BASIC CONCEPTS 1

PERCENTAGES AND PROFIT AND LOSS

1) A trader bought some Apples. 4% of them were spoiled in transport, 10% of the remaining got rotten and sold
90% of good ones. If 540 Apples remained unsold, find the number of Apples that he bought?
(1) 6000
(2) 6250
(3) 6500
(4) 6750
2) A coconut tree was planted two years ago. It increases at the rate of 20% every year. If at present the height of
the tree is 540 cm, what was it when the tree was planted?
(1) 324 cm
(2) 375 cm
(3) 400 cm
(4) 432 cm
3) A man scores 42.5% and failed by 5marks. If he scored 52.5% he would pass by 15 marks then the minimum
marks to pass is
(1) 200
(2) 100
(3) 90
(4) 80
4) In an examination, 70% students passed in English, 65% passed in mathematics, 27% students failed in both the
subjects. If only 248 students passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of students appearing at the
examination?
(1) 400
(2) 700
(3) 600
(4) 500
5) In the recently conducted SSC board examination a total of 5,00,000 students appeared. 60% of them were
females while the rest were males. Pass percentage among females is 33
50%. What is the pass percentage of the males?
(1) 60%
(2) 62.5%

(3) 70%

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(4) 75%

6) Fresh fruit contains 72% water by weight where as dry fruit contains 20% water by weight. What is the weight of
the dry fruit obtained from 20 kgs of fresh fruit?
(1) 5.6 kgs
(2) 6.5 kgs
(3) 7.5 kgs
(4) 7.0 kgs
7) In an election, 10% of the voters in the voter list did not vote and 60 voters cast their ballet papers blank. There
were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all votes in the list and he got 308 votes more
than his rival. The number of voters on the list was.
(1) 3,600
(2) 6,200
(3) 4,575
(4) 6028
8) Deepika went to a fruit market with a certain amount of money. With the money she has, she can buy 30 apples or
50 mangoes. She retains 20% of her money for auto fare. If she buys 25 mangoes, how many more apples can
she buy?
(1) 9
(2) 12
(3) 15
(4) None of these
9) There are 50 successive percentage discounts given in a series of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%..... so on. What is the net
discount?
(1) 98%
(2) 2250%
(3) 100%
(4) Infinite
10) The entry fee for a circus was Rs: 98. Later this was reduced by 25%, which increased the sale of tickets by 20%.
Find the percentage increase in the number of visitors.
(1) 54
(2) 57
(3) 60
(4) 66
11) One litre of water is evaporated from 6 litres of solution containing 4% of sugar. The percentage of sugar in the
remaining solution is.
(1) 1.4%
(2) 5.2%
(3) 4.8%
(4) 3.4%
12) Steven saves 10% of his total salary. Next year he increases his expenses by 20% but his savings remain same.
What is the percentage increase in salary next year?
(1) 10%
(2) 16.66%
(3) 18%
(4) 20%
13) In a maternity centre 5% of all child births result in twins. What is the approximate percentage of twins out of
total children born?
(1) 5%
(2) 7.6%
(3) 9.5%
(4) 10.4%
14) An article was sold at Rs.9625 at a loss of 23 %. At what price should it be sold for to gain 20%?
(1) Rs.12500
(2) Rs.13000
(3) Rs.14000
(4) None of these

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15) If lemons bought at the rate of 28 for Rs.50, have to be sold at 40% profit, how many lemons should be sold for
Rs.100?
(1) 30
(2) 40
(3) 50
(4) None of these
16) Selling 60 mangoes a trader gains the selling piece of 10 mangoes. Find his gain percent.
(1) 15
(2) 20
(3) 25
(4) None of these
17) A trader marks his goods 30% above the cost price but allows 20% discount on marked price. What is his profit
percent?
(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 5
(4) None of these
18) Selling price of 4 articles = cost price of 3 articles. The percentage profit or loss is ------(1) 25% loss
(2) 25% profit
(3) 75% profit
(4) 75% loss
19) Due to increase in price of eggs by 20%, two eggs less were available for Rs.20. The present rate of eggs per
dozen is ------(1) 24
(2) 20
(3) 25
(4) 18
20) A music system was sold at a loss of 15%. If it were old Rs.2000 more, there would have been a gain of 10%.
Find the cost price of the music system.
(1) 5000
(2) 6000
(3) 7000
(4) None of these
21) If goods are purchased at Rs.4500, and one third of them are sold at a profit of 10%, at what profit percent
should the remaining be sold to obtain a profit of 15%.
(1) 12.5%
(2) 15.5%
(3) 17.5%
(4) None of these
22) A merchant uses dishonest means to make profit by announcing that he sells at cost price weighs 800 gm for
every 1000 gm. What is his gain percent?
(1) 10
(2) 20
(3) 25
(4) None of these
23) An article is sold at Rs.4000 for a loss of 20%. If it is sold at 20% more, what is the profit or loss percent?
(1) No loss-no gain
(2) 4%profit
(3) 4 % loss
(4) None of these
24) A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. Had he purchased it at 25% less and sold it for Rs.25 less, he would
have still gained 25%. Find the cost price of the article.
(1) Rs.60
(2) Rs.75
(3) Rs.80
(4) None of these
25) A man bought a number of horses for Rs.72,000. Four of them died, and he sold the rest at Rs.1400 per head
more than he paid for them. If he made a profit of Rs.8000, on the whole Transaction, find the cost price of each
horse.
(1) Rs.9000
(2) Rs.8000
(3) Rs.5000
(4) Rs.3600
26) A man sells two sites for Rs.1, 95,550 each. On one he gains 15% & on the other he loses 15%. Find his % loss
or gain?
(1) 30% loss
(2) 30% gain
(3) 2.25% gain
(4) 2.25% loss
27) A shopkeeper wrongly calculated his profit on selling price and finds it to be 20%. What is actual profit
percentage?
(1) 20% profit
(2) 25% profit
(3) 20% loss
(4) 25% loss
28) A milk man professes to sell milk at its cost price only. But still he is making a profit of 25% since he has mixed
some amount of water in the milk. What is the percentage of milk in the mixture?
(1) 75%
(2) 80%
(3) 85%
(4) 70%
29) A shopkeeper marks up the price of his product by 40%. If he increases the discount from 5% to 10%, the profit
would decrease by Rs: 14. How much profit would he earn if he gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?
(1) Rs: 56
(2) Rs: 28
(3) Rs: 32
(4) Rs: 24
30) There is some profit when an article is sold for Rs: 720. However when the same article is sold for Rs: 420 there is
some loss. If the quantum of loss is two times quantum of profit, find the cost price of the article.
(1) Rs: 620
(2) Rs: 700
(3) Rs: 520
(4) None of these

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