Discount Questions and answers

  1. Aptitude
    1. Compound interest
    2. Boat and Stream
    3. Trains
    4. Percentage
    5. Discount
    6. Mixture and Allegation
    7. Unitary Method
    8. Work and Wages
    9. Pipes and Cisterns
    10. Linear Equations
    11. Approximation
    12. Word problems
    13. Number System
    14. Time and Distance
    15. Average
    16. Ratio and Proportions
    17. Profit and Loss
    18. Partnership
    19. Permutation and combination
    20. Probability
    21. Problem on ages
    22. Time and work
    23. Simple and compound interest
    24. Mensuration
    25. Number series
31). A shopkeeper marks an article at Rs.60 and sells at a discount of 15% He also gives a gift worth Rs.3. If he still makes 20% profit, the cost price is
A). Rs.22
B). Rs.32
C). Rs.40
D). Rs.42
32). A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his advertised price and still makes a profit of 10%. If he gains Rs.56 on one item, his advertised price of the item (in Rs.) is
A). 820
B). 780
C). 790
D). 800
33). A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% to his customers and still gains 20%, the marked price of the article which costs Rs.450, is
A). Rs.600
B). Rs.540
C). Rs.660
D). Rs.580
34). A dozen pair of socks quoted at Rs.80 are available at a discount of 10%. How many pair of socks can be bought for Rs.24?
A). 4
B). 5
C). 3
D). 6
35). A tradesman allows a discount of 15% on the marked price. How much above the cost price must he mark his goods as to gain 19%?
A). 34%
B). 40%
C). 25%
D). 30%


36). If a commission of 10% is given on the written price of an article, the gain is 20%. The gain per cent, when the commission is increased to 20%, will be
A). \(\Large 6\frac{2}{3} \)%
B). 5%
C). 8%
D). \( \Large 5\frac{1}{3} \)%
37). Rita bought a television set with 20% discount on the labeled price. She made a profit of Rs.800 by selling it for Rs.16800. The labeled price of the set was
A). Rs.10000
B). Rs.20000
C). Rs.20800
D). Rs.24000
38). The marked price of an article is Rs.500. It is sold on two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. The selling price of that article is
A). Rs.350
B). Rs.375
C). Rs.360
D). Rs.400
39). A shopkeeper allows a discount of 4% on his article. If cost price of the article is Rs.100 and he wants to get a profit of 20%. Then, its marked price will be
A). Rs.96
B). Rs.120
C). Rs.125
D). Rs/130
40). If marked price of an article is 30% more than its cost price and 10% discount is given, then profit per cent is
A). \( \Large 18\frac{1}{2} \)
B). 20%
C). \( \Large 1\frac{1}{2} \)
D). 17%
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