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  • Question
  • A stationer buys diaries at 75 rupees per dozen and sells them at 15 rupees per piece. What is the profit?


  • Options
  • A. 75
  • B. 100
  • C. 105
  • D. 110

  • Correct Answer
  • 105 

    Explanation

    Each dozen carries cost 75 rupees and are sold for
    12 x 15 = 180 rupees
    profit = SP-CP
    profit = 180-75 = 105 rupees


  • Profit and Loss problems


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    • 1. 
      If cost of 15 eggs be 75 rupees, then find out the cost of 5 dozen eggs.

    • Options
    • A. 300
    • B. 400
    • C. 500
    • D. 600
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      One-fourth of a herd of camels was seen in the forest. Twice the square root of the herd had gone to mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen on the bank of a river. Find the total number of camels.

    • Options
    • A. 32
    • B. 34
    • C. 35
    • D. 36
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      The sum of two number, when multiplied with each of the number separately, then the results of these multiplication are 2418 and 3666, respectively. Find the difference between the numbers.?

    • Options
    • A. 16
    • B. 21
    • C. 19
    • D. 23
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      In a bangel shop, the shopkeeper displays the bangels in the form of a square, then he is left with 38 bangles with him. If he wants to increse the size of square by one unit each side of the square, he found that 25 bangles fall short of in completing the square. The actual number of bangles which he had with him in the shop was?

    • Options
    • A. 1690
    • B. 999
    • C. 538
    • D. Cannot be determined
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      In an opera house, there are 7777 chairs to be placed but the organizer of the event arranged all the chair in such a way that these were as many columns as there were rows, so he had to remove minimum n chairs from the total 7777 chairs. The minimum value of n is?

    • Options
    • A. 121
    • B. 44
    • C. 33
    • D. 25
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A man bought 18 oranges for a rupee and sold them at 12 oranges for a rupee. what is the profit percentage?

    • Options
    • A. 33.33 %
    • B. 50 %
    • C. 66.66 %
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain 10 % he must sell that article for

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 275
    • B. Rs. 340
    • C. Rs. 320
    • D. Rs. 264
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      By selling 12 apples for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to gain 20%

    • Options
    • A. 8
    • B. 10
    • C. 15
    • D. 16
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      6 % more is gained by selling a coat for Rs.1425 than by selling it for Rs. 1353. The cost price of the coat is?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 1000
    • B. Rs. 1250
    • C. Rs. 1500
    • D. Rs. 1200
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      A person sold two cows each for Rs. 9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true?

    • Options
    • A. He gained Rs. 200
    • B. He lost Rs 200
    • C. He neither gained nor lost
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss


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