1.

Applied to a bill for ₹1,00,000 the

difference between a discount of 40% and
two Successive discounts of 36% and 4% is
:
(a) Nil
(c) ₹2,500
(b) ₹1,440
(d) ₹4,000
2. À tradesman marks his goods 10% above
his cost price. If he allows his customers
10% discount on the marked price. how
much profit or loss does he make, if any?
(a) 1% gain
(b) 1% 1oss
(c) 5% gain
(d) No gain no loss
3. A trademan marks his goods at 20%
above the cost price. He allows his
customers a discount of 8% on marked
price. Find out his profit per cent.
(a) 12% (c) 16%
(b) 10.4% (d) 20%
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4. A discount of 22% is given to the
customer on the marked price of an article.
A man bought the article for ₹39. The
marked price of the article is:
(a) ₹42 (c) ₹40
(b) ₹36.5 (d) ₹241.5
5. The printed price of an article is ₹900 but
the retailer gets a discount of 40%. He sells
the article for ₹900, Retailer's gain per cent
is:
(a) 40%
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(c) 66 %
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(b) 60%
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(d) 68 %
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6. A discount of 15% on one article is the
same as discount of 20% on a second
article, The costs of the two articles can be :
(a) ₹85, ₹60
(b) ₹60, ₹40
(c) ₹40, ₹20
(d) ₹80, ₹60
7. The marked price of a watch was ₹720/-.
A man bought the same for ₹550.80, after
getting two successive discounts, the first
10%. What was the second discount rate?
(a) 12% (c) 15%
(b) 14% (d) 18%
8. A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked
at ₹800, at two successive discounts of 10%
and 15% respectively. He spent 28 on
transportation and sold the chair for ₹800.
His gain percent is:
(a) 40% (b) 30%
(c) 25% d) 14%
9. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20%
above cost price, but allows 30% discount
for cash payment. His net loss is:
a) 8% (c) 16%
(b) 10% (d) 20%
10. A retailer buys 40 pens at the marked
price of 36 pens from a wholesaler. If he
sells these pens giving a discount of 1% on
the marked price, what is the profit
percent?
(a) 9%
(b) 10%
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(c) 10 %
9
(d) 11%
11. The marked price of a watch is ₹1000. A
retailer buys it at ₹810 after getting two
successive discounts of 10% and another
rate which is illegible. What is the second
discount rate?
(a) 15% (c) 8%
(b) 10% (d) 6.5%
12. The equivalent single discount for two
successive discounts of 15% and 10% is
(a) 25%
(c) 23.5%
(b) 20%
(d) 20.85%
13. A dealer offers a discount of 10% on the
marked price of an article and still makes a
profit of 20%. If its marked price is ₹800,
then the cost price of the article is:
(a) ₹900 (c) ₹700
(b) ₹800 (d) ₹600
14. The marked price of an article is ₹200.
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A discount of 122 % is allowed on the
marked price and a profit of 25% is made
The cost price of the article is :
(a) ₹200 (c) ₹140
(b) ₹175 (d) ₹150
15. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 10%
after allowing a discount of 20% on the
marked price.The cost price of the article
whose marked price is ₹880, is
(a) ₹704
(b) ₹640
(c) ₹774
(d) ₹680
16. A fan is listed at ₹1,500 and a discount
of 20% is offered on the list price. What
additional discount must be offered to the
customer now to bring the net price to
₹1104?
(a) 8% (c) 15%
(b) 10% (d) 12%
17. An item is marked for ₹240 for sale. If
two successive discounts of 10% and 5%
are allowed on the selling price, the selling
price of the article will be
(a) ₹205.20 (c) ₹34.80
(b) ₹204 (d) ₹36
18. A single discount equivalent to the
successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 25%
is
(a) 55% (c) 46%
(b) 45% (d) 60%
19. The discount series 10%, 20%, 40% is
equivalent to a single discount of
(a) 50% (c) 60%
(b) 56.8% (d) 62.28%
20. A trader marked the selling price of an
article at 10% above the cost price. At the
time of selling he allows certain discount
and suffers a loss of 1%. He allowed the
discount of :
(a) 11% (c) 9%
(b) 10% (d) 10.5%
21. A shopkeeper marks his goods 30%
above his cost price but allows a discount of
10% at the time of sale. His gain is
(a) 21% (c) 18%
(b) 20% (d) 17%
22. By giving a discount of 10% on the
marked price of ₹1100 of a cycle, a dealer
gains 10%.The cost price of the cycle is :
(a) ₹1100 (c) ₹1089
(b) ₹900 (d) ₹891
23. The marked price of an electric iron is
₹690. The shopkeeper allows a discount of
10% and gains 8%. If no discount is
allowed, his gain per cent would be
(a) 20% (c) 25%
(b) 24% (d) 28%%
24. A discount of 14% on the marked price
of an article is allowed and then the article
is sold for ₹387. The marked price of the
article is
(a) ₹450
(b) ₹427
(c) ₹500
(d) ₹440
25. A tradesman gives 4% discount on the
maked price and gives 1 article free for
buying every 15 article and thus gains
35%.The marked price is increased above
the cost price by
(a) 40% (c) 50%
(b) 39%o (d) 20%
26. A man sells a scooter priced ₹36,000.
He gives a discount of 8% on the first
₹20,000 and 5% on the next ₹10,000. How
much discount can he offer on the
remaining ₹6,000 if he is to get as mach as
when 7% discount is allowed on the total ?
(a) 5%
(b) 6%
(c) 7%
(d) 8%

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27. A salesman is allowed 52% commission
on the total sales made by him plus a bonus
1
of % on sales over ₹10,000. If his total
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earnings were Rs. 1,990. his total sales (in
₹) was
(a) ₹30,000
(b) ₹34,000
(c) ₹32,000
(d) ₹35,000
28. A housewife saved ₹2.50 in buying a
dress on sale. If she spent ₹25 for the
dress, approximately how much percent she
saved in the transaction?
(a) 8% (b) 9% © 10% (d) 11%
29. List price of an article at a show room is
₹2,000 and it is being sold at successive
discounts of 20% and 10%, its net selling
price will be:
(a) ₹1900 (b) ₹1700 (c) ₹1440 (d) ₹1400
30. The difference between single discount
of 30% on ₹550 and two successive
discounts of 20% and 10% on the same
amount is
(a) Nil (c) ₹22 (b) ₹11 (d) ₹44
31. A trader wishes to gain 20% after
allowing 10% discount on the marked price
to his customers. At what per cent higher
than the cost price must he mark his goods
?
1 2
(a) 30% (b) 33 3% © 34 3% (d) 35%
32. In order to maintain the price line a
trader allows a discount of 10% on the
marked price of an article. However, he still
makes a profit of 17% on the cost price.
Had he sold the article at the marked price,
he would have earned a profit percent of
(a) 30% (b) 32% © 33% (d) 35%
33. A trader marked the price of commodity
so
as to include profit of 25%. He allowed
discount of 16% on the marked price. His
actual profit was
(a) 5% (c) 16%
(b) 9% (d) 25%

34. A shop-keeper sells a badminton racket

whose marked price is ₹30, at a discount of
15% and a shuttle cock gives costing ₹1.50
free with each racket. Even then makes a
profit of 20%. he His cost price, per racket
is
(a) ₹21.00
(c) ₹20.00
(b) ₹21.25
(d) ₹17.75
35. A trader marked his goods 20% above
the cost price, He sold half the stock at the
marked price. one quarter at a discount of
20% on the marked price and the rest at a
discount of 40% on the marked price. His
total gain is
(a) 2%
(c) 13.5%
(b) 4.5%
(d) 15%
36. A person paid ₹17,000 for a motor-car
after a single discount of 15%. If he is given
successive discounts of 5% and 10% then
how much he would pay ?
(a) ₹17,000 (c) ₹17,100
(b) ₹17,010 (d) ₹18,900
37. A store has an offer 'Buy 4 Get 1 Free'
What is the net percentage of discount?
(a) 25% (c) 20%
(b) 33.3% (d) Insufficient Data
38.To gain 8% after allowing a discount of
10%, by what per cent Cost price should be
hiked in the list price?
(a) 9%
(b) 11%
(c) 18%
(d) 20%
39. The cost of manufacturing an article was
₹900. The trader wants to gain 25% after
giving a discount of 10%. The marked price
must be:
(a) ₹1500
(b) ₹1250
(c) ₹1200
(d) ₹1000
40. A shopkeeper offers 10% discount on
the marked price of his articles and still
makes a profit of 20%. What is the actual
cost of the article marked ₹500 for him?
(a) ₹440 (c) ₹400
(b) ₹425 (d) ₹375

41. Two people, Savita and Karan, get their

sales commissions based on the number of
items sold each month. Their total sales
commission amounts to Rs. 56,1000 in a
particular month. If savita got her 4
commission 12% higher than Karan, how
much commission did Karan earn
(a) Rs. 26462.26
(b) Rs. 25,500. 28
(c) Rs. 29,500
(d) Rs. 22, 805.45

42. A shopkeeper gives two successive

discounts on an article marked ₹450. The
first discount given is 10 percent if the
customer pays ₹344.25 for the article, the
second discount given is
(a) 14 per cent (b) 10 per cent (c) 12 per
cent (d) 15 per cent
43. A man sells a bicycle at marked price
which is 30% higher than the cost price. If
he gives some discount and sells it at Rs.
150 less than the marked price, he would
still gain 20%. What is the percentage of
discount offered?
(a) 7.69% (c) 7.54% (b) 1.83% (d)
7.23%
44, A shopkeeper gives 12 per cent
additional discount along with a discount of
20 percent on the marked price of a radio.
If the selling price of the radio is 704, the
marked price is
(a) 844.80 (b) 929,28 (c) 1,044.80 (d)
1,000
45. A company offers three types of
successive discounts
(i) 25% and 15%,
(i) 30% and 10%,
(ii) 35% and 5%,
Which offer is the best for a customer?
(a) First offer
(b) Second offer
(c) Third offer
(a) Any one: all are equally good
46. A dealer buys a car listed at ₹200000 at
successive discounts of 5% and 10%. If he
sells the car for ₹179550, then his profit is
(a) 10% (c) 5%
(b) 9% (d) 4%
47. An article listed at ₹800 is sold at
successive discounts of 25% and 15%. The
buyer desires to sell it off at a profit of 20%
after allowing a 10% discount. What would
be his list price ?
(a) ₹620 (c) ₹640
(b) ₹600 (d) ₹68O
48. The difference between discounts of
40% on ₹500 and two successive discount
of 36% and 4% on the same amount is
(a) zero (b) ₹1.93 (c) ₹2.00 (d) ₹7.20
49. A trader sells his goods at a discount of
20%. He still makes a profit of 25%. If he
sells the goods at the marked price only.
His profit will be
(a) 56.25% © 50.25% (b) 25.56% (d)
54.25%

49. If a discount of 20% on the marked

price of a shirt saves a man 150, how much
did he pay for the shirt ?
(a) 600 (c) 500 (b) 650 (d) 620
51. Rakesh Yadav buys an article with a
discount of 25% on its marked price. He
makes a profit of 10% by selling it at ₹660.
The marked price of the
article was :
(a) ₹600 (c) ₹800 (b) ₹700 (d) ₹685
52. A dealer buys an article marked at
₹25,000 with 20% and 5% off. He spends
₹1,000 for its repair and sells it for ₹25,000
what is his gain or loss percent ?
(a) Loss of 25% (b) Gain of 25%
(c) Gain of 10% (d) Loss of 10%

53. The marked price of a shirt and trousers

are in the ratio 1: 2. The shopkeeper gives
40% discount on the shirt. If the total
discount on the shirt and trousers is 30%,
the discount offered on the trousers is
(a) 15% (c) 25% (b) 20% (d) 30%