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Sunday, February 20, 2011

PROFIT AND LOSS

QUESTIONS

QUES 1: If the cost price of 8 tables is equal to the selling price of 12 tables, what is the approximate

percentage loss in the transaction?

(i) 33% (ii) 35% (iii) 32% (iv) 50% (v) None of these

QUES 2: An article is marked for sale at Rs. 504. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% on the sale

price and still earns a profit of 20%. What would be the purchase price of the article?

(i) 399 (ii) 405 (iii) 403 (iv) 400 (v) None of these

QUES 3: A wholesaler charges the price of 27 pens for 30 pens from a retailer. The retailer sells

them at the marked price. Find his gain percent?

(i) 12% (ii) 18% (iii) 18.5% (iv) 11.11% (v) None of these

QUES 4: If the selling price of 5 pencils is equal to the cost price of 4 pencils, what is the

percentage loss/gain in the transaction?

(i) 10% Profit (ii) 20% Loss (iii) 25% Loss (iv) 45% Profit (v) None of these

QUES 5: Pramod bought a bag for Rs. 1480 and sold it for Rs. 2072. What was his percentage profit?

(i) 10% (ii) 20% (iii) 40% (iv) 50% (v) None of these

QUES 6: After giving 25% discount on the entry ticket, the number of visitors increased by 30%.

What will be its impact on the entry of other days?

(i) 2.5% Decrease (ii) 2.5% Increase (iii) 2% Decrease (iv) 2% Increase (v) None of these

QUES 7: 50gm rice cost Rs. 6.65. What is the cost price of 1.5 kg rice?

(i) 399.5 (ii) 199 (iii) 399 (iv) 199.5 (v) None of these

QUES 8: The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 15% more than the cost price. If a

customer paid Rs.9039 for a sofa set, then what is the cost price of the sofa set?

(i) 7680 (ii) 7860 (iii) 7880 (iv) 7660 (v) None of these

QUES 9: A shopkeeper sells an audio set on discount of 8% of printed price and gains 25%. If print

price was Rs. 20,000. Then, what was the cost price?

(i) 13800 (ii) 14720 (iii) 14800 (iv) 13720 (v) None of these

QUES 10: Ram bought a radio for Rs. 950 and spent Rs. 300 for maintenance. At what price should

he sell it to make 30% profit?

(i) 1650 (ii) 1550 (iii) 1525 (iv) 1625 (v) None of these

QUES 11: The shopkeeper charges 25%more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 11500 for a

television set. Then, what was the cost price of television set?

(i) 9200 (ii) 7200 (iii) 8600 (iv) 9800 (v) None of these

QUES 12: A person subscribing a magazine on annually basis for Rs. 1785. If the monthly

subscription is Rs. 175. How much discount does a yearly subscriber get?

(i) 18% (ii) 11% (iii) 13% (iv) 15% (v) None of these

QUES 13: The selling price of 30 items is equal to the cost price of 25 items, what is the

percentage loss/gain in the transaction?

(i) 16.67% (ii) 14% (iii) 15% (iv) 20% (v) None of these

QUES 14: Rahul purchased a mobile phone and got a discount of 5% from dealer. He sold that

mobile phone at a profit of 10% on his purchase price. What is his percentage profit on

actual price of the mobile phone?

(i) 2% (ii) 3% (iii) 5% (iv) 4.5% (v) None of these

QUES 15: Aman sold two television for Rs. 46,000 each. If he gains 10% on the first and losses 10%

on another, then what is his gain/loss% in this transaction?

(i) 10% Loss (ii) 10% Profit (iii) 1% Loss (iv) 1% Profit (v) None of these

QUES 16: The owner of a shop charges his customer 44% more than the cost price. If a customer

paid Rs. 648 for one wallet, then what was the cost price of the wallet?

(i) 575 (ii) 435 (iii) 450 (iv) 515 (v) None of these

QUES 17: A shopkeeper sold a watch for Rs. 5076 at the loss of 6%. What is the cost price of the

watch?

(i) 5200 (ii) 5600 (iii) 5400 (iv) 4752 (v) None of these

QUES 18: A shopkeeper declares that he sells rice at the cost price. However he uses a weight of

425gm instead of 500 gms. What is his profit percentage?

(i) 17.65% (ii) 15% (iii) 23.53% (iv) 20% (v) None of these

QUES 19: A tradesman mark his goods 30% above cost price. If he allows a discount of 6.25%, then

what is his gain%?

(i) 20.875% (ii) 21.875% (iii) 22.875% (iv) 23.5% (v) None of these

QUES 20: The profit earned after selling a wrist watch for Rs. 4080 is the same as loss incurred after

selling the same wrist watch for Rs. 3650. What is the cost price of the wrist watch?

(i) 3785 (ii) 3800 (iii) 3775 (iv) 3865 (v) None of these

QUES 21: Neha purchased a music system for Rs. 11,250 after getting discount of 10% on the labeled

price. He spent Rs. 150 on transport and Rs. 800 on installation. At what price should it be

sold so that the profit earned would have been 15%, if no discount was offered?

(i) 12937.5 (ii) 14030 (iii) 15467.5 (iv) 13450 (v) None of these

QUES 22: A man purchase 12 articles for Rs. 10 and sell 5 for Rs. 6. Find his gain/loss percent?

(i) 40% Loss (ii) 40% Profit (iii) 30% Loss (iv) 42% Profit (v) None of these

QUES 23: Raman sold a watch at 12% loss to Brajesh. Brajesh sold it to Madhuri at 10% profit. She

sold it to Jayanti at 15% loss. If Jayanti pays Rs. 822.80 for it. Then, what was the cost price

for Raman?

(i) 990 (ii) 1000 (iii) 1075 (iv) 875 (v) None of these

QUES 24: A man sold an article at a loss of 18%. Had he been able to sell it at a gain of 17%, it would

have fetched Rs. 70 more then it did. What was the cost price?

(i) 180 (ii) 200 (iii) 230 (iv) 215 (v) None of these

QUES 25: A book is sold for Rs.250 at a profit of 25%. At what price must he sell it to loss 20%?

(i) 175 (ii) 190 (iii) 160 (iv) 225 (v) None of these

QUES 26: A reduction of 10% in the price of rice enables a person to obtain 5 kg more for Rs.450.

What is the reduced price per kg?

(i) 10.75 (ii) 9.5 (iii) 9 (iv) 8.5 (v) None of these

QUES 27: An increment of 20% in the price of oranges enables a person to obtain 2 dozen less for

Rs.145. What is the increased price per dozen?

(i) 13 (ii) 13.75 (iii) 14.5 (iv) 14.80 (v) None of these

QUES 28: A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at 40% increased on

the price he bought it. What Percent of profit did he make on the original price?

(i) 68% (ii) 12% (iii) 20% (iv) 15% (v) None of these

QUES 29: Two cows are sold at Rs.4675 each. The first one at 15% profit and the second one at 15%

loss. Find the profit/loss percent?

(i) 2.25% Loss (ii) 2.25% Profit (iii) 3% Loss (iv) 3% Profit (v) None of these

QUES 30: A dealer sells a table for Rs.400, making a profit of 25%. He sells another table at a loss of

10% and on the whole he makes neither profit nor loss. What did the second table cost

him?

(i) 750 (ii) 800 (iii) 400 (iv) 700 (v) None of these

ANSWERS:

Question	Answer	Question	Answer	Question	Answer
1	(i)	11	(i)	21	(iii)
2	(i)	12	(iv)	22	(ii)
3	(iv)	13	(i)	23	(ii)
4	(ii)	14	(iv)	24	(ii)
5	(iii)	15	(iii)	25	(iii)
6	(i)	16	(iii)	26	(iii)
7	(iv)	17	(iii)	27	(iii)
8	(ii)	18	(i)	28	(ii)
9	(ii)	19	(ii)	29	(i)
10	(iv)	20	(iv)	30	(ii)

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

PERCENTAGE

PERCENTAGE

QUES 1: If the price of an article increases by 40%. Then how much consumption should be reduce,

so that the expenditure remain same?

(i) 40% (ii) 28.57 % (iii) 28% (iv) 66.66% (v) None of these

QUES 2: If Rita’s marks are 20% more than Neeta’s marks. Then find Neeta’s marks are how much

percent less than Rita’s marks?

(i) 25% (ii) 20% (iii) 16.67% (iv) 15% (v) None of these

QUES 3: If the length of rectangle increase by 12% and width decrease by 8%.Then find percent

change in area?

(i) 4% (ii) 3.04% (iii) 8% (iv) 5% (v) None of these

QUES 4: If the price of petrol increase by 15% and consumption increase by 20% .Then find percent

change in expenditure?

(i) 38% (ii) 35% (iii) 25% (iv) 5% (v) None of these

QUES 5: The radius of circle increase by 15%.Then find the percent change in area?

(i) 30% (ii) 22.5% (iii) 32.25%(iv) 15% (v) None of these

QUES 6: The radius of circle decrease by 9%.Then find the percent change in area?

(i) 9% (ii) 18% (iii) 8.1% (iv) 17.19% (v) None of these

QUES 7: A shop keeper increases a price of article by 12% and then decrease by 12%..Find the total loss / gain percent?

(i) 25% Loss(ii) 24% Loss(iii) 25.44% Gain (iv) 1.44% Loss(v) None of these

QUES 8: Richa spends 18% of her income on rent. 6% on transport 15% on house hold article, 16%

on saving. Then she has Rs. 1575 left. What was her total income?

(i) 2500 (ii) 5300 (iii) 3000 (iv) 3500 (v) None of these

QUES 9: Rajan spent 20% of his income on sports , 25% of the remaining on house hold article and

10% of the remaining on savings. Then he has Rs. 5400 left. What was his total income?

(i) 6000 (ii) 7500 (iii) 10000 (iv) 8500 (v) None of these

QUES 10: Radhika spends 20% of her income on rent, 15% of the remaining on food and 10% on

Cloth, 10% of the remaining on other expenses. Then she has Rs. 18900. Find her total

income?

(i) 1,15,000(ii) 1,00,000 (iii) 35,000 (iv) 95,000 (v) None of these

QUES 11: Mr. Gupta gives 1/3^rd of his income to his wife, 1/7^th of the remaining to his daughter, 2/7^th

of the remaining to trust.Then he has Rs. 4200 left. Find his total income?

(i) 10,920 (ii) 12,090 (iii) 10,200 (iv) 10,290 (v) ) None of these

QUES 12: Gauri gives 4/7^th of her monthly income to her mother, 1/3^rd of the remaining to her

father. Then she has Rs. 9800 left. Find her total annual income?

(i) 41160 (ii) 34300 (iii) 411160(iv) 31160 (v) ) None of these

QUES 13: If the population of the village is 800 and if it increases 5% annually. What is the

population after 2 years?

(i) 882 (ii) 880 (iii) 885 (iv) 892 (v) ) None of these

QUES 14: If the population of the town is 25000.If it increases 10% in 1^st year, decreases 20% in 2^nd

year and increase 15% in 3^rd year. Then find the population after 3 years?

(i) 25300 (ii) 23500 (iii) 25500(iv) 24500 (v) ) None of these

QUES 15: In an election between two candidates. One get 64% of total votes and he won by 12600

votes. Find the number of votes obtain by the other candidate?

(i) 12600 (ii) 16000 (iii) 16200(iv) 16000 (v) ) None of these

QUES 16: In an election between two candidates. One get 40% of total valid votes and he losses by 3600

votes. 10% of total votes were invalid. Find the total number of votes?

(i) 2000 (ii) 35000 (iii) 20000(iv) 15000 (v) ) None of these

QUES 17: If the numerator of a fraction is increase by 300% and the denominator increase by 150%.

The resultant fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction?

(i) 3/7 (ii) 5/8 (iii) 24/25 (iv) 3/8 (v) ) None of these

ANSWERS

Question	Answer	Question	Answer	Question	Answer
1	(ii)	7	(iv)	13	(i)
2	(iii)	8	(iv)	14	(i)
3	(ii)	9	(iii)	15	(iii)
4	(i)	10	(iii)	16	(iii)
5	(iii)	11	(iv)	17	(iv)
6	(iv)	12	(ii)

Friday, February 4, 2011

PERMUTATION

QUESTIONS

QUES 1: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘DEPARTMENT’ be arranged?

QUES 2: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘TELECOM’ be arranged?

QUES 3: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘UNIVERSE’ be arranged?

QUES 4: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘BUSINESS’ be arranged?

QUES 5: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘ACCESS’ be arranged. So, all the S’s always comes together?

QUES 6: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘FOLLOWED’ be arranged. So, all the vowels always comes together?

QUES 7: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘COMMUNICATIONS’ be arranged. So, that M,N & U always comes together?

QUES 8: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘KNOCK’ be arranged?

QUES 9: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘DEVELOPERS’ be arranged. So, that all the vowels always comes together?

QUES 10: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘ASSISSINATION’ be arranged. So, that all the S's always comes together?

QUES 11: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘HAPPINESS’ be arranged. So, that A,P& I always comes together?

QUES 12: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘INHALE’ be arranged ?

ANSWERS:

Question	Answer	Question	Answer
1	907200	7	13608000
2	2520	8	60
3	20160	9	20160
4	6720	10	151200
5	60	11	4320
6	1080	12	720

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