Discount (Railway Maths) (Part – I)

Total Questions: 60

31. The marked price of an article is ₹400 and successive discounts of 10% and 12% are offered on its sale. The selling price of the article is: [Group D 18/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹316.80
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32. What is the net discount, if two successive discounts of 10% and 12% are given? [Group D 22/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 20.8%
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33. Two successive discounts of 15% and X% on the sale of an item are equivalent to a single discount of 23.5%. What is the value of X%? [Group D 22/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 10%
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34. Find the single percentage discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 30%, 20% and 10% respectively. [Group D 26/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 49.6%
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35. After two successive discounts, a tie with a list price of ₹120 is available at ₹90. If the second discount is 9%, what is the first discount percentage? [Give your answer correct to 2 places of decimal.] [Group D 27/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 17.58%
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36. Find the single percentage discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 30%, 20% and 10% [Group D 27/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 49.6%
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37. A tradesman allows a discount of 15% on the marked price. How much above the cost price must he mark his goods to gain 19% through the above transaction? [Group D 28/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 40%
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38. If a% is the first discount and b% is the second discount on the marked price of an article, then an equivalent single discount percentage is given by: [Group D 29/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) a + b − ab/100
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39. The marked price of a car is ₹5,00,000. Under a scheme successive discounts of 10% and 8% are offered on it. Find the total discount offered while selling the car under the given scheme. [Group D 29/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹86,000
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40. A shopkeeper sells a pair of shoes at a discount of 34% and still makes a profit of 10%. If the cost price of the pair of shoes is ₹480, find its marked price. [Group D 29/09/2022 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹800
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