Profit and Loss Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

A merchant buys an article for ₹ 27 and sells it at a profit of 10% of the selling price. The selling price of the article is: 

Krishnan bought a camera and paid 20% less than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of profit earned by Krishnan on the original price was

A man purchased a bedsheet for₹ 450 and sold it at a gain of 10% calculated on the selling price. The selling price of the bedsheet was 

A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If in a month his sale was ₹ 7,91,000, what was his profit ? 

By selling a car for ₹ 64,000, Mr. Rao lost 20%. Then the cost price of the car is :

An item when sold for ₹ 1,690 earned 30% profit on the cost price. Then the cost price is 

A fan is listed at ₹ 150 and a discount of 20% is given. Then the selling price is

By selling 33 metres of cloth a person gain the cost price of 11 metres. find the gain%

A merchant purchases a wrist watch for ₹ 450 and fixes its list price in such a way that after allowing a discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 20%. Then the list price of the watch is

The cost price of a radio is₹  600. The 5% of the cost price is charged towards transportation. After adding that, if the net profit to be made is 15%, then the selling price of the radio must be