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1. 	If selling price of an article is 4/3 of its cost price, the profit in the transaction is

1) 16.67%	2) 20 ? %	3) 25 ? %	4) 33.33% Correct Option is: 	4 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.069 secs Explanation: 	SP = 4/3 CP Profit % = ( SP –CP )/CP *100 = ( 4/3 -1 ) * 100 = 33.33 % 2. 	The sales price of an article including the sales tax is Rs.616. The rate of sales tax is 10 %. If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12 % then the cost price of the article is :

1) Rs. 500	2) Rs. 515	3) Rs. 550	4) Rs. 600 Correct Option is: 	1 Your Option is: 	2 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.028 secs Explanation: 	from the givn cost price = 100% and profit 10% total 110% then sales tax is 12% so 12% of 110is 13.2% total percentage is 123.2%=616 rs we have to find 100% so x=100*616/123.2 =500 3. 	By selling an article for Rs. 100 a man gains Rs. 15 then his gain % is?

1) 15%	2) 12 (2 / 3) %	3) 17 (11 / 17) %	4) 17 (1 / 4) % Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	2 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.012 secs Explanation: 	The gain percentage is =(100/85)*100 Gain % =(117.64-100) Gain percentage=17.647% or 17 (11/17)% 4. 	If the cost price is 96% of the selling price, then what is the profit percentage?

1) 3. 17 %	2) 4. 17 %	3) 4.34%	4) 5.34% Correct Option is: 	2 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.022 secs Explanation: 	CP is 96% of SP, so CP = 96/100*SP Profit % = profit/CP *100 = (SP – CP)/CP * 100 =>(SP/CP – 1) *100 = (100/96-1)*100 =4.17% 5. 	A vendor loses the selling price of 4 oranges on selling 36 oranges. His loss percentage is?

1) 10%	2) 11.11%	3) 12 1 /2 %	4) none of these Correct Option is: 	2 Your Option is: 	2 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.03 secs Explanation: 	if he sells 36 oranges he lose 4 when he sells 100 then the lose is (4/36)*100 = 11.11% 6. 	A fruit seller sells mangoes at a rate of Rs 9 per kg and thereby loses 20%. At what price per kg he should have sold them to make a profit of 5% ?

1) Rs 11.81	2) Rs 12 3) Rs 12.25	4) Rs 11 Correct Option is: 	1 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.039 secs Explanation: 	80:9 = 105:x x=(9*105/80) = Rs 11.81 7. 	In selling an article for Rs.450,one has a loss of 10percent. find the C.P for getting a profit of 10percent what must its S.P?

1) Rs. 500 & 600	2) Rs. 500 & 550	3) Rs. 400 & 500	4) Rs. 400 & 450. Correct Option is: 	2 Your Option is: 	2 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.037 secs Explanation: 	The selling price is SP=((100)/(100-10%))*450 SP=(100/90)*450 SP=Rs.500 For 10% Profit Sp=((100+10)/100)*500 SP=Rs.550 8. 	A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at CP but he used a weight of 900 gms for 1 kg. Find his gain percent.

1) 10.11%	2) 12.11%	3) 13.11%	4) 11.11% Correct Option is: 	4 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.049 secs Explanation: 	Gain % = (true weight – false weight)/false weight *100 =>(100 – 900)/900 *100 =11.11% 9. 	If selling price is doubled the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

1) 66 2 / 3	2) 100	3) 105 1 / 3	4) 120 Correct Option is: 	2 Your Option is: 	4 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.023 secs Explanation: 	let P be the principal and p the profit the selling price is P + p then 2 (P + p) = P +3p P = p The profit percentage = 100 * p/P was 100% 10. 	Peter purchased a machine for Rs 80000 and spend Rs. 5000 on repair and Rs .1000 on transport and sold it with 25 % profit at what price did he sell the machine?

1) Rs. 1,05100	2) Rs. 106250	3) Rs. 107500	4) Rs. 117500 Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.04 secs Explanation: 	The cost price of the machine is CP=80000+5000+1000 CP=86000 Sp=((100+25)/100)*86000 SP=Rs.107500 11. 	A man purchases 5 horses and 10 cows for Rs.10000. He sells the horses at 15 % profit and the cows at 10 % loss, thus he gets Rs.375 as profit. Find the cost of one cow.

1) Rs. 300	2) Rs.350 3) Rs.400	4) Rs.450 Correct Option is: 	4 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.062 secs Explanation: 	Cost of 1 horse be x Total SP = 5x(115/100) + (10000 -5x)(90/100) 125x = 137500 => x=1100(cost of 1 horse) Cost of 10 cows = 10000-5x Cost of 1 cow = (10000 – 5x)/10 = Rs. 450 12. 	A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?

1) Rs 18.20	2) Rs 70 3) Rs 72	4) Rs 88.25 Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.02 secs Explanation: 	CP = Rs (100/122.5 *392) =Rs (1000/122.5 ) = Rs 320 Profit = Rs. (392 - 320) = Rs. 72 13. 	The difference between the costprice and the selling price of an article is Rs. 240. If the profit is 20 % the selling price is?

1) Rs. 1240	2) Rs. 1400	3) Rs. 1600	4) none of these Correct Option is: 	4 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.028 secs Explanation: 	none of these.from given 20%is profit=240 we have to find cost price =100% so 5*20%=100% 5*240=1200 here none of the option is 1200.so the correct answer is option 4 14. 	A grocer sells rice at a profit of 10 % and uses weights which are 20 % less than the market rate. The total gain earned by him will be?

1) 30%	2) 35%	3) 37.50%	4) none of these Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.034 secs Explanation: 	Let packet of rice be 1 kg Actual weight = 80% of 1 kg = 0.8kg CP of 1kg =Rs.x, then CP of 0.8 kg =Rs.0.8x SP of 1kg = 110% of CP of 1Kg =(110/100 *x) => 1.1x Gain = (1.1 – 0.8)x =0.3x Required gain % = ( 0.3x/0.8x)*100 = 37.5% 15. 	A man purchases some apples at the rate of 3 for Rs. 4 and the same Quantity at 5 for 6. If he sells all the apple at the rate of 3 for Rs.5 find his loss and profit percentage.

1) 30 11 / 19 %	2) 31 11 / 19 %	3) 32 11 / 19 5	4) 33 11/ 19 Correct Option is: 	2 Your Option is: 	2 Result: 	Correct Timetaken: 	0.024 secs Explanation: 	The cost price of A1=4/3=1.33 The cost price of A2 =6/5=1.20 Selling price of A1=1.67 Profit =((1.67/((1.33+1.2)/2)*100)-100) Hence the profit is=1.67/1.27 Which means the value is 31 (11/19) 16. 	when a commodity sold for Rs.34.80, there is loss of 2%. what is cost price of commodity ?

1) Rs 43	2) Rs 43.20 3) Rs 46.40	4) Rs 26.10 Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	4 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.022 secs Explanation: 	CP =Rs (100/75 *34.80)= Rs 46.40 17. 	If loss is 1/3 of SP the loss percentage is?

1) 16.67%	2) 20%	3) 25%	4) 33 1/ 3 % Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	4 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.023 secs Explanation: 	Loss = 1/3 SP (CP-SP) = 1/3 SP => CP = 4/3 SP Loss% = loss/CP *100 = ( 1/3 SP) / (4/3 SP) * 100 = 25% 18. 	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?

1) 30%	2) 100%	3) 70%	4) 250% Correct Option is: 	3 Your Option is: 	1 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.025 secs Explanation: 	Let C.P.= Rs. 100. Then, Profit = Rs. 320, S.P. = Rs. 420. New C.P. = 125% of Rs. 100 = Rs. 125 New S.P. = Rs. 420. Profit = Rs. (420 - 125) = Rs. 295. Required percentage = 295/420 x 100 % = 1475/21 % = 70 % (approximately). 19. 	A man buys an article for 10 % less than its value and sells it for 10 % more than its value. His gain or loss percentage is?

1) no profit no loss	2) 20 % profit 3) less than 20% profit	4) more than 20 % profit. Correct Option is: 	4 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.027 secs Explanation: 	let the marked price be 100 Therefore Cost price=90 and selling price=110 Gain=((CP/Sp)*100)-100 Gain percentage=((90/110)*100)-100 HEcne the percentage is 22.22% The answer is More than 20% 20. 	I sell 16 articles for the same money as I paid for 20. What is my gain percentage?

1) 25%	2) 30%	3) 35%	4) 40% Correct Option is: 	1 Your Option is: 	3 Result: 	Wrong Timetaken: 	0.017 secs Explanation: 	Gain percentage=(Cost price/Selling price)*100 =(20/16)*100=25% Therefore gain percentage=25%