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CAT 2023 Set-3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 13
A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs. $100$ per meter and receives $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth free for every $100 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth purchased by...
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CAT 2023 Set-3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 13
A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs. $100$ per meter and receives $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth free for every $100 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth purchased by...
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CAT 2023 Set-2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 11
Minu purchases a pair of sunglasses at Rs. $1000$ and sells to Kanu at $20 \%$ profit. Then, Kanu sells it back to Minu at $20 \%$ loss. Finally, Minu sells the same pair...
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CAT 2023 Set-2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 15
Jayant bought a certain number of white shirts at the rate of Rs $1000$ per piece and a certain number of blue shirts at the rate of Rs $1125$ per piece. For each shirt, ...
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CAT 2023 Set-1 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 12
Gita sells two objects $\text{A}$ and $\text{B}$ at the same price such that she makes a profit of $20 \%$ on object $\text{A}$ and a loss of $10 \%$ on object $\text{B}$...
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NIELIT 2022 Feb Scientist D - Section D: 21
By selling $25$ kg of rice, a trader gains the selling price of $5$ kg of rice. The gain of the trader in $\%$ is :$12.5 \%$$20 \%$$25 \%$$33.3 \%$
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NIELIT 2022 Feb Scientist D - Section C: 8
By selling $33$ meters of cloth, one gains the selling price of $11$ meters. Find the gain percent :$20 \%$$40 \%$$50 \%$$22 \%$
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CAT 2021 Set-3 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 21
One part of a hostel’s monthly expenses is fixed, and the other part is proportional to the number of its boarders. The hostel collects $ ₹ \; 1600$ per month from each b...
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CAT 2021 Set-2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 2
Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly invest in a business and agree to share the overall profit in proportion to their investments. Anil’s share of investment is $70 \%.$ His s...
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CAT 2021 Set-2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 18
A person buys tea of three different qualities at ₹$ \; 800,$ ₹ $\; 500,$ and ₹$ \; 300 \; \text{per kg},$ respectively, and the amounts bought are in the proportion $2:3...
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CAT 2021 Set-1 | Quantitative Aptitude | Question: 9
Amal purchases some pens at $₹ \; 8$ each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells $100$ of these pens at $₹ \; 12$ each. If the remaining pens are ...
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CAT 2020 Set-3 | Question: 57
A man buys $35 \; \text{kg}$ of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a $20\%$ profit. He sells $5 \; \text{kg}$ at this price, and $15 \; \text{kg}$ at a $10\%$...
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CAT 2020 Set-2 | Question: 61
Aron bought some pencils and sharpeners. Spending the same amount of money as Aron, Aditya bought twice as many pencils and $10$ less sharpeners. If the cost of one sharp...
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CAT 2020 Set-2 | Question: 63
Anil buys $12$ toys and labels each with the same selling price. He sells $8$ toys initially at $20\%$ discount on the labeled price. Then he sells the remaining $4$ toys...
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CAT 2020 Set-1 | Question: 60
A person spent Rs $50000$ to produce a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at $20\%$ profit and the laptop at $10\%$ loss. If overall he made a $2...
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section C: 23
Goods were bought for ₹ $600$ and sold the same day for ₹ $650.25$ at a credit of $9$ months and still there was a gain of $2\%$. The rate percent is:$\frac{19}{3}\%$$\...
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist D - Section C: 24
A man sells an article at a gain of $15\%$ Had he bought it at $10\%$ less and sold it for ₹ $4$ less, he would have gained $25\%$. The cost price of the article is :₹ $...
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist C - Section C: 4
An agent buys a T.V set listed at $\text₹10,000$ and gets $10\%$ and $20\%$ successive discounts. He spends $10\%$ of his C.P. on transport. At what price(in rupees) shou...
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NIELIT 2019 Feb Scientist C - Section C: 20
$A$ has to pay $\text ₹220$ to $B$ after $1$ year. $B$ asks $A$ to pay $\text ₹110$ in cash and defer the payment of $\text ₹110$ for $2$ years. $A$ agrees to it. Countin...
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NIELIT 2017 OCT Scientific Assistant A - Section A: 54
By selling $45$ limes for Rs. $40,$ a woman loses $20\%.$ How many should she sell for Rs. $24$ to gain $20\%$ in the transaction?$16$$18$$20$$22$
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NIELIT 2017 July Scientist B - Section A: 3
The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. $1,920$ is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. $1,280$. At what price sho...
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NIELIT 2017 DEC Scientist B - Section A: 50
If I sell a computer at $80\%$ of its marked price, I make a loss of $12\%$. What $\%$ profit will I make if the computer is sold at $95\%$ of its marked price ?$5\%$ pro...
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CAT 2019 Set-2 | Question: 89
A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at cost price $p,$ to Amal and Asim at a profit of $20\%$ and at a loss of $20\%$, respectively. Amal sells his table to Bima...
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CAT 2019 Set-2 | Question: 90
Mukesh purchased $10$ bicycles in $2017$, all at the same price. He sold six of these at a profit of $25\%$ and the remaining four at a loss of $25\%$. If he made a total...
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CAT 2018 Set-1 | Question: 72
A trader sells $10$ litres of a mixture of paints $\text{A}$ and $\text{B}$, where the amount of $\text{B}$ in the mixture does not exceed that of $\text{A}$. The cost of...
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CAT 2018 Set-1 | Question: 85
A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg. He then sold $8$ kg of peanuts at a profit of $10\%$ and $16$ kg o...
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CAT 2017 Set-2 | Question: 73
The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of $10\%$. The wholesale dealer sells the table to a retailer at a profit of $30\%$. Finally, the r...
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CAT 2017 Set-2 | Question: 75
Mayank buys some candies for Rs $15$ a dozen and an equal number of different candies for Rs $12$ a dozen. He sells all for Rs $16.50$ a dozen and makes a profit of Rs $1...
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CAT 2017 Set-1 | Question: 72
If a seller gives a discount of $15\%$ on retail price, she still makes a profit of $2\%$. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of $20\%$?Give a discoun...
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CAT 2017 Set-1 | Question: 78
If Fatima sells $60$ identical toys at a $40\%$ discount on the printed price, then she makes $20\%$ profit. Ten of these toys are destroyed in fire. While selling the re...
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CAT 2017 Set-1 | Question: 77
In a market, the price of medium quality mangoes is half that of good mangoes. A shopkeeper buys $80$ kg good mangoes and $40$ kg medium quality mangoes from the market a...
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CAT 2017 Set-1 | Question: 74
Suppose, $\text{C1, C2, C3, C4}$, and $\text{C5}$ are five companies. The profits made by $\text{C1, C2}$, and $\text{C3}$ are in the ratio $9: 10: 8$ while the profits m...
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CAT 2016 | Question: 70
Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a $120\; \text{cm}$ scale while buying, but uses an $80\; \text{cm}$ scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a di...
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CAT 2016 | Question: 77
A watch dealer incurs an expense of Rs. $150$ for producing every watch. He also incurs an additional expenditure of Rs. $30,000$, which is independent of the number of w...
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CAT 2016 | Question: 93
I sold two watches for Rs. $300$ each, one at the loss of $10\%$ and the other at the profit of $10\%$. What is the percentage of loss$(–)$ or profit$(+)$ that resulted f...
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CAT 2015 | Question: 69
A stockist wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various methods. Which of the following would maximise his profit?Sell sugar at $10\%$ profit...
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CAT 2019 Set-1 | Question: 70
On selling a pen at $5\%$ loss and a book at $15\%$ gain, Karim gains Rs. $7$. If he sells the pen at $5\%$ gain and the book at $10\%$ gain, he gains Rs. $13$. What is t...
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CAT 2013 | Question: 24
A television company manufactures two models of televisions-A and B. Each unit of model A requires four hours to manufacture and each unit of model B requires two hours t...
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If the selling price of 30 pencils is equal to the cost price of 50 pencils. Find out the profit or loss %.
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A shopkeeper sells two computers for Rs 24000 each. On first he gained 20% and on the other, he lost 20%. What is the overall gain or loss percentage?
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