1 If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 425, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling eight books ? A) Rs. 400 B) Rs. 600 C) Rs.800 D) 1800 E) None of these
2 A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle ? A) Rs. 1090 B) Rs. 1160 C) Rs. 1190 D) Rs. 1202 E) Rs. 1221
3 Saransh purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs. 80 per ream. He spent Rs. 280 on transportation, paid octroi at the rate of 40 paise per ream and paid Rs. 72 to the coolie. If he wants to have a gain of 8%, what must be the selling price per ream ? A) Rs. 86 B) Rs. 87.48 C) Rs. 89 D) Rs. 90 E) Rs. 100
4 When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must the plot be sold in order to gain 15% ? A) Rs. 21,000 B) Rs. 22,500 C) Rs. 25,300 D) Rs. 25,800 E) Rs. 25,900
5 The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7 : 5. What is the ratio between the profit and the cost price of that article ? A) 2:5 B) 5:2 C) 7:2 D) Data inadequate E) None of these
6 The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 900 is double the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs. 450. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit ? A) Rs. 600 B) Rs. 750 C) Rs. 800 D) Data inadequate E) Rs. 850
7 A man sold 18 cots for Rs. 16,800, gaining thereby the cost price of 3 cots. The Cost price of a cot is : A) Rs. 650 B) Rs. 700 C) Rs. 750 D) Rs. 800 E) Rs. 850
8 A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for Rs. 24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for Rs. 18. What is the profit percent ? A) 25% B) 40% C) 50% D) 60% E) 70%
9 If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, the cost of the article is : A) Rs. 50 B) Rs. 160 C) Rs. 200 D) Rs. 225 E) Rs. 250
10 A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale-resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in : A) no loss, no gain B) loss of Rs. $\frac{1}{12}$ lakh C) loss of Rs. $\frac{1}{18}$ lakh D) gain of Rs. $\frac{1}{24}$ lakh E) None of these
11 Sanket purchased 20 dozen notebooks at-Rs. 48 per dozen, if he sold 8 dozen at profit 10% and the remaining 12 dozen with 20% profit. What is his profit percentage in the transaction ? A) 7.68 B) 15 C) 16 D) 19.2 E) 19
12 A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is : A) Rs. 50 B) Rs. 60 C) Rs. 80 D) Rs. 90 E) Rs. 95
13 A man bought goods worth Rs. 6000 and sold half of them at a gain of 10%. At what gain percent must he sell the remainder so as to get a gain of 25% on the whole ? A) 25% B) 30% C) 35% D) 40% E) 50%
14 The price of an article is raised by 30% and then two successive discounts of 10% each are allowed. Ultimately, the price of the article is : A) decreased by 5.3% B) increased by 3% C) increased by 5.3% D) increased by 10% E) decreased by 5.8%
15 At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price ? A) 25% B) 30% C) $33\frac{1}{3}$% D) $37\frac{1}{2}$% E) 40%