Dishonest Merchant — CAT Previous-Year Questions
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Dishonest Merchant · CAT PYQs
A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs.100 per meter and receives 5 cm length of cloth free for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by him. He sells the same cloth at a rate of Rs.110 per meter but cheats his customers by giving 95 cm length of cloth for every 100 cm length of cloth purchased by the customers. If the merchant provides a 5% discount, the resulting profit earned by him is
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In a locality, there are five small cities: A, B, C, D and E. The distances of these cities from each other are as follows.
AB = 2 km AC = 2km AD > 2 km AE > 3 km BC = 2 km
BD = 4 km BE = 3 km CD = 2 km CE = 3 km DE > 3 km
Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash payment, what is his overall profit percentage?
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Four sisters — Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs.32.
A stockist wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various methods . Which of the following would maximise his profit?
I. Sell sugar at 10% profit.
II. Use 900 g of weight instead of 1 kg.
III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at cost price.
IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weights by 5%.