IIM-B (BBA-DBE) 2024 #1 (QA) PYQs

A goldsmith bought a large solid golden ball at INR 1,000,000 and melted it to make a certain number of solid spherical beads such that the radius of each bead was one-fifth of the radius of the original ball. Assume that the cost of making golden beads is negligible. If the goldsmith sold all the beads at 20% discount on the listed price and made a total profit of 20%, then the listed price or each golden bead, in INR, was

A shopkeeper sold article A at a profit of $18\%$ and article B at a loss of $10\%$, thus making an overall profit of Rs.$85$. If he had sold at article A at an $11\%$ loss and article B at an $8\%$ profit, he would have suffered a loss of Rs.$34$. Find the sum (in Rs.) of the cost prices of article A and article B.

A man sold $\frac{3}{5}^{\text {th }}$ of his articles at a gain of $20 \%$ and the remaining at the cost price. The gain earned in the transaction is