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 A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 2090.42. Approximately, what will be the percentage profit if he sold that article for Rs. 2602.58 ? A) 15% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30% E) 40%
3 Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit ? A) 3.5 B) 4.5 C) 5.6 D) 6.5 E) None of these
4 A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle ? A) Rs. 1090 B) Rs. 1160 C) Rs. 1190 D) Rs. 1202 E) Rs. 1221
5 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%
6 The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7 : 5. What is the ratio between the profit and the cost price of that article ? A) 2:5 B) 5:2 C) 7:2 D) Data inadequate E) None of these
7 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%
8 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
9 A man sold 18 cots for Rs. 16,800, gaining thereby the cost price of 3 cots. The Cost price of a cot is : A) Rs. 650 B) Rs. 700 C) Rs. 750 D) Rs. 800 E) Rs. 850
10 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
11 The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is : A) 51 : 52 B) 52 : 53 C) 51 : 53 D) 52 : 55 E) 53 : 56
12 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
13 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
14 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
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%
