1. Sri Ganesh bought 40 kgs of wheat at Rs. 12.50 per kg and 25 kgs of it at Rs. 15.10 per kg. He mixed them together. At what rate should he sell the mixture to earn 10% proflt ?
(1) Rs. 13.50
(2) Rs. 13.25
(3) Rs. 14.75
(4) Rs. 14.85
(5) None of these

2. The proflt earned after selling an article for Rs. 1,516 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs. 1,112. What is the cost price of the article ?
(1) Rs. 1,314
(2) Rs. 1,343
(3) Rs. 1,414
(4) Rs. 1,434
(5) None of these

3. The proflt earned after selling an article for Rs. 1,754 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs. 1,492. What is the cost price of the article ?
(1) Rs. 1,623
(2) Rs. 1,523
(3) Rs. 1,689
(4) Rs. 1,589
(5) None of these

4. Giridhar purchased 100 sarees @ Rs. 450 per piece. While selling he offered 10% discount on the labelled price and earned a proflt of 20%. What was the labelled price of each saree ?
(1) Rs. 540
(2) Rs. 650
(3) Rs. 590
(4) Rs. 600
(5) None of these

5. Vinod makes a proflt of Rs. 110 if he sells a certain number of pencils he has at the price of Rs. 2.5 per pencil and incurs a loss of Rs. 55 if he sells the same number of pencils for Rs. 1.75 per pencil. How many pencils does Vinod have ?
(1) 220
(2) 240
(3) 200
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

6. A shopkeeper bought 30kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.45 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg. should he sell the remaining quantity to make 25 per cent overall proflt ?
(1) Rs. 54
(2) Rs. 52
(3) Rs. 50
(4) Rs. 60
(5) Rs. 5

7. Meenal purchased a car for Rs. 2,50,000 and sold it for Rs. 3,48,000. What is the per cent profit she made on the car ?
(1) 40
(2) 39.2
(3) 38.4
(4) 38
(5) None of these

8. Rajni purchased a mobile phone and a refrigerator for Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively. She sold the refrigerator at a loss of 12 per cent and mobile phone at a proflt of 8 per cent. What is her overall loss/ profit ?
(1) Loss of Rs. 280
(2) Profit of Rs. 2,160
(3) Loss of Rs. 240
(4) Profit of Rs.2,060
(5) None of these

9. A shopkeeper sells notebooks at the rate of Rs. 45 each and earns a commission of 4%. He also sells pencil box at the rate of Rs. 80 each and earns a commission of 20%. How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells 10 notebooks and 6 pencil boxes a day ?
(1) Rs. 1,956
(2) Rs. 1,586
(3) Rs. 1,496
(4) Rs. 1,596
(5) None of these

10. A man sold a wristwatch for Rs. 2,400 at a loss of twenty five percent. At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a proflt of twenty five per cent ?
(1) Rs. 3,600
(2) Rs. 4,000
(3) Rs. 3,500
(4) Rs. 3,800
(5) None of these

11. Deepa bought a calculator with 30% discount on the listed price. Had she not got the discount, she would have paid Rs. 82.50 extra. At what price did she buy the calculator ?
(1) Rs. 192.50
(2) Rs. 275
(3) Rs. 117.85
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

12. Naresh purchased a TV set for Rs. 11,250 after getting discount of 10% on the labelled price. He spent Rs. 150 on transport and Rs. 800 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the proflt earned would have been 15% if no discount was offered ?
(1) Rs. 12937.50
(2) Rs. 14,030
(3) Rs. 13,450
(4) Rs. 15467.50
(5) None of these

13. Manoj sold an article for Rs. 15,000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price ?
(1) Rs. 12,500
(2) Rs. 13,500
(3) Rs. 12,250
(4) Rs. 13,250
(5) None of these

14. A man buys a single apple for Rs. 25. If he were to buy a dozen apples, he would have to pay a total amount of Rs. 250. What would be the approximate percent discount he would get on buying a dozen apples ?
(1) 32
(2) 20
(3) 12
(4) 8
(5) 17

15. A discount of 15% is given on the marked price of an article. The shopkeeper charges sales tax of 6% on the discounted price. If the selling price be Rs. 1081.20, what is the marked price of the article ?
(1) Rs. 1185.20
(2) Rs. 1250.20
(3) Rs. 302
(4) Rs. 1200
(5) None of these

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