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Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Profit-Loss for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 (DAY-7)

1. Anil bought some items and half of them sold at a profit of 15% to Rs. 22103, at which price should they sell the remaining items to get a total of 25% profit on all items?

a. 25,947 b. 23,528

c. 27,130 d. 24,682

e. 26,240

2. Ramlal bought a TV for Rs. 12,500 and spent 300 rupees and 800 rupees for installation in transportation, how much should it be sold in order to earn 15% of the total profit?

a. 14,560 b. 14,375

c. 15,460 d. 15,375

e. None of these

3. Kunal sold an item at 12% loss, if he had sold that item for more than 234 rupees, then would have got 24% profit, if the item is sold for 858 rupees, then the profit percentage will be?

a. 32% b. 30%

c. 25% d. 34%

E. 28%

4. A shopkeeper bought two items at the same price, he sold one to 30% profit, and the loss on selling the second item is one-third of the profit received on selling the first item, what would the total profit percentage of the shopkeeper be?

a. 16% b. 8%

c. 10% d. 12%

e. 9%

5. A shopkeeper has items worth Rs 6000, sells half of the items at 12% profit, and on what percentage has he sold the remaining items, so that he has a profit of 18% in the sale of the whole?

a. 25% b. 24%

c. 18% d. 21%

e. None of these

6. A vendor marks 50% more value than the face value of the purchasing value of his item, at this price he only sold one-third of the stock, half of the remaining stock is at the discount of 7.33% and the remaining half is 16.67% What is the total profit percentage of the seller sold on a discount?

a. 38% b. 42%

c. 29% d. 34%

e. 40%

7. Aman sold an item at 25% loss for 7500 rupees, and how much money should it have to sell in order to earn 25% profit?

a. 13,800 b. 12,500

c. 11,200 d. Cannot be determined

e. None of these

8. If Suresh sells something for Rs 9300, then it is a loss of Rs 3100. At what price should she sell the item so that she gets 25% profit?

a. 7250 rupees b. 7350 rupees

c. 15650 rupees d. 15500 rupees

e. None of these

9. A trader sells total stock of apples at Rs 18270 and earns 45 percent profit. What is the cost value of the total stock of SEG?

a. 12600 rupees b. 13600

c. 12650 rupees d. 13650

e. None of these

10. Ramesh bought one item for 6000 rupees and sold it for a loss of 20 percent. How much did he buy the second item and sold it for profit of 15 percent so that he would neither benefit nor harm in the entire transaction?

a. 7600 rupees b. 8600

c. 8400 rupees d. 8000

e. None of these

11. With 30% discount on face value on a toy, its deficit value decreases by 30 rupees. Find new sales price (in rupees)

(A) 70 (b) 21

(E) None of the above

12. A fruit seller earns a profit of 25 percent by giving 10 percent discount during the general division. At the end of the day, he gives an additional discount of 5 percent (at face value) to a customer to quickly book the remaining mangoes. Find new profit percent (approximate)?

a. 15 b. 18

c. 21 d. 28

e. None of these

13. A shopkeeper buy 200 items at the rate of 4 rupees per item and spent (25/2%)of the the purchase price on traffic. If he sells all the goods at a rate of 75 rupees / dozen then find the profit percentage earned by him?

a. 338/9% b. 342/9%

c. 350/9% d. 348/9%

e. None of these

14. the profit erned by selling an item for Rs 530 is 20% more than the loss incurred by selling the same item for Rs475.What should be the sales price to earn 20 percent profit?

a. 500 b. 700

c. 900 d. 600

e. None of the above

16. If the profit received after 20% discount on face value is 25%, then get the profit after 25% discount?

a. 14% b. 15%

c. 16% d. 17%

e. 18%

17. Piyush bought an article and sold it at 10% loss. If he buys this article at 20% lower price and sells it for more than 110 rupees then it would get 40% profit, then know the purchase price of the article.

a. 200 b. 500

c. 300 d. 600

e. None of these

18. A vendor sells a radio at which the profit earned is 16% more than the loss incurred by selling the same radio at Rs 500. How much should the radio be sold, with the gain earned 12%?

a. Rs. 810 b. Rs. 808

c. Rs. 728 d. Rs. 704

e. Rs. 680

19. One sells a horse for Rs.1200 and receives 1/5 of the sale price. How much would it sell for to get loss of 1/4 of the sales price?

a. Rs.768 b. Rs.850

c. Rs.775 d. Rs.948

e. Rs.800

20. A dishonest vendor claims to sell fruit at the cost price but he uses weight of 800 grams instead of 1 kg. Know the profit earned by him?

(IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016)

a. 22% b. 24%

c. 25% d. 30%

e. 20%

21. A seller marks 50% more than the purchase price on the item and 10% discount on it. When he sells the item, he falsifies the customer with 20% less weight. Find out its total profit percentage (approx)?

(IBPS PO Prelims 2016)

(A) 26% (b) 65%

(e) 76%

22. A shopkeeper buys 30 kg wheat at Rs 45 per kg. He sells 40% of the total amount, at a rate of Rs 50 per kg. At what price should the remaining quantity be sold so that it has the benefit of overall 25%?

a. 54 / - b. 52 / -

c. 50 / - d. 60 / -

e. 56 / -

23. A space research company wants to sell its two products, A and B. If Product A is sold at 20% loss and Product B is 30% on profit. The company will not have any harm. If product A is 15% on loss and Product B is 15% on profit. The company will have a loss of Rs 6 million in the deal. How much does the product B cost?

(A) 140 million rupees (b) 120 million rupees

(E) 90 million rupees

24. A merchant decides the sale price of his item more than 30% of its cost value. That half share sells at a price of one fourth and a 15% discount on the original sales price and the remainder for a 30% discount on the original sales price. Find the full profit percentage?

(a) 14.875% (b) 15.375%

(E) 16.258%

25. A shopkeeper has 88 kg of sugar, part of which sells it at 10% profit and the remaining sells at 12% loss. He receives a loss of 3% on the total. What amount did he sell at 12% loss?

(A) 50kg (b) 52kg

(e) 60kg

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Tuesday, 7 November 2017