INDIAN RAILWAY QUESTION BANK 

GROUP D To GROUP C EXAM

MATHS - Profit and Loss

                                                         Profit and Loss

1. If the Cost Price is Rs. 10/- and the Selling Price is Rs. 12, What is the Profit or Loss?

2. If the Cost Price of one book is Rs. 10/- and the Selling Price is Rs. 12/-, what is the Profit or Loss on 100 books?

3. If the Cost Price is Rs. 500/- and Profit is Rs. 50/-, what is the Selling Price?

4. If the Cost Price of 10 bags of Paddy is Rs. 5000/- and the Profit is Rs. 500/- what is the Selling Price of each bag of Paddy?

5. If the Selling Price is Rs. 6/- and loss is Rs. 0.50 ps, what is the Cost Price?

6. If the Cost Price is Rs. 640/- and Selling Price is Rs. 680/- What is the Profit percentage?

7. If the Cost Price is RS. 528/- and Profit is Rs. 44/- What is the Selling Price and what is the profit percentage?

8. A book seller brought a gross of pencils at Rs. 144/- and sells the same in retail at Rs.2/- per pencil. What is the Profit or Loss percentage?

9. A bookseller brought a ream of white paper for Rs. 100/- and sells at 24 sheets for Rs. 6.50 ps. Is there any profit or loss?

10. An animal trader buys a calf for Rs. 800/- and sells at a profit of 10%what is the selling price of the calf?

11. An animal trader burs a cow for Rs. 1200/- and sells at a loss of 81/3 % What is the Selling  Price of the cow?

12. An animal trader buys a calf and a cow at Rs. 800/- and Rs. 1200/-respectively and sells them at 10% profit and 81/3 % loss respectively, what shall be profit or loss percentage on the whole?

13. A purchased an article for Rs. 96/- and sold it at a profit of Rs. 81/3 % to B. If B sells it at a loss of 5% what shall be the Selling Price of B?

14. By selling coconuts at the rate of Rs. 6/- each, a trader gained 20%. Find the cost of 100 coconuts?

15. Gopi bought a house for Rs. 70,500/- and sold it at a gain of 12%. What is the profit or loss?

16. Gopi bought a house site for Rs. 16,500/- and sells it at a loss of 20% what shall be the loss.

17. Gopi bought a house for Rs. 70,500/- and a site for Rs. 16,500/-. He sells the house at a gain of 12% and the house site at a loss of 20%, what shall be the gain or loss on the whole?

18. A trader sells two cycles at Rs. 1188/- each gains 10% on the first and loses 10% on the second. Find his profit or loss percentage on the whole?

19. A mechanic sells two scooters each at Rs. 10,976/- gaining 12% on the first and losing 2% on the second. Find his gain or loss percent on the whole?

20. A trader gains 20% by selling 25 cycles at a rate of rs. 1200/- each. If the company reduces the price of cycle by Rs. 50/-, what shall be his gain percentage?

21. A fruit merchant purchased some fruits and sold half of them at a gain of 60% and half of the balance at a gain of 20%. The rest are spoiled. Find his gain

or loss on the whole?

22. The cost of an article decreases every year by 20% to its previous value. If its value is Rs. 19,200/- after three years, what was its original cost?

23. A sold an article to B at a profit of 5% and B sold it to C at a profit of 10%. If the profit percentages are reversed i.e., if A sold it to B at a profit of 10% and B sold it to C at 5% what is the Cost Price of C?

24. Anil purchased a radio for Rs. 400/- and sold it for Rs. 450/-. What is his profit percentage?

25. Rakesh purchased a bicycle for Rs. 250/- and sold it for Rs. 300/-. What is his gain percentage?

26. Pramod bought 12 litres of Kerosene Oil for Rs. 180/- and sold it at the rate of Rs. 18/- per litre. What is his profit percentage?

27. Govind purchased 15 Kg of Ghee for Rs. 3000/- and sold the ghee in retail at the rate of Rs. 220/- a Kg. What is the profit percentage?

28. Umesh purchased a chair for Rs. 2500/- and sold it for Rs. 1600/-. What is his loss percentage?

29. Mathura purchased a cow for RS. 15000/- and due to certain reasons sold it at Rs. 12000/- What is her loss and what Percentage?

30. Hareram purchased a cow at Rs. 12000/- and incurred an expenditure of Rs. 500/- for its transportation. At what price should he sell to make a profit of 10%?

31. A radio dealer paid Rs. 387.50 ps for a radio. He sold it at Rs. 492.20. If his other expenses are Rs. 12.50 ps. whether he gained or lost what percentage?

32. Raju purchased a bicycle for Rs. 3500/- and sold it at a loss of 20%. Find the price at which he sold the bicycle?

33. Harish purchased a tape recorder for Rs. 4800/-. At what price should he sell it to gain 20% profit?

34. Rajesh purchased 5 dozens of oranges for Rs. 12/- a dozen and sold them at the rate of Re.1.50 ps. each. What is the gain or loss percentage?

35. If the Selling Price of an article is RS. 540/- and the seller incurred a loss of 10%. What is its Cost Price?

36. A fruit seller purchased 25 dozens of bananas at Rs. 20/- and out of them 50 were rotten. If he incurred Rs. 5/- towards transportation, at what price should he sell each banana so that he neither gains nor loses?