A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:

1. Neither loss or gain

2. 5% loss

3. 5% gain

4. 10% gain

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5\% gain

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A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is:

1. Rs. 50

2. Rs. 60

3. Rs. 80

4. Rs. 90

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Rs. 80

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A person earns 15% on an investment but loses 10% on another investment. If the ratio of the two investments be 3 : 5, what is the gain or loss on the two investments taken together

4. None of these

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None of these

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A man bought goods worth Rs. 6000 and sold half of them at a gain of 10%. At what gain percent must he sell the remainder so as to get a gain of 25% on the whole

1. 25%

2. 30%

3. 35%

4. 40%

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40\%

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A fruitseller has 24 kg of apples. He sells a part of these at a gain of 20% and the balance at a loss of 5%. If on the whole he earns a profit of 10%, the amount of apples sold at a loss is:

1. 4.6 kg

2. 6 kg

3. 9.6 kg

4. 11.4 kg

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9.6 kg

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Two-third of a consignment was sold at a profit of 5% and the remainder at a loss of 2%. If the total profit was Rs. 400, the value of the consignment (in Rs.) was:

1. 10,000

2. 12,000

3. 15,000

4. 20,000

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15,000

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A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of Rs. 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to:

1. Rs. 80

2. Rs. 100

3. Rs. 110

4. Rs. 120

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Rs. 110

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Albert 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:

1. Rs. 1000

2. Rs. 2000

3. Rs.2500

4. Rs. 3000

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Rs. 2000

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A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the purchasing prices of A and B respectively

1. Rs. 225, Rs. 425

2. Rs. 250, Rs. 400

3. Rs. 275, Rs. 375

4. Rs.300, Rs. 350

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Rs. 250, Rs. 400

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The C.P of two watches taken together is Rs. 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and the other at a loss of 12%, there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P. of the two watches are respectively:

1. Rs. 360, Rs. 480

2. Rs. 480, Rs. 360

3. Rs. 380, Rs. 460

4. Rs. 400, Rs. 440

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Rs. 360, Rs. 480

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