Profit and Loss (SSC-Maths) (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

31. A grocer professes to sell rice at the cost price, but uses a fake weight of 870 g for 1 kg. Find his profit percentage (correct to two decimal places). [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 14.94%
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32. Madhav purchased an item for 42,000 and sold it at a loss of 20%. With that amount, he purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 30%. What is the overall gain (in ₹)? [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1680
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33. The marked price of an article is 26% more than its cost price. If a discount of 32% is given, what will be the loss percentage? [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 14.32%
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34. A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell salt at a rate of ₹25/kg. The cost price of the salt is ₹25/kg. Not satisfied with this, he tries to make profit by removing 200 gm from each kg. What is the shopkeeper's gain percentage? [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 25%
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35. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at a 10% profit and the rest at a 40% profit. He gains 20% on the whole. The quantity sold at 40% profit is: [SSC CGL 10/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 333⅓ kg
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36. Ravi's salary was increased by 50%. After some time, his new salary was also increased by 50%. Find his gain percentage of salary. [SSC CGL 10/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 125%
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37. A dishonest merchant sells his grocery using weights that are 12% less than the true weights and makes a profit of 10%. Find his total gain percentage. [SSC CGL 11/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 25%
Solution:

38. S borrowed some amount from R and promised to pay him 8% interest. Then S invested the borrowed amount in a scheme, upon which he earned a profit of 5% after paying R, the principal amount with interest. How much percentage R would have gained, if he would have invested in the scheme directly? [SSC CGL 11/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 13%
Solution:

Profit earned by R from S = 8%
Overall profit earned by S = 5%
Then, profit earned by S = (8 + 5)% = 13%
Hence, we can say that R would have
gained 13%

39. The cost price of a bat is 75% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percentage after allowing a discount of 15%. [SSC CGL 11/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 13.33%
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40. Find the gain percentage, given that Siddhi sold her scooter for ₹24318 gaining (1/6) th of the selling price. [SSC CGL 12/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 20%
Solution: