Profit and Loss

1.		A man buys oranges at Rs 50 a dozen and an equal number at Rs 40 a dozen. He sells them at Rs 55 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 500. How many oranges does he buy?

30 dozens

40 dozens

50 dozens

60 dozens

2.		Due to reduction of 25% in price of lemons, a customer can purchase 4 lemons more for Rs. 16. what is original price of a lemon?

Re 1

Rs 1.33

Rs 1.5

Rs 1.6

3.		A man bought some toys at the rate of 10 for Rs. 40 and sold them at 8 for Rs. 36. Find his gain or loss percent.

10% profit

12% loss

12.5% profit

12.5% loss

4.		By selling an article at 2/5 of the marked price, there is a loss of 25 % , The ratio of the marked price and the cost price of the article is:

2 : 5

8 : 15

15 : 8

5 : 2

5.		What is the maximum percentage discount that a merchant can offer on her marked Price so that she ends up selling at no profit or loss, if she had initially marked her goods up by 50%?

50%

20%

25%

33.33%

6.		By selling 45 toffees for Rs 40, a man loses 20%. How many should he sell for Rs 24 to gain 20% ?

16

18

20

22

7.		Three successive discounts of 15 %, 10 % and 8 % are given on an article. Find the single discount equivalent to all these three discounts.

29.62 %

33 %

30.62 %

33.33 %

8.		A dishonest merchant sells his grocery using weights 10% less than the true weights and claims a profit of 20%. Find his actual gain percentage.

33.33%

30%

40%

50%

9.		If the cost price of 50 oranges is equal to the selling price of 40 oranges, then the profit per cent is

20

33.33

15

25

10.		If the cost price of 12 articles is equal to the selling price of 8 articles, the gain percent is ?

12%

30%

50%

60%