Discount (SSC) (Part-4)

Total Questions: 50

1. In a sale, a shop is giving a discount as per the following scheme: 10% discount on clothes, 12% on groceries, 15% on stationery and 20% on footwear. Anjali bought a packet of tea, a notebook and bathroom sleepers whose marked prices are ₹450, ₹100 and ₹850, respectively. How much amount (in ₹) does she have to pay? [Graduate Level 28/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1161
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2. A silver puja thali set marked at ₹10,000 is sold with two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. An additional 5% discount is offered if the payment is made in cash mode. Find the selling price of the article on cash payment. [Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹8,122.50
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3. The marked price of a commodity was given as ₹y per kg. After two successive discounts of 8% and 12.5%, respectively, the retailer purchased it for ₹3,059 per kg. What was the value of y ? [Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (b) 3800
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4. A shopkeeper keeps the marked price of his goods 50% more than the cost price. If he gives successive discounts of 5%, 10% and 20% on marked price, then what is his profit percentage? [Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2 ⅗%
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5. A purchases a merchant smartwatch for ₹1,800 and fixes its list price in such a way that, after allowing a discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 22%. The list price of the smartwatch (in ₹) is: [Higher Secondary 30/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2440
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6. Somesh is a shopkeeper who gives two successive discounts on an umbrella marked ₹560. The first discount given is 17%. If the customer Mahesh pays ₹420 for the umbrella, then find the second discount given (correct to two places of decimals). [Matriculation Level 27/06/2023 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (b) 9.64%
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7. A store declares a discount scheme as "Buy 1 shampoo bottle and get 60% off on another shampoo of same quality, size and of the same price." What is the profit percentage of the store, if each shampoo bottle has the cost price 60% below the marked price? [Matriculation Level 27/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (c) 75%
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8. A book is sold at a discount of 32% and an additional discount of 25% is allowed on cash payment. If Ramesh purchased the book by paying Rs.2,550 in cash, find the marked price of the book. [Matriculation Level 28/06/2023 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.5,000
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9. Rajesh marks his goods 30% above the cost price but allows a 12% discount for cash payment. If he sells the goods for ₹3,500, find his cost price (up to one place of decimal). [Matriculation Level 28/06/2023 (Shift-4)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹3,059.4
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10. If a watch that is marked at ₹1,800 is being sold for ₹1,250, then the discount percentage at which the watch is being sold is: [Matriculation Level 30/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (a) 30 ⁵⁄₉%
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