24 Must Do Questions #SSC #SNAP #NMAT Profit Loss Discount CGL Mains 2019

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1. A person marks his goods x% above the cost price and allows a discount of 30% on the marked price. If his profit is 5%, then the value of x will be:


2. A shopkeeper bought 120 quintals of wheat. 20% of it was sold at 25% loss. At what percent gain should he sell the rest to gain 25% on the whole transaction?


3. Anu sold an article for 480 at some profit. Had she sold it for Rs.400, then there would have been a loss equal to one-third of the initial profit. What was the cost price of the article?


4. A shopkeeper allows 28% discount on the marked price of an article and still makes a profit of 20%. If he gains Rs.30.80 on the sale of one article, then what will be the cost price of the article?

5. In what ratio, sugar costing 60 per kg be mixed with sugar costing 42 per kg such that by selling the mixture at 56 per kg there is a gain of 12%?

6. When an article is sold for Rs.355, there is a loss of 29%. To gain 21%, it should be sold for Rs.:

7. Radha marks her goods 25% above the cost price. She sells 35% of goods at the marked price, 40% at 15% discount and the remaining at 20% discount. What is her overall percentage gain?

8. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 33 1/3% of this price, there is a loss of 33 1/3%. What is the percentage profit when it is sold at 60% of the original selling price?

9. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 80% of this price, then there will be a loss of 10%. What is the percentage profit when the article is sold at the original selling price?

10. The marked price of an article is 800 and it is sold at a discount of 19%. If there is a gain of 8%, then by what percent above the cost price was the article marked?

11. By selling two articles for Rs.800, a person gains the cost price of three articles. The profit percent is:

12. Sujata marks an article 36% above the cost price and allows a 40% discount on the marked price. The loss percentage is:

13. A person sells an article at 16% below its cost price. Had he sold it for Rs.33 more, he would have gained 14%. To gain 25%, he should sell the article for:

14. When an article is sold at its marked price, it gives a profit of 25%. If a discount of 9.6% is allowed on the marked price, then the profit percent will be:

15. A man sells his goods at a certain price, 20% of which is his profit. If the price at which he buys the goods increases by 10% and he sells them at an 8% higher price, then what will be his profit percent (correct to one decimal place)?

16. 35% of goods were sold at a profit of 65%, while the remaining were sold at x% loss. If the overall loss is 12%, then what is the value of x? (correct to one decimal place)

17. An article was sold at a profit of 14%. Had it been sold for Rs.121 less, a loss of 8% would have been incurred. If the same article would have been sold for Rs.536.25, then the profit/loss per cent would have been:

18. A shopkeeper allows 18% discount on the marked price of an article and still makes a profit of 23%. If he gains Rs.18.40 on the sale of the article, then what is the marked price of the article?

19. A person buys 80 kg of rice and sells it at a profit of as much money as he paid for 30 kg. His profit per cent is:

20. The marked price of an article is Rs.1500. If two successive discounts, each of x%, on the marked price is equal to a single discount of Rs.587.40, then what will be the selling price of the article if a single discount of x% is given on the marked price?

21. How many kg of salt costing 28 per kg must be mixed with 39.6 kg of salt costing 16 per kg, so that selling the mixture at Rs.29.90, there is a gain of 15%?

22. A, B and C started a business. Thrice the investment of A is equal to twice the investment of B and also equal to four times the investment of C. If C's share out of the total profit is Rs.4863, then the share of A in the profit is:

23. Sudha bought 80 articles at the same price. She sold some of them at 8% profit and the remaining at 12% loss resulting in an overall profit of 6%. The number of items sold at 8% profit is:

24. If the selling price of an article is 32% more than its cost price and the discount offered on its marked price is 12%, then what is the ratio of its cost price to the marked price?

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