Csat---math Questions

#1

A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and gets X% profit. However, when he sells it at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage of loss. What is the original cost of the article? [ U.P.S.C ( 2018 ) Pre. ]

Rs. 10 Rs. 20 Rs. 30 Rs. 40

#2

A person allows 10% discount for cash payment from the marked price of a toy and still he makes a 10% gain. What is the cost price of the toy which is marked Rs. 770 ? [ U.P.S.C ( 2016 ) Pre. ]

610 620 630 640

#3

Gopal bought a cell phone and sold it to Ram at 10 % profit . Then Ram wanted to sell it back to Gopal at 10 % loss .What will be Gopal’s position if he agreed ? [ U.P.S.C ( 2017 ) Pre. ]

Neither loss nor gain Loss 1 % Gain 1 % Gain 0.5 %

#4

The increase in the price of a certain item was 25 % . Then the price was decreased by 20 % and then again increased by 10 % . What is the resultant increase in the price ? [ U.P.S.C ( 2022 ) Pre. ]

5 % 10 % 12.5 % 15 %

#5

If Sohan, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other [ U.P.S.C ( 2014 ) Pre. ]

he makes no profit and no loss. he makes a profit of 1%. he suffers a loss of 1%. he suffers a loss of 2%

#6

A person bought a car and sold it for Rs. 3,00,000 . If he incurred a loss of 20 % , then how much did he spend to buy the car ? [ U.P.S.C ( 2020 ) Pre. ]

Rs. 3,60,000 Rs. 3,65,000 Rs. 3,70,000 Rs. 3,75,000

#7

Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile handsets of a specific company. But the retailer offered very good discount on that particular handset. Rakesh could buy 10 mobile handsets with the amount he had. What was the discount the retailer offered ? [ U.P.S.C ( 2019 ) Pre. ]

15 % 20 % 25 % 30 %