A48970353 - 23417 - 30 - 2019 - Worksheet - Profit Loss PDF

WORKSHEET: PROFIT & LOSS 1
1. Kamal bought a house in Sushant city, whose sale price was Rs. 8 lacs. He
availed 20% discount as an early bird offer and then 10% discount due to
cash payment. After that he spent 10% of the cost price in interior
decoration and lawn of the house. At what price should he sell the house to
earn a profit of 25%?
(a) Rs. 9 lacs (b) Rs. 7.99 lacs (c ) Rs. 7.92 lacs (d) none
of these
2. When a shopkeeper reduces the selling price from 1080 to 1026 its loss
increases by 4 percentage point. What is the selling price of this same
article when it fetches a profit of 4%?
(a) Rs.1392 (b) Rs.1404 (c ) Rs.1450 (d) Rs.1350
3. By selling a wrist watch at Rs. 405 the shopkeeper incurs a loss of 10%.
What is the gain or loss percentage if he sells the same watch at Rs. 465?
(a) Profit of 10% (b) loss of 6% (c) profit of 3.33% (d) no profit no
loss
4. By selling 12 apples for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee
should he sell to gain 20%?
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c ) 15 (d) 16
5. A fruit seller declares that he sells fruits at the cost price. However, he
uses a weight of 450 g instead of 500 g. His percentage profit is:
1 2
(a) 10% (b) 11 % (c ) 12% (d) 12 %
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6. Titan sells a wrist watch to a wholesaler making a profit of 10%. The

wholesaler, in turn, sells it to the retailer making a profit of 10%. A customer
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purchases it by paying Rs. 990. Thus the profit of retailer is 2 %. What is the
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cost incurred by the Titan to produce it?
(a) 768 (b) 750 (c ) 800 (d) 820
7. A merchant marks his goods at Rs. 300 and allows a discount of 25%. If
he still gains 12.5%, then the cost price of article is :
(a) Rs. 220 (b) Rs. 200 (c ) Rs. 240 (d) Rs. 260
8. Ragini purchases oranges at Rs. 10 per dozen and sells them at Rs. 12 for
every 10 oranges. What is the profit percentage?
(a) 40% (b) 44% (c ) 60% (d) 48%
9. A trader uses a weighing balance that shows 1250 g for a kilogram. He
further marks-up his cost price by 20%. What is the profit percentage?
(a) 5% (b) 45% (c )50% (d) 30%
10. The cost price of an article ‘A’ is Rs. 160 and selling price of another article
‘B’ is Rs. 240. If the selling price of A will be equal to the cost price of B, then
the profit after selling A is 20%. What is the profit on ‘B?
(a) 16.66% (b) 50% (c ) 25% (d) none of these
11. The marked price of an article is increased by 25% and the selling price is
increased by 16.66%, then the amount of profit doubles. If the original
marked price be Rs. 400 which is greater than the corresponding cost price by
33.33%, what is the increased selling price?
(a) 240 (b) 360 (c ) 420 (d) 600
12. A shopkeeper calculated his profit per cent on the selling price which
comes out to be 30%. If it had been calculated as usual on the cost price then
what is the required percentage profit?
WORKSHEET: PROFIT & LOSS 2
6 7 6
(a) 42 % (b) 4 % (c) 7 % (d) none of these
7 27 42
13. Each of A and B sold their article at Rs. 1818 but A incurred a loss of 10%
while B gained by 1%.What is the ratio of cost price of the articles of A to
that of B?
(a) 101 : 90 (b) 85 : 89 (c ) 81 : 75 (d) none of these
14. A bookseller procures 40 books for Rs. 3200 and sells them at a profit
equal to the selling price of 8 books. What is the selling price of one dozen
books, if the price of each book is same?
(a) 720 (b) 960 (c ) 1200 (d) 1440
15. The selling price of 13 articles is same as the cost price of 23 articles.
What is the profit percentage?
(a) 43.47% (b) 74.83% (c ) 78% (d) 76.92%
16. A trader sold an article at a loss of 5% but when he increased the selling
price by Rs. 65 he gained 3.33% on the cost price. If he sells the same article
at Rs. 936, what is the profit percentage?
(a) 15% (b) 16.66% (c ) 20% (d) data
insufficient
17. Anna sold his car to Boney at a profit of 20% and Boney sold it to Chakori
at a profit of 10%. Chakori sold it to mechanic at a loss of 9.09%. Mechanic
spent 10% of his purchasing price and then sold it at a profit of 8.33% to
Anna once again. What is the loss of Anna?
(a) 23% (b) 29% (c ) 50% (d) 40%
18. A retailer bought 3850 Linc pens and 1848 Cello pens at the same price.
He sells Linc pens in such a way that he can buy 650 Linc pens with the sale
price of 481 Linc Pens. Again he can buy only 408 Cello pens with the sale price
of 629 pens. What is the overall percentage of profit of the retailer?
(a) 4.8% (b) 9.6% (c ) 13% (d) none of these
19. When a bicycle manufacturer reduced its selling price by 50% the number
of bicycles sold radically increased by 600%. Initially the manufacturer was
getting only 140% profit. What is the percentage increase of his profit?
(a) 10% (b) 14% (c) 0% (d) can’t be
determined
20. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a housewife to purchase
6 kg more for Rs. 240. What is the original price per kg of sugar?
(a) Rs. 10 per kg(b) Rs. 8 per kg (c ) Rs. 6 per kg (d) Rs. 5 per kg
1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.C 10.C
11.C 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.D 16.C 17.A 18.D 19.C 20.A

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