Quiz Discussion

A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

• 1]

  Rs. 1090

• 2]

  Rs. 1060

• 3]

  Rs. 1190

• 4]

  Rs. 1202

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

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

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

Successive discount of 10%,12% and 15% amount to a single discount of:

• 1]

  32.68%

• 2]

  35.28%

• 3]

  36.68%

• 4]

  None Of These

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 %

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 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

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