pays Rs. 742.90 for it after getting two successive discounts. If rate of first discount is 15%, rate of 2nd discount is:


Topics

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