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SSC QUIZ ON PROFIT AND LOSS 10.03.2018 [Short Tricks]

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Question 1

A seller purchases 10 laptops from the manufacturer and marks each laptop 33.33 % above the cost price. He sold 5 laptops each at 10% discount and earned a profit of Rs.10000 on these 5 laptops. On the remaining laptops he suffered a loss of Rs.3000 on each. Then, at what selling price he sold each remaining laptop on which he incurred the loss.

Question 2

A shopkeeper marks his goods at 25% above cost price. He is able to sell 3/5th of his goods at this price and the remaining at a discount of 30% on marked price . Assume that the shopkeeper sold all his goods. Find the loss or gain % on the whole transaction.

Question 3

A man bought 260 m of wire at the rate of 80 paise per meter. He sold 40% of it at 7% profit at what percent he should sell the remaining wire so that he could gain 10% in the whole transaction?

Question 4

A shopkeeper bought some books at Rs. 200 each. He was able to sell 20 of them at 25% profit. He sold the remaining books at 10% profit, thus making an overall profit of 16%. Find the number of books he had bought.

Question 5

The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given to the marked price. In this kind of sale the seller

Question 6

The value of an article depreciates every year at the rate of 10% of its value. If the present value of the article is Rs.729, then its worth 3 years ago was

Question 7

A plate was sold for ₹ 6,300 after giving two successive discounts of and 10%.
Find the marked price.

Question 8

Alex sold his goods after announcing two successive discounts of 30% each. The effective discount altogether is

Question 9

A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of a camera. Marked price of the camera, Which costs him Rs. 600, to make profit of 20% should be

Question 10

A shopkeeper gains 17% after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price of an article. Find his profit percent if the article is sold at marked price allowing no discount.
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