RRB NTPC SAMPLE PAPER - ARITHMETIC - 76

1. A man buys 12 articles for Rs. 12/- and sells them at the rate of Rs. 1.25 per ar­ticle. His gain percentage is

(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 15
(d) 18

2. The cost price of 15 articles is same as the selling price of 10 articles. The profit per cent is:

(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 50%
(d) 45%

3. By selling an article for Rs. 240, a man incurrs a loss of 10%. At what price should he sell it, so that he makes a profit of 20% ?

(a) Rs. 264
(b) Rs. 288
(c) Rs. 300
(d) Rs. 320

4. A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in

(a) no loss no gain
(b) gain of Rs. 1/24 lakh
(c) loss of Rs. 1/12 lakh
(d) loss of Rs. 1/18 lakh

5. If a man estimates his loss as 20% of the selling price, then his loss per cent is

(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 40/3%
(d) Data inadequate

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Answer:

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (d)