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  • Question
  • A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?


  • Options
  • A. Rs. 18.20
  • B. Rs. 70
  • C. Rs. 72
  • D. Rs. 88.25

  • Correct Answer
  • Rs. 72 

    Explanation
    C.P. = Rs. 100 x 392 = Rs. 1000 x 392 = Rs. 320
    122.5 1225

    ∴ Profit = Rs. (392 - 320) = Rs. 72.


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    • 1. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

    • Options
    • A. 30%
    • B. 70%
    • C. 100%
    • D. 250%
    • Discuss
    • 2. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 1090
    • B. Rs. 1160
    • C. Rs. 1190
    • D. Rs. 1202
    • Discuss
    • 3. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

    • Options
    • A. 3
    • B. 4
    • C. 5
    • D. 6
    • Discuss
    • 4. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is:

    • Options
    • A. 5 1517 % loss
    • B. 5 1517 % gain
    • C. 6 23 % gain
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 21,000
    • B. Rs. 22,500
    • C. Rs. 25,300
    • D. Rs. 25,800
    • Discuss
    • 6. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

    • Options
    • A. No profit, no loss
    • B. 5%
    • C. 8%
    • D. 10%
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

    • Options
    • A. 15
    • B. 16
    • C. 18
    • D. 25
    • Discuss
    • 8. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 14
    • C. 20
    • D. 21
    • Discuss
    • 9. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:

    • Options
    • A. 2700
    • B. 2900
    • C. 3000
    • D. 3100
    • Discuss
    • 10. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

    • Options
    • A. 2 : 3
    • B. 1 : 1
    • C. 3 : 4
    • D. 4 : 3
    • Discuss


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