Profit And Loss MCQs with Answers 2027

Q241

A trader bought two horses for Rs. 19500, he sold one at a loss 20% and the other at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each horse is the same, then their cost prices are respectively ?

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Q242

Open question

A man sells two articles at Rs. 99 each. He gains 10% on one and loses 10% on the other. Then on overall basis he -

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Q243

Open question

A man sold two steel chairs for Rs. 500 each. On one, he gains 20% and on the other, he loses 12%. How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction ?

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Q244

Open question

Ranjan purchased 120 tables at a price of Rs. 110 per table. He sold 30 tables at a profit of Rs. 12 per table and 75 tables at a profit of Rs. 14 per table. The remaining tables were sold at a loss of Rs. 7 per table. What is the average profit per table ?

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Q245

Open question

x sells two articles for Rs. 4000 each with no loss and no gain in the transaction. If one was sold at a gain of 25% the other is sold at a loss of = ?

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Q246

Open question

If I would have purchased 11 articles for Rs. 10 and sold all the articles at the rate of 10 for Rs. 11, the profit percent would have been = ?

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Q247

Open question

A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was = ?

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Q248

Open question

In a shop, 80% of the articles are sold at a profit of 10% and the remaining at a loss of 40%. What is the overall profit/loss ?

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Q249

Open question

I purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of Rs. 3 each and sold

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of them at the rate of Rs. 4 each,

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of them at the rate of Rs. 5 each and the rest at the cost price. My profit percent is -

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Q250

Open question

Ravi buys some toffees at 2 for a rupee and sells them at 5 for a rupee. His loss percent is = ?

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Q251

Open question

If the total cost of 73 articles having equal cost is Rs. 5110 and the total selling price of 89 such articles is Rs. 5607, then in the transaction, there will be = ?

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Q252

Open question

A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for Rs. 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for Rs. 57. How many oranges should be sold to earn a net profit of Rs. 45 ?

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Q253

Open question

A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg) sold at 18% profit is.

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Q254

Open question

Two - thirds of a consignment was sold at a profit of 6% and the rest at a loss of 3%. If however there was an overall profit of Rs. 540, the value of consignment was -

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Q255

Open question

Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs. 10 for each and the same number for Rs. 14 each. He mixed them together and sold them for Rs. 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent is = ?

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Q256

Open question

A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 40 and the same quantity at 5 for Rs. 60. If he sells all the oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 50, find his gain or loss percent ( to the nearest integer ) = ?

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Q257

Open question

Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg of wheat and the same amount of wheat at the rate Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was = ?

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Q258

Open question

Albert buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is -

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Q259

Open question

A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the purchasing prices of A and B respectively ?

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Q260

Open question

Nita blends two varieties of tea one costing Rs. 180 per kg and another costing Rs. 200 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If she sells the blended variety at Rs. 210 per kg then her gain is = ?

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