Quiz Discussion

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

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

• 1]

  66*2/3

• 2]

  100

• 3]

  105*1/3

• 4]

  120

 On an order of 5 dozen boxes of a consumer product, a retailer receives an extra dozen free. This is equivalent to allowing him a discount of :

• 1]

  15%

• 2]

  16*1/16 %

• 3]

  16*2/3 %

• 4]

  20%

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:

• 1]

  Rs. 45

• 2]

  Rs. 50

• 3]

  Rs. 55

• 4]

  Rs. 60

A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying and selling, by using false weights. His total gain is.

• 1]

  20%

• 2]

  21%

• 3]

  22%

• 4]

  23%

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 cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:

• 1]

  Neither Loss, nor gain

• 2]

  5% Loss

• 3]

  5% Gain

• 4]

  10% gain

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

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

The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

• 1]

  15

• 2]

  16

• 3]

  18

• 4]

  25