(Sample Material) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Study Kit "Numerical Ability - Profit and Loss"
Sample Materials of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Study Kit
Subject: Numerical Ability
Topic: Profit and Loss
1. A trader professes to sell his goods at a cost price but he uses a false weight of 800 g for 1 kg. Find his gain per cent.
(1) 25%
(2) 21%
(3) 18%
(4) 16%
(5) None of these
2. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 20% on selling a book at a 16% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price is
(1) 5 : 6
(2) 5 : 7
(3) 7 : 10
(4) 6 : 11
(5) None of these
3. The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is 25 : 26. What is the profit per cent on it?
(1) 5%
(2) 3%
(3) 4%
(4) 8%
(5) None of these
4. A man buys two hens for ` 500 each. He sold one for 15% profit and other for 5% loss. Find his profit percentage.
(1) 5%
(2) 10%
(3) 15%
(4) 12%
(5) None of these
5. Successive discount of 10% and 10% are equivalent to a single discount of.
(1) 19%
(2) 20%
(3) 21%
(4) 18%
(5) None of these
