CAT (QA) PYQs

On selling a pen at $5 \%$ loss and a book at $15 \%$ gain, Karim gains Rs. $7$. If he sells the pen at $5 \%$ gain and the book at $10 \%$ gain, he gains Rs. 13. What is the cost price of the book in Rupees?

If a seller gives a discount of $15 \%$ on retail price, she still makes a profit of $2 \%$. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of $20\%$?

A merchant purchases a cloth at a rate of Rs. $100$ per meter and receives $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth free for every $100 \mathrm{~cm}$ 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 $95 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth for every $100 \mathrm{~cm}$ length of cloth purchased by the customers. If the merchant provides a $5 \%$ discount, the resulting profit earned by him is