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CAT Profit, Loss & Discount Practice Questions (105+ Questions)

Cost Price, Selling Price, Markup Percentages, Faulty Weights & Balances, and Partnership Profit Sharing

109 Total Questions
MCQ: 82 (+3 / -1)
TITA: 27 (0 Negative Penalty)
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109 Qs
82 MCQ + 27 TITA
99%ile Score Benchmark
28–31 Marks (out of 66 in QA, ~10 net correct questions)
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+3 / -1 / 0
Zero penalty on TITA
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1Prioritize high-yield arithmetic & algebra questions first to secure the 85th percentile sectional cutoff in the first 20 minutes.
2TITA questions carry zero negative penalty (0 marks for wrong answers); attempt all TITA questions before the sectional timer runs out.
3Use the on-screen digital calculator only for complex 3-digit divisions; mental math approximations save 35–45 seconds per question.
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Exam Hall Pitfalls & Elimination Tactics: Profit, Loss & Discount Practice Drills

  • 1Calculating discount on Cost Price instead of Marked Price (discount is ALWAYS on MP).
  • 2Calculating profit percentage on SP unless explicitly stated.

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ThinkCAT Practice SetQAArithmetic • Profit & LossModerate
A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of 20%. If he had sold it for Rs. 180 less, he would have incurred a loss of 10%. What is the cost price of the item?
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