UPSC CSAT Mathematics Questions

If loss is 1/3 of SP, the loss percentage is

A person sells two machines at Rs. 396 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. His profit or loss in the whole transaction is

A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15% above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12% less than the fixed price. His percentage of profit is

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 850 g instead of 1 kg. His gain percent is

A dishonest fruit vendor professes to sell his goods at a profit of 10% but he uses a weight of 16 gram for 20 gram. Find his gain percent

A dishonest grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and also uses weights which are 20% less than the marked weight. The total gain earned by him will be

A dishonest shopkeeper, using a faulty balance makes a profit of 5% while buying as well as while selling his goods. His actual gain percent in the whole proces…

A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle ?

By selling an article for Rs. 72, there is a loss of 10%. In order to gain 5%, its selling price should be

A man wanted to sell an article with 20% profit, but he actually sold at 20% loss for Rs. 480. At what price he wanted to sell it to earn the profit?

By selling an article for Rs. 240, a man incurs a loss of 10%. At what price should he sell it, so that he makes a profit of 20% ?

On selling an article for Rs. 651, there is a loss of 7%. The cost price of that article is

10% loss on selling price is what percent loss on the cost price?

The ratio of the cost price and selling price of an article is 5 : 6. What is the percentage of profit?

A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more than those required to pass. The pass percentage is

In an examination, a student who gets 20% of the maximum marks fails by 5 marks. Another student who scores 30% of the maximum marks gets 20 marks more than the…

The average of five numbers is 140. If one number is excluded, the average of the remaining four numbers is 130. The excluded number is

The average of runs scored by a player in 10 innings is 50. How many runs should he score in the 11th innings so that his average is increased by 2 runs?

The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is

The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly taken as 23. The corrected (new) mean is