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  • Question
  • A trader buys 500 kgs of cotton for Rs 9,000. 10% of this cotton is spoiled due to rain. At what rate (Rs/Kg) should he sell the rest to earn 10% profit?


  • Options
  • A. 25
  • B. 30
  • C. 22
  • D. 20

  • Correct Answer
  • 22 

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    • 1. If the ratio of cost price and selling price be 10:11, then the profit percentage is

    • Options
    • A. 1%
    • B. 10%
    • C. 5%
    • D. 8%
    • Discuss
    • 2. A dealer sold an article at 6% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 64 more, he would have made a profit of 10%. Then the cost of the article is

    • Options
    • A. Rs.400
    • B. Rs.200
    • C. Rs.164
    • D. Rs.464
    • Discuss
    • 3. The marked price of a helmet is 30% more than its cost price. If the helmet is sold for Rs 744 after a discount of Rs 36, then what will be the profit percentage?

    • Options
    • A. 24
    • B. 18
    • C. 21
    • D. 27
    • Discuss
    • 4. When a discount of 20% is given on a jacket, the profit is 28%. If the discount is 13%, then the profit is

    • Options
    • A. 39.2 percent
    • B. 41 percent
    • C. 42.8 percent
    • D. 37.4 percent
    • Discuss
    • 5. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 37% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 25%. If the customer pays Rs 2,620.125, what had it cost the wholesaler?

    • Options
    • A. Rs 2550
    • B. Rs 2692
    • C. Rs 3327
    • D. Rs 2408
    • Discuss
    • 6. A vendor buys bananas at 9 for Rs 8 and sells at 8 for Rs 9. What will be the profit or loss (in %)?

    • Options
    • A. 13.28% profit
    • B. 26.56% loss
    • C. 26.56% profit
    • D. 13.28% loss
    • Discuss
    • 7. If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled the profit would become 65%. What is the present profit (in %)?

    • Options
    • A. 20
    • B. 15
    • C. 25
    • D. 10
    • Discuss
    • 8. A vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 and suffers 24% loss. If he wants to make 14% profit, then at what price (in Rs) should he sell?

    • Options
    • A. 32
    • B. 30
    • C. 36
    • D. 28
    • Discuss
    • 9. A villager buys a goat and a sheep together for Rs 14,250. He sold the sheep at a profit of 10% and the goat at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price , then what was the cost price of the cheaper animal?

    • Options
    • A. 8250
    • B. 6600
    • C. 7500
    • D. 6000
    • Discuss
    • 10. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 8% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 12%. If the customer pays Rs. 8,448 what had it cost (approximately) to the wholesaler (in Rs)?

    • Options
    • A. 6984
    • B. 6082
    • C. 7120
    • D. 7022
    • Discuss


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