1) A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays ₹225 for it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is:

• (1) ₹110
• (2) ₹125
• (3) ₹120
• (4) ₹150

2) A saleable article passes successively in the hands of three traders. Each trader sold it further at a gain of 25% of the cost price. If the last trader sold it for Rs. 250, then what was the cost price for the first trader?

• (1) ₹128
• (2) ₹150
• (3) ₹192
• (4) ₹200

3) A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer for ₹56100 at a loss of 15%. Then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is:

• (1) ₹25000
• (2) ₹10000
• (3) ₹50000
• (4) ₹55000

4) A piece of land came to a person through three middleman each gaining 20%. If the person purchased the land for ₹3,45,600 the original cost of the land was:

• (1) ₹1,00,000
• (2) ₹1,50,000
• (3) ₹1,75,800
• (4) ₹2,00,000

5) A sells an article to B at a gain of 20% and B sells it to C at a gain of 10% and C sells it to D at a gain of 12.5%. If D pays ₹29.70, A purchased the article for:

• (1) ₹40
• (2) ₹10
• (3) ₹20
• (4) ₹30

6) A sells a suitcase to B at 10% profit. B sells it to C at 30% profit. If C pays ₹2860 for it, then the price at which A bought it is:

• (1) ₹1000
• (2) ₹1600
• (3) ₹2000
• (4) ₹2500

7) A shopkeeper sells two T.V. sets at the same price. There is a gain of 20% on one TV and a loss of 20% on the other. State which of the following statement is correct:

• (1) The shopkeeper makes no net gain or profit
• (2) The shopkeeper loses by 2%
• (3) The shopkeeper gains by 4%
• (4) The shopkeeper loses by 4%

8) Kewal sells two tape recorders at the same price. On one, he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. The total gain or loss in the transaction is:

• (1) 1% gain
• (2) 1% loss
• (3) No loss or gain
• (4) 2% loss

9) A dealer sold two types of goods for ₹10,000 each. On one of them, he lost 20% and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was:

• (1) 2% loss
• (2) 2% gain
• (3) 4% gain
• (4) 4% loss

10) A television and a refrigerator were sold for ₹12,000 each. If the television was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost and the refrigerator at a gain of 20% of the cost, the entire transaction resulted in:

• (1) No loss or gain
• (2) Loss of ₹1,000
• (3) Gain of ₹1,000
• (4) Loss of ₹1,200

11) A man bought two goats for ₹1008. He sold one at a loss of 20% and the other at a profit of 44%. If each goat was sold for the same price, the cost price of the goat which was sold at loss was:

• (1) ₹648
• (2) ₹360
• (3) ₹568
• (4) ₹440

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

• (1) 5% profit
• (2) Neither loss nor gain
• (3) 5% loss
• (4) 10% profit

13) The total cost price of two watches is ₹840. One is sold at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12%. There is no loss or gain in the whole transaction. The cost price of the watch on which the shopkeeper gains is:

• (1) ₹360
• (2) ₹370
• (3) ₹380
• (4) ₹390

14) A man buys a field of agricultural land for ₹3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20% and two-fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price must he sell the remaining field so as to make an overall profit of 10%?

• (1) ₹1,00,000
• (2) ₹1,15,000
• (3) ₹1,20,000
• (4) ₹1,25,000

15) A person bought two bicycles for ₹1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would get ₹5 more. The difference of the cost price of the two bicycles was:

• (1) ₹50
• (2) ₹40
• (3) ₹25
• (4) ₹75