Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

I sold a book at a profit of $12\%$. Had I sold it for $Rs. 18$ more, $18\%$ would have gained. The cost price of the book is:

A man sold a clock at a loss of $7\%$. Had he been able to sell it at a gain of $9$percent, he would have fetched $Rs. 64$ more than he did. The cost price of the clock is:

By selling $66$ metres of cloth, I gain cost price of $22$ metres. My gain percent is:

If toffees are bought at the rate of $25$for a rupee, how many must be sold for a rupee so as to gain $25\%$?

A person sold his pen for $Rs. 75$ and got a percentage of profit equal to the cost price. The cost price of the pen is:

What profit percent is made by selling the article at a certain price, if by selling it at half the price there would be a loss of $12\frac{1}{2}$ percent?

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but weighs $960$gram in place of a kg by means of his false balance. Find his gain percent.

A man buys eggs at $9$ for $Rs. 7$ and sells at $11$ for $Rs. 9$. What does he gain or lose percent in this deal?