Profit & Loss
Profit & Loss with Answers and Explanations
1. In an examination it is required to get 36% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 198 marks and is declared failed by 36 marks. What is the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? (1) 550 (2) 650 (3) 480 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 2. The
1. On my sister’s 15th birthday, she was 159 cm in height, having grown 6% since the year before. How tall was she the previous year? 1. 150 cm 2. 140 cm 3. 142 cm 4. 154 c 2. Anil gives his 35% of the money to his wife and gave 50% of the money to his
1. How many litres of pure acid are there in 8 litres of a 20% solution? 1. 2 litres 2. 1.4 litres 3. 1 litres 4. 1.6 litres 2. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely in an accident and
1. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school? 1. 100 2. 102 3. 110 4.
1. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit’s digit? 1. 2023% 2. 20% 3. 21% 4. 2223% 2. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500,
1. Rahul went to a shop and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 Paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items? 1. Rs. 15 2. Rs. 12.10 3. Rs. 19.70 4. Rs. 16.80 2. The
11. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them? 1. 42, 33 2. 42, 36 3. 44, 33 4. 44, 36 12. If A = x% of y
1. If the price of petrol increases by 25%, by how much must a user cut down his consumption so that his expenditure on petrol remains constant? A.25% B.16.67% C.20% D.33.33% 2. A sum Rs.731/- divided among A,B and C such that A receiver 25% more than B & B receive 25% less than
1. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B. (1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 1 (3) 3 : 4 (4) 4 : 3
1. Three times a number is 20% more than twice another number when increased by 105. If twice the first number increased by 36 is 20% less than three times of the second number, then what is the first number? (a) 150 (b) 162 (c) 180 (d) None of these 2. Aman won a competition