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Download Profit And Loss Questions For SSC MTS<\/a><\/p>\n Take a free mock test for SSC MTS<\/a><\/p>\n SSC MTS Previous Papers<\/a> (Download PDF)<\/p>\n Question 1:\u00a0<\/b>A person sold a product for Rs.1200 and got 20% loss. If he needs to get 30% profit, then the price at which he needs to sell is?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs.2000<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs.1500<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs.1600<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs.1950<\/p>\n Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n Question 2:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 1000 and three successive discounts of 20% each are given. What is the profit\/loss if cost price=500 ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 14<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 12<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 13<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 11<\/p>\n Question 3:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 480 and cost price of article is marked up by 20%. If the profit percent is 20% then what is the discount offered ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a010<\/p>\n b)\u00a020<\/p>\n c)\u00a030<\/p>\n d)\u00a00<\/p>\n Question 4:\u00a0<\/b>A person bought 15 pens at Rs 10 each and sold 5 of them at Rs 8 and other 7 at Rs 12 and remaining at Rs 16. What is the profit\/loss percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a013.66%<\/p>\n b)\u00a012.33%<\/p>\n c)\u00a014.66%<\/p>\n d)\u00a012.66%<\/p>\n Question 5:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 400 and a discount of 10% is given. If profit percent is 30% then what is the cost price ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 260<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 270<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 285<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 277<\/p>\n SSC MTS Previous Papers PDF<\/a><\/p>\n Take a free mock test for SSC MTS<\/a><\/p>\n Question 6:\u00a0<\/b>Alan sold his two ipods for Rs 8400 each without any profit or loss. If he sold one of the mobile at 30% loss then at what profit percent should he sell the other mobile ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a055%<\/p>\n b)\u00a080%<\/p>\n c)\u00a060%<\/p>\n d)\u00a075%<\/p>\n Question 7:\u00a0<\/b>A person purchased 20 ice creams for Rs 15 each and sold each ice cream at a different price,every price is between 1 and 20 both inclusive then what is his loss\/profit percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a050 %<\/p>\n b)\u00a040 %<\/p>\n c)\u00a060 %<\/p>\n d)\u00a030 %<\/p>\n Question 8:\u00a0<\/b>Suraj bought a bike for Rs 10000 and sold it at 20% loss.If he had sold it for Rs 1500 more then what will be the loss percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a020 %<\/p>\n b)\u00a049\/3 %<\/p>\n c)\u00a050\/3 %<\/p>\n d)\u00a051\/3 %<\/p>\n Question 9:\u00a0<\/b>A person bought a bike for Rs 15000 and sold it at 20% profit. If he had sold the bike for Rs 1000 less then what is the loss or profit percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a010.33%<\/p>\n b)\u00a015.33%<\/p>\n c)\u00a013.33%<\/p>\n d)\u00a012.33%<\/p>\n Question 10:\u00a0<\/b>An article is marked up by 10% and a discount of 20% was given the find the profit\/loss percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a014%<\/p>\n b)\u00a012%<\/p>\n c)\u00a016%<\/p>\n d)\u00a010%<\/p>\n SSC Study Material (18000 Solved Questions)<\/a><\/p>\n General Science Notes for SSC Exams<\/a><\/p>\n Question 11:\u00a0<\/b>If the selling price of an article is 3 times its cost price then what is the profit percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0150%<\/p>\n b)\u00a0400%<\/p>\n c)\u00a0200%<\/p>\n d)\u00a0300%<\/p>\n Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n Question 12:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 500 and three successive discounts of 10% each are given. What is the profit\/loss if cost price=350 ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 14.5<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 12.5<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 13.5<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 11.5<\/p>\n Question 13:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 240 and cost price of article is marked up by 20%. If the profit percent is 10% then what is the discount offered ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a010<\/p>\n b)\u00a020<\/p>\n c)\u00a030<\/p>\n d)\u00a040<\/p>\n Question 14:\u00a0<\/b>A person bought 20 pens at Rs 12 each and sold 5 of them at Rs 10 and other 7 at Rs 14 and remaining at Rs 11. What is the profit\/loss percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a01.66%<\/p>\n b)\u00a02.33%<\/p>\n c)\u00a01.33%<\/p>\n d)\u00a02.66%<\/p>\n Question 15:\u00a0<\/b>Marked price of an article is Rs 300 and a discount of 20% is given. If profit percent is 20% then what is the cost price ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a0Rs 210<\/p>\n b)\u00a0Rs 200<\/p>\n c)\u00a0Rs 180<\/p>\n d)\u00a0Rs 220<\/p>\n Question 16:\u00a0<\/b>Arif sold his two mobiles for Rs 5000 each without any profit or loss. If he sold one of the mobile at 20% loss then at what profit percent should he sell the other mobile ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a025%<\/p>\n b)\u00a020%<\/p>\n c)\u00a030%<\/p>\n d)\u00a035%<\/p>\n Question 17:\u00a0<\/b>A person purchased 20 apples for Rs 11 each and sold each apple at a different price,every price is between 1 and 20 both inclusive then what is his loss\/profit percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a050\/11 %<\/p>\n b)\u00a040\/11 %<\/p>\n c)\u00a060\/11 %<\/p>\n d)\u00a070\/11 %<\/p>\n Question 18:\u00a0<\/b>Kiran bought a mobile for Rs 15000 and sold it at 30% loss.If he had sold it for Rs 2000 more then what will be the loss percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a020%<\/p>\n b)\u00a049\/3 %<\/p>\n c)\u00a050\/3 %<\/p>\n d)\u00a051\/3 %<\/p>\n Question 19:\u00a0<\/b>A person bought a bike for Rs 20000 and sold it at 20% loss. If he had sold the bike for Rs 1000 more then what is the loss or profit percent ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a010%<\/p>\n b)\u00a015%<\/p>\n c)\u00a012%<\/p>\n d)\u00a018%<\/p>\n Question 20:\u00a0<\/b>An article is marked up by 20% and a discount of 30% was given the find the profit\/loss percentage ?<\/p>\n a)\u00a014%<\/p>\n b)\u00a012%<\/p>\n c)\u00a016%<\/p>\n d)\u00a010%<\/p>\n 200+ SSC Important Practice Sets<\/a><\/p>\n General Knowledge Q&A for Competitive Exams (Download PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n Answers & Solutions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Given Selling Price = Rs.1200 2)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=1000 3)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=480 4)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total cost price=15*10 5)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=400 6)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total SP=16800 7)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(D)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total Cost price=20*15 8)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Cost price=10000 9)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Given CP=Rs 15000 10)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n let the cost price be 100 11)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let the cost price be x 12)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=500 13)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=240 14)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total cost price=20*12 15)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP=300 16)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total SP=10000 17)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n Total Cost price=20*11 18)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(C)<\/strong><\/p>\n Cost price=15000 19)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(B)<\/strong><\/p>\n Given CP=Rs 20000 20)\u00a0Answer\u00a0(A)<\/strong><\/p>\n let the cost price be 100
\nLoss percentage = 20%
\nThen, Cost Price of the product = $1200 \\times \\dfrac{100}{100-20} = 1200 \\times \\dfrac{100}{80} = Rs.1500$
\nRequired Profit percentage = 30%
\nThen, the required Selling Price = 130% of Rs.1500 = Rs.1950<\/p>\n
\nThree successive discounts of 20% each and so SP=1000*(80\/100)(80\/100)(80\/100)
\nSP=512
\nProfit=512-500
\n=12<\/p>\n
\n1.2*CP=480
\nCP=400
\nSP=MP-d
\nSP=480-d
\n$\\frac{480-d-400}{400}\\times100$=20
\n80-d=80
\nd=0<\/p>\n
\n=150
\nTotal selling price=5*8+12*7+3*16
\n=40+84+48
\n=172
\nProfit percent=$\\frac{172-150}{150}\\times100$
\n=14.66%<\/p>\n
\nSP=MP-discount
\nSP=400*90\/100
\nSP=360
\nCost price=360*10\/13
\nCost price=Rs 277<\/p>\n
\nCost price of 1st mobile=8400(100\/70)
\n=12000
\nSelling price of 2nd mobile=8400
\nCost price of 2nd mobile=16800-12000
\n=4800
\nProfit percent=$\\frac{8400-4800}{4800}\\times100$
\n=75%<\/p>\n
\n=300
\nAs we have 20 different prices and 20 apples and eah apple is sold at a different price and so
\nTotal SP=1+2+3+4\u2026..20
\n=$\\frac{20(20+1)}{2}$
\n=210
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{300-210}{300}\\times100$
\n=30%<\/p>\n
\nSelling price=(80\/100)*10000
\n=80000
\nNew selling price=8000+1500
\n=9500
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{10000-9500}{10000}\\times100$
\n=5 %<\/p>\n
\nSP=(120\/100)*15000
\n=18000
\nNew selling price=18000-1000
\n=17000
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{17000-15000}{15000}\\times100$
\n=13.33%<\/p>\n
\nMarked price =100*1.1=110
\nSP=MP-discount
\n=110-110*(20\/100)
\n=88
\nLoss=100-88
\n=12
\nLoss percent=(12\/100)*100
\n=12%<\/p>\n
\nSelling price=3x
\nProfit percent=$\\frac{3x-x}{x}\\times100$
\n=200%<\/p>\n
\nThree successive discounts of 10% each and so SP=500*(90\/100)(90\/100)(90\/100)
\nSP=364.5
\nProfit=364.5-350
\n=14.5<\/p>\n
\n1.2*CP=240
\nCP=200
\nSP=MP-d
\nSP=240-d
\n$\\frac{240-d-200}{200}\\times100$=10
\n40-d=20
\nd=20<\/p>\n
\n=240
\nTotal selling price=5*10+14*7+8*11
\n=50+98+88
\n=236
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{240-236}{240}\\times100$
\n=1.66%<\/p>\n
\nSP=MP-discount
\nSP=300*80\/100
\nSP=240
\nCost price=240*100\/120
\nCost price=Rs 200<\/p>\n
\nCost price of 1st mobile=5000(100\/80)
\n=6000
\nSelling price of 2nd mobile=5000
\nCost price of 2nd mobile=10000-6000
\n=4000
\nProfit percent=$\\frac{5000-4000}{4000}\\times100$
\n=25%<\/p>\n
\n=220
\nAs we have 20 different prices and 20 apples and eah apple is sold at a different price and so
\nTotal SP=1+2+3+4\u2026..20
\n=$\\frac{20(20+1)}{2}$
\n=210
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{220-210}{220}\\times100$
\n=50\/11 %<\/p>\n
\nSelling price=(70\/100)*15000
\n=10500
\nNew selling price=10500+2000
\n=12500
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{15000-12500}{15000}\\times100$
\n=250000\/15000
\n=50\/3 %<\/p>\n
\nSP=(80\/100)*20000
\n=16000
\nNew selling price=16000+1000
\n=17000
\nLoss percent=$\\frac{20000-17000}{20000}\\times100$
\n=15%<\/p>\n
\nMarked price =100*1.2=120
\nSP=MP-discount
\n=120-120*(30\/100)
\n=86
\nLoss=100-86
\n=14
\nLoss percent=(14\/100)*100
\n=14%<\/p>\n