SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Profit & Loss - 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

The marked price of an article is ₹ 3040. If the discount offered on this article is 20%, then what will be the selling price?    (SSC MTS 2018)

Two articles are sold for ₹ 962 each. On one, the seller gains 30% and on the other he loses 26%. What is his overall gain or loss percentage, nearest to one decimal place?    (SSC CGL-2018)

Two articles are sold for ₹ 9,720 each. On one, the seller gains 8% and on the other, he loses 10%. What is his overall gain or loss?    (SSC CGL-2018)

A shopkeeper bought an article for ₹ 100 and marked its price 25% above the cost price. How much discount percentage should he announce in order to make a profit of 15%?    (SSC CHSL-2018)

A shopkeeper sold two articles for ₹ 9831 each. On one he gained 13% and on the other, he lost 13%. What is the 43 overall percentage gain or loss?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018 )

A shopkeeper marks his good at a price such that after giving a discount of 25%, the gains 20%. If the marked price of the article is ₹ 736, what is the cost price of the article?    (SSC Sub-Inspector-2018 )

A, B and C started a business by investing ₹ 55,000, ₹ 65,000 and ₹ 75,000 respectively. A is a working partner and gets 20% of the profit as working allowance and remaining is distributed in the proportion of their investment. If the money received by C is ₹ 27,000 what is the total profit?    (SSC Sub-Inspector-2018)

By selling a fan for ₹ 1900 a man has a loss of 5 %, then at what price (in ₹) should he sell the fan to gain 20%?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

A man bought 15 mangoes for a rupee. How many mangoes were sold for a rupee so that there is a loss of 25%?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

An article is sold for ₹ 6552 after a discount of 22%. What is the marked price (in ₹) of the article?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

At what percent above the cost price must a person mark the price of an article so that he can enjoy 20% profit after allowing 20% discount?    (SSC MTS 2017)

A shopkeeper sold a TV set for ₹ 17940 with a discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6%. What should have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?    (SSC MTS 2017)

A fruit seller buys 100 kg of superior variety of mangoes at ₹ 45 per kg and 200 kgs of inferior variety at ₹ 40 per kg and sells all the mangoes at ₹ 45 per kg. The profit percentage of the fruit seller is:    (SSC MTS 2017)

A fan is listed at ₹ 150/- with a discount of 20%. What additional discount must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to ₹ 108/-?    (SSC MTS 2017)

A man sells an article at a loss of 10%. If he had sold it for ₹ 75 more he would have gained 20%. The cost price of the article is (in ₹):    (SSC MTS 2017)

A merchant buys 20 kgs of a variety of rice at ₹ 14 per kg and another 40 kgs of rice at ₹ 10 per kg. He mixes them and sells 1/3 of the mixture at ₹ 12.50 per kg. At what rate should be sell the remaining mixture so as to earn a profit of 25% on the whole outlay?    (SSC MTS 2017)

A shopkeeper by selling 13 Titan watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 3 Titan watches. His profit percentage is     (SSC CHSL 2017)