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Q11. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5: 4, 
the loss percent is:
a) 20% 
b0 25% 
c) 405 
d) 50%

Q12.A person buys some pencils at 5 for a rupee and 
sells them at 3 for a rupee. His gain percent will be:
a) 200/3
 b) 230/3
 c) 170/3 
 d) 140/3

Q13. If selling price of an article is 8/5 times 
its cost price, the profit per cent on it is
a) 120%
 b) 160% 
 c) 40% 
 d) 60%

Q14. The price of coal is increased by 20%. 
By what percent a family should decrease its 
consumption so that expenditure remains same?
a) 40% 
b) 70/3% 
c) 20% 
d) 50/3%

Q15: 100 oranges are bought for Rs 350 and 
sold at the rate of Rs 48 per dozen. 
The percentage of profit or loss is:
a) 15% loss 
b) 15% gain
 c) 100/7% loss 
 d) 100/7% profit

Q16. A reduction of 20% in the price of salt 
enables a purchaser to obtain 4 kg more for Rs 100. 
The reduced price of salt per kg is:
a) Rs 4 
b) Rs 5 
c) Rs 6.25 
d) Rs 6.50

Q17. A person sells a table at a profit of 10%. 
If he had bought the table at 5% less cost and 
sold for rs 80 more, he would have gained 20%.
 The cost price of the table is
a) Rs 3200
 b) Rs 2500 
 c) Rs 2000
 d) Rs 200

Q18. A person sells an article for Rs 75 and 
gains as much per cent as the cost price of the 
article in rupees. The cost price of the article is:
a) Rs 37.50
 b) Rs 40 
 c) Rs 50 
 d) RS 150

Q19. A man had 100 kgs of sugar part of which he sold 
at 7% profit and rest at 17% profit. He gained 10% on 
the whole. How much did he sell at 7% profit?
a) 65 kg
 b) 35 kg
 c) 30 kg 
 d) 70 kg

Q20. A person bought some articles at the rate of 
5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee.
 He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees.
 In this business, he suffered a loss of rs 3. The total number 
 of articles bought by him was:
a) 1090 
b) 1080 
c) 540 
d) 545


Answers:


11 a,12 a,13 d,14 d,15 d,16 b,17 c,18 c,19 d,20 b


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