Discount (Railway Maths) (Part – I)

Total Questions: 60

11. In a clearance sale, a sari whose marked price was Rs. 10,490 is now sold for Rs. 9,441. What is the discount percent on the sari? [Group D 18/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 10%
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12. An item costs Rs. 2,000 less than Rs. 5,000. The dealer offers a discount of 10% and the retailer further offers a discount of 5% on its C.P. The final selling price for the customer is: [Group D 18/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 2,565
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13. The difference between the selling price on a discount of 32% and two successive discounts of 20% each on a certain bill is Rs.25. Find the actual amount of the bill. [Group D 18/08/2022 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹625
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14. A shop which sells sarees had offers going on wherein customers could buy 3 sarees and get 2 free. What is the discount that the customer gets? [Group D 22/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 40%
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15. The marked price of a book is ₹900. A man bought the same for ₹693 after getting two successive discounts, the first being 12%. What was the second discount rate? [Group D 26/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 12.5%
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16. Three successive discounts of 4%, 5% and 14% are equal to a single discount of ____ (round off to two decimal places). [Group D 29/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 21.57%
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17. The shopkeeper offers 3 successive discounts on a washing machine that costs ₹58,000, so that the price gets reduced to ₹42,000. If 5%, 10% and x% are the respective discounts, find the value of x. [Group D 30/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 15.3
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18. The marked price of an article is ₹1,200. The shopkeeper offered two successive discounts of 10% and 5% respectively to a customer. At what price did the customer purchase the article? [Group D 30/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹1,026
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19. X placed an order for 20 shirts marked for ₹750 each. The shopkeeper offered 20% discount on purchase of 20 shirts. He allowed a further discount of ₹500, as the payment was made in cash. Find the final selling price of each shirt, if the selling price of each shirt is the same ? [Group D 01/09/2022 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹575
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20. A shopkeeper has the following 3 schemes: [Group D 01/09/2022 (Evening) ]

(I) Two successive discounts of 30% and 35%
(II) Buy 6, get 4 free
(III) Buy 5, get 6 free
Which scheme has the maximum discount percentage ?

Correct Answer: (a) Only III
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