Profit and Loss problems
- 1. Profit of Rs 728000 has to be divided among three partners Amir, Balaraj and Charan in the ratio 7:5:4. How much share (in Rs) does Charan get?
Options- A. 227500
- B. 318500
- C. 91000
- D. 182000 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 182000
- 2. A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs 3 and sells at 3 for Rs 4. What will be the result?
Options- A. 43.75% profit
- B. 77.7% loss
- C. 77.7% profit
- D. 43.75% loss Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 77.7% profit
- 3. The ratio of selling price to the cost price is 13 : 17. What is the loss percentage?
Options- A. 23.52
- B. 27.74
- C. 18.62
- D. 19.45 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 23.52
- 4. Puneet purchases 5 dozens of oranges at the rate of Rs 120 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs 11.5. What is the profit (inpercentage) of Puneet?
Options- A. 18
- B. 30
- C. 12
- D. 15 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 15
- 5. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 20% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 10%. If the customer pays Rs 874.8, what had it cost the wholesaler?
Options- A. Rs 945
- B. Rs 810
- C. Rs 994
- D. Rs 675 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: Rs 810
- 6. If a merchant offers a discount of 25% on the list price, then he makes a loss of 5%. What % profit or % loss will he make if he sells at a discount of 10% of the list price?
Options- A. 5.5 percent loss
- B. 14 percent profit
- C. 50 percent profit
- D. 26 percent loss Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 14 percent profit
- 7. A trader had 9 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 20% profit, so that he made a total profit of 14 %. How much wheat did he sell at 20% profit?
Options- A. 540 kg
- B. 360 kg
- C. 180 kg
- D. 720 kg Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 360 kg
- 8. If a merchant offers a discount of 10% on the list price, then she makes a loss of 25%. What % profit or % loss will she make if she sells at a discount of 20% of the list price?
Options- A. 5 percent profit
- B. 33.33 percent loss
- C. 90 percent profit
- D. 20 percent profit Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 33.33 percent loss
- 9. When a discount of 20% is given on a sweater, the profit is 28%. If the discount is 14%, then the profit is
Options- A. 42 percent
- B. 46.4 percent
- C. 33.2 percent
- D. 37.6 percent Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 37.6 percent
- 10. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 12%. If the customer pays Rs 1045, what had it cost the wholesaler?
Options- A. Rs 950
- B. Rs 1149
- C. Rs 1244
- D. Rs 751 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: Rs 950
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