CAPF AC Successive Profit & Loss is a frequently tested subtopic — 30 previous year questions from 2018–2024 papers are included below with concept notes, key rules and shortcut tricks.
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A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He marks it up by 20% and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
A shopkeeper marks an item 40% above cost price. He then offers a discount of 20% on the marked price. If the cost price is ₹250, what is the selling price?
A merchant sells an item at a loss of 10%, and then buys it back and sells it again at a loss of 20%. If the original cost price was ₹1000, what is the net loss percentage?
A vendor buys oranges at ₹5 per dozen. He sells them at ₹0.50 per orange. What is his profit percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an article at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he offers a further discount of 5% on the new selling price. What is his overall profit percentage?
A trader buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹6 more, he would have gained 40%. Find the cost price of the article.
A shopkeeper marks an item at ₹1200 and gives a discount of 10%. He then sells this discounted item at a further loss of 5% in a clearance sale. What is his overall loss or profit percentage from the marked price?
A trader buys goods at ₹2000 and sells them at a profit of 15%. He then buys the same goods again at the selling price and sells them at a loss of 10%. What is his net profit or loss percentage over both transactions?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He makes a profit of 20% on the first sale, and then sells the item again at a profit of 25% on the new cost price. What is his overall profit percentage?
A trader buys goods at ₹80 per unit. He sells 60% of the stock at 25% profit and the remaining 40% at 10% loss. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A person buys a laptop for ₹40,000. He sells it at a 20% profit. The buyer then sells it at a 15% loss. What is the final selling price?
A merchant sells an item at a loss of 15%. If he had sold it for ₹100 more, he would have made a profit of 5%. What is the cost price of the item?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He marks it up by 20% and then offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he sells the remaining stock at a further discount of 5% on the already discounted price. What is his overall profit percentage on the item?
A shopkeeper marks up goods by 50% above cost price. He gives a discount of 20% on the marked price. Later, due to a change in market conditions, he reduces the already-discounted price by another 25%. If the final selling price is ₹900, what was the original cost price?
A vendor buys oranges at ₹8 per dozen. He sells 60% of them at ₹1 per orange and the remaining at ₹0.75 per orange. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an article at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on the marked price. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an article at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on the marked price. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A shopkeeper buys articles at ₹60 each. He marks them up by 80%. He gives a discount of 25% on the marked price for the first 100 units sold. For the next 50 units, he gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his overall profit percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he buys another identical item at the same cost price but sells it at a 20% profit. If he sells both items, what is his overall profit percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he sells the remaining stock at a further discount of 20% on the already discounted price. What is his overall profit percentage on the final sale?
A trader marks up goods by 50% above cost price. In the first month, he gives a 20% discount and sells 80% of the stock. In the second month, he reduces the marked price by 30% and sells the remaining 20% of stock. What is his overall profit percentage on the entire transaction?
A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he sells the remaining stock at a further discount of 20% on the already discounted price. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A trader buys goods at ₹60 per unit. He sells 60% of the stock at a profit of 25% and the remaining 40% at a loss of 10%. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A trader marks goods at 80% above cost price. He gives a discount of 25% on the marked price. Later, he realizes he made an error and sells the remaining stock at a further 15% discount on the already-discounted price. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A retailer buys goods at ₹80 per unit. He marks them up by 60% and offers a discount of 12.5% on the marked price. Later, he decides to increase the marked price by 25% and offer a discount of 20% instead. What is the difference in his profit per unit between the two selling strategies?
A merchant sells an item at a 25% profit. He then buys the same item again at the selling price and sells it at a 20% loss. If the original cost price was ₹400, what is his net profit or loss percentage on the total transaction?
A shopkeeper buys goods at ₹100 per unit. He marks up the price by 50% and then offers two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on the marked price. If he sells 200 units, what is his total profit or loss?
A shopkeeper buys an article at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on the marked price. Later, he realizes he made an error in calculating the second discount and actually gave a discount of 20% instead of 15% on the already-discounted price. What is the difference between the profit he thought he would make and the actual profit he made?
A merchant sells an article at ₹1,200 and incurs a loss of 20%. If he wants to make a profit of 25%, at what price should he sell the article?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on the marked price. Later, he realizes he made an error in calculating the second discount and actually gave a discount of 20% instead of 15% on the already-discounted price. What is the difference between the profit he thought he would make and the actual profit he made?
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A merchant sells goods at a loss of 10%, and the buyer sells them at a loss of 20%. If the original cost price was ₹1000, what is the final selling price?
A shopkeeper buys an item at ₹500. He sells it at a profit of 20%, and the buyer sells it further at a profit of 25%. What is the final selling price?
A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹1000 and sells it at a profit of 20%. He then uses the selling price to buy another article and sells it at a profit of 10%. What is his overall profit amount (in ₹)?
A merchant buys goods for ₹2000. He sells 40% of the goods at a profit of 30% and the remaining 60% at a loss of 10%. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A vendor buys apples at ₹10 per kg. He sells 60% of the apples at ₹15 per kg and the remaining 40% at ₹12 per kg. What is his overall profit percentage?
A trader sells an item at a loss of 15%. If he had sold it for ₹80 more, he would have made a profit of 5%. What is the cost price of the item?
A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹500. He marks it up by 20% and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
An item is sold at a loss of 15%, and the buyer sells it further at a loss of 10%. If the final selling price is ₹306, what was the original cost price?
A trader buys an article for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 30%. The buyer then sells it at a profit of 50%. What is the overall profit percentage on the original cost price?
A trader buys goods for ₹2000 and marks them at 50% above cost price. He gives a discount of 20% on the marked price. Later, he offers an additional 10% discount on the already discounted price. What is his net profit percentage?
A vendor buys oranges at ₹40 per dozen and sells them at ₹5 per orange. He offers a buy-2-get-1-free scheme. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A person buys two items: Item A for ₹1200 at a 25% profit and Item B for ₹800 at a 20% loss. What is the overall profit or loss percentage on the total transaction?
A shopkeeper marks an article 50% above its cost price. He gives a discount of 20% on the marked price. Later, due to a change in policy, he reduces the selling price by another 10%. If the final selling price is ₹540, what was the original cost price?
A trader buys goods for ₹2000. He sells 60% of the goods at a profit of 15% and the remaining 40% at a loss of 10%. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he offers a further discount of 5% on the new selling price. What is his overall profit percentage?
A merchant sells an item at a loss of 20%. If he had sold it for ₹120 more, he would have made a profit of 10%. What is the cost price of the item?
A shopkeeper marks an article at ₹5000. He gives a 15% discount, and the customer pays with a coupon that gives an additional 8% discount on the discounted price. If the shopkeeper still makes a 20% profit, what was the cost price?
A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹500. He marks it up by 40% and then gives two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is his overall profit or loss percentage?
A shopkeeper buys an article at ₹500. He marks it up by 40%, then offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. Later, he realizes demand is high, so he increases the new selling price by 20%. What is his overall profit percentage?
A retailer marks goods at 60% above cost price. He offers a discount of 20% on the marked price. On the discounted price, he further offers a cashback of 10%. If a customer buys items with a total marked price of ₹5000, what is his net cost after all reductions?
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