Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Ranveer bought a computer paying 25% less than the list price and sold it to his neighbour at a 40% profit on his purchase cost. The profit percentage earned by Ranveer on the list price of the computer is:

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    10%
    Correct
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    7.5%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    6.67%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    5%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5%"

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An article is sold at a loss of 40%. The nominal amount of loss is approximately what percentage of the selling price of the article?

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    66.67%
    Correct
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    38.33%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    41.33%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    51.33%
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "66.67%"

Q:

Arun bought an old computer and spent ₹110 on its repairs. He then sold it to Bhola at a profit of 20%. Bhola sold it to Chandan at a loss of 10%. Chandan finally sold it for ₹1,188 at a profit of 10%. How much did Arun buy the computer for?

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    ₹890
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    ₹640
    Correct
    Wrong
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    ₹750
    Correct
    Wrong
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    ₹1,050
    Correct
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Answer : 1. "₹890"

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A shopkeeper buys three products a, b, c and sells them at 20%, 30%, 40% profit, respectively. What is ratio of the selling price of these products, if the ratio of their cost prices is 4:3 :2?

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    48 : 39 : 28
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    34 : 54 : 12
    Correct
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    24 : 39 : 14
    Correct
    Wrong
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    56 : 26 : 21
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Answer : 1. "48 : 39 : 28"

Q:

4% of the selling price of an article is equal to 5% of its cost price. Again 20% of the selling price is Rs. 120 more than 22% of its cost price. The ratio of cost price & selling price is 

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    2:3
    Correct
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    4:5
    Correct
    Wrong
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    3:2
    Correct
    Wrong
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    5:4
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "4:5"

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A wateh dealer pays 10% customs duty on a watch which costs Rs. 500 abroad. He de- sires to make a profit of 20% after giving a discount of 25% to the buyer. The marked price should be

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    Rs. 950
    Correct
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    Rs. 800
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Rs. 880
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Rs. 660
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 880 "

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A merchant marked the price of an article by incresing its pro- duction cost by 40% .Now he al- lows 20% discount and gets a profit of Rs. 48 after selling it. The production cost is 

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    Rs. 320
    Correct
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    Rs. 360
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Rs. 400
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Rs 440
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 400 "

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The marked price of an article is 30% higher than the cost price. If a trader sells the articles allowing 10% discount to customer, then the gain per- cent will be

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    17 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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    20 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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    19 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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    15 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "17 %"

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