a) Rs. 6 b) Rs. 7.2 c) Rs. 5.6 d) Rs. 8 Answer: b Explanation: The company is ...
View QuestionAn article costing Rs. 20 was marked 25% above the cost price. After two successive discounts of the same percentage, the customer now pays Rs. 20.25. What would be the percentage change in profit had the price been increased by the same percentage twice successively instead reducing it?
a) 3600% b) 3200% c) 2800% d) 4000% Answer: d Explanation: The successive discounts must have been ...
View QuestionA pharmaceutical company made 3000 strips of tablets at a cost of Rs. 4800. The company gave away 1000 strips of tablets to doctors as free samples. A discount of 25% was allowed on the printed price. Find the ratio profit if the price is raised from Rs. 3.25 to Rs. 4.25 per strip and if at the latter price, samples to doctors were done away with. (New profit / Old profit).
a) 55.5 b) 63.5 c) 75 d) 99.25 Answer: b Explanation: Total sales revenue ...
View QuestionA shopkeeper calculate percentage profit on the buying price and another on the selling price. What will be their difference in profits if both claim a profit of 20% on goods sold for Rs. 3000?
a) Rs. 200 b) Rs. 100 c) Rs. 150 d) Rs. 400 Answer: b Explanation: For 20% ...
View QuestionFind the selling price of goods if two salesmen claim to make 25% profit each, one calculating it on cost price while another on the selling price, the difference in the profits earned being Rs. 100 and selling price being the same in both the cases?
a) Rs. 1200 b) Rs. 1600 c) Rs. 2400 d) Rs. 2500 Answer: a Explanation: Let CP's be Rs. ...
View QuestionAn egg seller sells his eggs only in the packs of 3 eggs, 6 eggs, 9 eggs, 12 eggs etc., but the rate is not necessarily uniform. One day Raju (which is not the same egg seller) purchased at the rate of 3 eggs for a rupee and the next hour he purchased equal number of eggs at the rate of 6 eggs for a rupee. Next day he sold all the eggs at the rate of 9 eggs for Rs. 2. What is his percentage profit or loss?
a) 10% loss b) 11.11% loss c) 3% loss d) 2.5% profit Answer: b Explanation:$$\eqalign{ & {\text{CP of ...
View QuestionProfit on selling 10 candles equals selling price of 3 bulbs. While loss on selling 10 bulbs equal selling price of 4 candles. Also profit percentage equals to the loss percentage and cost of a candle is half of the cost of a bulb. What is the ratio of selling price of candles to the selling price of a bulb?
a) 5 : 4 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) 3 : 4 Answer: b Explanation: ...
View QuestionCost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling price of 9 oranges and the discount on 10 oranges is equal to the profit on 5 oranges. What is the percentage point difference between the profit percentage and discount percentage?
a) 20 b) 22.22 c) 16.66 d) 15 Answer: b Explanation: Ratio of selling price ...
View QuestionA shopkeeper expects a gain of 22*1/2% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit ?
A shopkeeper expects a gain of $$22\frac{1}{2}$$% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was ...
View QuestionA cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40 then how many metres of cloth costing Rs. 32 per metre he should purchase =
a) 6m b) 5m c) 10m d) 7m Answer: b Explanation: Let x metre of cloth will be purchased. $$\eqalign{ ...
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