8. Past Questions

Question 1

A space research company wants to sell its two products, A and B. If product A is sold at $20 \%$ loss and product B at $30 \%$ gain, the company will not lose anything. If the product A is sold at $15 \%$ loss and the product B at $15 \%$ gain, the company will lose Rs. 6 million in the deal. What is the cost of product B?
[FMS 2009]

		Rs. $140$ million
		Rs. $120$ million
		Rs. $100$ million
		Rs. $80$ million

Question 2

Rani bought more apples than oranges. She sells apples at ₹$23$ apiece and makes $15 \%$ profit. She sells oranges at ₹$10$ apiece and makes $25 \%$ profit. If she gets ₹$653$ after selling all the apples and oranges, find her profit percentage.
[XAT 2016]

		$16.8 \%$
		$17.4 \%$
		$17.9 \%$
		$18.5 \%$
		$19.1 \%$

Question 3

Rohit bought $20$ soaps and $12$ toothpastes. He marked-up the soaps by $15 \%$ on the cost price of each, and the toothpastes by Rs. $20$ on the cost price each. He sold $75 \%$ of the soaps and $8$ toothpastes and made a profit of Rs.$385$. If the cost of a toothpaste is $60 \%$ the cost of a soap and he got no return on unsold items, what was his overall profit or loss?
[IIFT 2012]

		Loss of Rs. $355$
		Loss of Rs. $210$
		Loss of Rs. $250$
		None of the aboven