Successive Selling Questions for Railway Exams
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Q1A shopkeeper marks an item at ₹4,000. During a festival, he first offers a discount of 25% on the marked price. After a week, he increases the discounted price by 20% to earn more profit. What is the final selling price of the item after these successive changes?Q2A shopkeeper sells an article to A at a profit of 20%. A sells it to B at a profit of 25%. If B pays ₹3,000, what is the cost price of the article for the shopkeeper?Q3Harish bought an article for ₹347 and sold it to Renu at a loss of 6%. With this amount, Harish bought another article and sold it at a gain of 65%. What is Harish's overall gain percentage?Q4A trader buys a mobile phone for ₹8000, spends ₹500 on repairs, and sells it at a profit of 20% on the total cost. Later, the buyer resells it at a loss of 25%. What price does the final buyer pay for the mobile phone?Q5P sells an item to Q and earns 12% profit. Q sells it to R and earns a profit of ₹26. If the item was sold to R directly by P at the same price, the percentage of profit would have been 25%. The cost price of the item is ₹_____.Q6A shopkeeper buys a laptop for ₹40,000. He first sells it at a 20% profit. Later, the buyer sells it to another person at a 10% loss. What is the final selling price of the laptop?Q7Sohan sells a water bottle to Ronak at 28% profit. Ronak sells the water bottle to Rahul at a profit of 12.5%. If Rahul paid ₹288 for the water bottle, then for how much did Sohan buy it?Q8'A' buys an air conditioner for ₹1,50,000 and sells it to 'B' at a loss of 30%. 'B' then sells it to 'C' at a profit of 5% on his cost price. What is the cost price (in ₹) of the air conditioner for 'C'?Q9An item is sold to C by B, and then to D by C. Both B and C earn an equal profit of 12%, and the selling price to D is ₹313.60. What is the cost price (in ₹) of the item to B?Q10Meera purchased 23 bracelets at ₹160 each. At what rate per bracelet must she sell them to earn a 15% profit?Practice Free →Q11If the profit on selling an article for ₹986 is the same as the loss incurred on selling it for ₹726, then the cost price of the article is:Q12Manu purchased a microwave for ₹ 12,000 and sold it to Anuj at a loss of 12.5%. Anuj sold it to Rani at a profit of 20% and Rani sold it to Priya at a profit of 62/3% . Find the price at which Priya purchased it.Q13A shopkeeper calculates his profit per cent on the selling price and his profit is 6.25%. Find his actual profit percentage.Q14If the cost price of 60 guavas is equal to the selling price of 45 guavas, what is the profit percentage (rounded off to 2 decimal places)?Q15Ramesh bought an article for ₹5,000 and sold it to Suresh at a profit of 20%. Suresh then sold it further at a loss of 10%. For how much did Suresh sell the article?Q16The total cost of 10 mangoes and 13 apples is ₹134 and the cost of 4 apples is ₹13 less than that of 15 mangoes. Then find the price (in rupees) of a mango and an apple, respectively.Q17A person sells an article for ₹3,450 and earns a profit of 15%. Find the cost price of the article.Q18A dealer incurs a loss of 5% if he sells an article for ₹1805. At what price must he sell the article so as to gain 5% on that article?Q19A fruit seller has 24 kg apples worth ₹3,600. He sells 12 kg apples at a gain of 20% and the remaining at a loss of 10%. Find his gain or loss (in ₹).Q20P sells an item to R at a profit of 10%, and R sells it to Q at a profit of 5%. What would have been P's profit percentage if he had sold the item directly to Q at the price R sold it?
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