A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?

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1. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

   A. Rs. 2000
   B. Rs. 2200
   C. Rs. 2400
   D. None of these

2. Mahad sold an article for Rs. 18000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price, he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price of the article?

   A. Rs. 15000
   B. Rs. 16200
   C. Rs. 14700
   D. Rs. 15900
   E. None of these

3. Rahat purchased a refrigerator for Rs. 12500 after getting a discount of 20% on the labelled price. He spent Rs. 125 on transport and Rs. 250 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would be 10% if no discount was offered?

   A. Rs. 16500
   B. Rs. 15525
   C. Rs. 17000
   D. Rs. 17600
   E. None of these

4. An article was sold after a discount of 20% and there was a gain of 20%. If the profit made on it was Rs. 6 less than the discount offered on it, find its selling price?

   A. Rs. 72
   B. Rs. 90
   C. Rs. 66
   D. Rs. 96
   E. None of these

5. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price for making 50% profit?

   A. Rs. 920
   B. Rs. 960
   C. Rs. 1060
   D. Rs. 1200

6. 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%

7. 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%

8. While selling the watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% if he gives a discount of 7 % he earns Rs. 15 less as profit. The marked price of the watch is:

   A. Rs. 697.50
   B. Rs. 712.50
   C. Rs. 787.50
   D. None of these

9. 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

10. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 10% after allowing a discount of 20% on the marked price. The cost price of the article whose marked price is Rs. 880, is =_______ ?

    A. Rs. 704
    B. Rs. 640
    C. Rs. 774
    D. Rs. 680