231)

A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. His loss or gain percent is

A)

10% gain

B)

10% loss

C)

15% gain

D)

15% loss

232)

A cloth merchant on selling 33 metres of cloths obtains a profit equal to the selling price of 11 metres of cloth. The profit is

A)

25%

B)

50%

C)

60%

D)

75%

233)

12 copies of a book were sold for Rs.1800/- thereby gaining the cost price of 3 copies. The cost price of a copy is

A)

Rs 120

B)

Rs 125

C)

Rs 130

D)

Rs 150

234)

A reduction of 10% in the price of wheat enables a man to buy 50 grams of wheat more for a rupee. How much wheat could originally, he had for a rupee?

A)

100 grams

B)

250 grams

C)

450 grams

D)

500 grams

235)

An increase of 20% in the price of mangoes enables a person to purchase 4 mangoes less for Rs 40. The price of 15 mangoes before increase was

A)

Rs 30

B)

Rs 25

C)

Rs 20

D)

Rs 15

236)

If the cost of pins reduces by Rs.4 per dozen, 12 more pins can be purchased for Rs.48. The cost of pins per dozen after reduction is

A)

Rs.8

B)

Rs.12

C)

Rs.16

D)

Rs.20

237)

A shop keeper sells a badminton racket whose marked price is Rs 30, at a discount of 15% and gives a shuttle cock costing Rs. 1.50 free with each racket. Even then he makes a profit of 20% in racket. His cost price, per racket, is

A)

Rs 20

B)

Rs 19.75

C)

Rs 21

D)

Rs 21.75

238)

A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus gains 35%. The marked price is increased above the cost price by

A)

25%

B)

40%

C)

50%

D)

100%

239)

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 g instead of 1 kg. His gain percent is:

A)

12%

B)

\(11 {1 \over 9}\)%

C)

\(10 {1 \over 9}\)%

D)

10%

240)

A dishonest grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses weights which are 20% less than the marked weight. The total gain earned by him will be

A)

75%

B)

30%

C)

37.5%

D)

62.5%