CAT QA PROFIT LOSS DISHONEST SELLER QUESTIONS

Gopi marks a price on a product in order to make 20% profit. Ravi gets 10% discount on this marked price, and thus saves Rs 15. Then, the profit, in rupees, made by Gopi by selling the product to Ravi, is

Bina incurs 19% loss when she sells a product at Rs. 4860 to Shyam, who in turn sells this product to Hari. If Bina would have sold this product to Shyam at the purchase price of Hari, she would have obtained 17% profit. Then, the profit, in rupees, made by Shyam is

The selling price of a product is fixed to ensure 40% profit. If the product had cost 40% less and had been sold for 5 rupees less, then the resulting profit would have been 50%. The original selling price, in rupees, of the product is

Minu purchases a pair of sunglasses at Rs.1000 and sells to Kanu at 20% profit. Then, Kanu sells it back to Minu at 20% loss. Finally, Minu sells the same pair of sunglasses to Tanu. If the total profit made by Minu from all her transactions is Rs.500, then the percentage of profit made by Minu when she sold the pair of sunglasses to Tanu is

Jayant bought a certain number of white shirts at the rate of Rs 1000 per piece and a certain number of blue shirts at the rate of Rs 1125 per piece. For each shirt, he then set a fixed market price which was 25% higher than the average cost of all the shirts. He sold all the shirts at a discount of 10% and made a total profit of Rs 51000. If he bought both colors of shirts, then the maximum possible total number of shirts that he could have bought is

Gita sells two objects A and B at the same price such that she makes a profit of 20% on object A and a loss of 10% on object B. If she increases the selling price such that objects A and B are still sold at an equal price and a profit of 10% is made on object B, then the profit made on object A will be nearest to

Amal buys 110 kg of syrup and 120 kg of juice, syrup being 20% less costly than juice, per kg. He sells 10 kg of syrup at 10% profit and 20 kg of juice at 20% profit. Mixing the remaining juice and syrup, Amal sells the mixture at ₹ 308.32 per kg and makes an overall profit of 64%. Then, Amal's cost price for syrup, in rupees per kg, is

Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly invest in a business and agree to share the overall profit in proportion to their investments. Anil's share of investment is 70%. His share of profit decreases by ₹ 420 if the overall profit goes down from 18% to 15%. Chintu's share of profit increases by ₹ 80 if the overall profit goes up from 15% to 17%. The amount, in INR, invested by Bobby is

A shop owner bought a total of 64 shirts from a wholesale market that came in two sizes, small and large. The price of a small shirt was INR 50 less than that of a large shirt. She paid a total of INR 5000 for the large shirts, and a total of INR 1800 for the small shirts. Then, the price of a large shirt and a small shirt together, in INR, is

Raj invested ₹ 10000 in a fund. At the end of first year, he incurred a loss but his balance was more than ₹ 5000. This balance, when invested for another year, grew and the percentage of growth in the second year was five times the percentage of loss in the first year. If the gain of Raj from the initial investment over the two year period is 35%, then the percentage of loss in the first year is

Amal purchases some pens at ₹ 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of these pens at ₹ 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 11 each, then he makes a net profit of ₹ 300, while he makes a net loss of ₹ 300 if the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is

A man buys 35 kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a 20% profit. He sells 5 kg at this price, and 15 kg at a 10% discount. Accidentally, 3 kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the remaining sugar by raising the marked price by p percent so as to make an overall profit of 15%. Then p is nearest to

Anil buys 12 toys and labels each with the same selling price. He sells 8 toys initially at 20% discount on the labeled price. Then he sells the remaining 4 toys at an additional 25% discount on the discounted price. Thus, he gets a total of Rs 2112, and makes a 10% profit. With no discounts, his percentage of profit would have been

A person spent Rs 50000 to purchase a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at 20% profit and the laptop at 10% loss. If overall he made a 2% profit then the purchase price, in rupees, of the desktop is

Mukesh purchased 10 bicycles in 2017, all at the same price. He sold six of these at a profit of 25% and the remaining four at a loss of 25%. If he made a total profit of Rs. 2000, then his purchase price of a bicycle, in Rupees, was

A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at cost price p, to Amal and Asim at a profit of 20% and at a loss of 20%, respectively. Amal sells his table to Bimal at a profit of 30%, while Asim sells his table to Barun at a loss of 30%. If the amounts paid by Bimal and Barun are x and y, respectively, then (x - y) / p equals

On selling a pen at 5% loss and a book at 15% gain, Karim gains Rs. 7. If he sells the pen at 5% gain and the book at 10% gain, he gains Rs. 13. What is the cost price of the book in Rupees?

The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells the table to a retailer at a profit of 30%. Finally, the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 50%. If the customer pays Rs 4290 for the table, then its manufacturing cost (in Rs) is

Mayank buys some candies for Rs 15 a dozen and an equal number of different candies for Rs 12 a dozen. He sells all for Rs 16.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 150. How many dozens of candies did he buy altogether?

A sugar merchant uses a weight of 1,200 gm instead of 1,000 gm while buying 1 kg of sugar. While selling 1 kg of sugar, he uses a weight of 800 gm instead of 1,000 gm. If the cost price per kg is equal to the selling price per kg, what was his profit/loss percentage?

Neeraj purchased two articles at the same cost. He sold one article at a profit of 20 % and the second article at Rs 240, more than the first article. If the net profit is 22%, then find the cost price of each article.

In a market, the price of medium quality mangoes is half that of good mangoes. A shopkeeper buys 80 kg good mangoes and 40 kg medium quality mangoes from the market and then sells all these at a common price which is 10% less than the price at which he bought the good ones. His overall profit is:

If a seller gives a discount of 15% on retail price, she still makes a profit of 2%. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of 20%?

Arman sells 51 chocolates at the cost price of 119 chocolates. He marks up his chocolates in such a way that the discount offered on 24 chocolates is equal to the profit earned on 21 chocolates. Find the sum of the following: the difference between the profit percentage and the discount percentage, and the markup percentage.

A retailer bought 96 cycles and sold 16 cycles at 12% profit, 25 cycles at 18% profit, 15 cycles at 20% profit and the remaining 40 cycles at 24% profit. If the cost price of each cycle is Rs. 1,600, then find his total profit.

If Fatima sells 60 identical toys at a 40% discount on the printed price, then she makes 20% profit. Ten of these toys are destroyed in fire. While selling the rest, how much discount should be given on the printed price so that she can make the same amount of profit?

Ram has some articles. He sells half of them at a profit of 20%, 1/3rd of the remaining at a profit of 25% and rest at 10% profit. If the profit the profit percentage is x, then find the value of 2x?

A shopkeeper spent a total of Rs. 528 to buy two types of rice. He sells both types at Rs. 5 per kg more than their respective cost prices and makes a total profit of Rs. 150. If the cost price of the first type is Rs. 4 less per kg than the second type and the quantities bought are in the ratio 3 : 2, what is the cost price (in Rs. per kg) of the second type of rice?

The ratio of the cost prices of two smartphones, first and second is 4:5. If the markup on the first smartphone is 25% and on the second one is 20%, and the discount offered on the first is 20% and on the second one is 10%, if the ratio of their selling prices is a: b then, find the minimum value of ( a + b)

Rohit runs a bookstore and he purchases 480 books from a distributor. He sells 30% of the books at a 35% profit, and then sells 25% of the remaining books at a 15% profit. At what percentage profit should he sell the remaining books so that he earns an overall profit of 20% on the total purchase? (Round off the answer to nearest integer)

Ravi purchased ‘p’ identical items at ₹1,000 each. He initially sold all items at a 20% discount at newly marked price. Subsequently, 25% of items were returned due to defects, which he later sold at an additional 25% discount on the already reduced price. If Ravi achieved an overall profit of 50%, determine the marked price (in ₹) of each non-defective item.

Ram buys some items. He sells the 20% of the items at 20% profit and half of the remaining items at 20% loss. What should be the markup percentage on the final remaining items such that, after giving a discount of 10% on them, he gets a profit of 10 % on the overall transaction?

A man cheats while buying as well as while selling. While buying he takes 20% more than what he pays for and while selling he gives 40% less. Find the profit percent, if he sells at the cost price of the claimed weight.

A coworking space charges a fixed fee plus a per-hour rate. In June, 100 hours cost ₹3000; in July, 140 hours cost ₹3800. In august, the fixed fee was removed, and the hourly rate was doubled for the first 50 hours. What is the owner’s profit or loss percentage for the first 50 hours only under the new plan compared to the original plan?

Meera went to a school carnival and decided to buy some bookmarks from a stall. The shopkeeper offered her a deal: if she paid ₹2 more, she could get the remaining 7 bookmarks. He also mentioned that by selling the bookmarks this way, she would save ₹2 per dozen bookmarks. If Meera had initially bought bookmarks for ₹1 only, how many bookmarks was she originally planning to purchase?

At a tech expo, a vendor first increased the price of a laptop by x% and then decreased the new price by x%. After this round of increase and decrease, the price of the laptop dropped by ₹ 2,000. After a second round of the same increase-then-decrease cycle, the laptop was finally sold for ₹46,080. What was the original price of the laptop?

Arjun bought a painting for ₹3,43,000, and Meera bought a sculpture for ₹10,64,800. The painting's value increases by 42.84% per year, and the sculpture's value decreases by 9.09% per year. After 3 years, they exchange their items. Find the positive difference between the percentage points of  percent gain/loss of Arjun and Meera?

Stores A, B, and C each had 600 books. Every book was sold at a 50% profit. Store A sold 10% fewer books than Store B, and Store B sold 20% more than Store C. Only the books sold generated profit; all unsold books were spoiled by rats and had no value. If Store A sold 540 books, what was Store C’s overall profit or loss percentage?

A clothing brand, TrendNest, is running a festive sale on its online store. It offers either a 20% discount or a flat ₹100 off on each marked price—whichever is lower. On a particular day, Aarav bought three clothing items for which he paid Rs.360, Rs. 400 and Rs. 450 respectively after applying the respective discount. What is the approximate (nearest to the integer) overall percentage discount Aarav receives on the total purchase?

Ramesh, a shopkeeper, claims to sell almonds at a 25% profit but delivers only 800g while charging for 1kg. One day, Rahul secretly swaps Ramesh's scale so that it shows 800g when it actually weighs 1kg. As a result, Ramesh unknowingly gives 1kg of almonds while charging for only 800g. What is the percentage change of Ramesh’s actual profit?

The ratio of the cost price to the selling price of the refrigerator is 10:11. The profit amount earned by the shopkeeper is 33.33% less than the discount amount offered by the shopkeeper. If the marked price of the refrigerator is Rs.4500, then find the cost price of the refrigerator?