By selling a house for Rs.45000, it was found that 1/8 of the outlay was gained, what ought the selling to price to have been in order to have lost 5 p.c?

Related Mcqs:

1. A trader marked the price of a car 20% above the cost price and allowed the purchaser 5% discount on the marked price there by gained Rs.8400. Find the cost price of the car?

   A. Rs.60000
   B. Rs.75000
   C. Rs.68400
   D. Rs.78400

2. If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, the cost of the article is:________?

   A. Rs. 50
   B. Rs. 160
   C. Rs. 200
   D. Rs. 225

3. A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 20%? in buying goods as well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay?

   A. 20%
   B. 45%
   C. 44%
   D. 48%

4. After allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price, the selling price is Rs. 6800 for an article. If it was sold at marked price, there would have been a profit of 60%. The cost price of the article is?

   A. Rs. 6400
   B. Rs. 5600
   C. Rs. 5000
   D. Rs. 4800
   E. None of these

5. What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%?

   A. 20%
   B. 25%
   C. 13 1/30%
   D. 12%

6. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

   A. 30%
   B. 70%
   C. 100%
   D. 250%

7. A man purchased a watch for Rs. 400 and sold it at a gain of 20% of the selling price. The selling price of the watch is:__________?

   A. Rs. 300
   B. Rs. 320
   C. Rs. 440
   D. Rs. 500

8. A trader marked the selling price of an article at 10% above the cost price. At the time of selling, he allows certain discount and suffers a loss of 1%. He allowed a discount of :

   A. 10 %
   B. 10.5 %
   C. 11 %
   D. 12.5 %

9. A man sold two houses for Rs. 7.8 lakhs each. On the one, he gained 5% and on the other, he lost 5%. What percent is the effect of the sale on the whole?

   A. 0.25 % loss
   B. 0.25 % gain
   C. 25% loss
   D. 25% gain

10. A owns a house worth Rs. 10000. He sells it to B at a profit of 10% based on the worth of the house. B sells the house back to A at a loss of 10% in this transaction A gets:

    A. No profit No loss
    B. Profit of Rs. 1000
    C. Profit of Rs. 1100
    D. Profit of Rs. 2000