1. A man sold an article at a loss of 20%. If he had sold it for 50 more, he would have gained 5%. The cost price of the article was ?

250

300

180

200

Answer: 200

Explanation:


2. A man sold an article at a loss of 20%. If he could sell it for 200 more , he would make a profit of 5%. The cost price of the article is ?

700

800

850

900

Answer: 800

Explanation:


3. An article was sold at 16% gain. Had it been sold for 200 more, the gain would have been 20%. Then the cost price of the article is ?

5000

4800

4500

5200

Answer: 5000

Explanation:


4. Mohan sold his watch at 10% loss. If he had sold it for 45 more, he would have made 5% profit. The selling price (in ) of the watch was ?

300

900

110

270

Answer: 270

Explanation:


5. A shopkeeper sold an article at a loss of 20%. But if he could sell it at Rs. 200 more, he could earn a profit of 5%. The cost price of the article is ?

Rs. 800

Rs. 1,000

Rs. 1,200

Rs. 600

Answer: Rs. 800

Explanation:


6. A shopkeeper purchases two items for Rs. 520. One of them is sold gaining 16% and the other at a loss of 10%, thus making no profit or loss. What is the selling price of the item sold at loss ?

Rs. 288

Rs. 232

Rs. 320

Rs. 200

Answer: Rs. 288

Explanation:


7. A man bought two goats for 1008. He sold one at a loss of 20% and other at a profit of 44%. If each goat was sold for the same price, the cost price of the goat which was sold at loss, was ?

648

360

568

440

Answer: 648

Explanation:


8. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining cloth at 20% loss and the rest was sold at his cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be ?

5% profit

Neither loss nor gain

5% loss

10% profit

Answer: 5% profit

Explanation:


9. A man buys a field of agricultural land for 3,60,000. He sells one third at a loss of 20% and two fifths at a gain of 25%. At what price must he sell the remaining field so as to make an overall profit of 10 % ?

1,00,000

1,15,000

1,20,000

1,25,000

Answer: 1,20,000

Explanation:


10. A person bought two articles A and B for 5,000. He sold A at 20% profit and B at 10% loss. He thus gained 2% on his outlay. The cost price of A was ?

3,000

2,500

2,000

3,500

Answer: 2,000

Explanation: