Mathematics Top 1000 + MCQS Download Pdf Fifth Half
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Rahat purchased a refrigerator for Rs. 12500 after getting a discount of 20% on the labelled price. He spent Rs. 125 on transport and Rs. 250 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would be 10% if no discount was offered choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 16500
B. Rs. 15525
C. Rs. 17000
D. Rs. 17600 (Answer)
E. None of these
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Mahad marks an article 15% above the cost price of Rs. 540. What must be his discount percentage if he sells it at Rs. 496.80 choose which one is correct?
A. 18%
B. 21%
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 19%
E. None of these
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An article was sold after a discount of 20% and there was a gain of 20%. If the profit made on it was Rs. 6 less than the discount offered on it, find its selling price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 72 (Answer)
B. Rs. 90
C. Rs. 66
D. Rs. 96
E. None of these
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A trader marks his articles 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 20% discount, then find his gain or loss percent choose which one is correct?
A. No profit No loss
B. 4% profit
C. 2% loss
D. 2% profit
E. None of these (Answer)
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Mahad sold an article for Rs. 18000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price, he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price of the article choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 15000 (Answer)
B. Rs. 16200
C. Rs. 14700
D. Rs. 15900
E. None of these
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Rayyan purchased a refrigerator and a mobile phone for Rs. 15000 and Rs. 8000 respectively. He sold the refrigerator at a loss of 4 percent and the mobile phone at a profit of 10 percent.
Overall he makes a________ choose which one is correct?
A. loss of Rs. 200
B. loss of Rs. 100
C. profit of Rs. 100
D. profit of Rs. 200 (Answer)
E. None of these
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A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 45
B. Rs. 40
C. Rs. 35
D. Rs. 50 (Answer)
E. None of these
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The value of a machine depreciates at 20% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 1,50,000, at what price should it be sold after two years such that a profit of Rs. 24,000 is made choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 1,10,000
B. Rs. 1,20,000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 1,24,000
D. Rs. 1,21,000
E. None of these
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After allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price, the selling price is Rs. 6800 for an article. If it was sold at marked price, there would have been a profit of 60%. The cost price of the article is choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 6400
B. Rs. 5600
C. Rs. 5000 (Answer)
D. Rs. 4800
E. None of these
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A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit and sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 25000
B. Rs. 20000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 15000
D. Rs. 22000
E. None of these
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A fruit vendor purchased 20 dozen bananas at Rs. 15 per dozen. But one-fourth of the bananas were rotten and had to be thrown away. He sold two-third of the remaining bananas at Rs. 22.50 per dozen. At what price per dozen should he sell the remaining bananas to make neither a profit nor a loss choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 20
B. Rs. 15 (Answer)
C. Rs. 22.50
D. Rs. 7.50
E. None of these
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By selling 99 pens, a trader gains the cost of 33 pens. Find his gain percentage choose which one is correct?
A. 33 1/3% (Answer)
B. 50%
C. 25%
D. 66 2/3%
E. None of these
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A dealer purchases 15 articles for Rs. 25 and sells 12 articles for Rs. 30. Find the profit
percentage choose which one is correct?
A. 25%
B. 50% (Answer)
C. 20%
D. 5%
E. None of these
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If the cost price of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 40 articles, then the gain or loss
percent is choose which one is correct?
A. 20% loss
B. 20% profit
C. 10% profit
D. 25% loss
E. None of these (Answer)
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If a trader sold two cars each at Rs. 325475 and gains 12% on the first and loses 12% on the second, then his profit or loss percent on the whole is_______ choose which one is correct?
A. 1.44% loss (Answer)
B. 14.4% profit
C. 14.4% loss
D. 0%
E. None of these
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Rehman mixed 24 kg of butter at Rs. 150 per kg with 36 kg butter at the rate of Rs. 125 per kg. At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make a profit of 40% in the transaction choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 135
B. Rs. 162
C. Rs. 189 (Answer)
D. Rs. 198
E. None of these
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If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more. What is the cost price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 1505
B. Rs. 1510
C. Rs. 1500 (Answer)
D. Rs. 1490
E. None of these
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A shopkeeper loses 15%, if an article is sold for Rs. 102. What should be the selling price of the article to gain 20% choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 150
B. Rs. 144 (Answer)
C. Rs. 138
D. Rs. 132
E. None of these
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A trader sells 85 meters of cloth for Rs. 8925 at the profit of Rs. 15 per metre of cloth. What is the cost price of one metre of cloth choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 85
C. Rs. 90 (Answer)
D. Rs. 95
E. None of these
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Raheem bought an old car for Rs. 42000. He spent Rs. 13000 on repairs and sold it for Rs. 64900. What is his profit percent choose which one is correct?
A. 14%
B. 16%
C. 18% (Answer)
D. 22%
E. None of these
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A person purchased a TV set for Rs. 16000 and a DVD player for Rs. 6250. He sold both the items together for Rs. 31150. What percentage of profit did he make choose which one is correct?
A. 30%
B. 35%
C. 40% (Answer)
D. 45%
E. None of these
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The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 24% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 8339 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer table choose which one is correct?
A. Rs. 5725
B. Rs. 5275
C. Rs. 6275
D. Rs. 6725 (Answer)
E. None of these
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at Cost Price but still gets 20% profit by using a false weight. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram choose which one is correct?
A. 855 1/2 grams
B. 833 1/3 grams (Answer)
C. 833 1/2 grams
D. 875 2/7 grams
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A shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 4 a rupee and sells them at 3 a rupee. Find his net profit or loss percent choose which one is correct?
A. 20%
B. 28%
C. 33 1/3 % (Answer)
D. 35 2/7 %
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A shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he makes choose which one is correct?
A. neither profit nor loss
B. 3%
C. 5%
D. 4% (Answer)
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A shopkeeper buys two articles for Rs.1000 each and then sells them, making 20% profit on the first article and 20% loss on the second article. Find the net profit or loss percent choose which one is correct?
A. neither profit nor loss (Answer)
B. 1%
C. 2%
D. 3%
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By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. At what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 25% choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.600
B. Rs.480 (Answer)
C. Rs.500
D. Rs.450
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By selling an article at Rs.600, a profit of 25% is made. Find its cost price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.350
B. Rs.400
C. Rs.573
D. Rs.480 (Answer)
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A person buys an article at Rs.500. At what price should he sell the article so as to make a profit of 20% choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.600 (Answer)
B. Rs.500
C. Rs.250
D. Rs.700
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A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the same rate. Find in what ratio he must mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay choose which one is correct?
A. 1:5 (Answer)
B. 1:20
C. 2:5
D. 1:6
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A trader marked the price of the T.V. 30% above the cost price of the T.V. and gave the purchaser 10% discount on the marked price, thereby gaining Rs.340. Find the cost price of the T.V choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.2250
B. Rs.2000 (Answer)
C. Rs.2150
D. Rs.2200
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A trader marked the price of a car 20% above the cost price and allowed the purchaser 5% discount on the marked price thereby gained Rs.8400. Find the cost price of the car choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.60000 (Answer)
B. Rs.75000
C. Rs.68400
D. Rs.78400
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At what price must an article costing Rs.47.50 be marked in order that after deducting 5% from the list price. It may be sold at a profit of 25% on the cost price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.62.50 (Answer)
B. Rs.72.50
C. Rs.75.00
D. Rs.80.00
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A dealer purchased an article at 3/4 of its list price and sold 50% more than the list price. Find his gain percent choose which one is correct?
A. 75%
B. 50%
C. 100% (Answer)
D. 80%
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Oranges are bought at 11 for a rupee and an equal number more at 9 a rupee. If these are sold at 10 for a rupee, find the loss or gain percent choose which one is correct?
A. 1% gain
B. 2% gain
C. 1% loss (Answer)
D. 2% loss
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If goods be purchased for Rs.840 and one-fourth be sold at a loss of 20% at what gain percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction choose which one is correct?
A. 30%
B. 33%
C. 33 1/3% (Answer)
D. 35%
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A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.250 (Answer)
B. Rs.225
C. Rs.275
D. Rs.200\
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A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it
for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.370
B. Rs.375 (Answer)
C. Rs.350
D. Rs.300
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I bought two books; for Rs.480. I sold one at a loss of 15% and other at a gain of 19% and then I found each book was sold at the same price. Find the cost of the book sold at a loss choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.28
B. Rs.280 (Answer)
C. Rs.140
D. Rs.70
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A man sells two articles for Rs.3600 each and he gains 30% on the first and loses 30% on the next. Find his total gain or loss choose which one is correct?
A. 9% loss (Answer)
B. 400
C. 4000
D. 324
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A man buys two articles for Rs.1980 each and he gains 10% on the first and loses 10% on the next. Find his total gain or loss percent choose which one is correct?
A. 1% gain (Answer)
B. 1% loss
C. 10% loss
D. no gain or no loss
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A reduction of 20% in the price of salt enables a lady to obtain 10 kgs more for Rs.100, find the original price per kg choose which one is correct?
A. 2 3/2
B. 2 ⅔
C. 2.5 (Answer)
D. 3
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A reduction of 25% in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5kgs more for Rs.800,What is the reduced price for kg choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.30
C. Rs.40 (Answer)
D. Rs.25
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A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs.40, What is the reduced price per dozen choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.5
B. Rs.4
C. Rs.2
D. Rs.3 (Answer)
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A man purchases 8 pens for Rs.9 and sells 9 pens for Rs.8, how much profit or loss does he make choose which one is correct?
A. 20.98% profit
B. 20.98% loss (Answer)
C. 20.89% profit
D. 20.89% loss
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and gains 25%. Find his false weight age choose which one is correct?
A. 700 gms
B. 750 gms
C. 800 gms (Answer)
D. 850 gms
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Ramees professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 grams instead of a kg, what is the gain percent choose which one is correct?
A. 11%
B. 11 2/9%
C. 11 1/9% (Answer)
D. 10%
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a weight of 800 grams per kg, what is his percent choose which one is correct?
A. 20%
B. 25% (Answer)
C. 30%
D. 15%
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A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 20% choose which one is correct? in buying goods as well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay choose which one is correct?
A. 20%
B. 45%
C. 44% (Answer)
D. 48%
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Ramees sold two bicycles, each for Rs.990. If he made 10% profit on the first and 10% loss on the second, what is the total cost of both bicycles choose which one is correct?
A. Rs.2000 (Answer)
B. Rs.1980
C. Rs.1891
D. Rs.1750