1) The difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 15% and at a profit of 10% is ₹10. The cost price of the article is:

• (a) ₹100
• (b) ₹120
• (c) ₹150
• (d) ₹200

2) If the difference between the selling prices of an article at profit of 6% and 4% is ₹3, then the cost price of the article should be:

• (a) ₹100
• (b) ₹150
• (c) ₹175
• (d) ₹200

3) Rahul buys a book for ₹400 and sells it for ₹500. The difference between his profit as a percentage of the buying price and then as a percentage of the selling price is:

• (a) 25%
• (b) 5%
• (c) 0%
• (d) 20%

4) A trader bought 10 kg of apples for ₹405 out of which 1 kg of apples were found to be rotten. If he wishes to make a profit of 10%, at what rate should he sell the remaining apples per kg?

• (a) ₹45
• (b) ₹49.50
• (c) ₹50
• (d) ₹51

5) If the cost of pins reduces by ₹4 per dozen, 12 more pins can be purchased for ₹48. The cost of pins per dozen after reduction is:

• (a) ₹8
• (b) ₹12
• (c) ₹16
• (d) ₹20

6) A tradesman sold an article at a loss of 20%. If the selling price had been increased by ₹100, there would have been a gain of 5%. The cost price of the article was:

• (a) ₹200
• (b) ₹25
• (c) ₹400
• (d) ₹250

7) The reduction of ₹12 in the selling price of an article will change 5% gain into 2½% loss. The cost price of the article is:

• (a) ₹140
• (b) ₹160
• (c) ₹80
• (d) ₹100

8) A manufacturer fixes his selling price at 33% over the cost of production. If cost of production goes up by 12% and manufacturer raises his selling price by 10%, his percentage profit is:

• (a) 28 ³⁄₈%
• (b) 30 ⁵⁄₈%
• (c) 36 ⁵⁄₉%
• (d) 35%

9) A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables a buyer to buy 5 kg more for rupees 1200. The reduced price per kg of rice will be:

• (a) 36
• (b) 45
• (c) 48
• (d) 60

10) A man wanted to sell an article with 20% profit; but he actually sold at 20% loss for ₹ 480. At what price he wanted to sell it to earn the profit?

• (a) ₹ 720
• (b) ₹ 840
• (c) ₹ 600
• (d) ₹ 750

11) A house worth ₹ 1,50,000 is sold by X at a 5% profit to Y. Y sells the house back to X at a 2% loss. Then in the entire transaction?

• (a) X gains ₹ 4,350
• (b) X loses ₹ 4,350
• (c) X gains ₹ 3,150
• (d) X loses ₹ 3,150

12) A book-seller bought 200 textbooks for ₹ 12,000. He wanted to sell them at a profit so that he got 20 books free. At what profit percent should he sell them?

• (a) 10%
• (b) 11%
• (c) 11.5%
• (d) 12%

13) The price of a jewel, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit respectively, the profit earned by the third seller is

• (a) 20%
• (b) 15%
• (c) 10%
• (d) 5%

14) A person sells a table at a profit of 10%. If he had bought the table at 5% less cost and sold for ₹ 80 more, he would have gained 20%. The cost price of the table is

• (a) ₹ 3,200
• (b) ₹ 2,500
• (c) ₹ 2,000
• (d) ₹ 200

15) A man bought a certain quantity of rice at the rate of ₹ 650 per quintal. 20% of the rice was spoiled. At what rate should he sell the remaining rice to gain 20% on the outlay?

• (a) ₹ 775
• (b) ₹ 850
• (c) ₹ 890
• (d) ₹ 975

16) An article is sold at a profit of 20%. If it had been sold at a profit of 25%, it would have fetched ₹ 35 more. The cost price of the article is:

• (a) ₹ 650
• (b) ₹ 700
• (c) ₹ 750
• (d) ₹ 800

17) A dealer makes a profit of 20% even after giving a 10% discount on the advertised price of a scooter. If he makes a profit of ₹ 7500 on the sale of the scooter, the advertised price was

• (a) ₹ 45000
• (b) ₹ 47500
• (c) ₹ 50000
• (d) ₹ 52500

18) By selling a table for ₹ 350 instead of ₹ 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of the table is:

• (a) ₹ 1050
• (b) ₹ 417.50
• (c) ₹ 435
• (d) ₹ 1000

19) An article passing through two hands is sold at a profit of 38% at the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 20%, then the profit percent made by the second is:

• (a) 15%
• (b) 12%
• (c) 10%
• (d) 5%

20) A tradesman, by means of a false balance defrauds 10 percent in buying goods and also defrauds 10 percent in selling. His gain percent is:

• (a) 10%
• (b) 11%
• (c) 21%
• (d) 100%