Quiz Discussion

When a commodity is sold Rs. 34.80, there is a loss of 25%. What is the cost price?

• 1]

  36.20

• 2]

  43.40

• 3]

  56.60

• 4]

  46.40

A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

• 1]

  Rs. 1090

• 2]

  Rs. 1060

• 3]

  Rs. 1190

• 4]

  Rs. 1202

Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20 %?

• 1]

  Rs. 400

• 2]

  Rs. 440

• 3]

  Rs. 500

• 4]

  Rs. 550

A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a radio. If the final sale price of the radio is Rs. 704, then what is its labelled price?

• 1]

  Rs 844.80

• 2]

  Rs 929.28

• 3]

  Rs 1000

• 4]

  Rs 1044.8

A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:

• 1]

  Neither Loss, nor gain

• 2]

  5% Loss

• 3]

  5% Gain

• 4]

  10% gain

 On an order of 5 dozen boxes of a consumer product, a retailer receives an extra dozen free. This is equivalent to allowing him a discount of :

• 1]

  15%

• 2]

  16*1/16 %

• 3]

  16*2/3 %

• 4]

  20%

When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

• 1]

  Rs. 21,000

• 2]

  Rs. 22,500

• 3]

  Rs. 25,300

• 4]

  Rs. 25,800

If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is : 

• 1]

  25%

• 2]

  33*1/3 %

• 3]

  50%

• 4]

  66*2/3 %

A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be

• 1]

  130%

• 2]

  140%

• 3]

  150%

• 4]

  160%

If the cost of 5 kg of apples is Rs 600, then what will be the cost of 27 kg of apples?

• 1]

  2240

• 2]

  3240

• 3]

  4240

• 4]

  5240