Railways Quantitative Aptitude Profit and Loss Sample Paper

done Profit and Loss Sample Test Paper-9 Total Questions - 20    [Download]

• question_answer1)
  A cycle shop allows a discount of 25% on the marked price and earns a profit of 20% on the cost price. Its marked price on which shop earns Rs. 40 is
  A)
   Rs. 300
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  B)
   Rs. 320
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  C)
   Rs. 280
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  D)
   Rs. 340
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• question_answer2)
  A cloth merchant decides to sell his material at the cost price, but measures 80 cm for a metre. His gain % is.
  A)
   Rs. 15%           
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  B)
   Rs. 18%
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  C)
   Rs. 20%           
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  D)
   Rs. 25%
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• question_answer3)
  Sales of a book decreases by 2.5% when its price is hiked by 5%. The effect on the sales is
  A)
   Profit of 3%     
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  B)
   Loss of 3%
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  C)
   Profit of 2.4%
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  D)
          Loss of 2.4%
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• question_answer4)
  A dealer buys a table listed at Rs. 1500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs. 20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of a 10%. The selling price of the table is
  A)
   Rs. 1150          
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  B)
   Rs. 1210
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  C)
   Rs. 1250          
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  D)
   Rs. 1300
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• question_answer5)
  If the cost price of 9 pens is equal to selling price of 11 pens. The gain or loss %.
  A)
    \[18\frac{1}{11}%\]Loss
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  B)
   \[18\frac{2}{11}%\] gain
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  C)
   \[16\frac{2}{7}%\] Gain
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  D)
   \[16\frac{2}{7}%\] loss
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• question_answer6)
  A person sells two watches for Rs. 500 each. On one he losts 10% and on the other he gained 10%. His gain or loss % is
  A)
   1.5% gain        
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  B)
   1.5% loss
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  C)
   1% loss
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  D)
   1% gain
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• question_answer7)
  A reduction of 20% in price of oranges enables a man to buy 5 oranges more for Rs. 10. The price of an orange before reduction was.
  A)
   25 paise           
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  B)
   30 paise
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  C)
   50 paise           
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  D)
   80 paise
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• question_answer8)
  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 to it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is
  A)
   Rs. 115
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  B)
   Rs. 130
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  C)
   Rs. 150
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  D)
   Rs 140
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• question_answer9)
  A sofa set carrying a sale price ticket of Rs. 5,000 is sold at a discount of 4% there by the trader earns a profit of 20%. The traders cost price of the sofa set is
  A)
   Rs. 3800          
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  B)
   Rs. 3500
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  C)
   Rs. 4000          
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  D)
   Rs. 4500
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• question_answer10)
  Rekha sold a watch at a profit of 15%. Had he bought it at less and sold it for Rs. 28 less. He would have gained 20% The C.P. of the watch is
  A)
   Rs. 250
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  B)
   Rs. 400
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  C)
   Rs. 425
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  D)
   Rs. 450
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• question_answer11)
  What percent above cost price must the price of an article be marked to make a profit of 8% after allowing a discount of 10%?
  A)
   10%    
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  B)
          12%
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  C)
   25%                
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  D)
   20%
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• question_answer12)
  A shopkeeper sold sarees at Rs. 266 each after giving 5% discount on labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 12% on the cost price. The cost price of each saree was
  A)
   Rs. 200
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  B)
   Rs. 225
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  C)
   Rs. 250
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  D)
   Rs. 240
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• question_answer13)
  If selling price is doubled, the profit triples, then the profit percent is
  A)
   120%  
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  B)
   \[66\frac{2}{3}\] %
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  C)
   100%  
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  D)
   \[103\frac{1}{3}\]%
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• question_answer14)
  If a person makes a profit of 10% on 1/4th  of the quantity sold and a loss of 20% on the rest, then his average percent profit or loss is
  A)
   15% profit        
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  B)
   15% loss
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  C)
   12.5% loss       
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  D)
   12.5% profit
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• question_answer15)
  What is the % profit made by selling an umbrella at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3 of that price, there would be a loss of 10%?
  A)
   20%                
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  B)
   40%
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  C)
   35%                
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  D)
   45%
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• question_answer16)
  Sita buys a fridge at 15/16 of its original value and sells it for 10% more than its value. Then the gain% is
  A)
   17.33%
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  B)
   17%
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  C)
   16.25%
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  D)
   17.67%
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• question_answer17)
  Successive discount of 20%, 10% and 5% are equivalent to a single discount of
  A)
   32.4% 
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  B)
   35.8%
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  C)
   31.6% 
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  D)
          34.2%
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• question_answer18)
  A merchant buys some goods worth Rs. 4000 and sells half of them at a profit of 10%. At what profit percent must he sell the remainder so as to get a profit of 16% on the whole?
  A)
   22%                
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  B)
   18%
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  C)
   24%    
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  D)
   16%
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• question_answer19)
  In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of rice worth Rs. 40 a kg and Rs. 50 a kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 66 a kg he may gain 10%?
  A)
   1 : 4                
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  B)
   1 : 3
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  C)
   1 : 2                
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  D)
   1 : 5
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• question_answer20)
  Rajni purchased a mobile phone and a refrigerator for Rs. 12000 and Rs. 10000 respectively. She sold the first at a loss of 12% and the second at a profit of 8%. What is her overall loss/profit?
  A)
   Loss of Rs. 280
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  B)
          profit of Rs. 2160
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  C)
   Loss of Rs. 240
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  D)
   None of these
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