Discount (SSC)

Total Questions: 50

1. A banner at a garment shop advertises 'Buy 2 and get 5'. The shopkeeper has marked all the shirts at the same amount. Gaurav was his relative and the shopkeeper gave him an additional discount of 2% on the total bill. Gaurav purchased 5 shirts and paid 1,274. What is the marked price of each shirt? [SSC MTS 30/10/2024 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹650
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2. In a scheme, a shopkeeper offers 4% discount if you buy three or more products. Ritu buys three bottles of guava juice for ₹330. If the shopkeeper still makes a profit of 10%, find the profit he would make if had sold it without discount (rounded off to 2 decimal places). [SSC MTS 22/10/2024 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 14.58%
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3. A shopkeeper buys two varieties of sugar at ₹120 and ₹80 per kg, respectively, and mixes them in the ratio 2: 3. He then sets the marked price of each kg of the blended sugar at 50% above the cost he incurred per kg of the same, and then sold it after offering a 25% discount on the marked price. At what price (in ₹) did the shopkeeper sell each kg of the blended sugar? [SSC MTS 09/10/2024 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 108
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4. Amit and Bilal buy goods for ₹1,500 and ₹2,000, respectively. Amit marks his goods up by y%, while Bilal marks his goods up by 2y% and offers a discount of y%. If both make the same profit, then find the value of y. [SSC CGL 23/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 12.5
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5. If Ram purchases a fan, he gets 8% discount, however, if he purchases three fans he gets 6% on the first, 10% on the second and 12% on the third. If the price paid by the Ram for three fans is ₹6,800, then what will be the marked price of each fan ? [SSC CGL 11/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹2,500
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6. Ramesh purchased some items from a dealer on 19 November 2019. The bill generated was for ₹5,480. He had also purchased some items on 10 November 2019 having the bill value of ₹9,800. He cleared both the bills this time and paid the total amount in cash. If the dealer gives a scheme of 2% discount on the payments done within 10 days and 5% for the payments made in cash at the time of purchase, then find the amount paid by Ramesh on 19 November 2019. [SSC CGL 10/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹ 14,810
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7. What is the discount that Rohan should offer on the remaining ₹8,000 of a laptop priced at ₹48,000, given that, he has already given a 12% discount on the first ₹28,000 and 8% discount on the next ₹12,000 to match the discount amount of 9.5% given on the total price? [SSC CHSL 03/07/2024 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹240
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8. A seller offers a discount of 12% if the total sale price of different products purchased by a single customer is below ₹3,000, and discount of 15% if the total sale value of all the products exceeds ₹3,000. A shirt costing ₹900 was sold to Anand after earning a margin of 9% and also a jacket costing ₹1,900 was sold to him after a margin of 6%. How much does Anand have to pay (in ₹) for the final settlement of the bill ? [SSC CPO 28/06/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 2,635.60
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9. A shopkeeper offers 3 schemes of discounts to his customers. Which of the following schemes will fetch the minimum discount percentage? [SSC CPO 27/06/2024 (1st Shift)]

A) Two successive discounts of 24% and 27%.
B) Buy 5 get three free.
C) Buy 6 and get 10.

Correct Answer: (d) B
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10. A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 42% above the cost price. He sells his goods at a 15% discount on marked price. His percentage of profit (rounded off to the nearest integer) is: [SSC CGL Tier II (26/10/2023)]

Correct Answer: (a) 21%
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