{"id":1230,"date":"2026-01-09T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:30:37","slug":"profit-and-loss-pa-sa-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/profit-and-loss-pa-sa-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Profit and Loss- PA SA Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Profit and Loss- PA SA Exam-Practice high-quality MCQs for the PA SA Exam covering key postal rules, procedures, and current schemes. Ideal for quick revision and accurate self-assessment based on the latest syllabus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. A man bought a TV for \u20b920,000 and sold it for \u20b925,000. What is his profit percentage?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 20%<br>b) 25%<br>c) 30%<br>d) 35%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. A shopkeeper sells an item for \u20b9600 at a loss of 10%. What was the cost price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b9660<br>b) \u20b9700<br>c) \u20b9720<br>d) \u20b9650<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. If the cost price of 15 items is equal to the selling price of 12 items, find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 15%<br>b) 20%<br>c) 25%<br>d) 30%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. An article was bought for \u20b9800 and sold at a profit of 15%. Find the selling price.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b9920<br>b) \u20b9960<br>c) \u20b9880<br>d) \u20b9860<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. A trader bought goods worth \u20b915,000 and sold them for \u20b918,000. Find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 18%<br>b) 20%<br>c) 25%<br>d) 30%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. If the selling price of an article is \u20b91,200 and the cost price is \u20b91,000, find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 15%<br>b) 30%<br>c) 25%<br>d) 20%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  D<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. A shopkeeper bought a table for \u20b91,500 and sold it at a loss of 10%. Find the selling price.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b91,350<br>b) \u20b91,400<br>c) \u20b91,300<br>d) \u20b91,200<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. The cost price of 20 items is equal to the selling price of 16 items. Find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 20%<br>b) 25%<br>c) 30%<br>d) 35%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. If the selling price of an item is \u20b9750 and the loss incurred is 25%, what is the cost price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b91,000<br>b) \u20b9950<br>c) \u20b9900<br>d) \u20b9800<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10. An article was sold for \u20b92,500 at a profit of 25%. What was the cost price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b92,000<br>b) \u20b92,100<br>c) \u20b92,200<br>d) \u20b92,300<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>11. A man bought a car for \u20b94,00,000 and sold it for \u20b94,50,000. Calculate the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 10%<br>b) 12.5%<br>c) 15%<br>d) 20%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>12. A trader bought 50 bags of rice at \u20b91,000 each. He sold all the bags at a profit of 5%. Find the selling price of each bag.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b91,050<br>b) \u20b91,080<br>c) \u20b91,100<br>d) \u20b91,120<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  A<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>13. If a man sold an article for \u20b93,000 at a loss of 20%, what was the cost price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b93,750<br>b) \u20b93,800<br>c) \u20b94,000<br>d) \u20b94,200<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>14. A shopkeeper bought a refrigerator for \u20b912,000 and sold it at a loss of 15%. Find the selling price.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b910,500<br>b) \u20b910,200<br>c) \u20b99,800<br>d) \u20b910,800<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>15. An item is sold at a profit of 25%. If the cost price is \u20b9320, what is the selling price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b9380<br>b) \u20b9400<br>c) \u20b9420<br>d) \u20b9440<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>16. A bicycle was bought for \u20b92,000 and sold for \u20b92,400. Find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 18%<br>b) 20%<br>c) 22%<br>d) 25%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  D<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>17. A man bought a computer for \u20b930,000 and sold it for \u20b927,000. Find the loss percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 8%<br>b) 9%<br>c) 10%<br>d) 11%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>18. The selling price of an article is \u20b9500 and the cost price is \u20b9450. Find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 10%<br>b) 11.11%<br>c) 12%<br>d) 13.33%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>19. A shirt was bought for \u20b9750 and sold at a loss of 5%. What was the selling price?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b9700<br>b) \u20b9712.50<br>c) \u20b9720<br>d) \u20b9725<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>20. A man sold a watch for \u20b91,500, making a profit of 25%. Find the cost price.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b91,100<br>b) \u20b91,200<br>c) \u20b91,250<br>d) \u20b91,300<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  C<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>21. The cost price of a table is \u20b92,000 and the selling price is \u20b91,800. Find the loss percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 9%<br>b) 10%<br>c) 11%<br>d) 12%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>22. A woman bought a dress for \u20b91,200 and sold it for \u20b91,440. Find the profit percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 18%<br>b) 20%<br>c) 22%<br>d) 25%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  D<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>23. A book was sold for \u20b9600 at a loss of 10%. Find the cost price.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u20b9640<br>b) \u20b9660<br>c) \u20b9680<br>d) \u20b9700<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>24. If the cost price of an article is \u20b9500 and the selling price is \u20b9575, what is the profit percentage?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 12%<br>b) 15%<br>c) 14%<br>d) 16%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>25. A person bought a bag for \u20b91,500 and sold it for \u20b91,275. Find the loss percentage.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 10%<br>b) 12%<br>c) 15%<br>d) 18%<\/p>\n\n\n<button class=\"show-answer-btn\" onclick=\"pa_toggle_answer(this)\">Show Answer<\/button><div class=\"answer\">The correct answer is:  B<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profit and Loss- PA SA Exam-Practice high-quality MCQs for the PA SA Exam covering key postal rules, procedures, and current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-sa-pa-mcq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postaladda.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}