1. A tradesman, by means of a false balance defrauds 10 per cent in buying goods and also defrauds 10 per cent in selling. His gain percent is ?

10%

11%

21%

100%

Answer: 21%

Explanation:


2. The C.P of 10 artices is equal to the S.P. of 15 articles. What is the profit or loss percentage ?

25.5%

35%

10%

33.3%

Answer: 33.3%

Explanation:


3. The selling price of 5 articles is the same as the cost price of 3 articles. The gain or loss percent is ?

20% gain

25% gain

33.33% loss

40% loss

Answer: 40% loss

Explanation:


4. 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 3. The total number of articles bought by him was ?

1090

1080

540

545

Answer: 1080

Explanation:


5. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is ?

99 : 125

25 : 37

50 : 61

45 : 56

Answer: 45 : 56

Explanation:


6. An item costing 840 was sold by a shopkeeper at a gain of10% and it was again sold by the new buyer at a loss of 5%. Final selling price of the item is ?

877.80

798

924

37.80

Answer: 877.80

Explanation:


7. A radio is sold for 990 at a profit of 10%. What would have been the actual profit or loss on it, had it been sold for Rs. 890 ?

10 loss

10 profit

90 loss

90 profit

Answer: 10 loss

Explanation: