Discount (SSC) (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

1. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 20% on the marked price of an item and thus gains 10%. What is the ratio of the cost price to the marked price of the item [SSC CGL 10/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 8 : 11
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2. A shopkeeper, on the eve of Diwali, allowed a series of discounts on television sets. Find the selling price of a television set, if the marked price of television is ₹1,200 and successive discounts are 15% and 10%. [SSC CGL 11/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹918
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3. A shopkeeper marked an article at ₹5,000. The shopkeeper allows successive discounts of 20%,15% and 10%. The selling price of the article is: [SSC CGL 12/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹3,060
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4. The difference between a discount of 25% and two successive discounts of 15% and 20% on a certain bill was ₹28. Find the amount of the bill. [SSC CGL 12/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹400
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5. A manufacturer announces a trade discount of 30% on his products for his dealers. One of the dealers purchased 6 smart phones manufactured by the company at the rate of Rs.25,000 each. What is the amount of trade discount? [SSC CGL 13/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs.45,000
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6. A shopkeeper offers the following discount schemes for buyers. [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

I. Two successive discounts of 15% and 20%
II. Successive discount of 25% and 10%
III. A discount of 33%
The selling price will be minimum under the scheme:

Correct Answer: (c) III
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7. After offering two successive discounts a toy with a marked price of ₹150 is sold at ₹105. If the value of the first discount is 12.5%, what is the value of the second discount? [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 20%
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8. If the selling price of an article is ₹1,792 after a 20% discount, then the marked price of the article is: [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹2,240
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9. An article marked for ₹275 is sold at 5% discount. The seller still gains 4.5%. What did he pay for it? [SSC CGL 19/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹250
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10. A cooker is marked at ₹12,500. The dealer allows successive discounts of 6%, 6% and 4% on it. What is the net selling price of the cooker ? [SSC CGL 19/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹10,603.20
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