Discount (SSC) (Part-4)

Total Questions: 50

41. A grocery shop is offering 10% discount on the purchase of Rs.500 and above. A 5% discount is given on the purchase of value above Rs.250 but below Rs.500. A discount of additional 1% is given if payment is made instantly in cash. How much would a customer have to pay by cash if he buys 25 packets of biscuits and one packet is priced at Rs.30? [SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Rs.668.25
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42. The printed price of a TV set is ₹14,500. It is sold for ₹10,000 with two consecutive discounts. if the first discount is 10%, then what is the second discount? [SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 23.37%
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43. An article costs Rs.4,000 to a shopkeeper, who marks its price at Rs.8,400. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer at a discount of 25%. The customer gets a further discount of 15% on the discounted price if the customer redeems a coupon issued by the store previously. What is the profit percentage (to the nearest integer) earned by the shopkeeper in this transaction? [SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 34%
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44. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 15% on a textbook with the marked price Rs.100. On request, he further allows a discount of 10% on the new price of the goods. What is the overall discount given to the customer? [SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.23.50
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45. In a shop, a discount of 8% is provided. If the total payable amount after discount is more than ₹5,000, an additional discount of 20% is provided, then determine the final amount to be paid by customer, if he buys 12 products each of price ₹750 [SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹6,624
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46. In a showroom the price of a washing machine is ₹65,000. The customer gets a cash discount of ₹2,000, and gets a scratch card promising a percentage discount of 10% to 15%. Determine the difference between the least and the maximum selling prices of the washing machine. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹3,150
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47. Elizabeth went to a furniture store and purchased a study table. She received a 20% discount on it. She would have saved Rs.1,000 more if she had received a 25% discount. What was the marked price of the study table ? [SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) Rs.20,000
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48. When an article is sold at 5 percent discount, then there is a profit of 14 percent. If the discount is 11 percent, then what will be the profit ? [SSC CGL Tier II (08/08/2022)]

Correct Answer: (d) 6.8%
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49. Marked price of an article is ₹28000. It can be sold at one of the following ways: Way A: A single discount of 24 percent. Way B: Two successive discounts of 16 percent and 10 percent. Which way will have lowest selling price and what will be the value of it ? [SSC CGL Tier II (08/08/2022)]

Correct Answer: (d) Way B, ₹21168
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50. A shopkeeper offers the following two discount schemes on the sale of a watch having marked price ₹3,600. [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift-2)]

(1) Two successive discounts of 15%.
(2) A discount of 10% followed by a discount of 20%. What is the difference between the selling price of the watch in case (1) and case (2)?

Correct Answer: (b) ₹9
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