Dell Profit and Loss Questions

June 23, 2019

Question 1

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In a certain store, the profit percentage is 320% of the cost price. 

If the cost price increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, 

approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

30%

30%

70%

70%

100%

100%

250%

250%

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Question 2

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If the selling price is doubled, the profit triples. 

Find the profit percent.

66 2/3

66 2/3

100

100

105 1/3

105 1/3

120

120

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Question 3

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The list price of an article is Rs. 160 and a customer buys 

it for Rs. 122.40 after two successive discounts. If the first

discount is 10%, then the second discount is

12%

12%

10%

10%

14%

14%

15%

15%

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Question 4

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A tradesman sold an article at a loss of 20%. If the selling price 

had been increased by Rs. 100, there would have been a gain of 5%. 

The cost price of the article (in Rs.) was

100

100

200

200

400

400

500

500

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Question 5

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The price of an article is first decreased by 20% and then 

increased by 30%. If the resulting price is Rs. 416, 

the original price of the article is

Rs. 350

Rs. 350

Rs. 405

Rs. 405

Rs. 400

Rs. 400

Rs. 450

Rs. 450

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Question 6

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If the compound interest on a certain sum for two years at 

12% per annum is Rs. 2544 the simple interest on it at the 

same rate for 2 years will be

Rs. 2400

Rs. 2400

Rs. 2500

Rs. 2500

Rs. 2480

Rs. 2480

Rs. 2440

Rs. 2440

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Question 7

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Three independent strategies A, B, and C have been initiated 

for cost-cutting in a company producing respectively 30%, 40%, 

and 10% savings. Assuming that they operate independently, 

what is the net saving achieved?

56%

56%

64%

64%

62.2%

62.2%

68%

68%

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Question 8

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If after successive discounts of 20% and 25/4% on the marked 

price of an article, a trader gets 20% profit on the cost price, 

then by what percent is the marked price above the cost price?

60%

60%

65%

65%

55%

55%

50%

50%

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Question 9

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The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price 

of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is

15

15

16

16

18

18

25

25

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Question 10

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A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 

and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he 

have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?

Rs. 4991

Rs. 4991

Rs. 5991

Rs. 5991

Rs. 6001

Rs. 6001

Rs. 6991

Rs. 6991

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