Curioustab

Home » Aptitude » Profit and Loss

A vendor buys pens at the rate of 4 for Rs 5 and sells at the rate of 4 for Rs 3. What will be the result?

40 percent gain
66.6 percent loss
66.66 percent gain
40 percent loss

Correct Answer: 40 percent loss

← Previous Question Next Question→

More Questions from Profit and Loss

A milkman buys milk at Rs 24 per litre. He adds 1/5 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 32 per litre. What will be his gain (in %)?
If a wholesaler, sells a box of chocolates at Rs 960 he gains 20%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1120, what is his profit percentage?
Selling price of a fan is Rs 4644. If profit percentage is 29%, then what is the cost price (in Rs) of fan?
A man bought 25 crates of oranges for Rs. 10,000. He lost 5 crates. In order to earn a total profit of 25% of the total cost, he would have to sell each of the remaining crates at
A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell goods at his cost price but uses a false weight of 950 gms, for each kilogram. His gain percentage is
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gms for the kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is
A shopkeeper marks his goods 50% more than the cost price and allows a discount of 25%. His profit or loss percentage is:
If 10% loss is made on selling price, then the rate of loss on the cost price will be
Dealer purchased an article for Rs. 900 and fixes the list price in such a way that he gains 20% after allowing 10% discount, then the list price is
Cost price of 28 articles is equal to Sale price of 21 articles, then percentage of profit is

Discussion & Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment!

Join Discussion