Quiz Discussion

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

 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%

100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs.350 and sold at the rate of Rs.48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:

• 1]

  14 * 2/7 % gain

• 2]

  15% gain

• 3]

  14 * 2/7 % loss

• 4]

  15% loss

A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be

• 1]

  130%

• 2]

  140%

• 3]

  150%

• 4]

  160%

Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20 %?

• 1]

  Rs. 400

• 2]

  Rs. 440

• 3]

  Rs. 500

• 4]

  Rs. 550

Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:

• 1]

  4*4/7 %

• 2]

  5*5/11 %

• 3]

  10%

• 4]

  12%

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

• 1]

  No profit, no loss

• 2]

  5%

• 3]

  8%

• 4]

  10%

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 %