SSC CGL Profit and Loss Practice Test 2026 — Free Chapter Wise Questions

Profit & Loss Tests — Pick a Level and Start

Tap a level to see every test in it. Level 1 is set at real SSC CGL difficulty — start there the day you finish the concept. Level 2 is pitched above the exam, to push accuracy under pressure.

Profit and Loss is the chapter SSC returns to in almost every shift, and it is the one most candidates think they already know. The formulas are short and the arithmetic is light. What actually decides the mark is something narrower: knowing which number goes underneath. A profit percent sits on the cost price, a discount sits on the marked price, and a dealer who quotes his margin on what he received is quoting a different figure from one who quotes it on what he spent.

That single habit — checking the base before dividing — is what these practice tests drill. Each test puts twenty-five profit and loss questions in front of you in one sitting, which is what makes the recurring shapes visible: the same false-weight setups, the same equal-price pairs, the same successive deals SSC has been recycling for years.

How Many Profit and Loss Questions Are Asked in SSC CGL?

Profit and Loss rarely appears alone. It sits in the middle of the commercial arithmetic block, and that block together is worth five to seven marks in a typical Tier I shift.

Counts vary by shift. The point of the table is the block, not the individual row — these four chapters share one set of ideas and are worth preparing together.

What You Will Practice in the Profit & Loss Chapter

Core topics

• Cost price, selling price and marked price — and which of the three a given rate is measured on
• Gain and loss percent from two plain figures, and the reverse: finding the cost from the selling price
• Overheads, carriage, repairs and commission — what joins the cost and what comes off the takings
• Successive deals, where the proceeds of one sale become the cost of the next
• Goods passing through two or three hands, each taking a margin
• Two articles sold at the same price, one at a gain and one at a loss
• Gain or loss expressed as the cost price or selling price of some of the articles
• Part of a consignment sold at one rate and the rest at another
• Spoilage and wastage — stock that is paid for but never earns
• False weights, short measures and dishonest dealers
• Profit reckoned on the selling price instead of the cost price
• Free-goods offers such as "buy 5, get 1 free"

Formulas worth memorising

In the rate-gap row, the two rates are subtracted when both prices lie on the same side of the cost, and added when one is a gain and the other a loss.

The three mistakes that cost the most marks

• Dividing by the wrong figure. A profit percent always sits on the cost. Dividing the profit by the selling price gives a smaller number that is not wrong arithmetic but is not what was asked.
• Adding rates that should multiply. A gain of 20% followed by a loss of 20% is not a break-even — it is a loss of 4%, because the second rate acts on a larger amount than the first.
• Forgetting the stock that earns nothing. Spoiled goods, free samples and the items given away under an offer all cost money and bring none in, so they belong in the cost and not in the takings.

Solved Examples — SSC CGL Profit & Loss

How the Profit & Loss Chapter Tests Work

• 25 questions per test, with a full question palette — answered, skipped, marked for review, not visited.
• Optional 15-minute timer — with the clock to build exam speed, without it while you are still learning the chapter.
• Marking: +2 correct, −0.5 wrong, 0 unattempted — the same scheme as the real paper.
• Solutions, shortcut tricks and concept notes open after you submit, question by question.
• English and हिंदी, chosen at the start of every test.
• Free with a TrickySSC account — sign in once with Google or your mobile number, and every test is open to you.

How to Prepare Profit and Loss for SSC CGL

1. Do percentage first. Every formula in this chapter is a percentage with a different name on it. If percentage is shaky, profit and loss will feel like memorising eight separate rules instead of applying one.
2. Before you divide, say out loud what the base is. Cost price for a profit percent, marked price for a discount, selling price only when the question names it. More marks are lost here than to any calculation error.
3. Do Level 1 untimed, the same day you finish the theory. It is set at real SSC CGL difficulty; the aim is picking the right base and the right formula, not speed.
4. Repeat Level 1 with the 15-minute clock on, then move to Level 2. A Tier I profit and loss question that takes more than about forty-five seconds usually means you are solving it the long way round.
5. Learn the two standing results. The equal-price pair losing x²/100 percent, and the short-weight gain of (1000 − w)/w — between them they cover a good share of the harder questions and take seconds once known.
6. Read the solution even for questions you got right. The shortcut in the solution panel is often two steps shorter than the method you used.
7. Verify against a real paper. Once Level 1 is consistent under the clock, attempt a previous year paper and then a full mock test under locked sectional timing.

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