Discount (SSC)

Total Questions: 50

41. A shopkeeper marks his goods k% more than their cost price. If the shopkeeper allows a 20% discount and still gains 25%, then find the value of k. [SSC MTS 17/10/2024 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 56.25%
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42. A shopkeeper sells a notebook that has a marked price of ₹80 at a discount of 8% and gives a pen costing ₹8.60 free with each notebook. Even then he makes a profit of 17%. Find the cost price of each note book correct to two places of decimals. [SSC MTS 18/10/2024 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹55.56
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43. A shopkeeper offers buy three, get one free; what is the percentage discount being offered by the shopkeeper in this scheme? [SSC MTS 18/10/2024 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 25%
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44. A television costs ₹20,500 for a trader. He fixes its marked price as 24,000 and gives a discount of 15%. He further gives a discount of 5% for cash payment. Find his percentage of profit or loss. [SSC MTS 22/10/2024 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Loss 5 ¹⁹⁄₄₁ %
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45. A shopkeeper offered following four different discount schemes for buyers on an item.  [SSC MTS 23/10/2024 (Afternoon)]

A. Two successive discounts of 8%
B. A discount of 11% followed by a discount of 5%.
C. Successive discounts of 13% and 3%
D. A discount of 16%.
If Rajiv wants to purchase the item from this shop at minimum price, he should opt for the discount scheme:

Correct Answer: (d) D
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46. A retailer announces a discount of 25% for selling a mobile phone marked at ₹48,000. The cost price of the mobile phone is 45% below the marked price. He offers a further discount of 7.5% if the buyer returns his old mobile phone. What is the ratio of the profit percentages of the retailer with the return of the old mobile phone scheme to that of without the return of the old mobile phone, respectively? [SSC MTS 13/11/2024 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 23:32
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47. A shop has two promotional offers: buy three shirts, get one shirt free, or a 25% discount on the marked price. If a customer buys five using both offers, what discount will he get all together? [SSC MTS 14/11/2024 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 25%
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48. An article is marked at ₹550. If it is sold at a discount of 40%, then the selling price becomes 10% more than its cost price. What is the cost price (in ₹) ? [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 300
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49. In a clearance sale, a sari whose marked price was ₹10,490 is now sold for ₹9,441. What is the discount percentage on the sari?  [SSC CGL 09/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10%
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50. If, on a marked price, the difference between selling prices with a discount of 65% and with two successive discounts of 30% and 40% is ₹105, then the marked price (in ₹) is: [SSC CGL 10/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1,500
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