Price Reduce or Increase Aptitude Questions
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Q1A dealer sells a product at 15% profit. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹126 less, he would have gained 20%. Find the cost price.Q2A fruit seller sold mangoes at ₹600 per box last month. This month, he first increased the price by 10% due to transportation costs and then offered a discount of 15% on the increased price. What is the final price of one box of mangoes?Q3A man sells a bottle at a profit of 20 percent. If he reduces its selling price to Rs 250, he incurs a loss of 30 percent. What was the initial selling price of the bottle?Q4A certain number of tennis balls were purchased for Rs 450. Five more balls could have been purchased for the same amount if each ball was cheaper by Rs 15. The number of balls purchased was :Q5Sandeep sold a mattress at a loss of 35% . If he had sold it for Rs. 186 more, he would have gained a profit of 40% . The cost price of the mattress is:Q6Ravi sold a window at a loss of 42%. If he had sold it at a higher price of Rs 268, he would have made a profit of 25%. Find the cost price of the window.Q7A man sold an article for ₹150, there by gaining 20%. The cost price of the article (in ₹) was:Q8Some cricket balls were purchased for ₹900. Ten more balls could have been purchased for the same amount if each ball was cheaper by ₹30. Find the number of balls purchased (consider integral part only).Q9By increasing the selling price of sweets during a festival by 5%, a vendor increases his profit by 8%. Find his initial profit percent.Q10A fruit seller makes a profit of 30%, by selling pineapples at a certain price. If he charges ₹5 more for each pineapple, he can make a profit of 45%. Find the selling price of each pineapple in the first case. (correct to two decimal places)Practice Free →Q11A shopkeeper sold a table at a loss of 10%. If he had bought the same table for ₹100 less and sold it at a profit of 20%, he would have received ₹180 more than the initial selling price. Find the actual cost price (in ₹) of the table.Q12A shopkeeper increases the cost price of an article by 10% and sells it for ₹1331. Find the original cost price of the article.Q13An article is sold at a profit of 38%. If the cost price is increased by ₹20 and the selling price is reduced by ₹45, then the profit would be 37.5%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?Q14An article is sold at a profit of 32%. If the cost price is increased by ₹20 and the selling price is reduced by ₹42, then the profit would be 27.5%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?Q15An article was sold at a loss of 12%. If it was sold for ₹ 630 more, then there would have been a gain of 6%. Find the cost price of the article.Q16A person sells an article at the loss of 20 percent. Cost price and selling price are increased by 30 percent and 'y' percent respectively. If the new loss percentage is 10 percent, then what is the value of 'y'?Q17A shopkeeper sold a book at a loss of 6%. If the selling price had been increased by ₹960, there would have been a gain of 19%. What was the cost price (in ₹) of the book?Q18An article is sold at a profit of 21%. If the cost price is increased by ₹50 and the selling price is reduced by ₹69, then the profit would be 13.6%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?Q19An article is sold at a profit of 58%. If the cost price is increased by ₹20 and the selling price is reduced by ₹74, then the profit would be 52.5%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?Q20An article is sold at a profit of 38%. If the cost price is increased by ₹68 and the selling price is reduced by ₹54, then the profit would be 37.5%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?
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