Practice Quiz on Profit and Loss for UGC NET 2021

1. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

2. A man buys a pot for Rs. 25 and sells it for Rs. 30. Find his gain percent.

3. A woman buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

4. A man buys 8 pens for Rs 9 and sells 9 pens for 8 Rs. How much loss or profit does he make ?

5. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:

6. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 950 grams for the kg weight. Find his gain per cent.

7. 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:

8. By selling goods for Rs 352.88, a man lost 12%. Find the cost price.

9. By selling a goat for Rs. 570, a tradesman would lose 5%. At what price must he sell it to gain 5%?

10. A book costing 15 Rs was sold for 18 Rs. What is the gain percent ?