BASIC CONCEPTS – 1 PERCENTAGES AND PROFIT AND LOSS
1) A trader bought some Apples. 4% of them were spoiled in transport, 10% of the remaining got rotten and sold 90% of good o nes. If 540 Apples remained unsold, find the number of Apples that he bought? 1) !000 ") !"50 #) !500 4) !$50 ") A oonut tree was planted two &ears ago. It inreases at the rate of "0% e'er& &ear. If at present the height of the tree is 540 m, what was it when the tree was planted? 1) #"4 m ") #$5 m #) 400 m 4) 4#" m #) A man sores 4".5% and failed b& 5mar(s. If he sored 5".5% he would pass b& 15 mar(s then the minimum mar(s to pass is 1) "00 ") 100 #) 90 4) 0 4) In an e*amination, $0% students passed in +nglish, !5% passed in mathematis, "$% students failed in both the subets. If onl& "4 students passed in both the subets. -ind the total number of students appearing at the e*amination? 1) 400 ") $00 #) !00 4) 500 5) In the reentl& onduted / board e*amination a total of 5,00,000 students appeared. !0% of them were 1
females while the rest were males. ass perentage among females is ## 50%. hat is the pass perentage of the males? 1) !0% ") !".5%
#) $0%
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% and the o'erall pass perentage is
4) $5%
!) -resh fruit ontains $"% water b& weight where as dr& fruit ontains "0% water b& weight. hat is the weight of the dr& fruit obtained from "0 (gs of fresh fruit? 1) 5.! (gs ") !.5 (gs #) $.5 (gs 4) $.0 (gs $) In an eletion, 10% of the 'oters in the 'oter list did not 'ote and !0 'oters ast their ballet papers blan(. 2here were onl& two andidates. 2he winner was supported b& 4$% of all 'otes in the list and he got #0 'otes more than his ri'al. 2he number of 'oters on the list was. 1) #,!00 ") !,"00 #) 4,5$5 4) !0" ) 3eepi(a went to a fruit mar(et with a ertain amount of mone&. ith the mone& she has, she an bu& #0 apples or 50 mangoes. he retains "0% of her mone& for auto fare. If she bu&s "5 mangoes, how man& more apples an she bu&? 1) 9 ") 1" #) 15 4) one of these 9) 2here are 50 suessi'e perentage disounts gi'en in a series of "%, 4%, !%, %..... so on. hat is the net disount? 1) 9% ") ""50% #) 100% 4) Infinite 10) 2he entr& fee for a irus was s6 9. 7ater this was redued b& "5%, whih inreased the sale of ti(ets b& "0%. -ind the perentage inrease in the number of 'isitors. 1) 54 ") 5$ #) !0 4) !! 11) 8ne litre of water is e'aporated from ! litres of solution ontaining 4% of sugar. 2he perentage of sugar in the remaining solution is. 1) 1.4% ") 5."% #) 4.% 4) #.4% 1") te'en sa'es 10% of his total salar&. e*t &ear he inreases his e*penses b& "0% but his sa'ings remain same. hat is the perentage inrease in salar& ne*t &ear? 1) 10% ") 1!.!!% #) 1% 4) "0% 1#) In a maternit& entre 5% of all hild births result in twins. hat is the appro*imate perentage of twins out of total hildren born? 1) 5% ") $.!% #) 9.5% 4) 10.4% 14) An artile was sold at s.9!"5 at a loss of "# %. At what prie should it be sold for to gain "0%? 1) s.1"500 ") s.1#000 #) s.14000 4) one of these
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15) If lemons bought at the rate of " for s.50, ha'e to be sold at 40% profit, how man& lemons should be sold for s.100? 1) #0 ") 40 #) 50 4) one of these 1!) elling !0 mangoes a trader gains the selling piee of 10 mangoes. -ind his gain perent. 1) 15 ") "0 #) "5 4) one of these 1$) A trader mar(s his goods #0% abo'e the ost prie but allows "0% disount on mar(ed prie. hat is his profit perent? 1) # ") 4 #) 5 4) one of these 1) elling prie of 4 artiles ost prie of # artiles. 2he perentage profit or loss is ::::::: 1) "5% loss ") "5% profit #) $5% profit 4) $5% loss 19) 3ue to inrease in prie of eggs b& "0%, two eggs less were a'ailable for s."0. 2he present rate of eggs per do;en is ::::::: 1) "4 ") "0 #) "5 4) 1 "0) A musi s&stem was sold at a loss of 15%. If it were old s."000 more, there would ha'e been a gain of 10%. -ind the ost prie of the musi s&stem. 1) 5000 ") !000 #) $000 4) one of these "1) If goods are purhased at s.4500, and one third of them are sold at a profit of 10%, at what profit perent should the remaining be sold to obtain a profit of 15%. 1) 1".5% ") 15.5% #) 1$.5% 4) one of these "") A merhant uses dishonest means to ma(e profit b& announing that he sells at ost prie weighs 00 gm for e'er& 1000 gm. hat is his gain perent? 1) 10 ") "0 #) "5 4) one of these "#) An artile is sold at s.4000 for a loss of "0%. If it is sold at "0% more, what is the profit or loss perent? 1) o loss:no gain ") 4%profit #) 4 % loss 4) one of these "4) A man sells an artile at a profit of "5%.
ut still he is ma(ing a profit of "5% sine he has mi*ed some amount of water in the mil(. hat is the perentage of mil( in the mi*ture? 1) $5% ") 0% #) 5% 4) $0% "9) A shop(eeper mar(s up the prie of his produt b& 40%. If he inreases the disount from 5% to 10%, the profit would derease b& s6 14.
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