1 If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 425, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling eight books ? A) Rs. 400 B) Rs. 600 C) Rs.800 D) 1800 E) None of these
2 Saransh purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs. 80 per ream. He spent Rs. 280 on transportation, paid octroi at the rate of 40 paise per ream and paid Rs. 72 to the coolie. If he wants to have a gain of 8%, what must be the selling price per ream ? A) Rs. 86 B) Rs. 87.48 C) Rs. 89 D) Rs. 90 E) Rs. 100
3 The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 4 : 5. The profit percent is : A) 10% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30% E) 40%
4 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% E) 52%
5 In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but, the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit ? A) 30% B) 70% C) 100% D) 25% E) 75%
6 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 E) Rs. 850
7 If the selling price of 50 articles is equal to the cost price of 40 articles, then the loss or gain percent is : A) 20% loss B) 20% gain C) 25% loss D) 25% gain E) 30% gain
8 The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is : A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25 E) 30
9 On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is : A) Rs. 45 B) Rs. 50 C) Rs. 55 D) Rs. 60 E) Rs. 70
10 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 E) Rs. 350
11 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) gain of Rs. $\frac{1}{24}$ lakh E) None of these
12 Sanket purchased 20 dozen notebooks at-Rs. 48 per dozen, if he sold 8 dozen at profit 10% and the remaining 12 dozen with 20% profit. What is his profit percentage in the transaction ? A) 7.68 B) 15 C) 16 D) 19.2 E) 19
13 A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks 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 E) Rs. 95
14 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% E) decreased by 5.8%
15 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% E) 60%