Discount (SSC) (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

41. An amusement park gives an offer to its customers that one person will be given free entry with four other people. What is the effective percentage discount given by the amusement park? [Matriculation Level 24/06/2024 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (c) 20%
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42. The marked price of a commodity was given as ₹425 per kg. After two successive discounts of 5% and y%, respectively, the retailer purchased it for ₹323 per kg. What was the value of y? [Matriculation Level 24/06/2024 (Shift-4)]

Correct Answer: (b) 20
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43. A store is running a scheme for offering a discount of 12% if the customer pays instantly, and a discount of 6% if purchased through credit card. The benefit of the scheme may be split on the amount of payment, however only one discount shall be given on one item. There is no discount on any other type of transaction. Ankur purchased a shirt from the store, whose marked price was ₹2,200, through credit card and paid instantly for the purchase of a coat marked at ₹7,500. What was the total amount (in ₹) billed? [Matriculation Level 25/06/2024 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (a) 8668
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44. An item costs Rs 15,000. A customer can choose either a 30% discount or buy two get one free offer. Jeevan chose the first offer and Rakshit chose the second offer. Find the difference in their payment for a single item. [Matriculation Level 25/06/2024 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.500
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45. A shopkeeper offers 25% discount on all the toys. He offers a further discount of 5% on the reduced price to those customers who pay in cash. How much does a customer have to pay (in ₹) in cash for a toy of ₹510? (Correct to two decimal places) [Matriculation Level 26/06/2024 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (c) 363.38
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46. On a machine there is 12% trade discount on the marked price of ₹2,56,000, but the machine is sold for ₹2,05,000 after giving a cash discount. How much is this cash discount (in %) ? (Rounded to the nearest whole number) [Higher Secondary 21/06/2024 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (c) 9%
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47. A shopkeeper announced 17% rebate on the marked price of an article. If the selling price of the article is ₹1,245, then the marked price (in ₹) of the article is: [Higher Secondary 25/06/2024 (Shift-4)]

Correct Answer: (a) 1500
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48. Which of the following schemes will yield maximum discount on purchase of ₹x? [Graduate Level 20/06/2024 (Shift-3)]

1) 2 successive discounts of 25% and 15%
2) Single discount of 20%
3) 2 free on purchase of 3 items
4) 3 free on purchase of 7 items

Correct Answer: (d) Scheme 3
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49. Which of the following schemes will yield minimum discount ? [Graduate Level 21/06/2024 (Shift-3)]

1) 2 successive discounts of 5% and 5%
2) Single discount of 10%
3) 2 successive discounts of 8% and 2%

Correct Answer: (c) Scheme 1 only
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50. On an item there is 8% discount on the marked price of ₹32,000. After giving an additional season's discount, the item is sold for ₹25,000. How much is the season's discount (in %)? (Correct to two places of decimal) [Graduate Level 26/06/2024 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (d) 15.08%
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