Lockdown series 3

1. A driver of a autorickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is 30 rupees a litre. Find the percentage profit for the same journey if he goes for four passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to 24 rupees per litre. (Assume that revenue per passenger is the same in both the cases.)

(a) 33.33%
(b) 65.66
(c) 100% 
(d) Data inadequate

2. After selling a watch, Shyam found that he had made a loss of 10%. He also found that had he sold it for 27 rupees more, he would have made a profit of 5%. The actual initial loss was what percentage of the profit earned, had he sold the watch for a 5% profit?
(a) 23%
(b) 150%
(c) 200% 
(b) 180%

3.Sambhu buys rice at  ₹10/kg and puts a price tag on it so as to earn a profit of 20%. However, his faulty balance shows 1000 gm when it is actually 800 gm. What is his actual gain percentage?
 (a) 50%
 (b) 40%
 (c) 18%
 (d) 10%

4. The profit earned when an article is sold for ₹800 is 20 times the loss incurred when it is sold for ₹275. At what price should the article be sold if it is desired to make a profit of 25%.
(a) ₹300
(b) ₹350
(c) ₹375
(d) ₹400

5. A sells to B goods at five-thirds the rate of profit at which B has decided to sell it to C. C, on other hand, sells it to D at one-third the rate of profit at which B sold it to C. If D gives ` 2145 to C at 10% profit, how much did A buy it for?
(a) ₹1000
(b) ₹2000
(c) ₹1500
(d) ₹1800