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(Sample Material) CSAT Online Coaching : Basic Numeracy "Profit & Loss"
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Subject: Basic Numeracy
Topic: Profit & Loss
1. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs.20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs.36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.30 per kg. His profit percent is:
(a) 6%
(b) 5%
(c) 11%
(d) 10%
2. A trader mixes three varieties of groundnuts costing Rs. 50, Rs. 20 and Rs. 30 per kg in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3 in terms of weight, and sells the mixture at Rs. 33 per kg. What percentage of profit does he make?
(a) 8%
(b) 3%
(c) 11%.
(d) 10%
3. A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of Rs. 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to:
(a) Rs. 111
(b) Rs. 150
(c) Rs. 110
(d) Rs. 130
4. The C.P. of two watches taken together is ` 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12%, there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P of the two watches are respectively:
(a) ` 360, ` 480
(b) ` 500, ` 360
(c) ` 360, ` 460
(d) ` 400, ` 440