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?

Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice the price of the small box. If the selling price per gram of chocolate in the large box is $12 \%$ less than that in the small box, then the percentage by which the weight of chocolate in the large box exceeds that in the small box is nearest to

A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg . He then sold $8 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts at a profit of $10 \%$ and $16 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts at a profit of $20 \%$ to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost $5 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts and $3 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts in transit. He then mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture at Rs. $166$ per kg, thus making an overall profit of $25 \%$. At what price, in Rs. per kg, did the wholesaler buy the walnuts?