Rule ⇒ Nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning, such as news, measles, mumps, physics, electronics, tactics, economics and so on, usually take singular verbs. Economics …. is
When a lamp and a table are sold at 10% profit and 25% profit, respectively, the seller earns Rs. 30 more in comparison when they are sold by interchang...
A furniture dealer sold an almirah with a 20% profit margin. Had the dealer purchased the almirah at a cost that was 10% lower and then sold it for an a...
A man sold an article for 40% profit. If the selling price of the article had been Rs. 210 less and the cost price had been 50% less, then the profit pe...
The income of P is 50% more than the expenditure of Q. Expenditure of P is 40% less than the income of Q. If the savings of P and Q are Rs 3000 and Rs 2...
Nikhil purchased a house for Rs. 20,00,000/- and gave it on rent immediately at the rate of Rs. 15,000/- per month. After five months, he sold the house...
The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 32 : 24. What is the ratio between the profit and the cost price of that article?
A chair listed at 550 is available at successive discounts of 25% and 10%. The selling price of the chair is
An item was sold at a 22% loss. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 1,850, there would have been a 15% profit instead. Determine the original...
When a shopkeeper sells an item A for Rs.52,800, he incurred a loss of 45%. If he sells another item B of same cost price in order to recover the loss i...
Following the sale of apples with a 30% profit, the seller made an intriguing discovery. He observed that the marked price of an apple exceeded the comb...
