A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?

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1. 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

2. A shopkeeper buys two articles for Rs.1000 each and then sells them, making 20% profit on the first article and 20% loss on second article. Find the net profit or loss percent?

   A. neither profit nor loss
   B. 1%
   C. 2%
   D. 3%

3. A shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he makes?

   A. neither profit nor loss
   B. 3%
   C. 5%
   D. 4%

4. A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 18%. The wholesaler sells the same to retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs. 30.09, there by earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is:________?

   A. Rs. 15
   B. Rs. 16
   C. Rs. 17
   D. Rs. 18

5. A and B start a business, with A investing the total capital of Rs.50000, on the condition that B pays A interest @ 10% per annum on his half of the capital. A is a working partner and receives Rs.1500 per month from the total profit and any profit remaining is equally shared by both of them. At the end of the year, it was found that the income of A is twice that of B. Find the total profit for the year?

   A. 53000
   B. 58000
   C. 50000
   D. 59000

6. A, B and C are partners in a business. Their capitals are respectively, Rs.5000, Rs.6000 and Rs.4000. A gets 30% of the total profit for managing the business. The remaining profit is divided among three in the ratio of their capitals. In the end of the year, the profit of A is Rs.200 more than the sum of the profits of B and C. Find the total profit.

   A. Rs.4500
   B. Rs.5200
   C. Rs.1800
   D. Rs.3000

7. Aleem buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is:_________?

   A. Rs. 1000
   B. Rs. 2000
   C. Rs. 2500
   D. Rs. 3000

8. A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth?

   A. Rs. 45
   B. Rs. 40
   C. Rs. 35
   D. Rs. 50
   E. None of these

9. A shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 4 a rupee and sells them at 3 a rupee. Find his net profit or loss percent?

   A. 20%
   B. 28%
   C. 33 1/3 %
   D. 35 2/7 %

10. A fruit vendor purchased 20 dozens of bananas at Rs. 15 per dozen. But one-fourth of the bananas were rotten and had to be thrown away. He sold two-third of the remaining bananas at Rs. 22.50 per dozen. At what price per dozen should he sell the remaining bananas to make neither a profit nor a loss?

    A. Rs. 20
    B. Rs. 15
    C. Rs. 22.50
    D. Rs. 7.50
    E. None of these