Quiz Discussion

By selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  10

• 4]

  15

A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

• 1]

  3

• 2]

  4

• 3]

  5

• 4]

  6

Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:

• 1]

  30%

• 2]

  33*1/3 %

• 3]

  35%

• 4]

  44%

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

A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at 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 

• 1]

  Rs. 50

• 2]

  Rs. 60

• 3]

  Rs. 80

• 4]

  Rs. 90

A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is

• 1]

  12

• 2]

  15

• 3]

  20

• 4]

  25

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]

  70%

• 3]

  100%

• 4]

  250%

If the cost of 5 kg of apples is Rs 600, then what will be the cost of 27 kg of apples?

• 1]

  2240

• 2]

  3240

• 3]

  4240

• 4]

  5240

If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

• 1]

  66*2/3

• 2]

  100

• 3]

  105*1/3

• 4]

  120

When a commodity is sold Rs. 34.80, there is a loss of 25%. What is the cost price?

• 1]

  36.20

• 2]

  43.40

• 3]

  56.60

• 4]

  46.40