BANK/MATHS/201803/PROFIT AND LOSS/E&H/08

LECTURE-8
PROFIT AND LOSS
( )

Q.1. A man expects a profit of 13% on his cost price.If he had a sale of Rs 7,91,000 during the
month,then find his profit?
%

(1) Rs 91000 (2) Rs 97786 (3) Rs 85659 (4) Rs 88300 (5) Rs 95320
Q.2. The ratio of Cost price to selling price is a:b.If b is 200% of a,then find the profit % on cost
price?
a:b b a %

(1) 75% (2) 125% (3) 100% (4) 200% (5)150%

Q.3. By selling an article for Rs.195 a dealer makes a profit of 30%. By how much should he
decrease his selling price so as to make a loss of 10%?
195 30%
10%
(1) Rs 60 (2) Rs 150 (3) Rs 210 (4) Rs 15 (5) Rs 135
Q.4. A man purchased an item for Rs. 64000 and sold it at a loss of 12.5%.With that amount he
purchased another item and sold it at a profit of 12.5%.what was his overall profit/loss?
%
%
(1) Rs 1500 (2) Rs 2000 (3) Rs 3000 (4) Rs 1000 (5) Rs 5000
Q.5. The profit made by a shopkeeper on selling an article for Rs. 760 is doubled the loss incurred
when the same article is sold for Rs. 700. What will be the selling price of the article for a gain
of 12.5% ?

%
(1) Rs 810 (2) Rs 850 (3) Rs 890 (4) Rs 750 (5) None of these
4
Q.6. Rajesh sold an old scooter at a loss of 28 % and bears a total loss of Rs.640. Find the
7
difference between the selling price and loss ?
4
28 %
7

(1) Rs 870 (2) Rs 960 (3) Rs 1600 (4) Rs 750 (5) Rs 1050
Q.7. A man purchased some lemons and sold at 20 for Rs 160 at 20% loss. If he want 20% profit
then how many lemons should he sell for Rs 240?
% %

(1) 20 (2) 24 (3) 18 (4) 40 (5) 28

Q.8. If the selling price of an article is increased to 110%; then there is a profit of 120% on cost
price. What was initial profit percentage?
% %

(1) 25 % (2) 50% (3)75% (4) 100% (5) 60%

www.mahendraguru.com
1
 BANK/MATHS/201803/PROFIT AND LOSS/E&H/08
Q.9. A man calculated his profit percentage on the selling price to be 20%. If the cost price of the
article is Rs 1800,then find the selling price of the article?/
%

(1) Rs 2250 (2) Rs 2450 (3) Rs 2500 (4) Rs 2375 (5) Rs 2700
Q.10. A man sold an article at a profit of 10%. If he had charged Rs. 45 more his profit percentage
would have been 25%. What is the cost price?/ ,d O;fDr ,d oLrq dks 10% ykHk ij csprk gSA ;fn
og bl ij 45 :- vf/kd ysrk rks 25% dk ykHk gksrkA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; crkb;s\
(1) Rs. 120 (2) Rs. 140 (3) Rs. 150 (4) Rs. 160 (5) Rs. 300
Q.11. A trader purchases 2000 quintal of rice. He sells one fourth of it at a profit of 10% ,one-half at a
profit of 20% and the remaining at a loss of 8%. Had he sold the entire rice at a profit of 12%, he
would have gained Rs. 930 more. Find the cost of rice per quintal ?
,d O;kikjh us 2000 dqUry pkoy [kjhnkA mlus bldk ,d&pkSFkkbZ 10% ykHk ij vk/kk 20% ykHk ij
vkSj 'ks"k 8% gkfu ij csap fn;kA ;fn mlus dqy pkoy 12% ykHk ij csapk gksrk rks mls 930 #- T;knk
çkIr gksrsA pkoy dk çfr dqUry Ø; ewY; Kkr dhft, \
(1) Rs. 30 (2) Rs. 35 (3) Rs. 28 (4) Rs. 31 (5) None of these
Q.12. Mohan buys a book for Rs. 600 and sells it a gain of 25%. If his overhead expenses are 5% of
selling price, he sold the book for ____
eksgu ,d fdrkc #- 600 esa [kjhnrk gS vkSj 25% dk ykHk ysdj mls csap nsrk gSA ;fn og] foØ; ewY;
dk 5% vfrfjDr [kpZ djrk gS] rks og fdrkc dks fdrus :i;s esa csapsxk \
(1) Rs. 787.50 (2) Rs. 800 (3) Rs. 720 (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
Q.13. A person sold his watch for Rs. 24 and got a percentage of profit equal to the cost price; then the
cost price is:/,d O;fDr viuh ?kM+h 24 :- esa csprk gS ,oa ykHk izfr'kr Ø; ewY; ds leku gS rks Ø;
ewY; gS&
(1) Rs. 12 (2) Rs. 14 (3) Rs. 24 (4) Rs. 20 (5) Rs. 8
Q.14. Rahul sold 250 cycles and had a gain equal to the selling price of 50 cycles. What is the profit
percentage?/ jkgqy 250 lkbfdy csprk gS ,oa 50 lkbfdy ds foØ; ewY; ds leku ykHk izkIr gksrk
gSA ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
(1) 25% (2) 20% (3) 30% (4) 15% (5) 18%
Q.15. Rakesh purchased two items for 9,600/- each. He sold one article at a loss of 5 percent and
second articles at a gain of 10%. What is her overall gain/loss ?
jkds'k us nks oLrq,a izR;sd 9,600/- esa [kjhnhA og igyh oLrq dks 5 izfr'kr dh gkfu ij rFkk nwljh
oLrq dks 10 izfr'kr ds ykHk ij csprk gS mldk dqy feykdj ykHk ;k gkfu D;k gS \
(1) Loss of 360/- (2) Profit of 240/- (3) Loss of 540/- (4) Profit of 360/-(5) None of these
Q.16. Mukesh sold two cars at the same price. On first he gains 20% but on another he losses 25%.
Find the overall profit or loss percentage made by him.
eqds'k us nks dkjsa ,d gh dher ij csphA igys ij mls 20% dk ykHk rFkk nwljh oLrq ij mls 25%
dh gkfu gqbZA mlds }kjk dqy feykdj vftZr izfr'kr ykHk ;k gkfu Kkr dhft,A
9 9
(1) No loss, No gain (2) Gain 7 % (3) Loss 7 % (4) Data Inadequate (5) None of these
13 13
Q.17. Rahul Saxena gets 20% profit on sale of 20 items in a rupee. What is the profit/loss in percent
when he sales 25 item in a rupee ?
1 #- esa 20 oLrq,a cspus ij jkgqy lDlsuk dks 20% dk ykHk gksrk gSA tc og 1 #- esa 25 oLrq,¡ csaprk gS
rks mls fdrus çfr'kr ykHk@gkfu gksxh \
(1) 25% Profit (2) 25% loss (3) 20% loss (4) 20% Profit (5) None of these
Q.18. A shop keeper purchased 40 dozens of apples at the rate of Rs. 40 per dozen. He spent Rs. 400
on transportation while 40 apples were spoiled. In order to earn a profit of 10% at what price per
dozen should he sell the remaining apples ?/ ,d nqdkunkj 40 ntZu lsc 40 #i, çfr ntZu dh nj
ls [kjhnrk gSA mlus 400 #i, ifjogu ij [kpZ fd, tcfd 40 lsc [kjkc gks x,A 10% dk ykHk vftZr
djus ds fy, mls 'ks"k lsc dks fdrus #i, çfr ntZu dh nj ls csapuk pkfg,\
(1) Rs. 44 (2) Rs. 48 (3) Rs. 56 (4) Rs. 60 (5) None of these
For more questions visit stportal.mahendras.org
www.mahendraguru.com
2