SSC CPO QUANT (PROFIT AND LOSS) QUIZ

A person buys 5 tables and 9 chairs for Rs. 15,400 . He sells the tables at $10\mathrm{\%}$ profit and chairs at $20\mathrm{\%}$ profit. If his total profit on selling all the tables and chairs is Rs.2,080, what is the cost price of 3 chairs?

If a shopkeeper gives 2 items free with every 8 items while purchasing, then what is the discount % he provides to customer?

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

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at 10% profit on Cost Price and also uses a false weight and gives 900 grams instead of 1 kg. Find his total gain?

A business man increases the CP of his stock by $20\mathrm{\%}$ to fix its MP. He sells half of the stock at MP, one fourth of the stock at $20\mathrm{\%}$ discount and the remaining at $40\mathrm{\%}$ discount. Find his overall profit $\mathrm{\%}$

A shopkeeper obtains a profit of $25\mathrm{\%}$ on an item by selling it at marked price. If the cost price and the marked price of the product increases by $10\mathrm{\%}$, what discount should the shopkeeper give on the marked price, so that the overall profit comes down to $20\mathrm{\%}$ ?

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?

By selling a book for Rs. 25.65 a trader makes a loss of $5\mathrm{\%}$. If he sold it for Rs. 31.05, then find his profit percent or loss percent.

Pawan sold an article at a loss of $12.5\mathrm{\%}$. Had he sold the article for $Rs.56$ more, he would have made a profit of $22.5\mathrm{\%}$. What should be the selling price of the article to get $25\mathrm{\%}$ profit?

Ramesh sold a box to Suresh at $10\mathrm{\%}$ profit. Suresh sold it to Ganesh at a $20\mathrm{\%}$ profit. If Suresh earns a profit of Rs. 44 , then what is the purchase price of this box for Ramesh?