Averages, Percentages, Profit Loss and Interest

MBA CAT 2022
101

A trader cheats both his supplier and customer by using faulty weights.when he buys from the supplier,he takes 10% more than the indicated weight.when he sells to his customer,he gives 10% less than the indicated weight.if he sells at cost price(that is charges the c.p. of the indicated weight),what is the profit per.?pl. provide sol.

  • 20%
  • 22 2/9%
  • 11 1/9%
  • 10%

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102

The cost of production of a 50 kg bag of cement is rupees 90 and it is sold for rupees 120.the government imposes a tax of 10% of the cost of production.it the government changes its policy and levies the 10% tax on the s.p. instead of c.p,by what percent does the profit decrease(assuming the s.p is unchanged)?pl. provide sol.

  • 500/297%
  • 14 2/7%
  • 1/7%
  • 5/297%

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103

A person sold two washing machines,each for rupeer 8000.on one he gained 11 1/9% and on the other he lost 9 1/11%.find his overall loss or profit?pl. provide sol.

  • none of these
  • 2% loss
  • 2% profit
  • 2 2/99% profit

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104

If the discount given is equal to 25% of the s.p and the sale gives the trader a profit of 16 2/3% when calculated on his s.p,by what percent did he mark up the c.p before offering the discount?pl. provide sol.

  • 50%
  • 30%
  • 40%
  • 60%

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105

A trader cheats both his supplier and customer by using false weights.while buying from his supplier,he takes 10%more than the indicated weight.when he sells to his customer,he gives the customer a weight such that if 10% of that is added to the weight,the weight claimed by the trader is obtained.if he charges the c.p of the weight that he claims,find his profit per.?pl. provide sol.

  • 20%
  • 22 2/9%
  • 21 1/3%
  • 21%

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106
107

Chikloo buys 10 pens and sells 8 of then at the cost price of 10 pens . Net profit or loss?

108

the cost of printing a book has the following components-

paper 10%,printing ink 5%,labor 20%,power 25%,payment to author 40%
the book is sold at a profit of 25%.the paper cost goes up by 20% and labor charges goes up by 50%,while there is no changes in the cost of power,or the author's payment.


Q1-if the s.p remains unchanged,what is the profit percentage?
a .13%
b. 11 11/28%
c. 11 17/28%
d. 12 7/12%

Q2-if the manufacture increases the s.p by 4% and wants a profit of 18 2/11% by what percent should he reduce his expenditure on labor(at the increased cost)?
a. 6 2/3%
b. 6 1/3%
c. 3 1/3%
d. 3 2/3%
109

sudhir,tushar and uday start a business with rupees 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 respectively.sudhir stays for the entire year.Tushar leaves the business after two months but rejoins after another 4 months but only with 3/4th of his initial capital.Uday leaves after 3 months and rejoins after another 5 months but with only 4/5th of his capital.if the year end profit is rupees 27,900,how much more than tushar did uday get?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 12,400
  • 1500
  • 9300
  • 3100

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110

A and B starts a business with different capitals.A was to get 15% of the profit as salary and the rest was to be divided in the ratio of their investments.had the entire profit been distributed in the ratio of their investments,B would have got rupees 1350 more than what hhe actually got.what is B's actual share of profit?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 11,000
  • 16,500
  • 9,000
  • 7,650

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111

question is based on "stocks and exchange"-

ramesh wanted to invest an amount for a week.he also wanted to guarantee maximum returns on his investment.he was considering 3 alternatives for the investment.he can utilize each of these completely or partially along with the others .the alternatives are given below.

alternative 1:
invest in the mutual fund of X limited.if a rise occurs in the stock market hewould get 8% return.if a fall occurs in it,he would get -5% return.

alternative 2:
invest in the mutual funds of Y limited.if a rise occur in the stock market,he would get -4% return.if a fall occurs in it,he would get 3%return.

alternative:
invest in a bank which assures 0.15% return.

Q1. find the greatest assured return to ramesh?
a. 0.2%
b. 0.15%
c. 0.25%
d. 0.3%

Q2. find the strategy which will maximizt the assured return to ramesh.
a. equal investment in each alternative
b. 35% in alternative 1 and 65% in alternative 2
c. 40% in alternative 1 and 60% in alternative 2
d. 60% in alternative 1 and 40% in alternative 2

pl. provide sol. for both....
112

ajay,bharat, chandan and deepak are four friends.ajay purchase a cycle for rupees 1000.he sells it to bharat for a certain gain percentage.bharat in turn sells it for rupees 1500 to chandan who in turn sells it to deepak.the gain percentages of ajay, bharatand chauhan are in the arithmetic progression.had bharat sold the bicycle to deepak directly for the same rate for which chandan sold the cycle,then he would have made a profit of 62 1/2%.


Q1. what profit did bharat make on selling the cycle to chandan?
a. 450
b. 250
c. 200
d. 300

Q2. what profit did chandan make on selling the cycle to deepak?
a. 300
b. 450
c. 200
d. 650

pl. provide sol. for both........
113

the breadth of a rectangle decreases by 10% and then increases by 40%. by what percent should the length decrease so that the area remains the same?pl. provide sol also.

114

a new coach was appointed for a football team,in the middle of a season.after the new coach took over,the team won 85 5/7% of the 35 matches that it played.however,the overall performance of the team for the entire season was only 50%.what could be the minimum no. of matches the team played that season before the new coach took over?pl. provide sol. also

  • 21
  • 24
  • 27
  • 25

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115

ramesh got 210 marks which was 27 3/11% more than the firstr division cut-off mark.if somesh got 231 marks,how much more than the first division cut-off were his marks?pl. provide sol. also.

116

from 2003-2004,the number of boys in a class increased by 25% and the number of girls decreased by 16 2/3%.if girls form 25% of the total students in 2004,what percentage of the total students in 2003 are boys?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 30%
  • 66 2/3%
  • 60%
  • 33 1/3%

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117

the worth of a car depreciates by 4% every year.if the present worth of a car is rupees 6,00,000,what is its worth after 4 years(to the nearest thousands)?pl. provide sol. also.

118

in 2001,the transportation costs of an item is 35% of its manufacturing cost.from 2001 to 2002,the manufacturing cost of the item has gone up by 25%.the transportation cost in 2002 is 50% of the manufacturing cost in 2002.by what percentage should the total cost in 2002 be reduced so as to bring it back to 2001 level?(manufacturing cost+transportation cost=total cost)?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 38.88%
  • 21%
  • 28%
  • 33.33%

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119

if the profit and discount are both 10%,by what percent is the marked price more than the c.p?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 9 1/11%
  • 22 2/9%
  • 11 1/9%
  • 18 2/11%

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120

there are two numbers such that,if both of them are individually increased by 5 and then by the same percentage as they were increased in the first instance,each would result in 36.find the difference between the two number?pl. provide sol. also.

  • 24
  • 22
  • 23
  • 20

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