Discount (Practice Sheet)
Discount (Practice Sheet)
Discount
1. A scheme like 'Buy 5, Get 1' on the same kind (a) 129 (b) 130.50
of articles with the same marked price offers a
(c) 129.50 (d) 130
_____ discount.
6. A shopkeeper provides successive discounts of
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(a) 9.14% (b) 8%
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(c) 11 % (d) 17.5%
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9 (c) 9% (d) 8.86%
2. If a shopkeeper offers a scheme of 'buy five and 7. A shopkeeper provides successive discounts of
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get one fre e', find the effective discount 2% and 5%, which are equivalent to a single
discount of:
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percentage (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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(a) 27% (b) 26%
(a) 37.5% (b) 60%
(c) 26.2% (d) 25.2%
(c) 62.5% (d) 73.5%
9. A retailer permits a trade discount of 15%,
4. A salesman is offering a discount on the sale followed by a cash discount of 20%, on an
of penc ils in his shop unde r the fo llowing article. The net percentage of discount is:
scheme: 'Buy 20 and get 5 free'. What is the
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ik,a*A mldh ;kstuk osQ varxZr NwV dk izfr'kr fdruk gS\ (a) 32% (b) 31%
(c) 33% (d) 34%
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a deal are equivalent to a single discount of: 19. Some articles are sold in such a way that when a
,d Mhy ij 30» vkSj 35» dh nks Øfed NwVsa ,dy NwV discount of 5% is given, a profit of 33% is made.
ds leku gksrh gSaA og ,dy NwV fdruh gksxh List price is what percent more than cost price?
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NwV nh tkrh gS] rks 33» dk ykHk gksrk gSA lwph ewY;
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(a) 60% (b) 65%
(c) 54.5% (d) 55.5%
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In a clearance sale, a saree whose marked price Group D 07/10/2022 (Afternoon)
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was Rs 10,490 is now sold for Rs 9,441. What is (a) 25% (b) 30%
the discount percentage on saree? (c) 35% (d) 40%
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20. A dealer marks his goods at 40% above the cost
#i, Fkk] vc 9]441 #i, esa csph tkrh gSA lkM+h ij NwV price and gives a discount of 20%. What will
izfr'kr D;k gS\ be his profit?
Group D 18/08/2022 (Morning) ,d Mhyj vius eky dks ykxr ewY; ls 40» vf/d ij vafdr
djrk gS vkSj 20» dh NwV nsrk gSA mldk ykHk fdruk gksxk
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Øe'k% 30»] 20» vkSj 10» dh rhu Øfed NwV osQ lerqY;
22. An article is sold for Rs. x after offering two
,dy izfr'kr NwV Kkr dhft,A successive discounts of 20% and 15% on its
Group D 26/09/2022 (Evening) marked price of Rs. 500. The value of x is:
(a) 64.6% (b) 49.6% ,d oLrq dks 500 #i;s ds vafdr ewY; ij 20» vkSj 15»
dh nks Øfed NwV nsus ds xckn #i;s esa cspk tkrk gSA
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on its list price. What is the cost price (in Rs.)
(a) 26% (b) 25%
of the fan if he sells it at Rs. 5,185?
(c) 22% (d) 28%
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25. What should be the marked price of an article
with cost price of Rs. 360 fixed by the shopkeeper fu/kZfjr djrk gS vkSj fiQj ml ij 15» dh NwV nsrk gSA
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to gain 25% profit after declaring a discount ;fn og ia•k 5]185 #i;s esa csprk gS] rks ia•s dh ykxr
ewY; (#i;s esa) D;k gksxh\
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of 10%?
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izkIr djus osQ fy, 360 #i, osQ ykxr ewY; okyh oLrq dk (a) Rs. 5,000 (b) Rs. 4,500
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vafdr ewY; fdruk r; djuk pkfg,\ (c) Rs. 4,500 (d) Rs. 5,680
RRB NTPC 07/01/2021 (Evening) 31. Which of the following options represents two
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(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 486 successive discounts that are equivalent to a
(c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 460 single discount of 84%?
26. What is the discount percentage in Buy 5 Get fuEufyf•r fodYiksa esa ls dkSu lh nks Øfed NwVs ,dy
3 Free scheme? NwV 84» NwV ds cjkcj gksaxh\
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Group D 11/10/2022 (Evening) (a) 30 % and 70% (b) 20% and 80%
(a) 60% (b) 39.25% (c) 10% and 90% (d) 40% and 60%
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(c) 37.5% (d) 36.5% 32. The difference between the selling price of a
27. A man bought a fan whose printed price was Rs. certain bill at a discount of 32% and the selling
200. If he gets two successive discounts of 30% price at two consecutive discounts of 20% is
and 20%, how much did he pay for the fan? Rs. 25. Find the actual amount of the bill.
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#i, FkhA vxj mls 30» vkSj 20» dh nks Øfed NwV feyrh 20» dh nks yxkrkj NwV ij fcØh ewY; osQ chp dk varj
gS] rks mlus ia[ks osQ fy, fdruk Hkqxrku fd;k\ 25 #i, gSA fcy dh okLrfod jkf'k Kkr dhft,A
RRB NTPC 07/03/2021 (Morning) Group D 18/08/2022 (Evening)
(a) Rs. 425 (b) Rs. 576
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I. Without any discount, the profit would have 2]800 #i, gS] rks NwV izfr'kr fdruk gS\
been 20%. SSC GD 19/02/2025 (Shift-03)
fcuk fdlh NwV osQ] ykHk 20» gksrkA (a) 20% (b) 17.9%
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II. However a 5% discount has been offered. (c) 18.5% (d) 15%
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gkyk¡fd 5» NwV dh is'kd'k dh xbZ gSA 41. A man sold an a rtic le for 4 05 by giving a
RRB JE 26/06/2019 (Morning) discount of d% on its marked price. If the
(a) 15% b (b) 12%
marked price of the article is Rs. 540, then what
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is the value of d?
(c) 14% (d) 20% ,d vkneh us ,d oLrq dks 405 #i;s esa cspk] blds vafdr
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36. A merchant fixes the marked price of his goods ewY; ij d» dh NwV nh] ;fn oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 540
at 50% above the cost price. He sells his goods at
12% discount. His percentage of profit is: #i;s gS] rksd dk eku D;k gksxk\
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vf/d fu/kZfjr djrk gSA og viuk eky 12» NwV ij csprk (a) 25 (b) 12.5
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SSC GD 25/02/2025 (Shift-01) 42. The list price of an article is Rs. 1,200 and a
discount of 15% is offered on the list price. The
(a) 37% (b) 32%
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,d oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 60]000 #i, gSA bls 10»] 15» (a) Rs. 1140 (b) Rs. 1020
vkSj 20» NwVksa ij cspk tkrk gSA oLrq dk foØ; ewY; Kkr
(c) Rs. 1120 (d) Rs. 1080
dhft,A 43. The maked price of a fan is Rs. 620. Due to off
season. a discount of 15% is allowed. The selling
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25%. What is the price (in Rs.) that a customer (c) Rs. 5.37 (d) Rs. 427
pays if he buys it from the store? 44.
A man sold an article for Rs. 330 by first giving
,d LVksj esa ,d bysDVªkWfud ?kM+h dk vafdr ewY; 45]880 a d% discount on its marked price, and then
#i, gS vkSj ;g 25» dh NwV ij miyC/ gSA ;fn dksbZ another discount having the same nominal value
(in Rs.). If the marked price of the article is Rs.
xzkgd LVksj ls bls [kjhnrk gS] rks mls fdruh dher (#i, 1320, then what is the value of d?
esa) dk Hkqxrku djuk iM+sxk\ ,d O;fDr us ,d oLrq dks blds vafdr ewY; ij igys d»
SSC GD 11/02/2025 (Shift-03) dh NwV vkSj fiQj mrus gh lerqY; (#i, esa) dh ,d vkSj
(a) 31,440 (b) 34,410 NwV nsdj 330 #i, esa cspkA ;fn oLrq dk vafdr ewY;
(c) 31,400 (d) 34,140 1230 #i, gS] rksd dk eku D;k gS\
39. The marked price of an electronic watch in a store RRB JE 17/12/2024 (Shift-01)
is Rs. 25,960, and it is available at a discount of
(a) 38.4 (b) 41.1
20%. What is the price (in Rs.) that a customer
pays if he buys it from the store? (c) 36.9 (d) 37.5
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(c) 32 (d) 33
each subsequent toy./igys 3 f[kykSuksa ij 40»dh
46. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate
of 10% per annum. If its present value is Rs. NwV] vkSj mlosQ ckn osQ izR;sd f[kykSus ij 15» dh
1,62,000, then what was the value of the machine D. 2 toys free on purchase of 10 toys./10 f[kykSus
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2 years ago? [kjhnus ij 2 f[kykSus eqÝrA
,d e'khu dk ewY; çR;sd o"kZ 10» dh nj ls ?kVrk gSA A lasy cusomer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of
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;fn bldk orZeku ewY; 1]62]000 #i;s gS] rks 2 lky the above schemes is most beneficial to her?/
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igys ml e'khu dk ewY; fdruk Fkk\ ,d efgyk xzkgd 10 f[kykSus [kjhnuk pkgrh gSA mijksDr
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(a) Rs. 2,00,000 (b) Rs. 1,86,000 Group D 06/09/2022 (Morning)
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(c) Rs. 2,04,000 (d) Rs. 1,90,000 (a) A (b) C
47. Applied to a bill of Rs. 600, the difference between (c) D (d) B
a single discount of 25% and two successive 50. A dealer buys two articles x and y for Rs. 600
discounts of 10% and 15% is: each. He marks eachof then at the same price.
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600 #i, ds ,d fcy ij 25» dh ,dy NwV vkSj 10» He sells x by giving two successive discounts
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rFkk 15» dh nks Øfed NwVksa ds chp dk varj Kkr dhft,A of 25% and 15% and still earns Rs. 216 as profit.
If he sells y at a single discount of 46%, then
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(a) Rs. 1.5 (b) Rs. 11 ,d Mhyj 600 #i, izR;sd osQ ewY; ij nks oLrq,a
x vkSj y
(c) Rs. 10 (d) Rs. 9 [kjhnrk gSA og muesa ls izR;sd ij leku ewY; vafdr djrk
48. What is a single discount equivalent to the three gSA ogx dks 25» vkSj 15» dh nks Øfed NwV nsdj csprk
successive discounts of 30%, 25% and 40%? gS] vkSj fiQj Hkh 216 #i, dk ykHk vftZr djrk gSA ;fn
30»] 25» vkSj 40» dh rhu Øfed NwVksa osQ lerqY; ,dy og y dks 46» dh ,dy NwV ij csprk gS] rksy ij feyus
NwV fdruh gksxh\ okyk izfr'kr ykHk Kkr dhft,A
SSC GD 06/02/2025 (Shift-01) Group D 05/09/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 60.1% (b) 64.2% (a) 15% (b) 14%
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Answer-Key
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (a)
41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (d)