DP HC (MIN) PROFIT AND LOSS QUIZ-1

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Question 1:

A supplier sells 20 pencils at the marked price of 16 pens to a retailer. The retailer, in turn, sells them at the marked price. What is the percentage profit or percentage loss of the retailer?

Question 2:

Madhu buys some pens for Rs 15 a dozen and an equal number of different pens for Rs 12 a dozen. He sells all for Rs 16.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 150. How many dozens of pens did he buy altogether?

Question 3:

Two successive discounts of 30% and 25% are equivalent to a single discount of

Question 4:

When certain quantity of sugar is sold at Rs.11 per kg, the gain is 10%. If the total gain is Rs.50, what is the quantity of sugar sold?

Question 5:

A dealer offers three successive discounts of 50%, 20% and 10% on an article. What is the single effective discount rate?

Question 6:

A shopkeeper gives 1 item free with every 15 items. At the time of billing he gives $4 \%$ discount to encourage electronic payment and still he gains $35 \%$. Find the ratio of CP to MP.

Question 7:

A dishonest dealer professes to sell article at cost price but actually he makes a profit of $25 \%$. Find the weight he substitutes for 1$\mathrm{kg}$.

Question 8:

A shopkeeper has two articles - P and Q. The cost price of the article P is 32.5% more than the cost price of the article Q. The cost price of article P is increased by 30% and it is sold in Rs. 8268 at a profit of 25%. If article Q marked up 40% above the cost price, then what is the marked price of the article Q in rupees?

Question 9:

The cost price of an article is $75 \%$ of its marked price. How much percent does a shopkeeper gain if he gives a discount of $18 \%$ on the article?

Question 10:

The marked price of an article is ₹ 300 . It is sold by giving a discount of 20 % on the marked price. If he still gains the profit of 20 %, then what is the cost price of the article?