1. An item is markup by 20% and 8% discount is given on that, if the profit on that item is Rs.20.8. Then find the cost price of an item.
A) 100 B) 250 C) 130 D) 150 E) 200
2. If a trader sells an article for Rs.493 he incurs a loss of 15%. What percent profit will he earn by selling the article for Rs.725?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 35 D) 18 E) 25
3. The total cost of 10 bottles and 16 glasses is Rs.392. What is the cost of 50 bottles and 80 glasses?
A) Rs.1490 B) Rs.1610 C) Rs.1960
D) Rs.1870 E) Rs.1780
4. A bicycle is sold at a gain of 15%. If it had been sold for Rs.20 more, 20% would have been gained. The cost price of the bicycle is.... (In Rs.
A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 400 E) 500
5. A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables a person to buy 2 kg more for Rs.30. Find the reduced and the original price per kg of rice.
A) Rs.3, Rs.3.75 B) Rs.2, Rs.2.50 C) Rs.3.5, Rs.4.75
D) Rs.4, Rs.4.75 E) Can’t be determined
6. Anuj purchased a machine for Rs.36,000 and spent Rs.4000 in its repair and Rs.2000 on transport and sold it with 20% profit. At what price did he sell the machine?
A) Rs.52,900 B) Rs.49,100
C) Rs.50,400 D) Rs.45,600
E) Rs.47,700
7. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs.399 and thereby incurred a loss of 5%. Had he sold the article at a profit of 40%, what would have been the selling price of the article?
A) Rs.564 B) Rs.572 C) Rs.542
D) Rs.588 E) Rs.576
8. The respective ratio of cost prices of two items - A and B, bought by Shyam is 1 : 3. Shyam sold item A at 12% loss and item B at 12% profit. In the whole deal Shyam earned an overall profit of Rs.960. What is the cost price of item B?
A) Rs.6,000 B) Rs.9,000 C) Rs.8,000
D) Rs.3,000 E) Rs.12,000
9. A dealer offers 16% discount on the marked price of an article and thereby makes a profit of 20%. If the marked price of the item was Rs.20,000, how much discount should he offer on the marked price so as to make a profit of Rs.3500 on the item?
A) 15.75% B) 12.5% C) 12.75%
D) 15.25% E) 15.5%
10. A shopkeeper marked up his article 80% above the cost price and sold it after two successive discounts of 25% and 22%. If he would have given a discount of only 44%, then he would have gained Rs.495 less, then find the cost price of the article. (In Rs.)
A) 9400 B) 5000 C) 9900 D) 8000 E) 9800
11. Ram buys 15 boxes of pen at a certain rate. Each box contains equal number of pens and the cost of each pen is also equal. If he sells all the pens, at the rate of Rs.5 per pen, then he makes an overall profit of Rs.1080. If he sells all the pens, at the rate of Rs.1.50 per pen, then he incurs an overall loss of Rs.180. How many pens does each box contain?
A) 22 B) 24 C) 26 D) 28 E) 16
12. The profit earned when an article is sold at 42% profit is Rs.10.40 more than that earned when the same article is sold at 18% profit. What would be the selling price of the article if it is sold at 25% profit?
A) Rs.575 B) Rs.615 C) Rs.600
D) Rs.625 E) Rs.555
Key
1-E 2-E 3-C 4-D 5-A 6-C 7-D 8-E 9-B 10-C 11-B 12-A
