SSC CGL MATHS QUIZ

Question 1:

A tradesman marks his goods 20% above the cost price and allows his customers 10% reduction on their bills. What percentage profit does he make?

8%

7%

9%

5%

Question 2:

A shopkeeper bought 5.3 kg of almonds, 2100 g of raisins and 2.2 kg cashew nuts and mixed them and made two dozen packets of this mixture equally. What will be the weight of each packet?

500 g

300 g

400 g

450 g

Question 3:

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?

9.67

13 .33

9.33

13.67

Question 4:

Arun Kumar bought 8 pieces of TV sets at ₹ 24,000 each and sold all 8 pieces at a total price of ₹ 2,26,560. What was his profit percentage or loss percentage?

Loss 18 %

Profit 18%

Loss 16 %

Profit 16%

Question 5:

A car was sold for ₹ 66,000 at a gain of 10 %. Had it been sold for ₹ 600 more, then the percentage gain would have been :

15 %

13 %

11.5 %

11 %

Question 6:

The cost price of 21 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles. Find the gain or loss percentage.

$23 \%$ loss

$22 \frac{1}{7} \%$ gain

$15 \%$ loss

$40 \%$ gain

Question 7:

By selling an item for ₹ 3,750 a shopkeeper earned 25% profit. If the item had been sold for ₹ 300 more, then what would have been the profit percentage of the shopkeeper?

32

37.5

35

36

Question 8:

Jagat Singh sold an article for ₹ 6,000 and incurred a loss. Had he sold it for ₹ 7,400 , his profit would have been $\frac{2}{3}$ of the amount of loss that he incurred. At what price should he sell it to gain $25 \%$ profit?

₹ 8550

₹ 7500

₹ 8500

₹ 7550

Question 9:

In a sale, perfumes are available at a discount of 25% on the selling price. If a perfume costs ₹ 6,873 in the sale, what is the original selling price of the perfume?

₹ 9,146

₹ 9,066

₹ 9,064

₹ 9,164

Question 10:

A chair is sold for ₹ 720 after giving a discount of 10 % on its marked price. The cost price of the chair is ₹ 640. If it is sold at the marked price, then the profit percentage will be:

30 %

20 %

18 %

25 %