Quantitative Apitude-Profit & Loss

Quantitative Apitude-Profit & Loss
51. The C.P. of two watches taken together is Rs. 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12%, there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P. o the two watches are respectively
  • Rs. 360 Rs. 480
  • Rs. 480, Rs. 360
  • Rs. 380, Rs. 460
  • Rs. 400, Rs 440
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52. The C.P. of an article is 40% of the S.P. The percent that the S.P. is of C.P. IS :
  • 250
  • 240
  • 60
  • 40
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53. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 80 less, there would have been a loss of 10%. The C.P. of the machine is :
  • Rs. 350
  • Rs. 400
  • Rs. 450
  • Rs. 520
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54. If an article is sold at 5% gain instead of 5% loss, the seller gets Rs. 6.72 more. The C.P. of the article is :
  • Rs. 67.20
  • Rs. 120
  • Rs. 134.40
  • Rs. 240
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55. A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs 55 more, he would have had a profit of 40%. The C.P. of the article is :
  • Rs. 200
  • Rs 225
  • Rs 250
  • None of these
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56. A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5%. If he had bought it t 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10% The C.P. of the article was
  • Rs 100
  • Rs 150
  • Rs 200
  • Rs 500
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57. Kishan bought a certain quantity of rice at the rate of Rs 150 per quintl and 10% of the rice was spoiled. At what price should he sell the remainder to gain 20% of hsi outlay ?
  • Rs 190 per quintal
  • Rs 200 per quintal
  • Rs 210 per quintal
  • Rs 215 per quintl
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58. A reduction of 25% in the price of eggs wil enable one to buy 4 dozen more eggs for Rs 96. What is the per dozen ?
  • Rs 6
  • Rs 8
  • Rs 8.50
  • Rs 9
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59. An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Rs 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. What is the C.P. ?
  • Rs 64
  • Rs 80
  • Rs 150
  • Rs 200
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60. Raghu bought 4dozen oranges at Rs 12 oper dozen and 2 dozen oranges at Rs 16 pe dozen. He sold them all to earn 20% profit. At what price per dozen did he sell the oranges ?
  • Rs. 14.40
  • Rs 16
  • Rs 16.80
  • Rs 19.20
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