SSC MTS (PROFIT AND LOSS) QUANT QUIZ

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Question 1:

The cost price of an article is ₹ 1,545, which is 25 % below the marked price. If the article is sold at 18 % discount, what profit per cent is made on the transaction?

Question 2:

Badri loses 15% when he sells his scooter for Rs. 17,000. At what price (in ₹), should he sell it to earn 18% profit?

Question 3:

For an item, a manufacturer gains 12 %, a wholesaler gains 10 %, and a retailer gains 15 %. Find the cost price of the item for the manufacturer, if its retail price is ₹ 56,672.

Question 4:

An article was sold for ₹ 1,225 after allowing a discount of 12.5%. If 9.5 % discount is given, then for how much will it be sold?

Question 5:

A person lost 15 % by selling an item for ₹ 5,270. If he had sold the item for ₹ 6,324 , then what would his profit or loss percentage have been?

Question 6:

A man sold a radio and a TV set together for ₹ 20,850, thereby making a profit of 20 % on the radio and 15 % on the TV set. If he had sold them together for ₹ 21,450, then he would have made 15 % profit on the radio and 20 % profit on the TV set. The cost price of the TV set was:

Question 7:

A shopkeeper bought 200 notebooks at the rate of ₹ 80 for 5 . He sold half of them at the cost price and the remaining notebooks at the rate of ₹ 100 for 5 . What is his profit percentage ?

Question 8:

A shopkeeper bought an item for ₹ 4,500 and sold it at a loss of 5%. From this money, he bought another item and sold it at a profit of 10%. What is his overall profit?

Question 9:

A dealer allows his customers a discount of 20% and still gains 20%. If the cost price of an article is ₹ 960, what is its marked price (in ₹)?

Question 10:

A shopkeeper marks his products 40% above their cost price. He sells 60% of the products at the marked price and the remaining at 65% discount on the marked price. His gain/loss in the whole transaction is:

Question 11:

After giving a discount of 20 % on the marked price of an article, it is sold for ₹ 120. Had the discount not been given, the profit would have been 20 %. What is the cost price of the article ?

Question 12:

A man sells two articles at ₹ 9,180 each. He gains 8 % on one article and loses 15 % on the other. His overall profit or loss is:

Question 13:

On selling an article for ₹ 984, Arun loses 18%. In order to gain 15%, he must sell it for:

Question 14:

After getting two successive discounts, Seema got a shirt at ₹ 153, for which the marked price was ₹ 200. If the second discount was 15%, the first discount was:

Question 15:

An article was sold for ₹ 1,215 after giving a discount of 19%. If a discount of 17.5% is given, then for how much (in ₹) should the article be sold?