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Download Profit and Loss Questions for CMAT<\/a><\/p>\n Get 5 CMAT mocks at just Rs.299<\/a><\/p>\n Download CMAT previous papers PDF<\/a><\/p>\n Question 1:\u00a0<\/b>An article when sold for 960 fetches 20% profit.What would be the percent profit \/loss if such 5 article are sold for Rs. 825\/-each?<\/p>\n a)\u00a03.125 % profit<\/p>\n b)\u00a03.125 % loss<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Neither profit nor loss<\/p>\n d)\u00a016.5 % profit<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 2:\u00a0<\/b>The owner of an electronics shop charges his customers 22% more than the cost price .If the customer paid Rs 10,980 for DVD player then the what was the cost price of that DVD?<\/p>\n a)\u00a08000<\/p>\n b)\u00a08800<\/p>\n c)\u00a09500<\/p>\n d)\u00a09200<\/p>\n e)\u00a0none of these<\/p>\n Question 3:\u00a0<\/b>An item was bought at Rs. X and sold at Rs. Y, there by earning a profit of 20%. Had the value of X been 15% less and the value of Y been Rs. 76 less, a profit of 30% would have been earned. What was the value of \u2018X\u2019<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 640<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs.400<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs.600<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs.800<\/p>\n e)\u00a0Rs.840<\/p>\n Question 4:\u00a0<\/b>Shri Ramlal purchased a TV set for Rs. 12,500 and spent Rs. 300 on transportation and Rs. 800 on installation. At what price should he sell it so as to earn an overall profit of 15% ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 14,560<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 14,375<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 15,460<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 15,375<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 5:\u00a0<\/b>A trader sells an item to a retailer at 20% discount, but charges 10% on the discounted price, for delivery and packaging. The retailer sells it for Rs. 2046 more, thereby earning a profit of 25%. At what price had the trader marked the item?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 9400<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 9000<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 8000<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 12000<\/p>\n e)\u00a0Rs. 9300<\/p>\n Download CMAT Previous Papers PDF<\/a><\/p>\n Take CMAT Mock Tests<\/a><\/p>\n Question 6:\u00a0<\/b>A starts a business with Rs. 2500. After one month from the start of the business, B joined with Rs. 4500 and A withdrew completely after eleven months from the start of the business. If the difference between A\u2019s and B\u2019s respective shares in the annual profit was Rs. 4800, what was the annual profit earned?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 14800<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 16800<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 14400<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 11400<\/p>\n e)\u00a0Rs. 15600<\/p>\n Question 7:\u00a0<\/b>Raghuvir bought 10 calculators and 16 watches for Rs. 56000 and sold them at an overall profit of 20%. At what price should he sell 15 calculators and 24 wathces so that he receives the same percentage of profit ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0100980<\/p>\n b)\u00a0116176<\/p>\n c)\u00a0121176<\/p>\n d)\u00a0100800<\/p>\n e)\u00a0124132<\/p>\n Question 8:\u00a0<\/b>There are two motor cycles’ (A and B) of equal cost price. Motorcycle A was sold at a profit of 14% and motorcycle B was sold for Rs.4,290\/\u00ad more than its cost price. The net profit earned after selling both the motor cycles (A and B) is 20%. What is the cost price of each motorcycle ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 16,500\/\u00ad<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 16,000\/\u00ad<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 15,500\/\u00ad<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 17,500\/\u00ad<\/p>\n e)\u00a0Rs. 17,000\/\u00ad<\/p>\n Question 9:\u00a0<\/b>A wholesaler blends two varieties of tea, one costing Rs. 60 per kilogram and another costing Rs. 105 per kilogram. The respective ratio of quantities they were mixed in was 7 : 2. If he sold the mixed variety at Rs. 100 per kilogram, how much was his profit percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0$34\\frac{2}{7}$<\/p>\n b)\u00a0$38\\frac{2}{5}$<\/p>\n c)\u00a0$32\\frac{2}{5}$<\/p>\n d)\u00a0$42\\frac{6}{7}$<\/p>\n e)\u00a0$48\\frac{6}{7}$<\/p>\n Question 10:\u00a0<\/b>A, B and C start a small business. A contributes 1\/5th of the total capital invested in the business. B contributes as much as A and C together. Total profit at the end of the year was Rs. 5,200. What was C\u2019s profit share ? (in Rupees)<\/p>\n a)\u00a01510<\/p>\n b)\u00a02510<\/p>\n c)\u00a01500<\/p>\n d)\u00a02560<\/p>\n e)\u00a01560<\/p>\n Question 11:\u00a0<\/b>The cost price of an item is two-third of its selling price. What is the gain\/loss percent on that item?<\/p>\n a)\u00a045<\/p>\n b)\u00a050<\/p>\n c)\u00a035<\/p>\n d)\u00a054<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 12:\u00a0<\/b>Mehul sold an item for Rs. 5.025 and incurred a loss of 25% At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 25% ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 8.375<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 10,500<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 8,250<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Cannot be determined<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 13:\u00a0<\/b>Sujit incurred a loss of 45 percent on selling art article for Rs. 3,740. What was the cost price of the article ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 5,725<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 5,080<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 6,250<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 6,400<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 14:\u00a0<\/b>A seller marks the price 50% above the cost price and gives 10% discount on an item.While selling, he cheats customer by giving 20% less in weight. Find his overall profit percent (approximate) ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a026%<\/p>\n b)\u00a065%<\/p>\n c)\u00a068%<\/p>\n d)\u00a072%<\/p>\n e)\u00a076%<\/p>\n Question 15:\u00a0<\/b>A DVD player was purchased for Rs 4,860. At what price should it be sold so that 25% profit is earned ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 6,225<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 6,275<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 6,075<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 6,025<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Take CMAT Mock Tests<\/a><\/p>\n Question 16:\u00a0<\/b>Maria earned a profit of 30% on selling an article for Rs 6110. What was the cost price of the article ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 5725<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 4080<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 5250<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 4400<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 17:\u00a0<\/b>2 persons start a business with an amount of 12000 and 15000 respectively and 3 months later a third person joins them with an amount of 20000. What will be the ratio in which the profit will be distributed at the end of the year?<\/p>\n a)\u00a04:6:7<\/p>\n b)\u00a04:1:3<\/p>\n c)\u00a04:4:3<\/p>\n d)\u00a04:5:5<\/p>\n e)\u00a04:7:6<\/p>\n Question 18:\u00a0<\/b>If SP = Rs. 84, % gain = 20%, then CP =?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 60<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 65<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 70<\/p>\n d)\u00a0RS. 75<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 19:\u00a0<\/b>Seema bought 20 pens, 8 packets of wax colours, 6 calculators and 7 pencil boxes, The price of one pen is Rs. 7, one packet of wax colour is for Rs. 22, one calculator is for Rs.175 and one pencil box costs Rs. 14 more than the combined price of one pen and one packet of wax colours. How much amount did Seema pay to the shopkeeper?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs. 491<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs. 1,725<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs. 1,667<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs. 1,527<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Question 20:\u00a0<\/b>Three men A, B and C start a business together. They invest Rs30000, Rs24000 and Rs42000 respectively in the beginning. After 4 months. B took out Rs6000 and C took out Rs10000. They get a profit of Rs11960 at the end of the year, B\u2019s share in the profit (approximately) is<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs2700<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs2803<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs2900<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs2790<\/p>\n e)\u00a0None of these<\/p>\n Enroll to CAT 2022 Complete Course<\/a><\/p>\n Answers & Solutions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let cost price of an article = $Rs.$ $100x$<\/p>\n If Selling price = Rs 960<\/p>\n => Profit % = $\\frac{960-100x}{100x} \\times 100=20$<\/p>\n => $960-100x=20x$<\/p>\n => $20x+100x=120x=960$<\/p>\n => $x=\\frac{960}{120}=8$<\/p>\n Thus, cost price of 1 article = $100 \\times 8 = Rs.$ $800$<\/p>\n If selling price = Rs. 825<\/p>\n $\\therefore$\u00a0Profit %<\/span><\/strong> = $\\frac{825-800}{800} \\times 100$<\/p>\n = $\\frac{25}{8} = 3.125\\%$<\/p>\n => Ans – (A)<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let cost price = $Rs. 100x$<\/p>\n Selling price = Rs. 10,980<\/p>\n =>\u00a0Profit % = $\\frac{10980 – 100x}{100x} \\times 100 = 22$<\/p>\n => $10980-100x=22x$<\/p>\n => $22x+100x=122x=10980$<\/p>\n => $x=\\frac{10980}{122} = 90$<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ Cost price = $100 \\times 90 = Rs. 9000$<\/p>\n => Ans – (E)<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n C.P. = $Rs. x$<\/p>\n S.P. = $Rs. y$<\/p>\n Profit % = $\\frac{y – x}{x} \\times 100 = 20$<\/p>\n => $\\frac{y – x}{x} = \\frac{20}{100} = \\frac{1}{5}$<\/p>\n => $5y – 5x = x$ => $6x = 5y$<\/p>\n => $y = \\frac{6 x}{5}$ ———–(i)<\/p>\n If,\u00a0value of X been 15% less and the value of Y been Rs. 76 less<\/p>\n => $x’ = \\frac{85}{100} \\times x = \\frac{17 x}{20}$<\/p>\n => $y’ = y – 76$<\/p>\n Profit % = $\\frac{y’ – x’}{x’} \\times 100 = 30$<\/p>\n => $\\frac{(y – 76) – (\\frac{17 x}{20})}{\\frac{17 x}{20}} = \\frac{30}{100} = \\frac{3}{10}$<\/p>\n => $10 \\times [(y – 76) – (\\frac{17 x}{20}] = 3 \\times \\frac{17 x}{20}$<\/p>\n => $10y – 760 – \\frac{170 x}{20} = \\frac{51 x}{20}$<\/p>\n => $10y – \\frac{221 x}{20} = 760$<\/p>\n Using, equaiton (i), we get :<\/p>\n => $(10 \\times \\frac{6 x}{5}) – \\frac{221 x}{20} = 760$<\/p>\n => $12x – \\frac{221 x}{20} = 760$<\/p>\n => $\\frac{19 x}{20} = 760$<\/p>\n => $x = 760 \\times \\frac{20}{19}$<\/p>\n => $x = 40 \\times 20 = Rs. 800$<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Cost price of TV = Rs. 12,500<\/p>\n Amount spent on transportation = Rs. 300 and installation = Rs. 800<\/p>\n Net spent = Rs. (12500 + 300 + 800) = Rs. 13,600<\/p>\n Let selling price = $Rs.x$<\/p>\n Profit % = $\\frac{x-13600}{13600} \\times 100=15$<\/p>\n => $x-13600=15 \\times 136$<\/p>\n => $x=2040+13600$<\/p>\n => $x=Rs.$ $15,640$<\/p>\n => Ans – (E)<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let Marked price of item = $Rs. 100x$<\/p>\n => Selling price of trader = Cost price of retailer = $100x \\times \\frac{80}{100} \\times \\frac{110}{100}$<\/p>\n = $Rs. 88x$<\/p>\n Selling price of retailer = $Rs. (88x + 2046)$<\/p>\n Profit % = $\\frac{(88x + 2046) – 88x}{88x} \\times 100 = 25$<\/p>\n => $\\frac{2046}{88x} = \\frac{25}{100} = \\frac{1}{4}$<\/p>\n => $x = \\frac{2046 \\times 4}{88} = 93$<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ Marked price = $100 \\times 93 = Rs. 9,300$<\/p>\n 6)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Amount invested by A = Rs. 2500 and by B = Rs. 4500<\/p>\n Both invested for 11 months.<\/p>\n Ratio of profit shared by A and B<\/p>\n = $(2500 \\times 11) : (4500 \\times 11)$<\/p>\n = $5 : 9$<\/p>\n Let total profit earned by A and B respectively = $Rs. 5x$ and $Rs. 9x$<\/p>\n => $9x – 5x = 4800$<\/p>\n => $x = \\frac{4800}{4} = 1200$<\/p>\n $\\therefore$ Total profit = $9x + 5x = 14x$<\/p>\n = $14 \\times 1200 = Rs. 16,800$<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total S.P. of 10 calculators and 16 watches<\/p>\n = $56,000 \\times \\frac{120}{100}$ = Rs. $67,200$<\/p>\n Multiplying by $\\frac{3}{2}$<\/p>\n => S.P. of 15 calculators and 24 watches<\/p>\n = $67,200 \\times \\frac{3}{2}$ = Rs. $1,00,800$<\/p>\n 8)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Cost price of both A and B be X. 9)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let wholesaler mixed 7 kg and 2 kg of tea of variety 60 Rs\/kg and 105 Rs\/kg respectively. 10)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let total contribution by A,B and C be’5x’. 11)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Given that ,<\/p>\n Cost price (cp) = $\\frac{2}{3}$ selling price(sp)<\/p>\n 12)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mehul Selling Price = Rs.5.025 Now again, Option A is the right answer.<\/p>\n 13)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Loss = 45% Cost price = $\\frac{3740}{0.55}$ = $6800$ 14)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the cost price be Rs 100 and amount of product be 100 gm<\/p>\n Now there is 50% markup so the marked price becomes Rs 150<\/p>\n Now after 10% discount on Marked price the selling price = Rs (150 – 15) = Rs 135<\/p>\n Now it is said that he only sale 80 % of the quantity So,<\/p>\n he is selling 80 gm in 135 Rs which means SP of 1 gm is = Rs 1.6875<\/p>\n Cost price of 1 gm = Rs 1<\/p>\n So profit percentage is 68.75 % ~ 68%<\/p>\n 15)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n The cost price of the DVD player is 4860. Hence, the selling price is 4860 * 125% = 6075<\/p>\n 16)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(E)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the cost price of the article be C. But, 1.3C = 6110 As this is not given in the options, the correct answer is option (e)<\/p>\n 17)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n As we know that the profit will be distributed in the ratio\u00a0of (money invested)*(Duration for which money was invested).<\/p>\n Hence, Ratio will be = 12000*12 : 15000*12 : 20000*9 = 4:5:5<\/p>\n 18)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n CP = (100\u00d7SP)\/((100+gain%))=(100\u00d784)\/120= Rs. 70<\/p>\n 19)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total amount = 20 x 7 + 8 x 22 + 6 x 175 + 7 x 43 20)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n The profits are divided in the ratio of [Investment X time period] So, B’s share in the profit will be $\\frac{240}{360+240+424} \\times 11960 = 2803.125 \\approx 2803$<\/p>\n
\nSP of A = 1.14 CP of A
\nSP of B = CP of B + 4290
\nNet profit after selling both bikes is 20%
\n1.2 (X+X) = SP of A +SP of B
\n1.2 (X+X) = 1.14 CP of A + CP of B + 4290 = 1.14X + X + 4290
\n2.4X = 2.14 X + 4290
\n0.26 X =4290
\nX = 16,500
\nOption A is the correct answer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nCost of tea of variety 60 Rs\/kg=$60\\times7$.
\n=Rs. 420.
\nCost of tea of variety 105 Rs\/kg=$105\\times2$.
\n=Rs. 210.
\nTotal cost=420+210.
\n=630.
\nSelling price=$9\\times100$.
\n=900.
\nProfit percentage=$\\frac{900-630}{630}\\times100$.
\n=$\\frac{300}{7}$.
\n=$42\\frac{6}{7}$.
\nHence, Option D is correct.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nA’s contribution=$\\frac{1}{5}\\times5x$.
\n=x.
\nLet B’s contribution be ‘y’
\nA’s contribution+B’s contribution+C’s contribution=5x.
\n<\/span><\/span>x+y+C’s contribution=5x.
\nC’s contribution=4x-y.
\nIt is given that,
\nA’s contribution+C’s contribution=B’s contribution.
\nx+4x-y=y.
\n5x=2y.
\n<\/span><\/span>A’s contribution=x.
\nB’s contribution=5x\/2.
\nC’s contribution=4x-5x\/2=3x\/2.
\nA’s contribution:B’s contribution:C’s contribution=$1:\\frac{5}{2}:\\frac{3}{2}$
\n=2:5:3.
\nSince time for contribution is same, therefore, their profit share must be in ratio of their contribution.
\nTotal profit=5200.
\nC’s profit=$\\frac{3}{10}\\times5200$.
\n=1560.
\nHence, Option E is correct.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nLoss = 25%
\nUsing S.P=C.P(1-(loss\/100)) ,
\nWe get S.P = 0.75C.P
\n=> C.P = Rs.6.7<\/p>\n
\nS.P=C.P(1+(profit\/100))
\nProfit=25 % and C.P.=6.7
\nWe get S.P = 1.25*6.7
\nS.P=Rs. 8.375<\/p>\n
\n=>$ 0.55* \\text{Cost price} = 3,740$<\/p>\n
\nHence, option E is the right answer.<\/p>\n
\nThe profit percentage is 25%<\/p>\n
\nAs the profit percentage is 30%, the selling price of the article is 1.3C<\/p>\n
\nSo, C = 6110\/1.3 =Rs. 4700<\/p>\n
\n= 140 + 176 + 900 + 301
\n= Rs1,667<\/p>\n
\nSo, this number for A is 30k X 12 = 360k
\nFor B it is 24k X 4 + 18k X 12 = 240k
\nFor C it is 42k X 4 + 32k X 8 = 424k<\/p>\n