Simple Profit and Loss Questions for SSC GD Exam
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Q1Selling price of an article is Rs. 4000. If the value of the loss is Rs. 1000, then what is the loss percentage?Q2Selling price of an article is Rs. 672. Profit percentage is 12 percent. What is the value of the profit?Q3A person sells an article at the loss of 10 percent. Cost price and selling price both are decreased by 20 percent. What will be the new loss percentage?Q450 percent of selling price of an article is equal to the 4/5 of the cost price of the article. What is the profit percentage?Q5Cost price of 10 articles is Rs. 182. Selling price of 12 articles is Rs. 182. What is the ratio of the value of profit/loss of 1 article to the cost price of 1 article? (Cost price of all the articles is same. Selling price of all the articles is same.)Q6Selling price and cost price of an article is Rs. 920 and Rs. 800 respectively. What is the profit percentage?Q7A person sells an article at the loss of 40 percent. Cost price and selling price both are decreased by 50 percent. What will be the new loss percentage?Q8Cost price of an article is Rs. 450. The profit percentage is 20 percent. What is the value of profit?Q9The difference between cost price and selling price of an article is Rs. 100. Profit percentage is 40 percent. What is the selling price of the article?Q10The difference between cost price and selling price of an article is Rs. 570. Loss percentage is 25 percent. What is the cost price of the article?Practice Free →Q11Cost price of 25 articles is Rs. 197. Selling price of 30 articles is Rs. 197. What is the ratio of the value of profit/loss of 1 article to the selling price of 1 article? (Cost price of all the articles is same. Selling price of all the articles is same.)Q12Ratio of the value of profit earned on an article to the selling price of the article is 3 : 8. What is the profit percentage?Q13Cost price of 15 articles is Rs. 197. Selling price of 12 articles is Rs. 197. What is the ratio of the value of profit/loss of 1 article to the selling price of 1 article? (Cost price of all the articles is same. Selling price of all the articles is same.)Q14The ratio of selling price of an article to the cost price of the article is 13 : 10. What is the profit percentage?Q15A person sells an article at the profit of 40 percent. Cost price and selling price are increased by 25 percent and 'y' percent respectively. If the new profit percentage is 20 percent, then what is the value of 'y'?Q16Cost price of 35 articles is Rs. 208. Selling price of 40 articles is Rs. 208. What is the ratio of the value of profit/loss of 1 article to the selling price of 1 article? (Cost price of all the articles is same. Selling price of all the articles is same.)Q17On selling an article at (13/15) of the marked price there is a profit of 30 percent. What will be the ratio of marked price of the article to its cost price of the article?Q18Selling price of an article is Rs. 336. Loss percentage is 30 percent. What is the cost price of the article?Q19A person sells an article at the profit of 50 percent. Cost price and selling price are increased by 40 percent and 'y' percent respectively. If the new profit percentage is 75 percent, then what is the value of 'y'?Q20The difference between cost price and selling price of an article is Rs. 800. Loss percentage is 25 percent. What is the selling price of the article?
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