### General Aptitude - Numberical Ability - Profit and Loss

#### Question - 1

A man sold an article Rs.810, losing 10%. The cost price of the article is

• A Rs.975
• B Rs.910
• C Rs.950
• D Rs.900

#### Question - 2

By selling a watch for Rs. 840, a shopkeeper gets a profit of 20%. What is the cost price of the watch ?

• A Rs.640
• B Rs.700
• C Rs.680
• D Rs.750

#### Question - 3

By selling a radio for Rs. 1440 a person gets a profit of 20%. The cost price of the article is

• A Rs.1175
• B Rs.1225
• C Rs. 1200
• D Rs. 1150

#### Question - 4

A man buys 20 articles for a rupee. How many articles for a rupee did he sell to get a loss of 20%?

• A 28
• B 25
• C 24
• D 21

#### Question - 5

A man buys two hens for Rs. 500 each. He sold one foe 15% profit and other for 5% loss. Find his profit percentage

• A 5%
• B 10%
• C 15%
• D 12%

#### Question - 6

A trader professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a false weight of 800g for 1 kg. Find his gain per cent

• A 25%
• B 21%
• C 18%
• D 16%

#### Question - 7

A cloth merchant professes to sell his material at a loss of 8%. But he measures 84 cm for a metre. Find his gain per cent

• A $9\frac { 5 }{ 11 } %gain$ % gain
• B $9\frac { 11 }{ 21 }$ % gain
• C $8\frac { 7 }{ 11 }$ % gain
• D $8\frac { 5 }{ 21 } %loss$ % gain

#### Question - 8

Ramesh buys 2 articles for Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of 22% and other at a loss of 8% and makes no profit or loss at the end. What is the cost price of the article he sold at a loss?

• A Rs.400
• B Rs.420
• C Rs.440
• D None of these

#### Question - 9

A trader sells two watches. He has a profit of 15% on the first watch and a loss of 10% on the second watch. If the ratio of the two investment is 3 : 5, What is gain or loss on the two investment taken together ?

• A 0.675 % gain
• B 0.5 % loss
• C 0.675 % loss
• D 0.5 % gain

#### Question - 10

A trader mixes three varies of tea costing Rs.50, Rs. 30 and Rs. 20/kg in the ratio of 2 : 4 : 3  in terms of weight and sells the mixture at Rs.35/kg. What percentage of profit or loss does he make?

• A 12.5%
• B 12%
• C 10%
• D 10.5%