Profit and Loss Questions for Competitive Exams
Q : A dishonest dealer professes to sell his good at cost price, but he uses a weight of 800 gm. For one kg. Find his gain percent?
Correct Answer : B
Q : Cost price of 21 objects is equal to selling price of 15 objects. What is the profit?
Correct Answer : D
Q : A shopkeeper earns a profit equal to the cost price of 15 meter by selling 45 meter cloth. Find the profit percent?
Correct Answer : C
Q : A person buys oranges 8 for Rs 5 and sells them at 5 Rs 8. Find the profit or loss percentage in the whole transaction.
Correct Answer : D
Q : A fruit seller buys lemons two for Rs 1 and sells at 5 for Rs 3 rate. Find his profit percent.
Correct Answer : C
Q : A shopkeeper sells a TV set on discount of 8% of printed price and gains 25%. If print price was Rs 20000 then, what was the cost price?
Correct Answer : B
Q : The marked price of a certain object is Rs 10,000. Shopkeeper gives three consecutive discounts of 10%, 20%, 30%. Find the selling price of the object.
Correct Answer : C
Q : If a dealer wants to earn 40% profit on an article after offering 30% discount, by what percent should be increase his marked price to arrive at the label price?
Correct Answer : B
Q : A shopkeeper earns a profit of shopkeeper earns a profit of 25% after giving a discount of 20%. Find the ratio between the cost price and the marked price.
Correct Answer : B
Q :
Correct Answer : B
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 40
(D) 10
Correct Answer : B
(A) 25%
(B) 30%
(C) 33%
(D) 40%
Correct Answer : D
(A) 33%
(B) 30%
(C) $$ 33 {1 \over 3} $$
(D) 55%
Correct Answer : C
(A) 100% Profit
(B) 150% Loss
(C) 146% Profit
(D) 156% Profit
Correct Answer : D
(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 25
Correct Answer : C
(A) Rs 13800
(B) Rs 14720
(C) Rs 14800
(D) Rs 13720
Correct Answer : B
(A) Rs 6000
(B) Rs 6340
(C) Rs 5040
(D) Rs 7000
Correct Answer : C
(A) 50%
(B) 100%
(C) 200%
(D) 60%
Correct Answer : B
(A) 25:16
(B) 16:25
(C) 16:27
(D) 27:10
Correct Answer : B
If 3 toys are sold at the cost price of 4 toys of the same kind, the profit will be:
(A) 25%
(B) $$ 33{1\over3}\%$$
(C) $$ 66{1\over3}\%$$
(D) 50%
Correct Answer : B
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