Multiple Choice QuestionsNitin bought some oranges at ₹ 40 a dozen and an equal number at ₹ 30 a dozen. He sold them at ₹ 45 a dozen and made a profit of ₹ 480. The number of organes, he bought, was
48
60
72
72
60% of the cost price of an article is equal to 50% of its selling price. Then the percentage of profit or loss on the cost price is
20% loss
20% profit
20% profit
Maninder bought two horses at ₹ 40,000 each. He sold one horse at 15% gain, but had to sell the second horse at a loss. If he had suffered a loss of ₹ 3,600 on the whole transaction, then the selling price of the second horse is
₹ 30,000
₹ 30,200
₹ 30,300
₹ 30,300
A discount series of 10%, 20% and 40% is equal to a single discount of
56.80%
50%
70%
70%
A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer for ₹ 56,100 at a loss of 15%. Then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is
₹ 25,000
₹ 10,000
₹ 50,000
₹ 50,000
A loss of 19% gets converted into a profit of 17% when the selling price is increased by ₹ 162. The cost price of the article is
₹ 450
₹ 600
₹ 360
₹ 360
A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of ₹ 12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole outlay is
20%
17%
17%
A dealer sold two types of goods for ₹ 10,000 each. On one of them, he lost 20% and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or loss per cent in the entire transaction was
2% loss
2% gain
4% gain
4% gain
The cost price of 40 articles is the same as the selling price of 25 articles. Find the gain per cent.
65%
60%
15%
15%
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