Aptitude Logical Reasoning Profit and Loss 2023 NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Part 1
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1. A cycle is bought for ₹ 900 and sold for ₹ 1080, find the gain percent?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: B
2. An article is bought for ₹ 675 and sold for ₹ 900, find the gain percent?
A.
B. 30%
C.
D.
Answer: C
3. An article is bought for ₹ 600 and sold for ₹ 500, find the loss percent?
A.
B.
C. 16%
D.
Answer: D
4. The cost price of a radio is ₹ 1500 and it was sold for ₹ 1230, find the loss % ?
A. 18%
B. 9%
C. 15%
D. 6%
Answer: A
5. A watch was sold at a loss of 10% . If it was sold for ₹ 140 more, there would have been a gain of 4% . What is the cost price?
A. ₹ 1000
B. ₹ 1140
C. ₹ 860
D. ₹ 760
Answer: A
6. The sale price sarees listed for ₹ 400 after successive discount is 10% and 5% is?
A. ₹ 357
B. ₹ 340
C. ₹ 342
D. ₹ 338
Answer: C
7. The list price of an article is ₹ 65. A customer pays ₹ 56.16 for it. He was given two successive discounts, one of them being 10% . The other discount is?
A. 3%
B. 4%
C. 5%
D. 6%
Answer: B
8. A single discount equivalent to the discount series of 20% , 10% and 5% is?
A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 31.6%
D. 33.5%
Answer: C
9. What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at of that price, there would be a loss of 20% ?
A. 20%
B. 25%
C.
D. 12%
Answer: A
10. A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?
A. 10%
B. 11%
C. 12%
D. 15%
Answer: C
11. A man sells a horse for ₹ 800 and loses something, if he had sold it for ₹ 980, his gain would have been double the former loss. Find the cost price of the horse?
A. ₹ 900
B. ₹ 875
C. ₹ 850
D. ₹ 860
Answer: D
12. By selling a house for ₹ 45000, it was found that of the outlay was gained, what ought the selling to price to have been in order to have lost 5 p. c?
A. ₹ 38750
B. ₹ 38000
C. ₹ 40000
D. ₹ 42000
Answer: B
13. If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 12 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 44% ?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
Answer: B
14. By selling 150 mangoes, a fruit-seller gains the selling price of 30 mangoes. Find the gain percent?
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 18%
D. 30%
Answer: B
15. The C. P of 10 pens is equal to the S. P of 12 pens. Find his gain % or loss % ?
A. profit
B. % profit
C. % loss
D. % loss
Answer: C