Profit and loss MCQs

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Sonali Bank Ltd #551

A wholesaler sells goods to a retiler at profilt of 20%. The retailer sells to the customs ,Who pays 80% more than the cost of the wholesaler . What is the relater's profit?

A: 40%
B: 50%
C: 60%
D: 70%
Bangladesh Bank #552

Hasan sold an article for 56 taka which cost him x taka. If he had gained x% on his outlay , what was his cost ?

A: 40 taka
B: 45 taka
C: 36 taka
D: 25 taka
Probashi Kallyan Bank #553

An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Tk. 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. Its cost price would be__

A: Tk. 100
B: Tk. 150
C: Tk. 200
D: Tk. 250
Rupali Bank Ltd #554

if 5% gained by selling an article for BDT 350 than selling it for BDT 340 , the cost of the article is __

A: BDT 180
B: BDT 150
C: BDT 200
D: BDT 250
Probashi Kallyan Bank #555

A wholesaler sells goods to a retailer at a profit of 20% . The retailer sells to the customer , who pay 80% more than the cost of the wholesaler . what is the retailer's porfit?

A: 30%
B: 40%
C: 50%
D: 60%
Sonali Bank Ltd #556

A, B C center into partnership with investments in the ratio of 5:7:8. If at the end of the year A's share of profit is Tk. 42360, how much is the total profilt?

A: Tk. 169,440
B: Tk. 183,000
C: Tk. 196,700
D: Tk. 168,440
Exim Bank Ltd #557

A starts business with TK. 3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3. What is B's contribution in the capital?

A: TK. 9000
B: TK. 8500
C: TK. 8000
D: TK. 7500
Exim Bank Ltd #558

A fruit seller had some apples. He sold 40% of he apples and still has 420 apples left. How many apples did he have initially?

A: 588
B: 600
C: 672
D: 700
Exim Bank Ltd #559

A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of TK. 392, what was his profit?

A: TK. 18.20
B: TK.70
C: TK.72
D: TK.88
Exim Bank Ltd #560

How many kilogram of sugar costing TK. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing TK. 7 per kg so that there may be a again of 10% by selling the mixture at TK. 9.24 per kg?

A: 36 kg
B: 42 kg
C: 56 kg
D: 63 kg
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh Cashier #561

একটি কলম 11 টাকায় বিক্রয় করলে 10% লাভ হয়। কলমটির ক্রয়মূল্য কত?

ক: 9 টাকা
খ: 10 টাকা
গ: 11 টাকা
ঘ: 12 টাকা
Standard Bank Ltd #562

A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 20% and the whole sale dealer sells it to a retail merchant at a loss of 5%. Find the resultant profit or loss.

A: 14% loss
B: 14% gain
C: 12% gain
D: None of these
Combined Bank #563

A person saves Tk. 5000 in his bank account . If the bank gives 10% annual profit , how much will be his balance after 6 years?

A: Tk. 3000
B: Tk. 5000
C: Tk. 7000
D: Tk. 8000
Sonali Bank Ltd #564

A, B and enter into partneship with investments in the ratio of 5 :7:8 If, at the end of the year A's share of profit is Tk. 42360, how much is the total profit ?

A: Tk. 169,440
B: Tk. 183,000
C: Tk. 196,700
D: Tk. 168,440
Exim Bank Ltd #565

A and B invested in a business in the ratio of 3:2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is TK.855, then how much is the total profit?

A: TK. 1425
B: TK. 1500
C: TK. 1537.50
D: TK. 1576
Standard Bank Ltd #566

Three partners in a business shared a sum of TK. 1800/- in profits.What is the share of each if profits are shared in the ratio of 6:5:1 ?

A: TK. 1100, TK. 500, TK. 200
B: TK. 900, Tk. 800, TK.100
C: TK. 900, TK. 750, TK. 150
D: TK. 850, TK. 750, TK. 200
Sonali Bank Ltd #567

A wholesaler sells goods a retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer sells to the customer, who pays 80% more than of the wholesaler. What is the retailers profit?

A: 40%
B: 50%
C: 60%
D: 70%
Combined Bank #568

Two lots of onions with equal quantity, one costing Tk. 10 per kg and the other costing Tk. 15 per kg are mixed together and whole lot is sold at Tk. 15 per kg . What is the profit or loss?

A: 10% loss
B: 10 % profit
C: 20% loss
D: 20% profit
Combined Bank #569

A and B are partners in a business A contributes 1/4 of the capital for 15 months and B receives 2.3 of the profit . Find for how long B's money was used.

A: 6 months
B: 8 months
C: 10 months
D: 12 months
Combined Bank #570

The profit earned after selling an article for Tk. 3,362 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the article for Tk. 2,36. At what selling price will a trader make a 20% profit on this article?

A: 4639.4
B: 4769.6
C: 4830.8
D: None of these
Combined Bank #571

An article costs Tk. 500 and the marked price is mentioned as Tk. 800. What is the profit % for the seller it he sells and offers a discount of 10% on the marked price ?

A: 30%
B: 44%
C: 56%
D: 64%
Combined Bank #572

A shopkeeper gains 17% after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price of an article . Find his profit percent if the article is sold at marked price allowing no discount .

A: 30%
B: 37%
C: 23%
D: 27%
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #573

একজন দোকানদার ৭12% ক্ষতিতে একটি দ্রব্য বিক্রয় করল। যদি দ্রব্যটির ক্রয়মূল্য ১০% কম হত এবং বিক্রয়মূল্য ৩১ টাকা বেশি হত, তাহলে তার ২০% লাভ হত। দ্রব্যটির ক্রয়মুল্য কত?

ক: ১০০ টাকা
খ: ১৫০ টাকা
গ: ২০০ টাকা
ঘ: ৩০০ টাকা
Combined Bank #574

In a business A and C invested amounts in the ratio 2 : 1 whereas A and B invested amounts in the ratio 3 : 2 . If their annual profit be Tk. 157300, then B's share in the profit is

A: Tk. 24200
B: Tk. 48000
C: Tk. 48400
Combined Bank #575

Alam sold an item for Tk. 6,384 and incurred a loss of 30% . At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30% ?

A: Tk. 14,656
B: Tk. 11,856
C: Tk. 13,544
D: None of these
Combined Bank #576

Kiran purchased a scooter for Tk. 52000. He sold it at loss of 10% .With that money be purchased another scooter and sold it at profit of 20% What is his overall loss/ profit?

A: Tk. 2060 profit
B: Tk. 2560 loss
C: Tk. 1340 loss
D: Tk. 4160 profit
Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #577

Percent contributed to profits by each of the 6 divisions, p through U, of company Y for the year 2000 and 2001 . Division R contributed how much less to the profits of company Y in 2001 than in 2000?

A: Tk. 6000.00
B: Tk.3000.00
C: Tk. 180,000
D: Tk. 100, 00
IFIC Bank Ltd #578

Two chairs have been sold ,each for Tk. 3,600. On one 20% profit has been earned and on the other 20% loss has been incurred .What is total profit or loss ?

A: None
B: loss of Tk. 120
C: loss of tk. 300
D: Profit of Tk. 120
Sonali Bank Ltd #579

The ratio of investments of two partners P and Q is 7: 5 and ratio of thier profits is 7: 10. If P invested the money for months, find for how time did Q invest the money .

A: 10 months
B: 7 months
C: 8 months
D: 9 months
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank #580

একটি ,মোবাইল বিক্রেতা ক্রয়মূল্যর চেয়ে ২০% বেশি মূল্য নির্ধারণ করে এবং ১০% ছাড় দেয়। লাভের হার কত?

ক: ৮%
খ: ১০%
গ: ৪%
ঘ: ৫%
City Bank Ltd #581

A business has 1000 kg of rice, part of which he sells at 8% profi and rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. How much rice did he sell at 18% profit?

A: 400 kg
B: 600 kg
C: 640 kg
D: 700 kg
City Bank Ltd #582

Baki lives miles west of Raju's . Rafiq lives 3 lives north of Raju's house and 2 miles west of Diba's house. What is the straght line distance from Baki's House to Diba's house?

A: 5 miles
B: 6 miles
C: 7 miles
D: 10 miles
Pubali Bank Ltd #583

Peter purchased a machine for Tk. 80,000 and spent tk. 5000 on repair and Tk. 1000 on transport and sold it with 25% profit . At what price did he sell the machine?

A: Tk. 1,50,100
B: TK. 1,06, 250
C: Tk. 1,07, 500
D: TK. 1,17,500
Pubali Bank Ltd #584

when a plot is sold for TK. 18,700 , the owner loses 15% . At what price must the plot be sold in order to gain 15% ?

A: Tk. 21,000
B: Tk. 22, 500
C: TK. 25, 300
D: TK. 25, 800
City Bank Ltd #585

What is the rate of discount if a car that had a regular price of TK. 30,00,000 is sold for TK. 27, 90, 000?

A: 7%
B: 8%
C: 9%
D: 10%
Pubali Bank Ltd #586

10% loss on selling price is what percent loss on the cost price ?

A: 9111%
B: 9211%
C: 10%
D: 11%
Pubali Bank Ltd #587

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 :

A: 15
B: 16
C: 18
D: 25
Pubali Bank Ltd #588

The sale price of an article including the sales tax is TK. 616 . The rate of sales tax 10% If the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12% , then the cost price of the article is :

A: Tk. 500
B: Tk. 515
C: Tk. 550
D: TK. 600
Pubali Bank Ltd #589

At what profit percent must an article be sold so that by selling at half that price , there may be a loss of 30% ?

A: 25%
B: 36%
C: 40%
D: 42%
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #590

A manufacturer of TV wants to make a profit of Tk. 30000 on sale of 200 TV sets. It costs Tk. 10000 to make each of the first 100 TV sets and Tk. 7500 make each TV set after the first 100 sets. What should be the selling price of each TV set?

A: 10,250
B: 10,350
C: 10,500
D: 10,550
Exim Bank Ltd #591

A trader bought 100 identical pens at a total cost of TK. x . If he sold each pen at 50% above the original cost per pen, then, in terms of x , what was the selling price of each pen?

A: 3x200
B: 3x2
C: x100
D: x100+5
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #592

three business parners Q, R, and S agree to divide thier total profit for certain year in the ratios 2:5:5 respectively . If Q's share was Tk. 4000 what was the total profit of the business partners for the year?

A: Tk 26,000
B: Tk. 30,000
C: Tk. 52,000
D: Tk. 60,000
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #593

Asif purchased a ratio from a store and sold it to Rahim and made a profit of 20%. After few months, Rahim sold the same ratio to Fahad and incurred a loss of 15% . If Fahad bought the ratio for Tk. 510, What was the original price of the ratio?

A: 425
B: 450
C: 475
D: None of these
Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP) #594

১২ টি পেনসিলের ক্রয়মূল্য ৮ টি পেনসিলের বিক্রয়মূল্যের সমান, লাভের হার কত?

ক: ৫০%
Ministry of Health Office Assistant #595

একটি পণ্য ২০% ক্ষতিতে ৫৫২ টাকায় বিক্রয় করা হয় । পণ্যটির ক্রয়মূল্য কত?

ক: ৬৯০
Pubali Bank Ltd #596

A shopkeeper sells 25 articles at Tk. 45 per article after giving 10% discount and earns 50% profit.If the discount is not given, the profit gained is

A: 66%
B: 6623%
C: 60%
D: 6023%
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #597

P,Q and R start a business. P invests 3.5 times as much as Q invest and Q invest one third of what R does. If the gross profit is Tk. 1545 determine the share of P.

A: Tk. 618
B: Tk. 309
C: Tk. 720
D: Tk. 721
Cash Officer Recruitment Exam #598

5 টাকায় 4 টি আম ক্রয় করে 5 টাকায় 6টি দরে বিক্রি করলে শতকরা কত লাভ বা ক্ষতি হবে?

ক: 3515% লাভ
খ: 3313% লাভ
গ: 30% ক্ষতি
ঘ: 3313% ক্ষতি
Junior Officer #599

By selling an article for Tk. 100 a man gains Tk. 15 .Then, his gain % is -

A: 15%
B: 1223%
C: 1714%
D: 171117%
NRBC Bank Ltd #600

A man sold his watch at a loss of 5% . Had he sold it for Tk. 56.25 more he would have gained 10% . what was the cost on of the watch ?

A: 260
B: 280
C: 375
D: None of these