Discount (Railway Maths) (Part – I)

Total Questions: 60

51. Big Mart is offering a 5% discount on card payment. How much percentage above cost price should the marked price be so as to make a profit of 10%. [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d)
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52. If the selling price of Rs. 36 results in a 10% discount on a list price, what selling price will result in a 20% discount on the list price? [RRB NTPC 03/02/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 32
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53. A salesman offers 20% additional discount after offering an initial discount of 25% on the labelled rate of a laptop. If the final sale price of the laptop is Rs. 18,000, then what was its labelled rate? [RRB NTPC 15/02/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs. 30,000
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54. A man purchased a fan which had a printed price of Rs. 200. If he received two successive discounts of 30% and 20%, then how much did he pay for the fan? [RRB NTPC 07/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 112
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55. Ramu purchased a TV set with an additional 15% discount on the reduced price after deducting 25% discount on the labelled price. If the labelled price was Rs. 12,000, at what price did he purchase the TV set? [RRB NTPC 11/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs. 7,650
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56. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% once in 4 months. If a man purchases an article in this scheme for Rs.25515 in December, then what was the initial price in January ? [RRB JE 22/05/2019 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (b) Rs.35000
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57. Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are advertised in a sale. If there is an additional 5% discount on cash payment, what is the overall discount, if the purchase is done by cash ? [RRB JE 26/06/2019 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (c) 31.6%
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58. Determine the actual profit per cent from the given details. [RRB JE 26/06/2019 (Morning) ]

1. With no discount, the profit would have been 20%
2. However a 5% discount is offered

Correct Answer: (c) 14%
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59. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 34% on the sale of an article after marking it 34% above the cost price. Then find the total percentage profit or loss made by him. [RPF S.I. 24/12/2018 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (a) 11.56%
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60. The rate of discount on an article whose marked price is ₹170 and selling price is ₹130 is : [RRB ALP 17/08/2018 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (c) 23.53%
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