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Profit and Loss MCQs with Answers for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all One Paper Exams — page 3

Profit and loss MCQs test cost price, selling price, discount and successive change. Papers prefer percentage shortcuts over long multiplication.

Profit and Loss MCQs (21–30)

10 questions on this page, with a one-liner under each answer. Hide answers to attempt; questions you already answered stay revealed. This is a sample of 30 Profit and Loss MCQs — the full Mathematics bank is in the study app.

Answers and one-liners are hidden. Tap an option to check that question, or show all. Questions from previously asked papers carry a Past Paper MCQ badge.

  1. 21.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The selling price of an article is Rs. 118 and the profit earned is 50%. The cost price of the article is:

  2. 22.

    Past Paper MCQ

    On a $20\%$ discount sale, an article costs Rs. $596$. What was the original price of the article?

  3. 23.

    Past Paper MCQ

    A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate of interest?

  4. 24.

    Past Paper MCQ

    A sum of money doubles in 3 years at compound interest, compounded annually at the same rate. In how many years will it become 4 times itself?

  5. 25.

    Past Paper MCQ

    If $\$1000$ is deposited in a savings account with a $2\%$ annual interest rate, what will be the total interest after $3$ years (simple interest)?

  6. 26.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The price of a printer is Rs 150,000 and it depreciates at 4% annually. What is the price of the printer after 3 years?

  7. 27.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The principal that will amount to Rs. $270.40$ in $2$ years at the rate of $4\%$ per annum compound interest is:

  8. 28.

    Past Paper MCQ

    Ali deposits an amount of Rs. 65800 to obtain simple interest at the rate of 14% per annum for 4 years. What total amount will Ali get at the end of 4 years?

  9. 29.

    Past Paper MCQ

    The value of an article which was purchased 2 years ago depreciates at 12% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 9680, the price at which it was purchased is?

  10. 30.

    Past Paper MCQ

    What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. $1875$ after $2$ years if the rate of interest for the first year is $4\%$ and that for the second year is $8\%$?

Profit and Loss MCQs — common questions

Are these Profit and Loss MCQs with answers?
Yes. Each question on this page can be attempted here. The correct option and a one-liner are in the HTML. This is a sample set of 30 Profit and Loss MCQs across 3 pages. The full Mathematics bank is in the study app.
Are Profit and Loss MCQs asked in FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all One Paper Exams?
Yes. Profit and Loss is part of the Mathematics portion of most Pakistani one-paper job tests. Weighting still depends on the advertisement — use the official syllabus for your post.
Are these past paper Profit and Loss MCQs?
Where a question came from a previously asked paper, it carries a Past Paper MCQ badge. The rest are general practice from the same topic. The study app lets you drill past papers on their own.
How should I practise Profit and Loss MCQs?
Hide answers and attempt the samples on this page first. Then open Mathematics in the study app and drill this area until your correction rate rises. Mix a full paper only after the topic is stable.
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