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

Find the cost price of an article sold by the shopkeeper on selling the article at Rs. 240?
% Statement 1 I. If the article sold at 25% more the profit earned will be Rs. 40.
% Statement 2 II. Marked price of article is Rs. 400 and profit percentage is equal to discount percentage offered and profit percentage is 40%.
A shopkeeper sells an item for \(\textrm{Rs }960\) and gains 20%. The cost price of the item is
A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 25%. His profit percent is
An article sold for Rs 660 yields a profit of 10%. What is its cost price?
By selling an article for Rs 450, a man loses 10%. At what price should he sell it to gain 20%?
A shopkeeper buys an article for Rs 80 and sells it for Rs 100. What is his profit percentage?
A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above cost price and then allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
A farmer sold a cow and an ox for Rs. 800 and got a profit of 20\(\%\) on the cow and 25\(\%\) on the ox. If he sells the cow and the ox for Rs. 820 and gets a profit of 25\(\%\) on the cow and 20\(\%\) on the ox, the individual cost price of the cow and the ox is
A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock of Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of 10\(\%\) on the watch and 15\(\%\) on the wall clock. He earns a profit of Rs. 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to
Vineet calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas Roshan calculates his profit on the cost price. They find that the difference of their profits is Rs. 275. If the selling price of both of them are the same, and Vineet gets 25\(\%\) profit and Roshan gets 15\(\%\) profit, then find their selling price.
Padam purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 17.50 per kg and another 30 kg rice at a certain rate. He mixed the two and sold the entire quantity at the rate of Rs. 18.60 per kg and made 20\(\%\) overall profit. At what price per kg did he purchase the lot of another 30 kg rice?
A man sells two horses for Rs. 1475. The cost price of the first is equal to the selling price of the second. If the first is sold at 20\(\%\) loss and the second at 25\(\%\) gain, what is his total gain or loss (in rupees)?