Profit & Loss

(Type-1)
CP = 500 ₹
P = 20 %
SP = ?

CP = 800 ₹
L = 30 %
SP = ?
SP = 720 ₹
P = 20 %
CP = ?

SP = 810 ₹
L = 10 %
CP = ?
Q 1 : 10% loss on SP is what % loss on CP ?

Answer : 9(1/11) %
Q 2 : 30% profit on SP is what % profit on CP ?

Answer : 42(6/7) %
Q 3 : If a man purchase 4 apples for ₹ 5 and sell
them at 5 for ₹ 4. find profit/loss %.
A. 22 % profit
B. 36 % profit
C. 22 % loss
D. 36 % loss
Q 4 : If a man purchase 15 oranges for ₹ 10 and
sell them at 10 for ₹ 18. find profit/loss %.
A. 170 % profit
B. 30 % profit
C. 170 % loss
D. 30 % loss
Q 5 : A Shopkeeper buy some oranges at rate of
12 per ₹. Again he bought the same number of
oranges at rate of 8 per ₹. He mixed both the
types and sold at 20 for ₹ 2. In this business he
bears a loss of ₹ 8. How many oranges he
bought in all ?
A. 1920
B. 860
C. 430
D. 1260
Q 6 : A Shopkeeper buy some lemons at rate of 2
for ₹ 1. Again he bought the same number of
lemons at rate of 1 for ₹ 2. He mixed both the
types and sold at 3 for ₹ 3. find profit / loss %.
A. 20 % loss
B. 25 % loss
C. 20 % profit
D. 25 % profit
Q 7 : On selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a man
bears a loss of 20%. How many for a rupee
should he sell to gain 20%
A. 8
B. 6
C. 16
D. 14
Profit & Loss
(Type-2)
Q 8 : On selling 33 pencils, a shopkeeper earned
profit equal to the selling price of 11 pencils.
Find profit %.
A. 50 %
B. 33.33 %
C. 25 %
D. 66.66 %
Q 9 : On selling 33 pencils, a shopkeeper earned
profit equal to the cost price of 11 pencils. Find
profit %.
A. 50 %
B. 33.33 %
C. 25 %
D. 66.66 %
Q 10 : On selling 33 pencils, a shopkeeper bears a
loss equal to the cost price of 11 pencils. Find
loss %.
A. 50 %
B. 33.33 %
C. 25 %
D. 66.66 %
Q 11 : On selling 33 pencils, a shopkeeper bears a
loss equal to the selling price of 11 pencils.
Find loss %.
A. 50 %
B. 33.33 %
C. 25 %
D. 66.66 %
Q 12 : A dishonest sweet seller sells sweets at
10% profit but weigh only 800 grams in place
of 1 kg. Find profit %.
A. 11 %
B. 27 %
C. 37.5 %
D. none
Q 13 : A Profit earned by selling an article for ₹
1060 is 20 % more than the loss by selling the
article for ₹ 950. at what price should the article
be sold to earn 20 % profit.
A. 1200 ₹
B. 1500 ₹
C. 2000 ₹
D. 1800 ₹
Q 14 : What will be the profit % after selling an
article at a certain price. If there is a loss of 40
% when the article is sold at 1/3 rd of the
precious selling price.
A. 40%
B. 80 %
C. 60 %
D. 20 %
Q 15 : By selling an item at 7/10 th of the actual
SP, a trader makes a profit of 40 % . If he sells
the item at actual SP, what will be the profit /
loss % ?
A. 80% profit
B. 80 % loss
C. 100 % loss
D. 100 % profit
Profit & Loss
(Type-3)
Q : Albert buy 4 dogs and 9 cats for ₹ 13400. if he
sold the dogs at 10% profit and cats at 20%
profit. Then he earned a total profit of ₹ 1880.
find cost price of each dog.
A. 1000 ₹
B. 2000 ₹
C. 800 ₹
D. 1500 ₹
Q : A man bought 2 horses for ₹ 9600. If he sold
one at 20% loss and other at 60% profit and he
found that each horse was sold at same price.
What is the cost of second horse?
A. 1600 ₹
B. 3200 ₹
C. 5200 ₹
D. 6400 ₹
Q : A man bought 2 sofa set for ₹ 28000. If he sold
one at 35% profit and other at 45% profit and
he found that each was sold at same price.
What is the cost of first sofa set?
A. 16500 ₹
B. 13500 ₹
C. 14500 ₹
D. 12500 ₹
Q : The cost price of two watches taken together
is ₹ 8400. If selling one at 16% profit and other
at 12% loss there is no loss no gain overall.
What is the cost of first watch?
A. 3600 ₹
B. 4800 ₹
C. 3800 ₹
D. 4600 ₹
Q : On selling a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15%
gain kareena gets ₹ 7 as a profit. If she sells the
pen at 5% gain and book at 10% gain, her profit
will be ₹ 13. find the cost price of pen.
A. 100 ₹
B. 20 ₹
C. 80 ₹
D. 40 ₹
Q : A person sold his table at 25% profit and a
chair at 20% loss but on the whole his profit is
₹ 18. on the other hand if he sold table at a loss
of 20% and chair at 25% profit then neither loss
nor gain. Find CP of chair.
A. 200 ₹
B. 160 ₹
C. 80 ₹
D. 100 ₹
Q : A man sold 2 horses for ₹ 11,900. The C.P. Of
first is equal to the S.P. Of second. If first is
sold at 30% loss and second at 25% profit. What
is total loss or profit in ₹.
A. 700 ₹ profit
B. 700 ₹ loss
C. 900 ₹ profit
D. 900 ₹ loss
Profit & Loss
(Type-4)
Q : A man sold an article at 10 % profit. If he had
bought it 10 % less and sold at ₹ 3 more, he had
gain of 25%. Find CP.
A. 50 ₹
B. 103 ₹
C. 120 ₹
D. 150 ₹
Q : A man sold an article at 10% loss. If he had
bought it 20% less and sold at ₹ 55 more, he
had gain of 40%. Find CP.
A. 250 ₹
B. 200 ₹
C. 225 ₹
D. 310 ₹
Q : Sunil calculate his profit % on SP and sujeet
at CP. The difference between their profit is
900 ₹. If the SP of both are same and their
respective profit are 50 % and 40 %. Find SP.
A. 2100 ₹
B. 2000 ₹
C. 4000 ₹
D. 4200 ₹
Q : 2/3 of the commodity is sold at 30% profit, 1/4
at 16% and rest at 12%. If total profit is 75 ₹.
Find the value of commodity.
A. 300 ₹
B. 250 ₹
C. 350 ₹
D. 325 ₹
 Profit & Loss
(Type-5) - DISCOUNT
 MRP= 100
DISCOUNT = 20
SP = 80
 Successive discount

50%+ 20% = 70 % (No)

Q. Three Successive discount of 20%, 10% and

Answer : 56.8%
Q : A fan is listed at ₹ 1500. first discount is 20%.
what additional discount must be offer to the
customer to bring the net price being ₹ 1104 ?
A. 6%
B. 8%
C. 10%
D. 12%
Q : A shopkeeper purchase 150 identical
calculators at the rate of ₹ 250 each. He spend
2500 ₹ on transport and packing and fixed the
MRP ₹ 320. if he offers a discount of 5%. Find
his profit %.
A. 8 %
B. 10 %
C. 12 %
D. 14 %
Q : A shopkeeper gives discount of 10% on MRP
but charges sale tax of 8% on discounted price.
If customer pay ₹ 680.40 including the sale tax.
Find MRP.
A. 640 ₹
B. 700 ₹
C. 740 ₹
D. 800 ₹
Q : A shopkeeper sales a badminton racket
whose MRP is 30 ₹ at a discount of 15% and
gives a shuttle of ₹ 1.50 free with each racket
even then he makes a profit of 20%. Find CP of
each racket.
A. 25 ₹
B. 18.5 ₹
C. 20 ₹
D. 22.5 ₹
Q : A retailer buy 40 pens at MRP of 36 pens from
a whole seller. If he sells these pens and gives
1% discount. Find his profit percent.
A. 4 %
B. 8 %
C. 12 %
D. 10 %
Q : A shopkeeper sold an article for ₹ 210, after
giving 16% discount on MRP he made 5%
profit on CP. What will be the profit % if he
had not given the discount.
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 30%
D. 50%
Q : A shopkeeper gives 4% discount on MRP and
gives one article free for buying every 15 article
and thus profit is 35%. By how much % MRP is
above the CP ?
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 30%
D. 50%
Q : A man marked his goods at a price that gives
him 20% profit. He sells 3/5 of the goods at
MRP and rest at 20% discount. What is overall
profit % ?
A. 20.4 %
B. 10.4 %
C. 1.6 %
D. 10.6 %
Q : A shopkeeper marked his goods at 20% above
the CP. He sold half the stock at MRP and rest
1/4 at 20% discount and rest at 40% discount.
What is overall profit % ?
A. 20 %
B. 8 %
C. 4 %
D. 2 %
Q : The cost of manufacturing of an article is 312
₹ and the trader wants to gain 45% after giving
22% discount on it. Find MRP.
A. 480 ₹
B. 580 ₹
C. 460 ₹
D. 560 ₹
Profit & Loss
(Miscellaneous)
Q : A shopkeeper sells 100 watches for Rs.3,02,400/- for
the entire year. For the first 6 months he sells the
watches at a profit of 30% and the next 6 months he
sells at a profit of 20%. If the number of watches sold
for the first and the second 6 months gets
interchanged, then the total selling price becomes
Rs.2,97,600/-. Find the cost price of one watch.
(a) Rs.1600
(b) Rs.1800
(c) Rs.2000
(d) Rs.2400