PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

APPLICATION SUMS (QUANTS)

PROFIT, LOSS AND DISCOUNT SET-I

Question No : 1

A shopkeeper has three different mobiles Nokia, Samsung and Redmi and the total price of all the mobiles together is Rs.109000. The ratio of the cost price of Nokia to Samsung is 5 : 7 and the ratio of the cost price of Redmi to Nokia is 5 : 7. Find the cost price of Nokia?

(1) Rs.35000

(2) Rs.36000

(3) Rs.42000

(4) Rs.28000

(5) Rs.56000

Question No : 2

If a toy is sold at 10% discount, then the amount gained is Rs.80, while if the discount given was 5%, then the amount gained is 100. What is the marked price of the toy?

(1) Rs.200

(2) Rs.400

(3) Rs.500

(4) Rs.700

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Find the cost price of the table when sold at Rs.930 by shopkeeper and the shopkeeper gets the profit of 20%?

(1) Rs.770

(2) Rs.775

(3) Rs.780

(4) Rs.800

(5) Rs.825

Question No : 4

Raman buys a loudspeaker for Rs.3500. He has to give the dealer an extra of Rs.120 as delivery charge. Raman sells the loudspeaker for Rs.4800 to his friend. Find the profit percent of Raman. (approx.)

(1) 33%

(2) 48%

(3) 58%

(4) 62%

(5) 72%

Question No : 5

The cost price of 4 tables is equal to the cost price of 8 chairs. Ratio of the cost price of one chair to the cost price of 2 pen drive is 2 : 1. If the selling price of 17 pen drive is Rs.43010 while he gets the profit of 10%, then what is the sum of the cost price of 5 tables and 10 chairs?

(1) Rs.184000

(2) Rs.192000

(3) Rs.202000

(4) Rs.178000

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

A shopkeeper sold same marked price of different shirts and he announced an offer if one buy three shirts then fourth shirt is sold at a discounted price of Rs.100 only. Arun took the offer and He left shop with 20 shirts after paying Rs.20000. What is the marked price of a shirt?

(1) Rs.1300

(2) Rs.1250

(3) Rs.1360

(4) Rs.1400

(5) Rs.1500

Question No : 7

(1) Rs.225

(2) Rs.125

(3) Rs.150

(4) Rs.175

(5) Rs.250

Question No : 8

A shopkeeper sold the doll at 10% loss on its cost price and he allows the discount of 20% on marked price of the doll. The selling price of the doll is what percent less than the marked price of the doll?

(1) 10%

(2) 15%

(3) 20%

(4) 22%

(5) 18%

Question No : 9

By selling a bag after providing a discount of 30%, a gain of 15% is made. Find its cost price, if the marked price of the bag is Rs.345.

(1) Rs.210

(2) Rs.340

(3) Rs.450

(4) Rs.560

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

Shopkeeper sold his product 20% above its cost price and gives 800 grams instead of 1kg, then find the overall profit earned by the shopkeeper.

(1) 33.33%

(2) 50%

(3) 60%

(4) 66.67%

(5) 40%

Question No : 11

Karthick sold his bike to Khalid at a loss of 25%, Khalid spend Rs.4000 to replace the engine and sold it to Arun for Rs.28125 thereby making the profit of 12.5%, then find the actual cost price of the bike.

(1) Rs.21000

(2) Rs.22500

(3) Rs.28000

(4) Rs.18000

(5) Rs.24000

Question No : 12

Dinesh marks up the price of his goods by 40% and gives a discount of 25% to the customer. He also uses an 800 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his final percentage profit.

(1) 30%

(2) 31.25%

(3) 33.33%

(4) 27.25%

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

A shopkeeper marks his article 50% above the cost price and gives a discount of 20% on it. If he later marked his article 75% above the cost price and gave a discount of 20% on it then earlier profit is what percent of the later profit?

(1) 25%

(2) 20%

(3) 40%

(4) 50%

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

A man sold a mobile for Rs.15000 and incurred a loss. Had he sold the mobile for Rs.21000, his gain would have been equal to two times of the amount of loss that he incurred. At what price should he sell the mobile to gain 25%?

(1) Rs.20500

(2) Rs.21250

(3) Rs.22000

(4) Rs.23750

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

The shopkeeper marked the article at Rs.6000 but due to festival offer, a certain discount is given to all the customers while he made a profit of 20%. Find the percentage of discount given to all the customers, if the cost price of the article is Rs.4000?

(1) 20%

(2) 15%

(3) 10%

(4) 8%

(5) 25%

Question No : 16

The air-conditioner marked at Rs.20000. A franchiser buys an air-conditioner and gets 10% and 20% successive discounts. He spends 10% of his CP on transport. At what price (in rupees) should he sell the air-conditioner to earn a profit of 10%?

(1) Rs.17424

(2) Rs.17826

(3) Rs.16528

(4) Rs.15782

(5) None of these

Question No : 17

(1) 21000

(2) 12500

(3) 12200

(4) 12300

(5) 12000

Question No : 18

(1) Rs.1600

(2) Rs.1650

(3) Rs.1250

(4) Rs.1500

(5) Rs.850

Question No : 19

Cost price of 42 articles is equal to the selling price of 30 articles. Find the profit or loss percentage.

(1) 60%

(2) 30%

(3) 70%

(4) 50%

(5) 40%

Question No : 20

(1) Rs.2500, Rs.5660

(2) Rs.16500, Rs.5340

(3) Rs.7600, Rs.5220

(4) Rs.18600, Rs.5440

(5) Rs.8800, Rs.5440

Question No : 21

If an article is sold after allowed two successive discounts of x% and 20% and the profit earned after selling the article is x%. If the ratio of the cost price to marked price of the article is 36 : 55 and the cost price of the article is Rs.7200, then find the value of x?

(1) 10%

(2) 15%

(3) 20%

(4) 5%

(5) None of these

Question No : 22

A shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% on marked price of every shirt and when he sells 12 shirts he gives one shirt free. What is the approximate real rate of discount offered by shopkeeper?

(1) 15%

(2) 17%

(3) 19%

(4) 21%

(5) 23%

Question No : 23

The marked price of the table is 25% more than its cost price. If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 10% on marked price of the table while he gets the profit of Rs.300, then find the cost price of the table?

(1) Rs.2400

(2) Rs.2800

(3) Rs.3000

(4) Rs.3200

(5) None of these

Question No : 24

A man buys two articles. The ratio of the cost price of the articles is 3 : 2. He sells the first article at 20% profit and the second article at 10% loss. If he gains overall Rs.40, find the cost price of the first article.

(1) 100

(2) 300

(3) 400

(4) 200

(5) 500

Question No : 25

The cost price of the AC is 20% more than the cost price of the washing machine and the cost price of the refrigerator is 10% less than the cost price of washing machine. If the selling price of AC is Rs.21000 which is Rs.3000 more than its cost price, then what is the cost price of refrigerator?

(1) Rs.13500

(2) Rs.14400

(3) Rs.15300

(4) Rs.12600

(5) None of these

Question No : 26

The selling price of the chair is 30% less than the selling price of the table. If the shopkeeper sold the table at 25% profit and chair at 12% profit and then he gets the overall profit is Rs.1100. What is the cost price of the table?

(1) Rs.3000

(2) Rs.3200

(3) Rs.3600

(4) Rs.4000

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 27

The marked price of the Pen is 20% more than its cost price. If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 10% on marked price of the Pen, then the selling price of the Pen is what percent more than the cost price of the Pen?

(1) 10%

(2) 11%

(3) 5%

(4) 7%

(5) None of these

Question No : 28

A shopkeeper marks his goods at 20% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 12.5%. What is his gain percent?

(1) 7%

(2) 10%

(3) 5%

(4) 8%

(5) None of these

Question No : 29

A shopkeeper sold at article at 20% loss after allowing a discount of 33.33%. If the shopkeeper would have been sold the article at marked price then there is a profit of Rs.150, then find the cost price of article.

(1) Rs.500

(2) Rs.900

(3) Rs.600

(4) Rs.750

(5) None of these

Question No : 30

A shopkeeper have 216 pencils, he sell some pencils at 25% profit and rest pencils at 15% loss, so there is a loss of 15% overall. Find the number of pencils sold at 15% loss?

(1) 54

(2) 108

(3) 162

(4) 58

(5) None of these

Question No : 31

Bhuvan sells an article at 33.33% of profit to a customer. If Bhuvan bought the same at Rs.200 less and sell it Rs.150 less so there is a profit of 62.5%. Find the selling price of article when sold at 20% profit?

(1) Rs.740

(2) Rs.780

(3) Rs.750

(4) Rs.620

(5) None of these

Question No : 32

A shopkeeper sold an article at 25% discount and secured a loss of Rs.80. If marked price is increased by 21.875%, then find profit percentage or loss percentage. The initial marked price of article is Rs.1280?

(1) 15%

(2) 7.5%

(3) 10%

(4) 12.5%

(5) None of these

Question No : 33

A sold SD card to B at 20% loss and B sold it to C at 50% profit and C again sold it to D at 15% profit. If difference between SP of A & CP of D is Rs.290, find the difference between CP of A & SP of C?

(1) 380

(2) 285

(3) 240

(4) 180

(5) 190

Question No : 34

Kathir marked up the pen drive 60% above the cost price and offers 25% discount while selling and earns a profit of Rs.1200, if he marked up 40% above the cost price & 10% discount, then find the selling price of the pen drive.

(1) Rs.7650

(2) Rs.7560

(3) Rs.7250

(4) Rs.7520

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 35

Riya buys two varieties of apple I and II. Cost price of Variety I is half of variety II. If Riya buys 40 kg of variety I and 20 kg of variety II and sell all of them at a common price which is 10% less than cost of Variety II apple. Find overall profit percentage of Riya.

(1) 25%

(2) 30%

(3) 35%

(4) 28%

(5) None of these

Question No : 36

The cost price of AC is 50% more than the cost price of TV and the cost price of laptop is 25% less than the cost price of TV. If the shopkeeper sold the TV at Rs.24000 while he gets the profit of 20% and the shopkeeper gets the profit of AC and Laptop is 10% and 15% respectively, then what is the difference between the selling price of AC and laptop?

(1) Rs.15550

(2) Rs.15500

(3) Rs.15750

(4) Rs.15250

(5) None of these

Question No : 37

The profit earned after selling the Toy for Rs.340 is the same as loss incurred after selling the Toy for Rs.278. What is the selling price of the toy at 20% profit?

(1) Rs.370.8

(2) Rs.378.8

(3) Rs.376.8

(4) Rs.380.8

(5) None of these

Question No : 38

A shopkeeper has 10 tables and the total price of 10 tables is Rs.20000. If he sold 8 tables for Rs.24000, then what was his profit percentage?

(1) 40%

(2) 50%

(3) 30%

(4) 60%

(5) None of these

Question No : 39

Renuka purchased a laptop for Rs.10200 from flipkart. If the flipkart sold the laptop at the profit of 20% and the flipkart also offers 20% discount on marked price of the laptop, then what is the difference between the cost and marked price of the laptop?

(1) Rs.4250

(2) Rs.4450

(3) Rs.4860

(4) Rs.4550

(5) None of these

Question No : 40

By selling a mobile after offering the discount of 25%, a profit of 30% is made. Find the cost price of the mobile, if the marked price of the mobile is Rs.7800.

(1) Rs.7000

(2) Rs.6500

(3) Rs.5000

(4) Rs.4500

(5) None of these

Question No : 41

The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on the marked price of the laptop. If the shopkeeper gets 20% profit from the given discount, then find the profit  percentage?

(1) 7.14%

(2) 8.25%

(3) 9.18%

(4) 6.54%

(5) 10.5%

Question No : 42

The sum of the cost price of mobile and laptop is Rs.9900. If the shopkeeper sold the mobile at 10% profit and laptop at 8% loss and he found that the loss incurred by selling laptop is equal to the profit earned by selling mobile, then find the cost price of mobile?

(1) Rs.4000

(2) Rs.4400

(3) Rs.4800

(4) Rs.5200

(5) None of these

Question No : 43

In a consignment 25% of goods are sold at 10% loss and the remaining is sold at 25% profit. If there is a total profit of Rs.650 then the total goods sold is.

(1) 4000

(2) 3900

(3) 4500

(4) 5000

(5) None of these

Question No : 44

The cost price of pen and pencil in the ratio of 5 : 3. If the cost price of Pen is Rs.12 more than the cost price of Pencil and the shopkeeper offers the discount of 10% on cost price of the Pencil, then find the selling price of the pencil?

(1) Rs.16.2

(2) Rs.24.2

(3) Rs.22.2

(4) Rs.20.2

(5) Rs.18.2

Question No : 45

The cost price of four mobiles is equal to the cost price of 3 laptops. If the cost price of 5 laptops  and 7 mobiles is Rs.12300, then what is the cost of 12 mobiles and 7 laptops together?

(1) Rs.19200

(2) Rs.18800

(3) Rs.17900

(4) Rs.21000

(5) None of these

Question No : 46

Mr. Sharma purchased a smart television for Rs.50000. Its price was marked up by 20%. He again sold the television at a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is the profit percentage on the cost price?

(1) 3%

(2) 7%

(3) 5%

(4) 8%

(5) None of these

Question No : 47

If the marked price of the TV is 25% more than its cost price and the shopkeeper offer two successive discounts of 20% and 15% on marked price of the TV. If the selling price of the TV is Rs.13600, then find the cost price of the TV?

(1) Rs.12000

(2) Rs.14000

(3) Rs.16000

(4) Rs.18000

(5) Rs.20000

Question No : 48

If the selling price of the mobile is Rs.31920 while the shopkeeper gets the loss of 30% and the selling price of watch is Rs.23850 while the shopkeeper gets the loss of 55%, then what is the difference between the shopkeeper should sold the mobile at 30% profit and cost price of the watch?

(1) Rs.4860

(2) Rs.6280

(3) Rs.5845

(4) Rs.6040

(5) None of these

Question No : 49

The marked price of the article is 25% more than the cost price of the article. If the discount offered by shopkeeper is 16% and the sum of the marked and cost price of the article is Rs.5760, then find the profit percentage of article.

(1) 5%

(2) 2%

(3) 8%

(4) 4%

(5) 1%

Question No : 50

A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.45 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs.50 per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg should be sell the remaining quantity to make 25 per cent overall profit?

(1) Rs.54

(2) Rs.52

(3) Rs.50

(4) Rs.60

(5) Rs.56

Question No : 51

(1) 16%

(2) 15%

(3) 22%

(4) 25%

(5) 20%

Question No : 52

A trader has 400 kg of rice. He sells a part of it at a profit of 36% and remaining part at a loss of 24%.  His overall loses 12% in the whole transaction. Find the quantity of rice sold at 24% loss.

(1) 320 kg

(2) 330 kg

(3) 300 kg

(4) 350 kg

(5) None of these

Question No : 53

Two mobile phones were purchased at the same price. One was sold at a profit of 30% and the second was sold at a price which was Rs.2500 less than the price at which the first was sold. If the overall profit earned by selling both the mobile phones was 5%, what was the cost price of one mobile phone?

(1) Rs.8000

(2) Rs.5000

(3) Rs.6000

(4) Rs.4500

(5) Rs.5500

Question No : 54

The cost prices of two beds are equal. One bed is sold at a profit of 25% and the other one for Rs.6596 less than the first one. If the overall profit earned after selling both the beds is 8%, what is the cost price of each bed?

(1) Rs.20,400

(2) Rs.19,800

(3) Rs.18,600

(4) Rs.19,400

(5) Rs.16,800

Question No : 55

Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs.25,000, what was the total amount of profit earned?

(1) Rs.22 lakhs

(2) Rs.18.25 lakhs

(3) Rs.18 lakhs

(4) Rs.23.25 lakhs

(5) None of these

Question No : 56

The percentage profit earned when an article is sold for Rs.558 is double the percent profit earned when the same article is sold for Rs.504. If the marked price of the article is 30% above the cost price what is the marked price of the article?

(1) Rs.585

(2) Rs.595

(3) Rs.624

(4) Rs.590

(5) Rs.546

Question No : 57

Ram has two articles A and B. The total cost of both articles is Rs.8000. Ram sells articles A at the profit of 20% and article B at a loss of 12%. There is neither profit nor loss in the whole transaction. At what price should the article B be sold to gain 25%?

(1) Rs.6250

(2) Rs.6350

(3) Rs.3750

(4) Rs.3850

(5) None of these

Question No : 58

The cost price of article A is Rs.200 more than the cost price of article B. Article  A was sold at 10% loss and article B was sold at 25% profit. If the overall profit earned after selling both the articles is 4%. What is the cost price of article B?

(1) Rs.450

(2) Rs.550

(3) Rs.400

(4) Rs.500

(5) None of these

Question No : 59

The cost price of article A is Rs.100 more than the cost price of article B. Article A was sold at 40% profit and article B was sold at 40% loss. If the overall profit earned after selling both the articles is 5%. What is the cost price of article B?

(1) Rs.300

(2) Rs.400

(3) Rs.250

(4) Rs.350

(5) Rs.850

Question No : 60

A trader sells an item to a retailer at 20% discount, but charges 10% on the discounted price, for delivery and packaging. The retailer sells it for Rs.2046 more, thereby earning a profit of 25%. At what price had the trader marked the item?

(1) Rs.9400

(2) Rs.9000

(3) Rs.8000

(4) Rs.12000

(5) Rs.9300

Question No : 61

A dealer allowed a discount of 25% on the marked price of Rs.12000 on an article and incurred a loss of 10%. What discount should he allow on the marked price so that he gains Rs.440 on the article?

(1) 11%

(2) 13%

(3) 19%

(4) 15%

(5) None of these

Question No : 62

Ravi ate in a restaurant and got a membership discount of 30% on the original bill amount but he had to pay 10% as service tax and 8% service charge on the discounted bill amount. If Ravi paid Rs.4,743, which included a tip of Rs.200, how much money did he give as service charge?

(1) Rs.324

(2) Rs.314

(3) Rs.296

(4) Rs.308

(5) Rs.272

Question No : 63

On a Rs.10,000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of 10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better one he can save (in Rs.)

(1) 200

(2) 255

(3) 400

(4) 433

(5) None of these

Question No : 64

A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 12.5% on the marked price, he still earns a profit of 10%. The marked price of an article which costs him Rs.4,900 is

(1) Rs.5,390

(2) Rs.6,160

(3) Rs.6,360

(4) Rs.6,260

(5) None of these

Question No : 65

A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer for Rs.56,100 at a loss of 15%. Then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is

(1) Rs.25,000

(2) Rs.10,000

(3) Rs.50,000

(4) Rs.55,000

(5) None of these

Question No : 66

The total cost price of two watches is Rs.840. One is sold at a profit of 16 percent and the other at a loss of 12 percent. There is no loss or gain in the whole transaction. The cost price of the watch on which the shopkeeper gains is

(1) Rs.360

(2) Rs.370

(3) Rs.380

(4) Rs.390

(5) None of these

Question No : 67

One trader calculates the percentage of profit on the buying price and another calculates on the selling price. When their selling prices are the same, then the difference of their actual profits is Rs.85 and both claim to have made 20% profit, what is the selling price of each?

(1) Rs.1700

(2) Rs.2100

(3) Rs.2550

(4) Rs.2750

(5) None of these

Question No : 68

A person sold a TV for Rs.9,400 then he lost a particular amount. When he sold another TV of the same type at Rs.10,600, his gain was double the former loss. What was the cost price of each TV?

(1) Rs.9,800

(2) Rs.10,000

(3) Rs.10,200

(4) Rs.10,400

(5) None of these

Question No : 69

A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs.3. The total number of articles bought by him was

(1) 1090

(2) 1080

(3) 540

(4) 545

(5) None of these

Question No : 70

A person sold an article at 20% profit on the selling price. After wards, when the cost price reduced by 10%, then he also reduced the selling price by 10%. His percentage of profit on cost price will be

(1) 30%

(2) 25%

(3) 22.5%

(4) 12.5%

(5) None of these

Question No : 71

A person bought two bicycles for Rs.1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit. He would get Rs.5 more. The difference of the cost price of the two bicycles was:

(1) Rs.50

(2) Rs.40

(3) Rs.25

(4) Rs.75

(5) None of these

Question No : 72

A fruit seller buys 240 apples for Rs.600. Some of these apples are bad and are thrown away. He sells the remaining apples at Rs.3.50 each and makes a profit of Rs.198. The percentage of apples thrown away are?

(1) 6%

(2) 5%

(3) 4%

(4) 7%

(5) None of these

Question No : 73

A sells a car priced at Rs.36,000. He gives a discount of 8% on the 1st Rs.20,000 and 5% on the remaining Rs.16,000. B also sells a car of the same make, period at Rs.36,000. He gives a discount of 7% on the total price. Calculate the actual prices charged by A and B for the cars.

(1) A = Rs.33,505; B = Rs.33,400

(2) A = Rs.33,450; B = Rs.33,650

(3) A = Rs.33,480; B = Rs.33,600

(4) A = Rs.33,600; B = Rs.33,480

(5) None of these

Question No : 74

A shopkeeper has 11 books of same cost price. He sells the first book at certain price, then he sells second book at a price which is Rs.1 less than the selling price of first book and then he sells third book at a price which is Rs.1 less than the selling price of second book. Following this pattern, he sold all 11 books. If he sells sixth book at its cost price. Find the overall percent profit or loss on selling all 11 books.

Question No : 75

Arun buys one kilogram of apples for Rs.120 and sells it to Swati gaining 25%. Swati sells it to Divya and Divya again sells it for Rs.198, making a profit of 10%. What is the profit percentage made by Swati?

(1) 25%

(2) 20%

(3) 16.67%

(4) 15%

(5) None of these

Question No : 76

Anand marks up the price of an article by 50% and then allows a discount of 20% and sells it to Balaji who sells it for Rs.20 more than what he purchased for this S.P. is 30% more than the original C.P. of the article. Then Balaji’s profit percentage is

(1) 7.5%

(2) 6.66%

(3) 8.33%

(4) 9%

(5) None of these

Question No : 77

If a person purchases a shirt, he gets 6% discount. However, if he purchases two shirts, he gets 5% on the first and 8% on the second. If the price paid by the person for two shirts is Rs.925, then what will be the marked price of each shirt?

(1) Rs.494

(2) Rs.550

(3) Rs.528

(4) Rs.500

(5) None of these

Question No : 78

A man sells a bicycle at marked price which is 30% higher than the cost price. If he gives some discount and sells it at Rs.150 less than the marked price, he would still gain 20%. What is the percentage of discount offered?

(1) 7.69%

(2) 1.83%

(3) 7.54%

(4) 7.23%

(5) None of these