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Profit and Loss questions with solutions
Profit and Loss is a Quantitative Aptitude topic for competitive exams. It is tested in RRB Ministerial and Isolated Categories, RPF SI, RRB Section Controller, RPF Constable and other exams. This page has 40 solved profit and loss questions written to the official pattern, with a worked solution under each.
- Question 1Easy
An article costing Rs 1200 is sold at a profit of 10%. Find the selling price.
- A.1320Correct
- B.970
- C.1670
- D.1020
- E.1620
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Profit is 10% of 1200 = 120, so the selling price is Rs 1320.
- Question 2Easy
An article costing Rs 200 is sold at a profit of 12.5%. Find the selling price.
- A.305
- B.185
- C.145
- D.225Correct
- E.265
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Profit is 12.5% of 200 = 25, so the selling price is Rs 225.
- Question 3Easy
An article costing Rs 250 is sold at a profit of 20%. Find the selling price.
- A.320
- B.280
- C.340
- D.300Correct
- E.260
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Profit is 20% of 250 = 50, so the selling price is Rs 300.
- Question 4Easy
An article costing Rs 640 is sold at a profit of 40%. Find the selling price.
- A.896Correct
- B.686
- C.1106
- D.616
- E.1176
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Profit is 40% of 640 = 256, so the selling price is Rs 896.
- Question 5Easy
An article costing Rs 640 is sold at a profit of 12.5%. Find the selling price.
- A.600
- B.720Correct
- C.540
- D.840
- E.900
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Profit is 12.5% of 640 = 80, so the selling price is Rs 720.
- Question 6Easy
A shopkeeper buys an article for Rs 500 and sells it for Rs 575. Find the profit percentage.
- A.15Correct
- B.20
- C.12.5
- D.10
- E.7.5
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Profit is 575 - 500 = 75. As a percentage of the cost price, that is 75 / 500 x 100 = 15%.
- Question 7Easy
An article bought for Rs 250 is sold for Rs 300. Find the profit percent.
- A.20%Correct
- B.25%
- C.15%
- D.18%
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Profit = 50 on a cost of 250, so profit percent = 50/250 × 100 = 20%.
- Question 8Easy
A shopkeeper buys an item for Rs 800 and sells it for Rs 920. Find the profit percent.
- A.15%Correct
- B.12%
- C.18%
- D.20%
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Profit is 920 − 800 = 120 on a cost of 800, so 120 ÷ 800 × 100 = 15%.
- Question 9Easy
An article costing Rs 250 is sold at a profit of 10%. Find the selling price.
- A.335
- B.275Correct
- C.225
- D.215
- E.325
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Profit is 10% of 250 = 25, so the selling price is Rs 275.
- Question 10Moderate
An article costing Rs 200 is sold at a profit of 15%. Find the selling price.
- A.170
- B.200
- C.290
- D.230Correct
- E.260
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Profit is 15% of 200 = 30, so the selling price is Rs 230.
- Question 11Moderate
A canteen item costs Rs 80 and is sold for Rs 100. What is the profit percentage?
- A.25%Correct
- B.20%
- C.15%
- D.30%
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Profit = 100 − 80 = 20. Profit % = (20/80) × 100 = 25%.
- Question 12Moderate
A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs 575 and makes a 15% profit. What was the cost price?
- A.Rs 500Correct
- B.Rs 490
- C.Rs 525
- D.Rs 510
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A 15% profit means the selling price is 115% of the cost. So cost = 575 ÷ 1.15 = 500.
These are 12 of 40 profit and loss questions in the bank. Attempt the rest with instant feedback in the practice drills, or under a clock in the mock tests.
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How many Profit and Loss questions are here?
This page shows 12 worked profit and loss questions from a bank of 40, spanning 9 easy, 24 moderate and 7 hard. The full set is available to attempt in the timed-free practice drills and the mock tests.
Which exams ask Profit and Loss questions?
Profit and Loss is part of the Quantitative Aptitude syllabus for RRB Ministerial and Isolated Categories, RPF SI, RRB Section Controller, RPF Constable, RRB JE, RRB Technician, RRB ALP, RRB Group D, RRB NTPC, Karnataka Police Constable. Weightage varies by exam and stage — check each exam's page for its pattern.
Are these Profit and Loss questions free, and are the answers reliable?
Yes. Every question is free, written in-house to the exam pattern rather than copied from a real paper, and the numeric answer keys are recomputed independently at build time — a wrong key fails the build rather than reaching you.