Profit and loss For SBI PO Set – 9

1) Call rate of a sim company-A is 1 paisa for every 3 seconds. Another sim company –B charged 45 paisa per minute. A man talked 591 seconds from sim company –A and 780 second from sim company-B. What would be the total amount the spent?

a) Rs.7.80

b) Rs.7.40

c) Rs.7.46

d) Rs.7.82

e) Rs.8.46

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d) Rs.7.82 

2) Rohit has some 50 paisa coins, some 1 rupee coins, some 2 rupee coins and some 5 rupee coins. The value of all the coins is Rs.50. Number of 2 rupee coins is 5 more than that of the 5 rupee coins. 50 paisa coins are double in number than 1 rupee coins. Value of 50 paisa coins and 1 rupee coins is Rs.26. How many 2 rupee coins does he have?

a) 4

b) 2

c) 7

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

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 c) 7  

3) Veena’s monthly income is equal to the cost of 34 kg of nuts. Coot of 10 kg of nuts is equal to the cost of 20 kg of apples. If cost of 12 kg of apples is Rs.1,500, what is Veena’s annual salary?

a) Rs.1,20,000

b) Rs.1,02,000

c) Rs.2,20,000

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

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b) Rs.1,02,000

4) A man sold a wrist watch for Rs. 2400 at a loss of twenty five percent. At what rate should he have sold the write watch to earn a profit of twenty five percent?

a) Rs. 3600

b) Rs. 4000

c) Rs. 3500

d) Rs. 3800

e) None of these

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b) Rs. 4000 

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:

a) Rs.45

b) Rs.50

c) Rs.55

d) Rs.60

e) None of these

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 d) Rs.60

6) If 2/3 part of an article is sold at 30% profit, 1/4 part at 16% profit and remaining part at 12% profit and finally, there is a profit of Rs.75, then find the cost price of the article.

a) 200

b) 300

c) 400

d) 600

e) None of these

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b) 300 

7) Abhishek purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?

a) 5.4

b) 5.6

c) 6.5

d) 4.5

e) None of these

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 b) 5.6

8) A material is purchased for Rs. 600. If one fourth of the material is sold at a loss of 20% and the remaining at a gain of 10%, Find out the overall gain or loss percentage?

a) 3 ½%

b) 2 ½%

c) 3%

d) 2%

e) None of these

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  b) 2 ½%

9) A chair and a table together cost Rs 1800. If by selling the table at a profit of 15% and the chair at a loss of 10% a total profit of 6% is made, then what is the cost price of the chair?

a) Rs 890

b) Rs 844

c) Rs 648

d) Rs 728

e) None of these

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 c) Rs 648

10) Sonika spent Rs.45,760 on the interior decoration for her home,Rs.27896 on buying air conditioner and the remaining 28% of the total amount she had as cash with her. What was her total amount?

a) Rs.98540

b) RS. 102300

c) Rs.134560

d) Rs.143200

e) None of these

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 b) RS. 102300