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
71). What price should a shopkeeper mark on an article costing him Rs.153 to gain 20% after allowing a discount of 15%?
A). Rs.162
B). Rs.184
C). Rs.216
D). Rs.224
72). Sunder purchased an office bag with a price tag of Rs.600 in a sale where 25% discount was being offered on the tag price. He was given a further discount of 10% on the amount arrived after giving usual 25% discount. What was the final amount paid by Sunder?
A). Rs.210
B). Rs.540
C). Rs.405
D). Rs.450
73). A bicycle originally costs Rs.100 and was discounted 10%. After three months, it was sold after being discounted 15%. How much was the bicycle sold for?
A). Rs.55.5
B). Rs.95.225
C). Rs.76.5
D). None of these
74). An article is listed at Rs.65. A customer bought this article for Rs.56.16 with two successive discounts of which one is 10%. The other discount of this discount scheme that was allowed by the shopkeeper is
A). 4%
B). 3%
C). 6%
D). 2.5%
75). A cash payment that will settle a bill for 250 chairs at Rs.50 per chair less 20% and 15% with a further discount of 5% on cash payment is:
A). Rs.8075
B). Rs.7025
C). Rs.8500
D). Rs.7125


76). A shopkeeper marks the prices of his goods at 25% higher than the original price. After that. he allows a discount of 12%. What profit or loss did he get?
A). 15% profit
B). 10% profit
C). 10% loss
D). 15% loss
77). A shopkeeper announce the same price of Rs.700 for a shirt. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second offers successive discounts of 20% and 16% The shopkeeper that offers better discount is more of
A). Rs.22.40
B). Rs.16.80
C). Rs.9.80
D). Rs.36.40
78). A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and 1 article free with every 15 articles bought and still gains 35%. The marked price is more than the cost price by
A). 40%
B). 39%
C). 20%
D). 50%
79). What is the. maximum percentage discount that a merchant can offer on her marked price so that she ends up selling at no profit or loss. if she had initially marked her goods up by 50%?
A). 16.67%
B). 20%
C). 50%
D). 33.33%
80). Shankh got 32% discount on the marked price of a car and paid Rs.153000 for the car. If the discount be 5%, what will be the cost of car?
A). Rs.223750
B). Rs.213750
C). Rs.217350
D). Rs.227550
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