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1. If a website is selling a smartphone at Rs. 18,000 11. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his
which is marked at Rs. 25,000 then what is the advertised price and still makes a profit of 10%. If he
discount (in %) at which the smartphone is being sold ? gains Rs. 56 as profit then his advertised price of the
(a) 25 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 20 item, (in Rs.) is?
2. A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 42% (a) 820 (b) 780 (c) 790 (d) 800
above the cost price. He sells his goods at a 15% 12. A shopkeeper allow 25% discount on mark price
discount marked price. His percentage of profit and earn 30% profit, If he gets Rs. 90 as profit, find the
(rounded off to the nearest integer) is: amount of the discount ?
(a) 21% (b) 42% (c) 35% (d) 27% (a) 230 (b) 330 (c) 130 (d) 150
3. The cost price of an article is Rs. ′𝒙′. It is marked up 13. A shopkeeper allows 18% discount on the marked
by 200%. It is sold at Rs. 540 after giving 25% discount. price of an article and still makes a profit of 23%. If he
What is the value of ′𝒙′ (in Rs.) ? gains Rs. 18.40 on the sale of the article, then what is
(a) 360 (b) 250 (c) 300 (d) 240 the marked price of the article?
4. A trader maks up in his goods by 120% more and (a) Rs. 120 (b) Rs. 146 (c) Rs. 148 (d) Rs. 140
offers 30% discount. What will be the sell-ing price (in 14. By how much percent a shopkeeper should mark
Rs.) if the cost price is Rs. 750? his goods above its CP so that by giving 10% dis-count,
(a) 1225 (b) 1080 (c) 1280 (d) 1155 he may gain 30% profit ?
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5. A retailer marks up his goods by 150% more and (a) 36 % (b) 44 % (c) 40 % (d) 37 %
7 9 5 2
offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (in 15. A trader sells his goods at a discount of 20%. He still
Rs.) if the cost price is Rs. 800? makes a profit of 25%. If he sells the goods at the
(a) 1200 (b) 150 (c) 1000 (d) 2000 marked price only. How much profit % he will get ?
6. A man sells a bicycle at marked price which 1 is 30% (a) 56.25% (c) 50.25% (b) 25.56% (d) 54.25%
higher than the cost price. If he gives some discount 16. A shopkeeper marks an article at such a price that
and sells it at Rs. 150 less than the marked price, he 𝟏
would still gain 20%. What is the discount % offered ? after giving a discount of 𝟏𝟐 𝟐% on the marked price,
(a) 7.69% (b) 1.83% (c) 7.54% (d) 7.23% he still earns a profit of 15%. If the cost price of the
7. An article is marked 35% above its cost. If 20% profit article is Rs. 385, then the sum of the marked price and
is earned by selling the article, then the discount the selling price (in Rs.) of the article is ?
percent offered on the marked price of the article is ? (a) 948.75 (b) 849.50 (c) 954.75 (d) 984.75
(a) 12%
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(b) 10 9%
1
(c) 11 9% (d) 15% 17. A person marks his goods 'x' % above the cost price
and allows a discount of 30% on the marked price. If
8. The marked price of the cupboard is 215750,which is his profit is 5%, then the value of 'x' will be:
50% above its cost price. It is sold at a discount of 40% (a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 45 (d) 35
What is the profit/loss percentage? 18. A watch dealer pays 10% customs duty on a watch
(a) Profit 10% (b) Loss 10% (c) Loss 20% (d) Profit which costs Rs. 500 in abroad. He de-sires to make a
20% profit of 20% after giving a discount of 25% to the
9. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 80% buyer. What should be the marked price of the watch?
of this price, then there will be a loss of 10%. What will (a) Rs. 950 (b) Rs.800 (c) Rs.880 (d) Rs.660
be profit % when the article is sold at its original selling 19. A trader gets 25% profit by selling an article with
price? 20% discount on its marked price. If the cost price of
1 1 1 1
(a) 15 % (b) 13 % (c) 11 % (d) 12 % the article increased by 30%, then how much discount
2 3 3 2
10. An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at (in %) should he offer on the same marked price to gain
𝟏 𝟏
𝟑𝟑 𝟑% of this price, there is a loss of 𝟑𝟑 𝟑% what is the 15% as profit?
profit % when it is sold at 60% of its original selling (a) 5.12% (b) 5.08% (c) 4.87% (d) 4.32%
price? 20. A dealer offers a discount of 10% on the marked
1 1 price of an article and still makes a profit of 20%. If its
(a) 30% (b) 33 3% (c) 20% (d) 17 3%
marked price is Rs. 800, then the cost price of the each article?
article is: (a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 60%
(a) Rs. 900 (b) Rs. 800 (c) Rs. 700 (d) Rs. 600 32. If a shopkeeper gives 3 bat free on the purchasing
21. The marked price of an electric iron is Rs. 690. The of every 4 bats and he also allow an additional
shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gets 8% discount of 20% to the customer. Find the effective
profit. If no discount is allowed, then gain percent discount % on each bat?
would be ? 3 2 5 2
(a) 52 7% (b) 54 7% (c) 54 7% (d) 52 7%
(a) 20% (b) 24% (c) 25% (d) 28% 33. A shopkeeper gives 3 articles free on the
22. A shopkeeper marks his goods in such a way that purchasing of every 5 articles. he also allow a dis-count
after allowing a discount of 12.5% on the mark price he of 20% to the customer and still earns 25% profit. Find
can earn a profit of 20% if the cost price of the article is the ratio of cost price to mark price of the article.
Rs. 1400 then find its mark price. (a) 2:5 (b) 3:5 (c) 2:3 (d) 5:8
(a) Rs. 1920 (b) Rs. 1926 (c) Rs. 1930 (d) Rs. 1950 34. A shopkeeper gives 1 article free on the purchasing
23. By allowing 10% discount, a man sells an ar-ticle for of every 15 articles, he also allows a discount of 4% to
Rs. 1170. and earns 30% profit. If the article is sold at the customer and still earns 35% profit. Find the ratio
0% discount what should be the profit %? of cost price to mark price of the article.
4 1 3 3
(a) 44 9% (b) 45 9% (c) 47 7% (d) 39 5% (a) 7:5 (b) 6:1 (c) 2:3 (d) 5:2
24. The marked price of a T-shirt is Rs.560. Shop- 35. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still
keeper Krishna gives a discount of 16% and earns a makes a profit of 20%. If he further sells 8 articles at a
profit of 12%. How much profit will Krishna make if no rate of 6 articles, then how much percentage above the
discount is given? cost price does he mark on each aricle?
2 1 1 1
(a) 16 3% (b) 31 9% (c) 33 3% (d) 11 9% (a) 87.5% (b) 100% (c) 77.5% (d) 112.5%
25. When a shopkeeper gives 10% discount on the list 36. A retailer purchases 70 pens at the Marked price of
price of a toy, his gain is 20%. If he had given a discount 56 pens from a whole seller and the retailer sells them
of 20%, his percentage of gain would have been: to customer at Marked price. Find the profit percent of
2 1 the retailer.
(a) 6 % (b) 8 % (c) 10%
3 3 (a) 25% (b) 19.5% (c) 18% (d) 17%
(d) 15% 37. A wholesale t dealer sell 40 pens at the M.P of 36
26. The marked price of an article is Rs. 550. A pens and the retailer sells them to customers at 1%
shopkeeper allows a discount of 20% and stil/gets a discount. Find the profit %.
profit of 10%. If he sells it for Rs. 470 his profit percent (a) 9% (b) 11% (c) 12% (d) 10%
will be: 38. Shyam purchased a packet of 16 pens and got 4
(a) 16.8% (b) 18% (c) 17.5% (d) 16% pens free with it. He marked the price 20% more than
27. A dealer gains 20% by selling an article at 25% the CP. If he did not allow any discount and sold all the
discount on its marked price. If the cost price of the 20 pens at this price, then what was his profit
article is decreased by 15%, how much discount % percentage ?
should he given now on the same marked price to earn (a) 34% (b) 50% (c) 36% (d) 48%
the same profit % as before? 39. Arun brought 50 kg of rice at a discount of 15% on
(a) 35% (b) 37.75% (c) 36.25% (d) 32.50% the marked price. For purchasing bulk quantity, he was
28. If 1 pen is offered free on purchasing of 2 pen price given 5 kg of wheat (the marked price of which was
Rs. 50 each. What is the effective dis-count % on each 60% the marked price of rice) free of cost. Had the
pen? retailer sold both items at their marked price to his
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(a) 37 2% (b) 33 3% (c) 25% (d) 20% other customers, then approximately what would be
29. If 3 Shirts are offered free on purchasing of 4 Shirt the profit percentage that the shopkeeper could earn?
price Rs. 400 each. What is the effective discount% on (a) 24.7% (b) 25.2% (c) 22.8% (d) 23.5%
each Shirt? 40. A publisher printed 2000 copies of a book at a cost
1
(a) 37 2%
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(b) 42 7%
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(c) 43 3%
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(d) 40 7% of Rs. 70,000. He distributes 400 copies free as
specimen copies. He gave 30% discount on marked
30. If 3 dupattas are offered free on purchasing of 6
price. If the price of each book is Rs. 75. What is his
dupattas price Rs. 1200 each. What is the effective
gain or loss percent ?
discount % on each dupatta?
(a) 20%P (b) 20%L (c) 10%L (d) 10%P
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 12.5% (d) 33.33%
41. Rakesh Yadav readers publication published 3500
31. If a shopkeeper gives 1 articles free on the
copies of a book for rupees 3,50,000 at C.P, he gives
purchasing of every 2 articles and he also allow an
500 books free to some book shops. He also allows a
additional discount of 25% to the customer. Find the
discount of 25% on Mark price and give 1 book free for
effective discount % on
every purchasing of 29 books. Find the amount of 12% loss and chair at 15% profit then he bears no profit
profit/loss, if the mark price of each book is Rs. 160. no loss. Find the price of table & chair.
(a) Rs.1500 (b) Rs. 1300 (c) Rs.2000 (d) Rs.1400 (a) 6000, 2000 (b) 8000, 5000
42. A man purchases some number of article at Rs. (c) 10000, 8000 (d) 5000, 3000
𝟐 51. A man sells a book and a table at 13% & 9% profit
5400 and he 𝟑 of them at 5% profit at what profit % will
he sell the remaining to gain 13% on over all? respectively and earns Rs. 1060 as profit. But if he sells
𝟐 𝟏
(a) 29% (b) 39% (c) 69% (d) 59% the book and 𝟏𝟔 𝟑 profit and table at 𝟏𝟏 𝟗 % loss then
43. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. bears no profit no loss. Find their CP?
𝟑 (a) 9000, 3000 (b) 5000, 7000
1,89,000 and he sells 𝟓 of them at 8% profit at what
(c) 4000, 6000 (d) 2000, 8000
profit % should he sell the remaining to gain 12% over
52. A sold an article to B at the profit of 25%, B sold it
all ?
to C at loss of 10% and C sold it to D at the profit of
(a) 25%P (b) 18%P (c) 27%P (d) 32%P
20%. If D paid Rs. 27 then how much A, paid to buy this
44. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs.
𝟑 article?
1,89,000 and he sells 𝟖 th of them at 12% profit. At (a) Rs.20 (b) Rs.15 (c) Rs.12 (d) Rs.9
what loss % should he sell the remaining to gain 4% 53. A sells a pen to B at a gain of 20% and B sells it to C
over all? at gain of 10% and C sells it to D at a gain of 12.5%. If D
(a) 0.25%L (b) 0.80%L pays Rs. 14.85, what did it cost for A ?
(c) 0.32%L (d) 0.82%L (a) Rs.6 (b) Rs.9 (c) Rs.10 (d) Rs.12
45. Ram makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise/article. 54. 9 kg of rice costs as much as 4 kg of sugar; 14 kg of
He fixed the selling price such that, if only 600 articles sugar costs as much as 1.5 kg of tea; 2 kg of tea costs as
are sold, he would have made a profit of 40% on the much as 5 kg of coffee; find the cost of 11 kg of coffee,
outlay. However, 120 articles got spilt and he was able if 2.5 kg of rice costs Rs. 12.50.
to sell 630 articles at this price. Find his actual profit % (a)Rs.465 (b) Rs.462 (c) Rs.365 (d) Rs.362
as the percentage of total outlay assuming that the 55. A woman sold her earphone for Rs.2000 and got a
unsold articles are useless. percentage profit equal to the numerical value of cost
(a) 40% (b) 45% price. The cost price of the ear-phone is:
(c) 43% (d) 47% (a) 500 (b) 200 (c) 600 (d) 400
46. A manufacturer estimates that on inspection 12% 56. The numerical value of the profit % is equal to the
of the articles he produces will be re- | jected. He cost price of book, on selling it at Rs.96. So, how much
accepts an order to supply 22,000 | articles at Rs. 7.50 profit is there on selling it?
each. He estimates the profit on his outlay, (including (a) 30 (b) 26 (c) 60 (d) 36
the manufacturing of rejected articles) to be 20%. Find 57. The numerical value of the profit % is equal to the
out manufacturing price of each article. cost price of a book, on selling it at Rs.31.25. So, how
(a) Rs. 7.50 (b) Rs. 5.50 (c) Rs. 3.50 (d) Rs. 6.50 much profit is there on selling it?
47. A man purchased a book and a pen for Rs. 25000. (a) 30 (b) 25 (c) 20 (d) 24
He sold the book at 13% Profit and pen at 17% Profit. If 58. The numerical value of the profit % is equal to the
he sold the book at 17% profit and pen at 13% Profit he cost price of a book, on selling it at Rs.144. So, how
earns Rs. 80 more. Find their individual cost price. much profit is there on selling it?
(a) 12550, 12300 (b) 13400, 14500 (a) 70 (b) 75 (c) 80 (d) 85
(c) 13500, 11500 (d) 15500, 16300 59. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at
48. A man sold a book at 9% Profit and a pen at 13% cost price but uses a false weight of 800 gm instead of
profit. If he sold the book at 13% profit and the pen at 1 kg. His profit percent is?
9% Profit, he gain Rs. 80 more. Find the cost price of a (a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
book and a pen. If he purchased both at Rs. 20,000. 60. A dishonest trader claims that his selling price is
(a) 11,000,9000 (b) 55000,12000 equal to his cost price but weighs 900 gms instead of 1
(c) 55000,12000 (d) 85000,15000 kg., then his profit percent is?
49. Rakesh Yadav sells a pen at 5% loss and a book at (a) 9 (b) 10%
1
(c) 11 9%
1
(d) 9 11%
15% Profit, he gets Rs. 7 as profit. If he sells the pen at
61. A cloth merchant sells clothes at cost price, but he
5% profit & the book at 10% profit, he gets Rs. 6 more.
uses a scale of 92 cm instead of 1 m. his profit
The prices of book & pen are?
percentage is ?
(a) Rs. 30, 50 (b) Rs. 70, 120 16 16
(c) Rs. 80, 100 (d) Rs. 20, 150 (a) 8 23% (b) 9 23%
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50. A man sells a table at 15% profit and a chair at 12% (c) 7 % (d)data is insufficent
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loss & earns Rs. 540 as profit. If he sells the table at
62. A dishonest trader claims to sell the goods at the (a) 18.75% (b) 20% (c) 17.5% (d) 19%
cost price, but instead of 1 kg, he uses 960 grams. 75. In summer, meter tape of a merchant ex-pands by
What percentage of profit does he get? 14.29% and merchant markup his articles by 40%. find
1 1 1 2
(a) 6 % (b) 4 % (c) 5 % (d) 6 % profit % or loss%?
4 6 5 3
63. A dishonest trader claims to sell the item at the (a) 22.5% (b) 25% (c) 27.5% (d) 20%
cost price, but instead of one kilogram, he uses 950 76. A dishonest dealer is selling sugar at 40 Rs./kg and
grams. What percentage of profit did he make? pretending that he is selling it at a loss of Rs. 5 Rs./kg
(a) 5.5% (b) 5.25% (c) 6.14% (d) 7.28% but he actually gives 800g instead of 1 kg, using a
64. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods faculty weight. What is his actual profit or loss
at its cost price but he uses 30% less weight. Find his percent?
100 91 82
profit %. (a) Gain, 11% (b) Gain, 9 % (c) Loss, 9 % (d) Loss 9 %
5 5 6 7 77. Sudhir claimed to sell his items at only 8 above the
(a) 46 8% (b) 48 8% (c) 42 7% (d) 45 6%
65. A shopkeeper sells rice at a profit of 10% and the cost of production, but used weight that had 750 grams
weight he uses is 20% less. Find his total percentage written on it, though it actually weighed 720 gram.
profit? What was the actual profit percentage earned by
(a) 33.33% (b) 25% (c) 28% (d) 37.5% Sudhir?
66. A businessman gets 10% profit on his goods but (a) 12.6% (b) 12.25% (c) 12.5% (d) 12.75%
uses 25% less weight instead of the cor-rect weight. his 78. An authorized rice dealer purchases rice at 32
percentage profit is. Rs./kg and sells it at 40 Rs./kg. But while selling, he is
2 1 2 1 giving only 900 grams instead of 1 kg. Find the actual
(a) 36 3% (b) 46 3% (c) 46 3% (d) 36 3%
profit percentage of the dealer (correct to one decimal
67. A dishonest trader claims to sell his goods at a loss place)
of 10% but uses a 750 gram weight instead of 1 kg (a) 37.8% (b) 39.7% (c) 39.8% (d) 38.9%
weight. What percentage of actual profit or loss does 79. A man sells goods at 4% loss on cost price but The
he make? gives 20g instead of 40g. What is his profit or loss
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33.33% (d) 40% percentage?
68. A shopkeeper sells rice at a profit of 10% and the (a) 84% profit (b) 92% profit (c) 82% loss (d) 92% loss
weight he uses is 20% less. Find his total percentage 80. A dishonest trader sells rice at Rs.40 per kg, which
profit? he has bought at Rs.30 per kg, and he gives 600 gm to
(a) 33.33% (b) 25% (c) 28 (d) 37.5% the customer instead of 1 kg. Find his overall profit
69. A dishonest shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of percentage ?
𝟏
𝟔 𝟒% on the cost price. But instead of 16 grams, he uses (a) 73.33% (b) 94.44% (c) 122.22% (d) 105.55%
14 grams. What is the percentage profit or loss? 81. A dishonest shopkeeper sells sugar at Rs. 20 per kg
1
(a) 7 7%
1
(b) 6 4%
1
(c) 7 14%
1
(d) 4 6% which he bought at Rs. 15 per kg. Also, he gives 850 gm
instead of 1000 gm. His ac tual profit or loss
70. A dishonest shopkeeper sells an article at a loss of 6
𝟏
percentage is:
1/4 on the cost price but the weight he uses is 𝟏𝟐 𝟐% (a) 42.56% loss (c) 56.86% profit
less. Find his percentage profit or loss. (b) 45.45% profit (d) 50.12% loss
1 1 1 1
(a)7 14 % (b) 7 7% (c) 6 4% (d) 4 6% 82. A shopkeeper markup his goods 20% more. Gives
71. A merchant declares to sell an article at 6% loss. 10% discount but weighs 100 gm less. Find out the
But he uses 900 gm watt. Profit percent of merchant is profit%?
? (a) 40% (b) 15 (c) 50% (d) 20%
1 4 83. A shopkeeper mark up 20% on his articles, uses
(a) 5 9% (b) 6% (c) 4 9%
faulty weight 450gm in place of 500gm and give
(d) 4% discount of 40%. Find the profit% or loss%?
72. A dishonest merchant sells his goods at 4% loss. But (a) Loss 20% (b) Profit 20%
he uses 840 gm weight in place of 1 kg. Find the profit (c) Loss 16.66% (d) Profit 16.66%
percent of merchant? 84. A shopkeeper marks up his goods by 30% more and
2 2 1 1
(a) 14 7% (b) 42 7% (c) 33 3% (d) 12 2% then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price.
73. A person sells his goods at 5% profit and uses 20% Apart from this, he uses a faulty weight which reads 1
less weight. Find his total percentage profit. kg for 870g. What is his net profit percentage?
(a) 31.25% (b) 32.27% (c) 33.25% (d) 31.50% (a) 38.42% (b) 34.84% (c) 34.48% (d) 38.24%
74. A dishonest he sells rice at a loss of 5%, but he used 85. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the CP
faulty weights and weighs 20% less rice. Calculate his and gives 25% discount to customer. At the time of
over-all loss or gain%
selling the goods he uses 800 gm weight instead of 1 the indi-cated weight. If he sells his articles at the cost
kg. Find his profit %. price, what is his net profit%?
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(a) 35.38% (b) 31.25% (c) 33.85% (d) 32.25% (a) 50% (b) 66 3% (c) 44% (d) 9 %
86. A dishonest merchant sells his goods at its cost 97. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 22.5%
price. But earns 25% profit by weighing loss. How much at the time of buying the goods, and 6.66% cheating at
weight does he uses to weight instead of 1 kg ? the time of selling goods. He promise to sale his goods
(a) 750 gm (b) 800 gm (c) 825 gm (d) 725 gm at 11.11% loss. Find his profit %?
87. A dishonest shopkeeper suffers a loss of 15% on (a) 14.28% (b) 16.66% (c) 20% (d) 17.5%
the cost price. If he measures ′𝒙′ grams in 1 kg, he gets 98. A dishonest extent of x% in buying as well as selling
a profit of 25%. Find the value of ′𝒙′. is goods by using faulty weight. What will be the gain
(a) 720 gm (b) 680 gm (c) 780 gm (d) 800 gm per cent on his outlay?
88. A seller professes to sell his fruits at cost price but 2𝑥 100𝑥
𝟓 (a) (100−𝑥) × 100% (b) (100−𝑥) × 100%
stil gains 𝟓 𝟏𝟗% How much does he give for 1 kg? 𝑥 𝑥
(a) 905 gm (b) 805 gm (c) 900 gm (d)950 gm (c) (100+𝑥) × 100% (d) (100+𝑥) × 100%
89. A shopkeeper promises goods at ′𝒙′ % Loss but he 99. A shopkeeper marks his above a CP and gives 25%
uses 20% less weight. Thus he gain 20%. Find the value discount to customer. At the time of buying the goods
of ′𝒙′? he gets 20% more weight instead of 1 kg and at the
(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 9% (d) 8% time Selling the goods he gives 10% less weight instead
90. Aman used false weight of 'k' grams instead of 1 kg of 1 kg. Find his profit%.
and sold 40 kg sugar for the cost price of 48 kg sugar. If (a) 50% (b) 60% (c) 80% (d) 70%
his overall profit percent is 50%, what is the value of k' 100. A shopkeeper sells 1 kg of Oranges costing
? Rs22/kg to Each Anand and Sakshi at Rs.25/kg. He sold
(a) 750 (b) 800. (c) 850 (d) 900 950gm to Anand instead of 1 kg and sold X gm to
91. A cloth merchant buys clothes from a weaver and Sakshi instead of 1 kg by using defective weights. If He
cheats the weaver by using a ruler 10 cm longer than makes a total profit of Rs. 7.76 by selling, then what is
the normal meter scale. He claims to sell clothes to his the value of x?
customers at cost price, but the scale he uses is 10 cm (a) 980g (b) 970g (c) 960g (d) 958g
smaller than a normal meter scale. What is his profit % 101. A shopkeeper sells 1 kg of Apple costing Rs. 30/kg
2 1 to Each Neel and Nitin at Rs. 𝒙/kg. He sold 850 gm to
(a) 20% (b) 21% (c) 22 9% (d) 13 3%
Neel instead of 1 kg and sold 900 gm to Nitin instead of
92. In a defective balance the weight of left edge is 100
1 kg by using de-fective weights. If He makes a total
gm more than its right edge. A shop-keeper while
profit of Rs. 27.5 by selling, then find at what value he
purchasing, keeps weights on left edge and while
sold the product.
selling, keeps weights on right edge. He only uses
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 42
weight of 1 kg. if he sells the things on marked price,
102. The cost price and selling price of rice are the
then his profit % is:
200 100 250 150 same. Due to a faulty weighing machine, the seller
(a) 9 % (b) 9 % (c) 9 % (d) 9 % earns a 15% profit. If Rs. ′𝒙′ is the cost price of 1000 gm
93. A shopkeeper marks the price 20% more than C.P rice and the machine is changed which shows 1000 gm
and gives 10% discount. Makes a fraud of 10% while instead of 950 | gm, what should be the selling price
buying and selling. So find the profit? (in Rs.) now to get the same percentage of profit?
(a) 32% (b) 27% (c) 25% (d) 20% (a) 1.0295𝑥 (b) 1.0259𝑥 (c) 1.0925𝑥 (d) 1.0950𝑥
94. By uisng faulty weight, a shopkeeper cheats to the 103. A weighing machine shows 400 gm when the
extent of 6% while buying and selling rice. Find his gain actual weight is 350 gm. The cost price of al-monds is
percentage (rounded to two deci-mal places)? Rs. 880 per kg and packets of 200 gm are made using
(a) 14.66% (b) 13.65% (c) 12.77% (d) 11.25% the faulty machine. What should be the selling price
95. Instead of 1 meter scale, a cloth merchant uses - (Rs. in) of each packet to get a profit of 25%?
120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale (a) 197.50 (b) 175.50 (c) 182.50 (d) 192.50
while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of
20% on cash payment. - Find the profit percent ?
(a) 13% (b) 12% (c) 15% (d) 20%
96. A trader cheats his supllier and his customer both
by using faulty weight. When he buys from the
supplier, he takes 20% more than the indicated weight.
When he sells to his customer, he gives 20% less than