List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions on Profit and Loss asked in CAT

A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs. 100 per meter and receives 5 cm length of cloth free for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by him. He sells the same cloth at a rate of Rs.110 per meter but cheats his customers by giving 95 cm length of cloth for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by the customers. If the merchant provides a 5% discount, the resulting profit earned by him is

Geeta sells A \(→\) 20% (Profit) and B \(→\) 10% (Loss) at the same sp. If she increases SP such that A and B still sold at an equal price and profit of 10% made on B, then profit made on A will be?

Minu purchases a pair of sunglasses at Rs.1000 and sells to Kanu at 20% profit. Then, Kanu sells it back to Minu at 20% loss. Finally, Minu sells the same pair of sunglasses to Tanu. If the total profit made by Minu from all her transactions is Rs.500, then the percentage of profit made by Minu when she sold the pair of sunglasses to Tanu is

Jayant bought a certain number of white shirts at the rate of Rs 1000 per piece and a certain number of blue shirts at the rate of Rs 1125 per piece. For each shirt, he then set a fixed market price which was 25% higher than the average cost of all the shirts. He sold all the shirts at a discount of 10% and made a total profit of Rs 51000. If he bought both colors of shirts, then the maximum possible total number of shirts that he could have bought is

Amal buys 110kg of syrup and 120kg of juice, syrup being 20% less costly than juice, per kg. He sells 10kg of syrup at 10% profit and 20kg of juice at 20% profit. Mixing the remaining juice and syrup, Amal sells the mixture at ₹ 308.32 per kg and makes an overall profit of 64%. Then, Amal's cost price for syrup, in rupees per kg, is

Ankita buys 4kg cashews, 14kg peanuts, and 6kg almonds when the cost of 7kg cashews is the same as that of 30kg peanuts or 9kg almonds. She mixes all three nuts and marks a price for the mixture in order to make a profit of ₹1752. She sells 4kg of the mixture at this marked price and the remaining at a 20% discount on the marked price, thus making a total profit of ₹744. Then the amount, in rupees, that she had spent buying almonds is

Manu earns ₹4000 per month and wants to save an average of ₹550 per month in a year. In the first nine months, his monthly expense was ₹3500, and he foresees that, tenth month onward, his monthly expense will increase to ₹3700. In order to meet his yearly savings target, his monthly earnings, in rupees, from the tenth month onward should be

Amal buys 110kg of syrup and 120kg of juice, syrup being 20% less costly than juice, per kg. He sells 10kg of syrup at 10% profit and 20kg of juice at 20% profit. Mixing the remaining juice and syrup, Amal sells the mixture at ₹ 308.32 per kg and makes an overall profit of 64%. Then, Amal's cost price for syrup, in rupees per kg, is

A person buys tea of three different qualities at ₹ 800, ₹ 500, and ₹ 300 per kg, respectively, and the amounts bought are in the proportion 2 : 3 : 5. She mixes all the tea and sells one-sixth of the mixture at ₹ 700 per kg. The price, in INR per kg, at which she should sell the remaining tea, to make an overall profit of 50%, is

Amal purchases some pens at ₹ 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of these pens at ₹ 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 11each, then he makes a net profit of ₹ 300, while he makes a net loss of ₹ 300 if the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is

One part of a hostel's monthly expenses is fixed, and the other part is proportional to the number of its boarders. The hostel collects ₹ 1600 per month from each boarder. When the number of boarders is 50, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 200 per boarder, and when the number of boarders is 75, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 250 per boarder. When the number of boarders is 80, the total profit of the hostel, in INR, will be

Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly invest in a business and agree to share the overall profit in proportion to their investments. Anil's share of investment is 70%. His share of profit decreases by ₹ 420 if the overall profit goes down from 18% to 15%. Chintu's share of profit increases by ₹ 80 if the overall profit goes up from 15% to 17%. The amount, in INR, invested by Bobby is

Amal purchases some pens at ₹ 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of these pens at ₹ 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 11each, then he makes a net profit of ₹ 300, while he makes a net loss of ₹ 300 if the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is

Anil buys 12 toys and labels each with the same selling price. He sells 8 toys initially at 20% discount on the labeled price. Then he sells the remaining 4 toys at an additional 25% discount on the discounted price. Thus, he gets a total of Rs 2112, and makes a 10% profit. With no discounts, his percentage of profit would have been

A man buys 35 kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a 20% profit. He sells 5 kg at this price, and 15 kg at a 10% discount. Accidentally, 3 kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the remaining sugar by raising the marked price by p percent so as to make an overall profit of 15%. Then p is nearest to

A and B started a business with their initial investments of Rs.180 and X respectively. After 2 years from the start of the business, another person C joins them with investment Rs.300 and A and B invested additional amounts in the ratio of 1:5 respectively. If at the end of 5 years C receives (\(\frac{10}{33}\)) of total profit and the ratio of total profit of B to total profit of C is 7:6, what was the additional amount invested by B?

A cruise operates between Mumbai and Dubai. Each ticket of the cruise costs Rs. 2,500. The cruise is operated by a private company that has to pay a fixed cost per journey and a variable cost that depends on the number of passengers on board, to the government. If 100 passengers aboard the cruise, then the company suffers a loss of Rs. 1,000 per ticket However, when 400 passengers aboard the cruise, then the company earns Rs. 500 per ticket Find the profit earned by the company, when 600 passengers aboard the cruise.

After reducing the marked price of a table by 125 rupees, a carpenter makes a profit of 20%. If the cost price is 875 rupees, what percentage of profit would he have gained if he had sold the table only at a discount of 20%?

Bala bought 100 kg of flour and 100 kg of sugar. The flour was 25% cheaper than the sugar per kg. He mixed the entire quantity and sold the mixture at ₹275.50 per kg, making an overall profit of 50%. What is the cost price of flour per kg?

A shopkeeper buys 120 red balloons, 80 blue balloons, and 100 green balloons. The cost of 5 red balloons is the same as that of 4 blue balloons or 2 green balloons. He sells all the balloons at a profit of 20% on the total cost price. If he sells 40 red balloons, 30 blue balloons, and 50 green balloons at a discount of 10% on the marked price, and the rest at the marked price, then his overall profit percentage is:

'A' and 'B' started a business by investing Rs. '10x' and Rs. '20x', respectively. Six months later, 'B' increased his investment by 25%. After 6 more months, 'A' doubled his investment and 'C' joined the business by investing Rs. 5,000. If at the end of two years, the profit share of 'A' was Rs. 2,400 out of total profit of Rs. 10,200, then find the initial investment of 'B'.

In a shop, the marked price of an article is Rs.4000. The shopkeeper gives some discount on that article and earns profit of Rs.550. Find the percentage discount on that article,if its cost price is Rs.2250.