Question: A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.140 more, there would have been a gain of 4%. What is the cost price?

• 1. Rs.1000
• 2. Rs.1140
• 3. Rs.860
• 4. Rs.760

Question: The cost price of a radio is Rs.1500 and it was sold for Rs.1230, find the loss %?

• 1. 18%
• 2. 9%
• 3. 15%
• 4. 6%

Question: An article is bought for Rs.600 and sold for Rs.500, find the loss percent?

• 1. 16 4/3%
• 2. 100/3%
• 3. 16%
• 4. 16 2/3%

Question: An article is bought for Rs.675 and sold for Rs.900, find the gain percent?

• 1. 16 2/3%
• 2. 30%
• 3. 33 1/3%
• 4. 33 1/6%

Question: A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1080, find the gain percent?

• 1. 16 2/3%
• 2. 20%
• 3. 18%
• 4. 25%

Question: A runs 1 2/3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A and B might reach it at the same time?

• 1. 200 m
• 2. 300 m
• 3. 270 m
• 4. 160 m

Question: In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C by:________?

• 1. 21 m
• 2. 26 m
• 3. 28 m
• 4. 29 m

Question: If in a game of 80, P can give 16 points to Q and R can give 20 points to P, then in a game of 150, how many points can R give to Q?

• 1. 48
• 2. 60
• 3. 54
• 4. 90

Question: If X can run 48m and Y 42m, then in a race of 1km, X beats Y by:_________?

• 1. 140m
• 2. 125m
• 3. 100m
• 4. 110m

Question: In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B’s time over the course is__________?

• 1. 86 sec
• 2. 80 sec
• 3. 76 sec
• 4. None of these