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Arithmetic Aptitude :: Profit and Loss

  1. A trader sells 85 meters of cloth for Rs. 8925 at the profit of Rs. 15 per metre of cloth. What is the cost price of one metre of cloth?
  2. A.
    Rs. 80
    B.
    Rs. 85
    C.
    Rs. 90
    D.
    Rs. 95
    E.
    None of these

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  3. A shopkeeper loses 15%,if an article is sold for Rs. 102. What should be the selling price of the article to gain 20%?
  4. A.
    Rs. 150
    B.
    Rs. 144
    C.
    Rs. 138
    D.
    Rs. 132
    E.
    None of these

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  5. If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more. What is the cost price?
  6. A.
    Rs. 1505
    B.
    Rs. 1510
    C.
    Rs. 1500
    D.
    Rs. 1490
    E.
    None of these

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  7. Raman mixed 24 kg of butter at Rs. 150 per kg with 36 kg butter at the rate of Rs. 125 per kg. At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make a profit of 40% in the transaction?
  8. A.
    Rs. 135
    B.
    Rs. 162
    C.
    Rs. 189
    D.
    Rs. 198
    E.
    None of these

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  9. Vijay bought 160 shirts at the rate of Rs. 225 per shirt. The transport expenditure was Rs. 1400. He paid an octroi at the rate of Rs. 1.75 per shirt and labour charges were Rs. 320. What should be the selling price of one shirt, if he wants a profit of 20%?
  10. A.
    Rs. 258
    B.
    Rs. 270
    C.
    Rs. 277.5
    D.
    Rs. 285
    E.
    None of these

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  11. Sreenivas sells a table to Shiva at 10% profit and Shiva sells it to Mahesh at 10% loss. At what price did Sreenivas purchase the table if Mahesh paid Rs. 2178?
  12. A.
    Rs. 2100
    B.
    Rs. 2150
    C.
    Rs. 2200
    D.
    Rs. 2250
    E.
    None of these

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  13. If a trader sold two cars each at Rs. 325475 and gains 12% on the first and loses 12% on the second, then his profit or loss percent on the whole is?
  14. A.
    1.44% loss
    B.
    14.4% profit
    C.
    14.4% loss
    D.
    0%
    E.
    None of these

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  15. If the cost price of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 40 articles, then the gain or loss percent is?
  16. A.
    20% loss
    B.
    20% profit
    C.
    10% profit
    D.
    25% loss
    E.
    None of these

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