Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A book seller sells a book at a profit of 10 %. If he had bought it at 4 % less and sold it for Rs. 6 more. he would have gained $$18{3\over4}\%$$. The cost price of the book is
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Answer : 1. "Rs . 150 "
Q: Krishna 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 Krishna on the original price was
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Answer : 1. "12"
Q: A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15 % above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12 % less than the fixed price. His percentage of profit is:
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5efc6ebeeb90be58c5901730- 1$$1{1\over5}$$true
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- 3$$2{1\over2}$$false
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Answer : 1. " $$1{1\over5}$$"
Q: The cost price of two dozen bananas is Rs. 32 After selling 18 bananas at the rate Rs. 12 per dozen, the shopkeeper reduced to rate as Rs. 4 per dozen. The percent loss is
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5efc6b968e73c352771d8e75- 136.5%false
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Answer : 2. "37.5% "
Q: A cloth merchant on selling 33 metres of cloth obtains a profit equal to the selling price of 11 metres of cloth , the profit is
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5ef40c82d40ebf3f783309f0- 150%true
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Answer : 1. "50% "
Q: A men sells his cycle at 6% profit. Had he sold it at 15% profit, he would have received 180 Rs. More. What is the cost price of the cycle?
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5ef18b8f7fed557ba2ab1daf- 1Rs 1000false
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Answer : 4. "Rs 2000"
Q: Sandeep buys an old scooter for Rs.4700 and spends Rs.800 on its repairs. If he sells to its Rajesh for Rs.5800, then his gain percent will be:
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5ef1861d2c39485d739e832d- 1$$ 5 {5\over11}%$$true
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Answer : 1. "$$ 5 {5\over11}%$$"
Q: By selling 15 mangoes, a fruit seller gains the selling price of 3 mangoes. His gain is
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