Multiple Choice QuestionsA sold a horse to B for ₹ 4800 by losing 20%. B sells it to C at a price which would have been given A a profit of 15%. B's gain is
₹ 1800
₹ 1900
₹ 2000
₹ 2000
A reduction of 21% in the price of an item enables a person to buy 3 kg more for ₹ 100. The reduced price of item per kg is
₹ 5.50
₹ 7.50
₹ 10.50
₹ 10.50
A shopkeeper buys 144 items at 90 paise each. On the way 20 items are broken. He sells the remainder at ₹ 1.20 each. His gain per cent correct to one place of decimal is
13.8%
14.6%
14.8%
14.8%
Two successive discounts of a% and b% on the marked price of an article are equivalent to the single discount of
(a + b)%
A tradesman marks his goods 30% more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of 
, then his gain percent is
22%
A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at ₹ 600 at two successive discounts of 15% and 20% respectively. He spent ₹ 28 on transportation and sold the chair for ₹ 545. His gain percent was
25%
30%
35%
35%
The marked price of a piano was ₹ 15,000. At the time of sale, there were successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 10% respectively on it. The sale price was
₹ 9,720
₹ 9,750
₹ 9,760
₹ 9,760
By selling 25 metres of cloth a trader gains the selling price of 5 metres of cloth. The gain of the trader in % is
25
20
28
28
An article is sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for ₹ 27 more, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article is
₹ 500
₹ 700
₹ 540
₹ 540
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