Maths

Bank SSC Railway

<Profit and Loss >

Er.Maan Yadav Sir

Basic problems
1. A motorcycle is bought in 50000 rs and 10000 rs was spent on it's repair
then find percentage profit or loss if it is sold in 80000 rs
a 25% b 20 % c 33.33 d not
2. Find the selling price of a radio which is bought in 500 rs and is sold in
20 percentage profit

a 550 b 600 c 650 d 700

3. Find the selling price of a tv if it is purchased in 500 rs and 250 rs is

spent on it's repair and sold in 20 % loss
a 900 b 600 c 700 d not
4. Find the percentage profit or loss if a scooter which was purchased
in 22500 rs and 17500 rs was spent on it's repair and sold in 50000 rs
a 20% b 25 % c 16.67% d not
5. Find the cost price of a car which is sold in 20 % profit in 6000 rs
a 4500 b 6000 c 5000 d not
When an article is sold twice
6. A radio is sold in 500 rs at 25% profit in what price it should be sold to
gain 40% profit
a 600 b 560 c 700 d not

7. A tv is sold in 480 rs at 20% loss then in what price it should be sold to

gain 25 % profit
a 750 b 800 c 450 d not
8. A radio is sold in 570 rs at 5% loss then in what price it should be sold to
gain 14 % profit
a 600 b 684 c 700 d 784
9. A motorcycle is sold in 12.5% loss in 525 rs then in what price it should be
sold to get 40 % profit
a 800 b 840 c 600 d not
10. A shopkeeper sells his product in 2500 rs at 25 % profit then in what
price it should be sold to get 40% profit
a 2700 b 2800 c 3000 d not
 When an article is bought and
sold many times
11. Mohan sells a television at 25% profit to Sohan ,Sohan sells same television
at 40 % loss to Rohan , Rohan sells it in 20 % profit to Sanju if Sanju purchased
it in 9000 rs then find in what price mohan had purchased it
a 12000 b 10000 c 8000 d not
12. A sells a car at 20% loss to B , 12. B sells that at 25 % profit to C , C sells that
car at 10% loss to D if D purchased it in 18000 rs then find how much money
A had paid for it
a 20000 b 16000 c 22500 d not
13. Rohit purchased a scooter in 24000 and he sold it in 25% profit to
Mohit sold it in 33.33% profit to sohit and sohit sold it in 12.5 % profit
to purohit then what amount had purohit paid for purchase it
a 50000 b 45000 c 35000 d not
14. Annu purchased a book and he sold it in 33.33% profit to Manu , Manu
sold it in 25% profit to Tanu , tanu sold it in 20 % loss to shanu if shanu
purchased it in 1200 then how much money annu had paid for purchase
the book
a 1000 b 900 c 800 d not
When an article is sold in more or less
15. A man sells his product in 10 % loss if he would had sold it in 250 rs more
then he gets profit of 15 % then find the c p of that product
a 1200 b 1000 c 1500 d 2000
16. A shopkeeper sells his product in 20% loss if he sells it in 300 rs more then
his loss becomes 8 % then find the cp of that product
a 2000 b 2500 c 3000 d 3500
17. A shopkeeper sells his product in 10 % profit if he would have sold it
in 400 rs more then his profit becomes 30 % then find the cp of that product
a 1200 b 2000 c 2500 d 3000
When two articles are sold for same price
18. Two articles are sold on same price if one is sold on 20% profit and
another is sold on 20% loss and selling price of each article is 1200 rs
then find percentage profit or loss
a 4 % loss b 4% profit c 4.4% loss d 4.4% profit
19. Selling price of two articles is same if one article is sold on 25% profit
and another is sold on 25% loss then find percentage profit or loss if selling
price of each article is 2400 rs
a 6.25 % loss b 6.25 % profit c 5 % profit d 5 % loss
20. If two articles are sold in same price one is sold in 10% price and another
is sold in 10% loss and if selling price of each article is 9900 then find percentage
profit or loss
a 1% loss b 1% profit c 2% profit d 2 %loss

21. Find the percentage profit or loss if two articles are sold in same price
one in 15% profit and another one is in 15 % loss and selling price of each
article is 3910 rs
a 2.25 loss b 3 loss c 4.50 d not
When cp and sp of some articles are same
22. If cp of 15 mangoes is same as sp of 20 mangoes then find the %
profit or loss
a 20 % loss b 25 % loss c 25% profit d not
23.If cp of 25 pencils is same as sp of 20 pencils then find the percentage
profit
a 20% b 25% c 22.5% d not
24. If cp of 28 pencils is equal to the sp of 21 pencils then find the percentage
profit or loss
a 25% b 20% c 33.33% d not
25. A shopkeeper sells 45 meter cloths and he gains equal to the sp
of 9 meter cloths then find the percentage profit or loss
a 25% b 20% c 16.66% d not
More or less quantity when price decrease or increase
26.Due to 25 % increase in the price of rice a customer gets 5 kg rice less in
300 rs then find the initial price of the rice per kg
a 12 b 15 c 20 d not
27.Due to 20% decrease in price of wheat a customer gets 8 kg wheat more in
160 rs then find the initial price of the wheat per kg
a 6 b 4 c 5 d not
28. Price of milk is increased by 16.66 % that's why a customer gets 5 litre
milk less 210 rs then find the new rate of milk per litre :
a 6 b 7 c 8 d not
29. Due to 10 % decrease in price of tomato a customer gets 4 kg tomato more in
360 rs then find the initial price of tomato per kg
a 8 b 9 c 10 d not
30. Due to 142/7% increase in the price of sugar a customer gets 5 kg sugar
less in 560 rs then find the increased price of sugar per kg ?
a 16 b 14 c 18 not
When a articles are bought for b and b
are sold for a
31. 4 lemons are bought in 3 rs and 3 lemons are sold in 4 rs then find percentage
profit or loss percentage
a 56.26% b 77.77% c 60% d not

32. 5 lemons are bought in 4 rs and 4 lemons are sold in 5 rs then find the
percentage profit

a 36% b 64% c 56.25 % d not

33. Find the percentage profit or loss if 5 mangoes are purchased in 6 rs and 6
mangoes are sold in 5 rs
a 44% b 30.55% c 27.5% d not

34. Find the percentage profit or loss when 3 lemons are purchased in 2 rs and
2 lemons are sold in 3 rs then find profit percentage

a 125% b 55.55% c 44.44% d not

When a articles are purchased in b rs and c
articles are sold in d rs
35. By selling 45 bananas for 40 rs a vendor loses 20%. The number of bananas
that he should sell for 24 rs so as to gain 20% in the transaction is.
a18b 20 c 22 d 24
36. A fruit seller bought oranges at 7 for 10 rs and sold them at a profit of 40%.
How many did a customer get for 10rs
a 4 b 5 c 7 d 10
37. By selling 9 articles for a rupee a man incurred a loss of 4% .To make
a gain of 44% profit the number of articles to be sold for a rupee is A man
sold 20 apples for 100rs and 20% .How many apples did he buy for 100rs
a 20 b 22 c 24 d 25
When % profit or loss is equal to the cost price

38. By selling a pen in 144 rs a customer gets profit equal to the cost price of
the pen then find the cp of the pen
a 60 b 80 c 90 d not
39. By selling a product in 21 rs a customer gets % loss equal to the cost
price of the product then find the cp of the product
a 30 b 70 c 30 and 70 both d not
40. A shopkeeper sells his product in 96 rs and gets the profit % equal to
the cp of the product then find the cp of the product
a 50 rs b 60 c 70 d 80
41. By selling a product in 25 rs a customer gets loss equal to the cp of
the product then find the cp of the product
a 40 b 50 c 60 d 70
42. By selling a product in 24 rs a customer gets loss % equal the cp of the
product then find the cp of the product
a 40 b 50 c 30 d not
 Problem based on ratio
43. If ratio of MRP and cp of a product is 5 :4 and a customer gets that
product in 10 % discount then find the percentage profit
a 12.5 % b 25 % c 20% d not
44. What should be Ratio between MRP and cp of a product if a shopkeeper
gives 20 % discount and earns 20 % profit
a 3:4 b 2:3 c 4:5 d not
45. Ratio of cp of two watches is 16:23 if cp of the first watch is increased
by 10 % and second is increased by 477 then ratio of new cp of the watches
become 11:20 then find the cp of second watch in the beginning
a 848 b 932 c 1219 c 1696
46. A shopkeeper sells his product in 25% discount and gets profit of 25%
then find the MRP of the product if it's cp 600 rs
a 1200 b 1000 c 800 d not
47. A shopkeeper wants to sell his product in 8 % profit had he purchased it
in 4 % less price and would have sold it in 25 % profit then shopkeeper gets
48 rs more then find the initial cp of the product

a 500 b 400 c 300 d not

48. A shopkeeper sells his product in 6 % profit if he would have got it in 2%

less price and sold it in 20% more then he gets 232 rs more then find the initial
cp of the product
a 2000 b 3000 c 2500 d not
49. A shopkeeper sells his product in 10 % profit had he purchased it in 4 % less
price and would have sold it in 25 % profit then he gets 80 rs more find the initial
cp of the product
a 1200 b 1000 c 800 d not
50. A shopkeeper sells his product in 8% profit had he purchased it in 5 % less
price and would have sold it in 10% profit then he gets 35 rs less then find
the initial price of the product
a 1299 b 1000 c 1500 d not
Problems based on dishonest tradesman
51. A shopkeeper promises to sell his product on it's cp but he gives 800 gm
instead of 1 kg then find the percentage profit
a 25 % b 20 % c 30 % d not

52. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his product at 30% profit but he gives 800 gm
instead of 1 kg then find % profit
a 50 % b 62.5% c 55 % d not
53. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his product in 44% loss but
he gives 910 gm instead of 1 kg then find the percentage profit or loss
a 38.4 % b 37.5 % c 41.66% d not
54. A shopkeeper marks up his product 15% more than it's cp and gives 920 gm
instead of 1 kg then find the percentage profit
a 20 % b 25% c 40 % d 33.33%
55. A shopkeeper cheats both supplier and customer by using faulty weight
he takes 20 % more from supplier and gives 20% less to the customer then
find the percentage profit to the shopkeeper
a 40% b 44% c 44.44% d not
Miscellaneous Problems
56. If the selling price of an article is doubled then profit becomes four time.
what was the initial profit % :
a 75% b 100% c 60% d 25%
57. A dealer marks up 20% above the cost price
and allows 15% discount find the percentage profit
a 4% b 3% c 2% d not
58. A sold an article to B at 25% profit and B further sold it to C at certain profit
.If C s cost price is 30 % more than A then find the percentage profit of B :
a 4% b 5% c 5.5 % d not
59. The percentage profit when an article is sold in 2000 rs is same as loss
incurred by selling it in 1200 rs .Then find the selling price of the article when
it is sold at 20% profit
a 2000 b 1800 c 1920 d 1840
60. A shopkeeper sells an article at 15% profit and gives 20 % less than original
weight then find the % profit
a 42.50% b 50% c 40 % d 43.75%