Shyam is a greedy shopkeeper who always cheats in his dealings. He uses a faulty machine which reads 500 grams as 580 grams. A customer bought 500 grams of rice but instead of 500 grams he had to pay for 580 grams. Calculate the profit/loss percent of Shyam if the cost price and selling price of rice is Rs. 20/kg and Rs. 30/kg respectively.

A shopkeeper cheats both his dealer and customer, he cheats his dealer by 25% (takes 1.25 kg sugar instead of 1 kg) and cheats his customer by 20% (give 0.8 kg sugar instead of 1 kg), then what is the total profit percent of the shopkeeper in this sale?

A

32.25%

B

62.25%

C

47.25%

D

56.25%

A shopkeeper cheats by 10% (by weight) while buying the rice. He marked up the price of rice by 25% above its cost price and offers 10% discount. If he cheats his customer by 200 grams (measure 800 grams while selling 1 kg), then what is the actual profit percent earned by the shopkeeper?

A

52.3%

B

58.7%

C

62.6%

D

48.5%

E

54.7%

Kamal has a shop of dry fruits in Khan Market. He cheats his customers by using faulty balance. While selling almonds he weighs 1 kg as 900 grams only and sells it at Rs. 750/kg. While selling cashews he uses a different machine which actually reads 100 grams less and sells it at Rs. 950/kg. The cost price of almonds and cashews is Rs. 650/kg and Rs. 900/kg respectively. What is the profit/loss percent does he incurred in his whole transaction (approx) ?

A

8% Loss

B

6% Loss

C

8% Profit

D

6% Profit

Rajan is a greedy shopkeeper who uses a faulty machine which reads 0 as 8. One of his customer bought 980 grams of sugar and paid Rs. 32 for it. By doing so if Rajan makes a profit of 15%, then calculate the cost price of sugar per kg (approx).

A

Rs. 27

B

Rs. 29

C

Rs. 32

D

Rs. 31

There are two shopkeepers, first shopkeeper calculates his profit percent on the selling price whereas the second shopkeeper calculates his profit percent on the cost price. If the selling price for both the shopkeeper is same and the difference between their profits is Rs.175. Then, calculate the sum of the cost price for both the shopkeeper if the profit percent for the both shopkeeper is 25%?

A

Rs 5425\

B

Rs 4875\

C

\Rs 4675\

D

\Rs 5275\

A shopkeeper cheats both his wholesaler and customer. While buying he uses a machine that shows 1000 g instead of 1350 g and while selling uses a machine which shows 1000 g for 750 g. However the customer demands a discount of 8%, so he hikes the marked price by 10% and allows a discount of 8%. Find the approximate profit percentage of the shopkeeper.

A

76%

B

80%

C

90%

D

82%

E

91%

Each of the question below consists of a question and three statements number I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement are sufficient to answer the question. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his articles at a cost price but uses a faulty scale while selling. What is the profit percentage the shopkeeper makes when he sells the article at a cost price? Statement I. He uses a scale that weighs less by 25%. Statement II. The cost price of the article is Rs. 30 per kg. Statement III. If he has sold the articles at a 12.5% profit on cost price then his net profit percentage would have been 50%.

A

The data in statement I or III alone is sufficient to answer the question.

B

The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question.

C

The data in statement I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.

D

The data in all the statements I, II, and III are not sufficient to answer the question.

E

None of the above.

The bar graph given below shows the cost price and selling price of 5 articles. Profit amount = Selling price – Cost price Loss amount = Cost price – Selling price Profit percent/Loss percent = [(Profit/Loss)/Cost price] × 100 Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct? I. If the cost price of A and E gets interchanged, then there will be a loss of 24 percent on E. II. Profit earned on D is 25 percent.

A

Only I

B

Both I and II

C

Neither I nor II

D

Only II

Four engineers, designated as CE, SE, EE and AE, read a certain number of newspapers early in the morning. One of them reads four newspapers, another reads three newspapers, the third reads two newspapers while the fourth one reads one newspaper. Below are some additional facts regarding the names of these officers. a) N is not the EE b) H is the AE c) N is not the CE and he reads more number of newspapers than L d) The one who is the CE reads more number of newspapers than L e) The person who is the SE reads the maximum number of newspapers f) B does not read two newspapers Which of the following statements is necessarily true?

A

L is the EE and reads one newspapers

B

B is the CE and reads three newspapers

C

N is the EE and reads four newspapers

D

H is the AE and reads two newspapers

A shopkeeper bought sugar and rice at Rs. 30 and Rs. 50 per kg respectively and is selling them by increasing the price by Rs. 10 per kg. He also has 5 faulty weights of 1 kg each and of equal weight. When a man bought 4 kg of rice and 5 kg of sugar from him, he made an overall profit of 28%. What is the actual weight of his 1 kg faulty weight?

A

976 g

B

982 g

C

987 g

D

991 g

E

994 g

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