Discount (SSC) (Part-5)

Total Questions: 61

51. A shopkeeper marks an article at a price such that after giving a discount of x% he gains 20%. If the cost price and the marked price of the article are ₹920 and ₹1472 respectively, then what is the value of x ? [SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 25
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52. A merchant announces 25% discount on the price of a shirt. If one needs to have a total rebate of 875 and the price of each shirt is 250, then how many shirts should the person purchase? [SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 14
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53. At a factory outlet of a footwear company, every item is available at a discount of 10%. Charu selected footwear marked for Rs. 900. While paying the bill, it was found that the footwear was slightly damaged for which she got another discount of 10%. How much did she pay for the footwear? [SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 729
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54. A shopkeeper charges ₹1.50 to photocopy a sheet of paper and a discount of 5.5% is given on all photocopies done after 400 sheets. How much will it cost to photocopy 800 sheets of paper? [SSC CHSL 19/4/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹1,167
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55. A customer availed a 10% discount on the purchase of a table and paid Rs.4950 for it. How much money would he have saved if he had bargained to get 12% discount? [SSC CHSL 6/8/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 110
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56. The list price of coconut oil is 15% more than its cost price. At what percent less should it be sold for no profit and no loss? [SSC CHSL 9/8/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b)
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57. A marks her goods 25% above the cost price. She sells 25% of the goods at the marked price, 60% at 25% discount and the remaining at 10% discount. What is her overall gain or loss percent ? [SSC CHSL 10/8/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Gain 4.375%
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58. The marked price of an article is Rs. 660. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 20% and still gets a profit of 10%. If he sells it for Rs. 470, his profit or loss percent, correct to two decimal place will be: [SSC CHSL11/8/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Loss 2.08%
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59. Two successive discounts, each of x% on the marked price of the article, are equal to a single discount of Rs. 331.20. If the marked price of the article is Rs. 920, then the value of x is: [SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 20
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60. If house tax is paid before the due date, one gets a reduction of 12% on the amount of the bill. By paying the tax before the due date, a person got a reduction of Rs.2100. The amount (in Rs.) of house tax was: [SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 17,500
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