TNPSC Quantitative Aptitude - Profit and Loss
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
In terms of percentage profit, which is the best transaction ?
- (a)
C.P (in Rs.) Profit (in Rs.)
36 17
- (b)
C.P (in Rs.) Profit (in Rs.)
50 24
- (c)
C.P (in Rs.) Profit (in Rs.)
40 19
- (d)
C.P (in Rs.) Profit (in Rs.)
60 29
By selling a product for Rs.100,how much profit was earned?
I.20% profit would have been earned if it were sold for Rs.90
II.The profit was one-third of purchase price.
- (a)
If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
- (b)
If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
- (c)
If the data either in statement I or in the statement II are alone are sufficient to answer the question.
- (d)
If the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
- (e)
If the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
Peter purchased a machine for Rs.80,000 and spent Rs.5000 on repair and Rs.1000 on transport and sold it with 25% profit.At what price did he sell the machine?
- (a)
Rs.1,05,100
- (b)
Rs.1,06,250
- (c)
Rs.1,07,500
- (d)
Rs.1,17,500
- (e)
None of these
A shopkeeper excepts a gain of\(22\frac{1}{2}\%\) on his cost price.If in a week, his sale was of Rs.392, what was his profit?
- (a)
Rs.18.20
- (b)
Rs.70
- (c)
Rs.72
- (d)
Rs.88.25
At what profit percent must an article be sold so that by selling at half that price, there may be a loss of 30%?
- (a)
25%
- (b)
36%
- (c)
40%
- (d)
42%
The C.P of an article is 40% of the S.P. The percent that the S.P is of C.P. is:
- (a)
250
- (b)
240
- (c)
60
- (d)
40
10% loss on selling price is what percent loss on the cost price?
- (a)
\(9\frac{1}{11}\%\)
- (b)
\(9\frac{2}{11}\%\)
- (c)
10%
- (d)
11%
The profit earned by selling an article for Rs.900 is double the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs.450.At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
- (a)
Rs.600
- (b)
Rs.750
- (c)
Rs.800
- (d)
Data inadequate
If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is:
- (a)
25%
- (b)
\(33\frac{1}{3}\%\)
- (c)
50%
- (d)
\(66\frac{2}{3}\%\)
If by selling 110 mangoes, the C.P. of 120 mangoes is realised.the gain percent is:
- (a)
\(9\frac{1}{11}\%\)
- (b)
\(9\frac{1}{9}\%\)
- (c)
\(10\frac{10}{11}\%\)
- (d)
\(11\frac{1}{9}\%\)
A man buys 2 dozen bananas at Rs.16 per dozen.After selling 18 bananas at the rate of Rs.12 per dozen, the shopkeeper reduced the rate to Rs.4 per dozen.The percent loss is:
- (a)
25.2%
- (b)
32.4%
- (c)
36.5%
- (d)
37.5%
A man bought a number of clips at 3 for a rupee and an equal number at 2 for a rupee.At what price per dozen should he sell them to make a profit of 20%?
- (a)
Rs.4
- (b)
Rs.5
- (c)
Rs.6
- (d)
Rs.7
By selling 45 lemons for Rs.40, a man loses 20%.How many should he sell for Rs.24 to gain 20% in the transaction?
- (a)
16
- (b)
18
- (c)
20
- (d)
22
A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs.20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs.36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.30 per kg.His profit percent is:
- (a)
No profit ,No loss
- (b)
5%
- (c)
8%
- (d)
10%
- (e)
None of these
A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%.B sells it to C at a profit of 25%.If C pays Rs.225 for it,the cost price of the bicycle for A is :
- (a)
Rs.110
- (b)
Rs.120
- (c)
Rs.125
- (d)
Rs.150
If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs.350 than by selling it for Rs.340,the cost of the article is :
- (a)
Rs.50
- (b)
Rs.160
- (c)
Rs.200
- (d)
Rs.225
An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Rs.15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%.Its cost price would be :
- (a)
Rs.150
- (b)
Rs.200
- (c)
Rs.250
- (d)
Rs.300
A man sells two commodities for Rs.400 each,neither losing nor gaining in the deal.If he sold one commodity at a gain of 25%,the other commodity is sold at a loss of :
- (a)
\(16\frac{2}{3}\%\)
- (b)
\(18\frac{2}{9}\%\)
- (c)
25%
- (d)
None of these
A house and a shop were sold for Rs.1 lakh each.In this transaction,the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit.The entire transaction resulted in :
- (a)
no loss ,no gain
- (b)
loss of Rs.\(\frac{1}{12}\) lakh
- (c)
loss of Rs. \(\frac{1}{18}\)lakh
- (d)
loss of Rs. \(\frac{1}{24}\)lakh
A person purchase 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%.If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%,then he would have got Rs.40 less.The cost price of each clock is :
- (a)
Rs.50
- (b)
Rs.60
- (c)
Rs.80
- (d)
Rs.90
A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for Rs.390.He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock.He earns a profit of Rs.51.50.The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to :
- (a)
Rs.80
- (b)
Rs.100
- (c)
Rs.110
- (d)
Rs.120
If the S.P. of Rs.24 results in a 20% discount on list price, what S.P would result in a 30% discount on list price?
- (a)
Rs.18
- (b)
Rs.20
- (c)
Rs.21
- (d)
Rs.27
Jatin bought a refrigerator with 20% discount on the labelled price.Had he bought it with 25%discount,he would have saved Rs.500.At what price did he buy the refrigerator?
- (a)
Rs.5,000
- (b)
Rs.10,000
- (c)
Rs.12,500
- (d)
Rs.15,000
A manufacturer offers a 20% rebate on the marked price of a product.The retailer offers another 30% rebate on the reduced price.The two reductions are equivalent to a single reduction of :
- (a)
40%
- (b)
44%
- (c)
46%
- (d)
50%
The difference between a discount of 35% and two successive discounts of 20% on a certain bill was Rs.22.Find the amount of the bill.
- (a)
Rs.200
- (b)
Rs.1100
- (c)
Rs.2200
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
A tradesman marks his goods 30% above the C.P.If he alloes a discount of \(6\frac{1}{4}\%\),then his gain present is :
- (a)
\(21\frac{7}{8}\%\)
- (b)
22%
- (c)
\(23\frac{3}{4}\%\)
- (d)
None of these
The price of an article is raised by 30% and then two successive discounts of 10% each are allowed.Ultimately,the price of the article is :
- (a)
decreased by 5.3%
- (b)
increased by 3%
- (c)
increased by 5.3%
- (d)
increased by 10%
The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price.Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 12%.
- (a)
37.5%
- (b)
48%
- (c)
50.5%
- (d)
52%
A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price.The ratio of the cost price to the printed price of the book is :
- (a)
45 : 56
- (b)
50 : 61
- (c)
55 : 69
- (d)
99 : 125
Even after reducing the marked price of a transistor by Rs.32,a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%.If the cost price be Rs.320,what percentage of profit would he have made if he had sold the transistor at the marked price ?
- (a)
10%
- (b)
20%
- (c)
25%
- (d)
None of these