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  • A shopkeeper by selling 17 Omega watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 7 Omega watches. What is his profit percentage?


  • Options
  • A. 41.1 percent
  • B. 82.2 percent
  • C. 70 percent
  • D. 12.2 percent

  • Correct Answer
  • 70 percent 

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    • 1. A store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of the cost. Then the percentage of profit against selling price is

    • Options
    • A. 22%
    • B. 20%
    • C. 18%
    • D. 15%
    • Discuss
    • 2. When a discount of 20% is given on a movie ticket, the profit is 34%. If the discount is 15%, then the profit is

    • Options
    • A. 49 percent
    • B. 42.375 percent
    • C. 55.625 percent
    • D. 35.75 percent
    • Discuss
    • 3. A shopkeeper, sold dried apricots at the rate Rs 1210 a kg and bears a loss of 12%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1331 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 6.4 percent loss
    • B. 3.2 percent gain
    • C. 6.4 percent gain
    • D. 3.2 percent loss
    • Discuss
    • 4. When a discount of 20% is given on an African safari ticket, the profit is 43%. If the discount is 28%, then the profit is

    • Options
    • A. 71 percent
    • B. 113.3 percent
    • C. 13.6 percent
    • D. 28.7 percent
    • Discuss
    • 5. If the selling price of 40 articles is equal to the cost price of 50 articles, the loss or gain percent is

    • Options
    • A. 25% gain
    • B. 20% gain
    • C. 25% loss
    • D. 20% loss
    • Discuss
    • 6. A shopkeeper by selling 13 Titan watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 3 Titan watches. His profit percentage is

    • Options
    • A. 30 percent
    • B. 23.0 percent
    • C. 46 percent
    • D. 16 percent
    • Discuss
    • 7. A wholesaler sells a jacket to a retailer at a profit of 5% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 10%. If the customer pays Rs. 4158, what had it cost (in Rs) to the wholesaler?

    • Options
    • A. 3500
    • B. 3400
    • C. 3300
    • D. 3600
    • Discuss
    • 8. The selling price of 6 bananas is equal to the cost price of 8 bananas. Then the percentage of profit is

    • Options
    • A. 20
    • B. 33 1/3
    • C. 25
    • D. 30
    • Discuss
    • 9. A man sells an article at 15% profit. If he had sold it for . 6 more, he would have gained 18%. The man bought the article for

    • Options
    • A. 100
    • B. 150
    • C. 200
    • D. 250
    • Discuss
    • 10. If the ratio of the cost price and the selling price of an article be 4:5, then the percentage of profit is:

    • Options
    • A. 27.5
    • B. 25
    • C. 15
    • D. 10
    • Discuss


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