List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions on Profit and Loss asked in CMAT

A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 10% loss on cost price and uses 30% less weight. What is his profit or loss percentage?

Match List I with List II:

List I (Regular Price and Sale Price)	List II (Discount)
(A) Regular Price: ₹65 Sale Price: ₹55	(I) 13.33%
(B) Regular Price: ₹60 Sale Price: ₹50	(II) 15.38%
(C) Regular Price: ₹70 Sale Price: ₹50	(III) 16.66%
(D) Regular Price: ₹75 Sale Price: ₹65	(IV) 14.29%

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

In terms of percentage profit,arrange the following transactions in decreasing order
1. Cost price: ₹36, Profit: 17
2. Cost price: ₹50, Profit: 24
3. Cost price: ₹40, Profit: 19
4. Cost price: 60, Profit: 29

If the selling price of 320 Web Cameras is equal to the cost price of 400 Web Cameras, then the percentage profit is :

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The difference between the cost price and sale price of an article is ₹ 240. If the profit is 20%, then the selling price is ₹ 1440. 
Statement II: If the cost price of 10 DVDs is equal to the selling price of 7 DVDs, then the gain percent is \(42\frac{6}{7}\).
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

If the cost price is 80% of the selling price, then what is the profit in percentage?

A started a business with Rs. 50000. After three months, B joins with an investment of Rs. 60000 and A withdraws Rs. 10000 out of his capital. Three months later, B brought in Rs. 20000 more. At the end of the year, what should be the ratio in which they A and B share the profits?

A shopkeeper claims to sell rice at cost price. He uses a false weight with the intention of selling rice at 25% profit. After selling Rice to a customer, he realizes that the customer has paid 10% less than what he should have paid. What is the actual profit percentage made by the shopkeeper?

Two successive discounts of 8% and 12% are equal to a single discount of:

A shopkeeper marks his books at 25% above the cost price. Due to slump in the market, his cost reduces by 5%. And then, to boost his sale, he offered a discount of 8% due to which sales goes up by 25%. Compute the change in the shopkeepers profit.