SSC CPO PROFIT AND LOSS QUANT QUIZ - 2

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Question 1:

Anuj bought two articles $x$ and $y$ at a total cost of Rs. $18,000 .$ He sold the article $x$ at $16 \%$ profit and the article y at $20 \%$ loss. In the whole deal, he had made no profit or no loss. Find the selling price of the article $x$.

Question 2:

A man buys two chairs for a total cost of Rs. 900. By selling one for $\frac{4}{5}$ of its cost and the other for $\frac{5}{4}$ of its cost, he makes a profit of Rs. 90 on the whole transaction. The cost of the lower priced chair is:

Question 3:

A fruit vendor bought 240 bananas at the rate of Rs 48 per dozen. He sold $\frac{1}{2}$ (half) of them at the rate of Rs.5 per banana. $\frac{1}{6}$  of the remaining were damaged. At what price should he sell his remaining bananas to get a profit of 25% on his entire investment?

Question 4:

A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs. 12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of $10 \%$. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain $15 \%$ on the whole outlay is :

Question 5:

A man buys one table and one chair for Rs.500. He sells the table at a loss of $10 \%$ and the chair at a gain of $10 \%$. He still gains Rs. 10 on the whole. The cost price of the chair is :

Question 6:

A loss of $19 \%$ gets converted into a profit of $17 \%$ when the selling price is increased by Rs. $162 .$ The cost price of the article is :

Question 7:

A buys an article listed at Rs. 1200 at successive discounts of $10 \%$ and $20 \%$, he spends $10 \%$ of his cost price on transport, what price should he sell the article to make profit of $15 \%$:

Question 8:

Anand sold an article for Rs. 540 and made some profit, had he sold it for Rs. 440 he would have suffered a loss equal to $66.66 \%$ of the profit made initially, then find the SP of the article if it is sold at $5 \%$ profit.

Question 9:

Ruhi purchased mangoes at Rs. $120 / \mathrm{kg} .10 \%$ of the mangoes was damaged. At what price (per kg) should he sell the remaining so that she earns a profit of $26 \%$ ?

Question 10:

A sold a watch to $\mathrm{B}$ at a profit of $30 \%$.B sold it to $\mathrm{C}$ at $40 \%$ profit. $\mathrm{C}$ sold it to $\mathrm{D}$ at $10 \%$ loss. If B's profit is Rs. 110 more than that of A, then D bought it for: