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Exercise 8.5

1. Fill in the blanks.
(a) If C.P. = ` 500, S.P. = ` 600, Profit = ` ________
(b) If C.P. = ` 1200, loss = ` 180, S.P. = ` ________

(c) If C.P. = ` 2100, S.P. = ` 1900, Loss = ` ________

2. Nikhil bought pens at ` 120 a dozen. He sold them at ` 150 a dozen. What was his profit
or loss per dozen?
3. A shopkeeper suffers a loss of ` 2527 by selling a TV for ` 11825. What was the cost price
of TV?

4. Tina bought a box of chocolates for ` 650 and sold it to Ritu at a profit of ` 75. Find the
selling price of the chocolate box.
5. Mr. Gupta bought a table for ` 2200 and sold it at a loss of ` 462. What was the selling price

of the table?
6. Rijwan buys a pen from a wholesaler at ` 10 for 20 pens. He sells these pens at ` 10 for
15 pens. Find his profit or loss per cent.

ASSESSMENT TIME

COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

A. Multiple-Choice Questions
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1. In percentage, we can write as
100

(a) 46% (b) 4.6% (c) 0.46
2. Which of the following is equivalent to 5%?

(a) 0.5 (b) 0.005 (c) 0.05
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3. What is the value of in percentage?
5

(a) 80% (b) 20% (c) .8%

4. A shopkeeper bought a bag of rice for ` 1440 and sold it for ` 60 less. The loss he incur is

(a) ` 1380 (b) ` 60 (c) ` 100

5. A period of 12 hours is what per cent of the day?

(a) 50% (b) 12% (c) 25%