Previous Year Profit & Loss Quant Questions for SSC Tier-2 2017

October 2, 2017    

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Dear students, you know QUANT is a scoring portion and every chapter is important. So, we are providing 15 questions of Ratio and Proportion for Quant. Solve all these quizzes every day so that you can improve your accuracy and speed. We also provide miscellaneous QUANT QUESTIONS .So you can practice the chapter that takes more time to solve the QUESTIONS. 

Q1. A salesman mixes two varieties of tea, whose costs are Rs. 60 and Rs. 45 per kg respectively. In what proportion the two varieties are to be mixed so as to make a profit of 25% if the sale price be Rs. 62.50 per kg?
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 1 : 3
(d) 2 : 5


Q2. A publisher printed 3000 copies of a book for sale, the cost of each book being Rs. 7.00. He distributed 500 copies to different institutions free of cost. He allowed a book free of cost for each 24 books purchased. If the price of each book is fixed at Rs. 14.50. determine the rate of profit or loss of the publisher.
(a) 66% loss
(b) 66% profit
(c) 60% profit
(d) 60% loss

Q3. Bimalbabu sells two cars each of Rs. 99,000. He makes a profit of 10% on the first car, but incurs a loss of 10% on the second. What will be his percentage of profit or loss on the whole transaction?
(a) 1% profit
(b) 1% loss
(c) 4% profit
(d) 4% loss

Q4. A man purchased some eggs at the rate of Rs10 per dozen and again purchased 3/4 of them at the rate of Rs. 12 per dozen. Then he sold all eggs at the rate of Rs. 13 per dozen and made a profit of Rs. 30. Find the total number of eggs he purchased altogether.
(a) 8 dozens
(b) 9 dozens
(c) 10 dozens
(d) None of these

Q5. A soap manufacturer supplies soap to wholesaler at 15% profit, wholesaler supplies these to retailer at 20% profit and retailer sells it to the consumer at 25% profit. If for the consumer the price of soap be Rs. 17.25, what is the manufacturing cost of the soap?
(a) Rs. 10
(b) Rs. 9
(c) Rs. 12
(d) Rs. 8

Q6. A man sold an article at a loss of 12%. If he had sold for Rs. 56 more he would have gained 4%. What was the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 320
(b) Rs. 330
(c) Rs. 340
(d) Rs. 350

Q7. A dishonest tradesman marks his goods at an advance of 5 percent on the cost price, and uses a fraudulent balance whose beam is horizontal when the weight in one scale is one-fifth more than the weight in the other. What is his actual gain percent?
(a) 30.25%
(b) 32.25%
(c) 33.25%
(d) 31.25%

Q8. A man sells a television set at a profit of 10%. If he had bought it for 10% less and sold it for Rs. 360 less, he would have gained 20%. Find the cost price of the television set.
(a) Rs. 18000
(b) Rs. 18500
(c) Rs. 17000
(d) Rs. 19000

Q9. The C.P. of two shirts taken together is Rs. 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 shirts are respectively:
(a) Rs. 360, Rs. 480
(b) Rs. 480, Rs. 360
(c) Rs. 380, Rs. 460
(d) None of these

Q10. If sweets are bought at 15 for a rupee, how many must be sold for a rupee to gain 25%?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 8

Q11. A compact disc player when sold for Rs. 13,600 incurred a loss of 15 percent. At what price should it have been sold to make a profit of 35 percent on the cost?
(a) Rs. 21,600
(b) Rs. 20,400
(c) Rs. 19,600
(d) None of these

Q12. If the selling price of 20 articles is the same as the cost price of 23 articles, find the profit per cent.
(a) 15%
(b) 16%
(c) 8%
(d) 12%

Q13. Ramesh bought two boxes for Rs. 1300. He sold one box at a profit of 20% and the other box at a loss of 12%. If the selling price of both boxes is the same, find the cost price of each box.
(a) Rs. 650, Rs. 650
(b) Rs. 550, Rs. 750
(c) Rs. 450, Rs. 850
(d) None of these

Q14. A trader sells an article at a profit of 15%. If he had bought it for 15% less and had sold it for Rs. 7.80 less, he would have gained 20%. Find the cost price of the article.
(a) Rs. 65
(b) Rs. 80
(c) Rs. 60
(d) Rs. 70

Q15. Ram Kumar sold his motor cycle to Mohan at a loss of 28%. Mohan spent Rs. 1680 on its repairs and sold the motor cycle to Sohan for Rs. 35910, thereby, making a profit of 12.5%. Find the cost of the motor cycle for Ram Kumar.
(a) Rs. 38000
(b) Rs. 35000
(c) Rs. 40000
(d) Rs. 42000






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Previous Year Profit & Loss Quant Questions for SSC Tier-2 2017 4.5 5 Yateendra sahu October 2, 2017 Dear students, you know QUANT is a scoring portion and every chapter is important. So, we are providing 15 questions of Ratio and Propo...


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