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  • Question
  • Loss of 20% on selling price is equal to x% loss in cost price. What is x?


  • Options
  • A. 20%
  • B. 20
  • C. 16 2/3%
  • D. 16

  • Correct Answer
  • 16 2/3% 

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    • 1. If the cost price of 25 pens is equal to the selling price of 20 pens, then the profit percent is

    • Options
    • A. 20%
    • B. 25%
    • C. 15%
    • D. 5%
    • Discuss
    • 2. A retailer gets a discount of 40% on the printed price of an article. The retailer sells it at the printed price. His gain percent is

    • Options
    • A. 40
    • B. 55
    • C. 66 2/3
    • D. 75
    • Discuss
    • 3. A merchant buys 25 litres of milk daily at the rate of ? 12 per litre. He mixes 5 litres of water in it and sells at the rate ? 10.40 per litre. His gain/loss is:

    • Options
    • A. 8% profit
    • B. 2% profit
    • C. 4% profit
    • D. 6% profit
    • Discuss
    • 4. A and B invest Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2400 respectively in a business. If after one year there is a loss of Rs. 720, how much loss will B bear? (Loss or Profit is in proportion to their investments)

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 72
    • B. Rs. 320
    • C. Rs..400
    • D. Rs. 360
    • Discuss
    • 5. Selling price of a watch is Rs 966 and profit percentage is 15%. If selling price is Rs 798, then what will be the loss percentage?

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 8
    • C. 7.21
    • D. 6.26
    • Discuss
    • 6. A contractor has got two orders A and B. On one (A) he spends Rs. 25,000 and makes a bill of Rs. 30,500. On the other (B) he makes a bill keeping a profit of 20%. Which of the two orders is more profitable to him?

    • Options
    • A. B
    • B. A
    • C. A nor B
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. If the loss of percent on article is 15%. Then the ratio of the cost price and sell price will be

    • Options
    • A. 17:20
    • B. 20:17
    • C. 23:15
    • D. 15:23
    • Discuss
    • 8. A wholesaler sells a jacket to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 20%. If the customer pays Rs. 2,400, what had it cost (in Rs) the wholesaler?

    • Options
    • A. 2000
    • B. 1600
    • C. 1800
    • D. 2250
    • Discuss
    • 9. A vendor buys 6 bananas for Rs 25 and sells them at 3 for Rs 20. What is his profit percentage?

    • Options
    • A. 50
    • B. 40
    • C. 60
    • D. 30
    • Discuss
    • 10. A shopkeeper purchased 510 eggs at the rate of Rs. 20 per dozen. 30 eggs were broken on the way. In order to make a gain of 20%, he must sell the remaining eggs at the rate of

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 22.50 per dozen
    • B. Rs. 25.50 per dozen
    • C. Rs. 26 per dozen
    • D. Rs. 26.50 per dozen
    • Discuss


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