Profit and Loss Questions - Part 2 – Maths & Reasoning

Q1. By selling an article for rupees 240 a man incurs a loss of 10% at what price should he sell it so that he makes a profit of 20%
Q2. By selling a watch for Rs 570 at the rates a loss of 5% at what price must he sell it to gain 5%
Q3. If an article is sold for Rs 178 at a loss of 11% what should its selling price be in order to earn a profit of 11%
Q4. A man sells an article at a loss of 7% when he sells that article 800 rupees more than he gain 9% profit find cost price of the article
Q5. If we sell one shirt at 15% and 17% profit then the difference between its selling price is 6 find the CP
Q6. A man sells an article at 10% loss if he sells that articles 45 rupees more and he gain 12.5% profit find cost price
Q7. By selling a object for Rs 350 instead of rupees 400 loss percent increases by 5% the cost price of the object is
Q8. 5% more is gained by selling a cow for Rupees 1010 then buy sell it for RS 1,000 find the cost price of the cow
Q9. A person bought two watches for Rs 480 he sold one at a loss of 15% and the other at a profit of 19% and he found that each watch was sold at the same price find the cost price of the two watches
Q10. A person bought two watches for Rs 600 he sold one at a loss of 14% and the other at a profit of 14% and he found that each watch was sold at the same price find the cost price of the two watches
Q11. The total cost price of two watches is 840 rupees one is sold at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12% there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction the cost price of the watch on which the shopkeeper gains is
Q12. The total cost price of two fan is 2160 rupees one is sold at a profit of 15% and the other at a loss of 9% there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction the cost price of both the watch is
Q13. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost price but he mixes water and earns 162 3 % profit find the ratio of mixture and milk in the mixture
Q14. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost price but he mixes water and earns 121 2 % profit if the mixture is 810 litre then find the quantity of milk in this
Q15. A dishonest shopkeeper sells goods at cost price but uses 900 grams in place of 1 kg weight what is his actual profit percent
Q16. A dishonest shopkeeper sells goods at cost price but uses 700 grams in place of 1 kg weight what is his actual profit percent
Q17. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price if he uses of faulty scale he earns 25% profit find out what weight does he use in place of one kg weight
Q18. A dishonest sweet seller sells Sweets at 10% profit but uses 800 grams instead of 1 kg find his profit percent
Q19. A dishonest sweet seller sells Sweets at 20% profit but uses 900 grams instead of 1 kg find his profit percent
Q20. A shopkeeper sells an article at 20% profit had he bought it for 10% less and sold it for 12 rs less he would have earned 30% profit what is the actual cost price
Q21. A person sold a horse at a gain of 15% had bought it for 25% less price and sold it for Rs 600 less, he would have made a profit of 32% the cost price of the horse was
Q22. A shopkeeper sells an article for 10% profit if he buys it for 4% less and sells it for 183 4 % profit then he gets Rs 10 more what is the original cost price
Q23. By selling 12 oranges for Rupees 1 and cause a loss of 20% How many oranges for 1 rupees one should sell to gain 20%
Q24. By selling 32 toffees for Rupees 1 a men losses 40% how many toffees for one rupees one he sell to gain 20% profit
Q25. By selling 45 lemons for Rs 40 mm and losses 20% How many should he sell for rs 24 to gain 20%
Q26. By selling 12 oranges for Rs 1 a men incurred a loss of 20% the cost price of 12 oranges
Q27. A man purchased some oranges at the rate of 25 oranges for Rupees 1 how many oranges for rupees one, he should sell to gain 25% profit
Q28. A man sells two articles for Rs 1710 he earns 10% loss on the first article and 25% profit on the second article if the CP of first article is equal to selling of II article find profit or loss
Q29. A man purchased two articles for Rs 7500 he earns 20% profit on the first article and 50% loss on second article then find the amount of profit or loss if CP of first article is equal to selling price of second article