profit and loss Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps po prelims 2023

Question :1

If the cost price of 9 pens is equal to selling price of 11 pens. The gain or loss % .

Answer: (b)

Question :2

By selling oranges at 32 a rupee, a man loses 40%. How many a rupee must he sell to gain 20 p.c.?

Answer: (b)

He must have purchased less number of oranges for a rupee, as he bears a loss.

Therefore, no. of oranges purchased for a rupee = $32(60/100)$.

Now, to gain 20%, he must sell less number of oranges for a rupee. And that number is $32(60/100)(100/120)$ = 16

Question :3

A watch passes through three hands and each gains 25%. If the third sells it for Rs. 250, what did the first pay for it?

Answer: (b)

First Purchased for $250 (100/125)(100/125)(100/125)$

= $250(4/5)(4/5)(4/5)$ = Rs. 128

Question :4

The owner of a stationery shop charges his customers 28% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 4544 for school books, then what was the cost price of the school books ?

Answer: (b)

Cost price = SP$[100/{100 + \text"profit%"}]$

= $4544 × 100/128$ = 3550

Question :5

Successive discounts of 12$1/2$% 2 and 7$1/2$% are given on the marked price of a cupboard. If the customer pays Rs. 2590, then what is the marked price?

Answer: (c)

Let the marked price of a cupboard = Rs. x

According to question,

∴ $x × (100 - 12.5)/100 × ({100 - 7.5}/100)$ = Rs. 2590

$x = {2590 × 100 × 100}/{87.5 × 92.5}$

x = Rs. 3200

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