A man buys oranges at 10 for Rs. 18 and sells them at 12 for Rs. 24. What is his gain or loss percent?

A. 11.11%

B. 1.8%

C. 14.11%

D. 12.11%

Pradeep invested 20% more than Mohit. Mohit invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of their investment is Rs. 17880, how much amount did Raghu invest?

A.  Rs.6000 

B.  Rs.8000

C.  Rs.7000

D.  Rs.5000

E.  None of these

A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, but he uses a false weight of 950gm. for a kg. His gain/loss percentage is?

A. 5.3% gain

B. 5.4% loss

C. 5.3% loss

D. 5.4% gain

A hawker purchased oranges at the rate of 4 oranges in a rupee, but he sells at the rate of 5 oranges in a rupee. His loss is:

A. 20%

B. 25%

C. 50%

D. 100%

A businessman purchased 35 kg apple of Rs 525 and sells it at the rate of Rs 18 per kg. Then the rate of profit or loss is:

A. 20% profit

B. 25% loss

C. 25% profit

D. 20% loss

After deducting a commission of 5%, a T.V. set costs Rs. 9595. Its marked price is :


A. Rs. 10000

B. Rs. 10075

C. Rs. 10100

D. Rs. 10500

Kuna spent Rs.35000 in buying raw materials, Rs.40000 in buying machinery and 20% of the total amount he had as cash with him. What was the total amount?


A. Rs. 80000

B. Rs. 85750

C. Rs. 90000

D. Rs. 93750

In an examination, there are three subjects A, B  and C. A student has to pass in each subject. 20% students failed in A, 22% students failed in B and 16% failed in C. The total number of students who passed the whole examination lies between.

A. 42% and 84%

B. 42% and 78%

C. 58% and 78%

D. 60% and 80%

Each edge of a cube is decreased by 50%. Find the percentage decrease in its surface area and the volume respectively.

A. 87.5%, 75%

B. 88.5%, 75%

C. 75%, 87.5%

D. 90.5%, 87.5%

A shopkeeper sold 45 kg of goods. If he sells some quantity at a loss of 3% and rest at 17%  profit, making 5% profit on the whole, find the quantity sold at profit.


A. 9 kg

B. 15 kg

C. 18 kg

D. 30 kg

A merchant sold 80 dozen oranges. He sold some at 4% loss and rest at the cost price and thus losing 3% on the whole. What is the quantity sold at loss?


A. 20 dozen

B. 40 dozen

C. 50 dozen

D. 60 dozen

A Shopkeeper increases the original selling price of an item to its twice. If the initial gain percentage is given as 9%, what is the new gain percentage?


A. 80 %

B. 118 %

C. 92 %

D. 98 %

By selling an article for Rs. 100 a man gains Rs. 15. What is his gain percentage?


A. 15%

B. 12 2/3%

C. 17 11/17%

D. 17 1/4%

The sum of 15% of a positive number and 20% of the same number is 126. What is one-third of that number?

A. 360

B. 1080

C. 120

D. None of these

Raj sold an item for Rs. 6384 and incurred a loss of 30%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30%?


A. Rs. 14656

B. Rs. 11856

C. Rs. 13544

D. None of these

A merchant sold 80 dozen oranges. He sold some at 4% loss and rest at the cost price and thus losing 3% on the whole. What is the quantity sold at loss?


A. 20 dozen

B. 40 dozen

C. 50 dozen

D. 60 dozen

A merchant mixes two varieties of wine containing 25% and 13% alcohol. The resultant mixture contains 17% alcohol. Find the quantity of second mixture, if 8 litre of first mixture is taken.


A. 4 litres

B. 16 litres

C. 24 litres

D. 32 litres

A man bought a horse for Rs. 10000 and sold it to B at 10% profit and B sold it to C at 10% loss. Find the amount paid by C.


A. Rs. 10000

B. Rs. 9900

C. Rs. 9999

D. Rs. 11000

In a examination, a student gets 38% of the examination marks and fails by 6 marks. Another student who gets 45% of the maximum marks, gets 15 marks more than the required passing percentage. Find passing of the marks.


A. 39 %

B. 40 %

C. 44 %

D. Can't say

45 litres of a mixture of  of milk and water contains 15% water. How much water must be added so as to make water 25% in the resultant mixture?

A. 10 litres

B. 6 litres

C. 4.5 litres

D. 9 litres