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61.

Pooja wants to sell a watch at a profit of 20%. She bought it at 10% less and sold it at ₹ 30 less, but still she gained 20%. The cost price of watch is 

  • ₹ 240

  • ₹ 220

  • ₹ 250

  • ₹ 250


C.

₹ 250

Let the cost price of a watch be Rs. 100
Profit  = 20%
Selling price of a watch would be equals space open parentheses 100 space cross times space 120 over 100 close parentheses space equals space 120.
New cost price of a watch is (100 - 10% of 100) = (100 - 10)  = Rs. 90
Profit  = 20%
New selling price of a watch would be = open parentheses 90 space cross times space 120 over 100 close parentheses space equals space Rs. space 108
If the difference in s.p. (120 - 108) is 12, then CP is Rs. 100
If the difference in s.p. is 1, then CP would be Rs. open parentheses 100 over 12 close parentheses
If the difference in s.p. is 30, then CP would be Rs. space open parentheses 100 over 12 cross times 30 close parentheses space equals space Rs.250

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62.

Mr. x and Mr. y each bought the same motorcycle using a 10% off coupon. Mr. x's cashier took 10% off the price and then added 8.5% sales tax whereas Mr. y's cashier first added the sales tax and then took 10% off the total price. The amount Mr. x paid is

  • less by ₹ 550 as the amount Mr. y paid

  • same as the amount Mr. y paid

  • greater by ₹ 85 as the amount Mr. y paid

  • greater by ₹ 85 as the amount Mr. y paid

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63.

A shopkeeper sold his goods at half the list price and thus lost 20%. If he had sold on the listed price, his gain percentage would be

  • 60%

  • 20%

  • 72%

  • 72%

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64.

A person purchased a saree for ₹ 7710 after availing a net discount of ₹ 1285. The percentage of discount, the saree shop offers, is

  • 14 1 over 7 percent sign
  • 14 2 over 7 percent sign
  • 14 3 over 7 percent sign
  • 14 3 over 7 percent sign
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65.

A cycle dealer offers a discount of 10% and still makes a profit of 26%. What does he pay for a cycle whose marked price is ₹ 840?

  • ₹ 600

  • ₹ 650

  • ₹ 700

  • ₹ 700

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66.

If the cost price of an item is two fifth of its marked price and if it is sold at a discount of 10%, then there will be

  • 25% profit

  • 40% profit 

  • 50% profit

  • 50% profit

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67.

There is a profit of 20% on the cost price of an article. The % of profit, when calculated on selling price is

  • 16 2 over 3 percent sign

  • 20 percent sign
  • 33 1 third percent sign
  • 33 1 third percent sign
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68.

An item costing ₹ 200 is being sold at 10% less. If the price is further reduced by 5%, the selling price will be

  • ₹ 170

  • ₹ 171

  • ₹ 175

  • ₹ 175

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69.

By selling an article for ₹ 102,  there is a loss of 15% when the article is sold for ₹ 134.40, the net result in the transaction is

  • 12% gain

  • 12% loss

  • 10% loss

  • 10% loss

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70.

Two toys are sold at ₹ 504 each. One toy brings the dealer a gain of 12% and the other a loss of 4%. The gain or loss per cent by selling both the toys is

  • 3 5 over 13 percent sign space Profit
  • 4 5 over 13 percent sign space Profit
  • 5 1 over 13 percent sign space Profit
  • 5 1 over 13 percent sign space Profit
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