Profit And Loss – Aptitude MCQ Questions – 04

Question 1
A driver of auto rickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the % profit for the same journey if he goes for 4 passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litres? (revenue per passenger is same)




Question 2
A man buys a chair and table for Rs. 6000. He sells the chair at a loss of 10% and the table at gain of 10%. He still gains Rs. 100 on the whole. Cost price of chair is:




Question 3
Two successive price increase of 10% and 10% of an article are equivalent to a single price increase of:




Question 4
A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer. He also uses a 900 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his percentage profit due to these maneuvers?




Question 5
By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is:




Question 6
5. A stockiest wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various methods. Which of the following would maximize his profit?
I. Sell sugar at 10% profit.
II. Use 900 g of weight instead of 1 kg.
III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at cost price.
IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduced weights by 5%.




Question 7
A rickshaw dealer buys 30 rickshaws for Rs. 4725. Of these, 8 are four-seaters and the rest are two seaters. At what price must he sell the four-seaters so that if he sells the two-two seaters at 3/4 th of this price, he makes a profit 40% on his outlay?




Question 8
A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer. He also uses a 900 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his percentage profit due to these maneuvers?




Question 9
By selling a bicycle for Rs. 2,850, a shopkeeper gains 14%. If the profit is reduced to 8%, then the selling price will be:




Question 10
The cost of setting up the type of a magazine is Rs. 1000. The cost of running the printing machine is Rs. 120 per 100 copies. The cost of paper, ink and so on is 60 paise per copy. The magazines are sold at Rs. 2.75 each. 900 copies are printed, but only 784 copies are sold. What is the sum to be obtained from advertisements to give profit of 10% on the cost?




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