Quiz Discussion

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 gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a radio. If the final sale price of the radio is Rs. 704, then what is its labelled price?

• 1]

  Rs 844.80

• 2]

  Rs 929.28

• 3]

  Rs 1000

• 4]

  Rs 1044.8

A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is:

• 1]

  no profit, no loss

• 2]

  20% profit

• 3]

  less than 20% profit

• 4]

  more than 20% profit

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 the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is : 

• 1]

  25%

• 2]

  33*1/3 %

• 3]

  50%

• 4]

  66*2/3 %

The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

• 1]

  Rs. 2000

• 2]

  Rs. 2200

• 3]

  Rs. 2400

• 4]

  Data inadequate

 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%

A shopkeeper sells two watches for Rs. 308 each. On one he gets 12% profit and on the other 12 % loss. His profit or loss in the entire transaction was :

• 1]

  Neither Profit , Nor Loss

• 2]

  11/25 % Loss

• 3]

  1* 11/25 % Profit

• 4]

  3* 2/25 % Loss

When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

• 1]

  Rs. 21,000

• 2]

  Rs. 22,500

• 3]

  Rs. 25,300

• 4]

  Rs. 25,800

Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?

• 1]

  3.5

• 2]

  4.5

• 3]

  5.6

• 4]

  6.5