mathematics mcqs to prepare for nts, kppsc, fpsc, ppsc and more | mcqpk.com

mathematics Mcqs

3501. A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is:________?
0

A. 12

B. 11

C. 10

D. 8

3502. A owns a house worth Rs. 10000. He sells it to B at a profit of 10% based on the worth of the house. B sells the house back to A at a loss of 10% in this transaction A gets:
0

A. Profit of Rs. 1000

B. Profit of Rs. 1100

C. Profit of Rs. 2000

D. No profit No loss

3503. A horse and a cow were sold for Rs. 12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20 % and the cow at a gain of 20 %. The entire transaction resulted in___________?
0

A. Gain of Rs. 2000

B. No loss or gain

C. Gain of Rs. 1000

D. Loss of Rs. 1000

3504. The cost price of an article which on being sold at a gain of 12 % yields Rs. 6 more than when it is sold at a loss of 12 % is:
0

A. Rs. 25

B. Rs. 20

C. Rs. 30

D. Rs. 24

3505. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?
0

A. Rs. 25,800

B. Rs. 22,500

C. Rs. 25,300

D. Rs. 21,000

3506. The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 4:5. The profit percent is:__________?
0

A. 10%

B. 30%

C. 20%

D. 25%

3507. The successive discounts 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of__________?
0

A. None of these

B. 29%

C. 38%

D. 35%

E. 32%

3508. A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?
0

A. Rs. 22000

B. Rs. 25000

C. Rs. 15000

D. None of these

E. Rs. 20000

3509. If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is:
0

A. 66.67%

B. 25%

C. 33.33%

D. 50%

3510. A man buys two articles for Rs.1980 each and he gains 10% on the first and loses 10% on the next. Find his total gain or loss percent?
0

A. 1% loss

B. 10% loss

C. no gain or no loss

D. 1% gain

3511. The cost price of 13 articles is equal to the selling price of 11 articles. Find the profit percent?
0

A. 18 2/11%

B. 15.33%

C. 16.67%

D. 30%

3512. A person purchased a TV set for Rs. 16000 and a DVD player for Rs. 6250. He sold both the items together for Rs. 31150. What percentage of profit did he make?
0

A. 35%

B. 45%

C. 30%

D. None of these

E. 40%

3513. A dealer purchased an article at 3/4 of its list price and sold 50% more than the list price. Find his gain percent?
0

A. 50%

B. 100%

C. 80%

D. 75%

3514. Rayyan purchased a refrigerator and a mobile phone for Rs. 15000 and Rs. 8000 respectively. He sold the refrigerator at a loss of 4 percent and the mobile phone at a profit of 10 percent. Overall he make a________?
0

A. loss of Rs. 100

B. profit of Rs. 200

C. profit of Rs. 100

D. None of these

E. loss of Rs. 200

3515. By selling 99 pens, a trader gains the cost of 33 pens. Find his gain percentage?
0

A. 50%

B. None of these

C. 33 1/3%

D. 25%

E. 66.67%

3516. A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40. Then how many shirts each costing Rs.32 he should purchase?
0

A. 7

B. 6

C. 10

D. 5

3517. By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should be sell to get a gain of 20%?
0

A. 8

B. 5

C. 10

D. 15

3518. By selling Toffees at 20 for a rupee, a man loses 40 %. To gain 20 %, for one rupee he must sell?
0

A. 25 toffees

B. 20 toffees

C. 24 toffees

D. 16 toffees

3519. 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:
0

A. Rs. 225

B. None of these

C. Rs. 250

D. Rs. 200

3520. A man purchases an electric heater whose printed price is 160 if he received two successive discounts of 20% and 10% he paid:
0

A. Rs. 115.20

B. Rs. 129.60

C. Rs. 119.60

D. Rs. 112

3521. Ramees sold two bicycles, each for Rs.990. If he made 10% profit on the first and 10% loss on the second, what is the total cost of both bicycles?
0

A. Rs.1891

B. Rs.1980

C. Rs.2000

D. Rs.1750

3522. A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 18%. The wholesaler sells the same to retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs. 30.09, there by earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is:________?
0

A. Rs. 16

B. Rs. 18

C. Rs. 17

D. Rs. 15

3523. The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 24% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs. 8339 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer table?
0

A. Rs. 6275

B. Rs. 5725

C. Rs. 5275

D. None of these

E. Rs. 6725

3524. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price for making 50% profit?
0

A. Rs. 920

B. Rs. 1060

C. Rs. 1200

D. Rs. 960

3525. A shopkeeper loses 15%, if an article is sold for Rs. 102. What should be the selling price of the article to gain 20%?
0

A. None of these

B. Rs. 138

C. Rs. 150

D. Rs. 132

E. Rs. 144

3526. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at Cost Price but still gets 20% profit by using a false weight. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram?
0

A. 833 1/2 grams

B. 833 1/3 grams

C. 855 1/2 grams

D. 875 2/7 grams

3527. By selling 50 meters of cloth. I gain the selling price of 15 meters. Find the gain percent?
0

A. 30%

B. 42 6/7%

C. 40%

D. 35%

3528. Jameel bought paper sheets for Rs. 7200 and spent Rs. 200 on transport. Paying Rs 600 he had 330 boxes made. Which he said at Rs. 28 each. What is his profit Percentage?
0

A. 40

B. None of these

C. 15.5

D. 60

3529. A dealer professing to sell at cost price uses a 900 gms weight for a kilogram. His gain percent is:________?
0

A. 11 1/9

B. 11

C. 9

D. 10

3530. By selling 12 pencils for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell in order to gain 20%?
0

A. 12

B. 8

C. 16

D. 9

3531. A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is:_________?
0

A. Rs.80

B. Rs.60

C. Rs.50

D. Rs.90

3532. A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
0

A. 6.17%

B. 8 1/3 %

C. 4.17%

D. 20%

3533. A reduction of 25% in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5kgs more for Rs.800, what is the reduced price for kg?
0

A. Rs.25

B. Rs.40

C. Rs.20

D. Rs.30

3534. Rahat purchased a refrigerator for Rs. 12500 after getting a discount of 20% on the labelled price. He spent Rs. 125 on transport and Rs. 250 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would be 10% if no discount was offered?
0

A. Rs. 17000

B. Rs. 17600

C. Rs. 15525

D. Rs. 16500

E. None of these

3535. A Shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is:
0

A. 45:56

B. 99:125

C. 50:61

D. None of these

3536. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
0

A. Rs. 2000

B. Rs. 2400

C. Rs. 2200

D. None of these

3537. Ramees professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 grms instead of a kg, what is the gain percent?
0

A. 11 1/9%

B. 11.22%

C. 11%

D. 10%

3538. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If the sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be:________?
0

A. 140

B. 120

C. 100

D. 40

3539. A man purchases 8 pens for Rs.9 and sells 9 pens for Rs.8, how much profit or loss does he make?
0

A. 20.98% profit

B. 20.89% profit

C. 20.98% loss

D. 20.89% loss

3540. A trader sells 85 meters of cloth for Rs. 8925 at the profit of Rs. 15 per metre of cloth. What is the cost price of one metre of cloth?
0

A. Rs. 90

B. Rs. 95

C. Rs. 80

D. Rs. 85

E. None of these

3541. A man sold two houses for Rs. 7.8 lakhs each. On the one, he gained 5% and on the other, he lost 5%. What percent is the effect of the sale on the whole?
0

A. 25% gain

B. 0.25 % gain

C. 25% loss

D. 0.25 % loss

3542. If goods be purchased for Rs.840 and one-fourth be sold at a loss of 20% at what gain percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
0

A. 33 1/3%

B. 35%

C. 33%

D. 30%

3543. A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and gains 25%. Find his false weight age?
0

A. 750 gms

B. 850 gms

C. 800 gms

D. 700 gms

3544. Aleem buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is:_________?
0

A. Rs. 1000

B. Rs. 3000

C. Rs. 2000

D. Rs. 2500

3545. A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the same rate. Find in what ration he much mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay?
0

A. 1:20

B. 1:06

C. 1:5

D. 2:05

3546. If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more. What is the cost price?
0

A. Rs. 1490

B. Rs. 1510

C. Rs. 1500

D. None of these

E. Rs. 1505

3547. The C.P of an article is 40% of the S.P. The percent that the S.P is of C.P is:________?
0

A. 40

B. 240

C. 250

D. 60

3548. If I purchased 11 books for Rs. 10 and sold all at the rate of 10 books for Rs. 11, the profit percent
0

A. 100%

B. 10%

C. 11%

D. 21%

3549. Haroon purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture. Approximately what price per kg should be sell the mixture to make 30% profit?
0

A. Rs. 14.80

B. Rs. 18.20

C. Rs. 15.40

D. Rs. 16.30

E. Rs. 15.60

3550. A shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he makes?
0

A. 3%

B. neither profit nor loss

C. 4%

D. 5%

Showing 3501 to 3550 of 3669 mcqs