Basic Profit and Loss Questions with tricks for all banking, insurance, SSC and other exams.
- By selling 20 articles, a person gains CP of 5 articles. Find the profit% incurred by him.
A) 33 1/3%
B) 25%
C) 20%
D) 16 2/3%
E) None of these
- A person wants to sell his goods at 20% profit after allowing a discount of 16 2/3% on marked price. How much % above the cost price should he mark his article?
A) 20%
B) 36 2/3%
C) 34 5/6%
D) 44%
E) 38%
- Three successive discounts of 20%, 25% and 16 2/3% is equivalent to
A) 50% profit
B) 56 2/3% profit
C) 40% loss
D) 125/3% loss
E) 25/6% profit
View AnswerOption A
Solution:
Use successive formula:
a + b + a*b/100
So – 20 – 25 + 20*25/100 = -40%
Next: -40 – 50/3 + (50)(50/3)/100 = -50%
OR
20% = 1/5 5 -> 4
25% = 1/4 4 -> 3
16 2/3% = 1/6 6 -> 5
Cancel out like this:
- After selling a table worth Rs 12000 at 20% loss, a trader buys a TV with the same money. Next he sold the TV at 20% profit. What is his profit/loss in the whole transaction?
A) Rs 480 loss
B) Rs 450 loss
C) Rs 480 gain
D) No profit no loss
E) Rs 420 gain
- A sold a watch to B at 10% loss. B sold it to C at 11.11% loss and c again sold it to A at 12.5% profit. How much profit/loss % is incurred by A?
A) 10% profit
B) 12% profit
C) 10% loss
D) 15% loss
E) No profit no loss
- After selling an article at some price, a trader gain 20% on the selling price. Find his profit% on the cost price.
A) 50%
B) 33 1/3%
C) 16 2/3%
D) 25%
E) 15 1/5%
- A man bought some toffees at the rate of 3 toffees per Re. and same number at the rate of 2 toffees per Re. He mixes them and sold 3 toffees for Rs 2. Find his profit/loss% in the whole transaction.
A) 20% loss
B) 20% profit
C) 60% loss
D) 60% profit
E) None of these
- A shopkeeper sold his articles at cost price. But he used false weights and gives 800 gm instead of 1 kg. Find his profit%.
A) 16 2/3%
B) 20%
C) 10%
D) 33 1/3%
E) None of these
- A trader sold his goods at 20% profit and along with this he used weights of 800 gm instead of 1 kg. Find his total profit%.
A) 40%
B) 45%
C) 50%
D) 55%
E) 60%
- A loss of 20% is made by selling an article. Had it been sold for Rs 240 more, there would have been a profit of 10%. What would be the selling price of the article if it is sold at 25% profit?
A) Rs 950
B) Rs 1020
C) Rs 975
D) Rs 1000
E) Rs 1075
mam…4th ques main confusion ho rhi hai `12000 is sp as per the language of ques but sol ke according wo cp hai
Yes that should be CP in que
10th answer should be 500 in my way… please
ty mam 🙂
Thanx mujhe yaha lane k liye… 🙂 mujhe pata nai tha 🙁
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mera koi exam nhi hai ….aapko all the best
mere v nai :-p not eligible to aply.. july 1 2016 ko degree ka reslt out huwa tha 🙁 n candidate whose reslt out by june 30 cd apply.
result date dont consider..date mention on ur dmc is considered..
and both are different
dat only m saying.. mentioned date is 1 july 2016 :p
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jagte raho…:)
nice trick #3, haven’t seen it before. tyy mam:)
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tq
10th question answer should be 500 not 1000
ty az:)
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