Quantitative Aptitude - MCQ Practice Questions

A retailer buys goods for ₹5,000 and marks them up by 40%. He then offers a 15% discount. What is his profit percentage?

Two articles are sold at the same price. One is sold at a profit of 25% and the other at a loss of 25%. What is the overall loss percentage?

A vendor buys lemons at 5 per rupee and sells them at 4 per rupee. What is his profit percentage?

A shopkeeper marks goods at 35% above cost price and offers a discount of 15%. What is the net profit percentage?

A fruit vendor buys bananas at ₹30 per dozen and sells them at ₹3.60 per banana. What is the profit percentage?

A shopkeeper buys eggs at ₹2.40 per egg and marks them at ₹3.60 per egg. He offers a 20% discount to bulk buyers. What is the profit percentage for bulk buyers?

A dealer buys a sofa for ₹8,000, spends ₹1,200 on repairs and ₹400 on transportation. He sells it for ₹11,500. What is the profit percentage?

A trader buys cotton fabric at ₹450 per meter. He marks it at 60% above cost price but allows a 10% discount. What is his profit percentage?

Two articles are sold for ₹960 each. On the first article, there is a profit of 20%, and on the second, there is a loss of 20%. What is the net loss percentage on the entire transaction?

A merchant purchased 200 kg of sugar at ₹32 per kg. He sold 80% of it at a profit of 25% and the remaining at a loss of 10%. What is his net profit or loss?

A retailer marks goods at 35% above cost price. During a clearance sale, he offers a 15% discount on the marked price. What is his effective profit percentage?

A furniture dealer bought a dining table for ₹5,000, spent ₹800 on transportation and ₹200 on repairs. If he sells it at a profit of 24%, what is the selling price?

A bank offers 7.5% simple interest per annum on fixed deposits. If Arun deposits ₹12,000, what will be the total amount after 4 years?

Two equal sums of money are invested at simple interest. The first at 9% p.a. for 5 years and the second at 6% p.a. for 8 years. If the difference in their interests is ₹840, what is the sum invested?

Suresh lent ₹10,000 to his friend for 2 years at 12% simple interest. However, he withdrew ₹3,000 after 1 year and re-lent it at 15% for the remaining 1 year. What is the total interest earned?

Mohan invested a certain sum at simple interest. If he had invested ₹5,000 more at the same rate, he would have earned ₹1,200 more interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per annum?

Priya borrowed ₹50,000 from a bank at 12% per annum compound interest compounded semi-annually. What is the amount she needs to repay after 1 year?

The compound interest on ₹8,000 at 15% per annum for 2 years is how much less than the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and period?

At what rate per annum will ₹25,000 amount to ₹29,160 in 2 years at compound interest?

A company invested ₹40,000 in a scheme offering 10% per annum compound interest. If the interest is compounded quarterly, what will be the maturity amount after 1 year?