Profit and Loss (Railway Maths) (Part – VI)

Total Questions: 50

1. A woman buys a car at 24% discount of the printed price and sells it at a 20% higher of printed price. Her percentage gain is: [RRB NTPC 02/03/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (b)
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2. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 1,875 is the same as the loss occurred after selling the article for Rs. 1,385. What is the cost price (in Rs) of the article? [RRB NTPC 02/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs. 1,630
Solution:

CP of the article = 1875 + 1385/2 = 1630

3. A man sells flowers at 4% loss on cost price but he uses 20 g instead of 25 g weight to measure. What is his percentage profit? [RRB NTPC 03/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 20%
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4. A shopkeeper bought 25 chairs from a manufacturer for Rs. 37,500 and sold them at a profit equal to the selling price of 5 chairs. Then the SP of one chair is. [RRB NTPC 03/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs. 1875
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5. A man bought a number of apples at 5 for Rs. 50 and an equal number at 6 for Rs. 50. If he sells them at 11 for Rs. 100, what would be his percentage profit or loss? [RRB NTPC 03/03/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 100/121 % loss
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6. A retailer buys 20 pens at the marked price of 15 pens from a wholesaler. If he sells these 20 pens giving a discount of 1%, then what is the profit percent of the retailer? [RRB NTPC 04/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 32%
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7. Ram invested Rs. 42,000/- in the shares of a company. He sold one-third of the total shares at a profit of 10%. He sold the remaining shares at 10% loss. How much did Ram lose? [RRB NTPC 04/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 1,400
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8. 40% of the goods are sold at 2% loss while the rest of the goods are sold at 4% profit. If there is a total profit of Rs. 250, then the cost price of goods sold is: [RRB NTPC 05/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 15625
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9. Babu purchased a car for Rs. 300000 and a bike for his son for Rs. 100000. He sold the car at a profit of 10% and bike at loss of 20%. What is the net gain or loss? [RRB NTPC 05/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2.5% gain
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10. The difference between a 16% profit and a 12% loss while selling an article is Rs. 70. What is the cost price of the article? [RRB NTPC 05/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 250
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