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1. What single discount is equivalent to two ,d oLrq dk vafdr ewY; mlds ykxr ewY;60%ls vf/d
successive discounts of 19% and 15.5%? gSvkSj ykxr ewY;
750 #i;s gSA bls20% vkSjx% dh nks
nksØfed NwV 19» vkSj 15-5» fdrus ,dy NwV ds Øfed NwV nsus ds ckn710.40 #i;s esacspk tkrk gSA ;fn
cjkcj gS\ leku vafdr ewY; ij 1.5x% dh , dy NwV nh tkrh gS] rks
(a) 31.755% (b) 30.555% mldk gkfu çfr'kr gksxk%
(c) 21.555% (d) 31.555% ICAR Mains 07/07/2023 (Shift-01)
2. Successive discount of 12%, 15 and 18% (a) 3.5% (b) 2.4%
amount to a single discount of x%. Find x. (c) 3% (d) 2.0%

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12%, 15% j 18% dh Øfed NwVx% dh ,dy
vkS 6. Three successive discounts on the marked
NwV ds cjkcj gSA rks crkb,x fd
dk eku fdruk gS\ price of an article turns out to be equivalent

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to a single discount of 54%. If the rates of
(a) 38.646 (b) 36.684 the first and second discount are 14% and

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(c) 38.664 (d) 36.864 8% respectively. What is the rate of the 3rd
3. Two successive discounts, each of x% on discount?

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the marked price of an article, are equal fdl h oLrq ds vafdr ewY; ij rhu Øekxr NwV ,d
to a single discount of Rs.331.20. If the 54» dh ,dy NwV ds cjkcj gSA ;fn çFke vkSj f}rh;

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marked price of the article is 920, then the NwV Øe'k% 14» vkSj 8» gks rks r`rh; NwV D;k gS\
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value of x is:
(a) 41.86% (b) 36.74%
fdl h oLrq ds vafdr ewY; ij izkIr izR;sd
x% dh nks Øekxr
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(c) 45.24% (d) 38.23%
NwV] 331-20 #i;s dh ,dy NwV ds cjkcj gSA ;fn oLrq7.dk Three successive discounts of 10%, 16% and
vafdr ewY; 920 #i;s gS] rks
x dk eku Kkr djsaA 25% are given on Marked price of a Table, if
the net discount given is Rs.7144.5 , then find
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the selling price (in rupees) of the table if only

(a) 20 (b) 18 first two successive discounts are given.
(c) 15 (d) 25 fdl h est ds vafdr ewY; ij rhu Øekxr NwV 10»]
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4. The marked price of an article is Rs. 750. It 16» vkSj 25» dh nh tkrh gSA ;fn nh xbZ ,dy NwV
is sold at Rs.634.80, after giving two 7144-5 :i;s gks] rks est dk foØ; ewY; Kkr dhfta,]
successive discounts each of x% on the
marked price. The cost price of the article
;fn fliQZ igyh nks NwVsa gh nh xbZ gksa\
is 20% less than its marked price. If the article (a) 12210 (b) 12474
is sold after giving a single discount of 2x % (c) 13346 (d) 13642
on the same marked price, then what is the 8. Under a sale offer for an item, Mahesh was offered
gain percentage? 24% discount on the part of the marked price
,d oLrq dk vafdr ewY; 750 #i;s gSA bls vafdr ewY; that was paid in cash, but was charged 1.5% on
the part of the marked price paid through a credit
ij izR;sd x» d h nks Øekxr NwV nsus ds ckn 634-80 card. If Mahesh paid 40% of the marked price
#i;s esa cspk tkrk gSA oLrq dk Ø; ewY; mlds vafdr in cash and the rest through a credit card and
ewY; ls 20» de gSA ;fn oLrq dks leku vafdr ewY; his total final payment was Rs.6,391, what was
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ij 2 x » dh ,dy NwV nsus ds ckn cspk tk,] rks ykHk the marked price of the item?
çfr'kr D;k gksxk\ fdl h oLrq ij ,d lsy vkWiQj eas] egs'k dks vafdr
ewY; ds ml fgLls ij 24» NwV dh is'kd'k dh xbZ
(a) 8% (b) 6%
ftldk Hkqxrku udn eas fd;k tkuk Fkk] ysfdu ØsfMV
(c) 5% (d) 10%
dkMZ ds Hkqxrku fd, x, vafdr ewY; ds fgLls ij
5. The marked price of an article is 60% above its
1-5» dk 'kqYd yxk;k x;kA ;fn egs'k us vafdr ewY;
cost price and the cost price is `750. It is sold
for `710.40, after giving two successive
dk 40» udn esa vkSj 'ks"k ØsfMV dkMZ ls fn;k vkS
discounts of 20% and x%. If a single discount of mldk dqy vafre Hkqxrku 6]391 #i;s Fkk] rks oLrq dk
1.5x% is given on the same marked price, then vafdr ewY; D;k Fkk\
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(a) Rs.7,200 (b) Rs.6,900 12 oLrqvksa dh ykxr ewY; 9 oLrqvksa dh fcØh ewY;
(c) Rs.7,050 (d) Rs.7,000 cjkcj gS] tcfd 8 oLrqvksa ij nh xbZ NwV 8 oLrqvks
9. A shopkeeper buys 14 masks at Rs. 500 each ij gksus okys ykHk ds cjkcj gSA NwV çfr'kr Kkr dhft,A
and 20 sanitizers at Rs. 850 each and marks (a) 5% (b) 10%
up their prices by 40% and 60% respectively.
(c) 20% (d) 25%
If he offers the same percentage of discount
on both items and earns a total profit of Rs. 13. The cost price and the marked price of an
3750. What is the discount percentage? item are Rs 720 and Rs 900 respectively.
, d nqdkunkj 500 #- çR;sd dh nj ls 14 ekLd vkSj When it is sold at a discount of x%, hen profit
5x
850 #- çR;sd dh nj ls 20 lSfuVkbtj •jhnrk gS vkSj is %. What is the value of x?
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muds ewY;ksa dks Øe'k% 40» vkSj 60» c<+kdj vafdr djrkfdlh oLrq dk Ø; ewY; vkSj vafdr ewY; Øe'k% 720
gSA ;fn og nksuksa oLrqvksa ij leku çfr'kr dh NwV çnku
:i;s vkSj 900 :i;s gSA tc bls x» dh NwV ij cspk
djrk gS vkSj 3750 #- dk dqy ykHk vftZr djrk gS] rks 5x
NwV çfr'kr D;k gS\ tkrk gS] rks % y kHk gksrkxgSA dk eku Kkr djsaA
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(c) 40% (d) 10% (a) 7 (b) 8
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10. A shopkeeper offers three types of discount

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schemes for buyers. Which of them has the (c) 5 (d) 5
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maximum discount percentage? 14. A shopkeeper marked his products x% above
,d nqdkunkj [kjhnkjksa ds fy, rhu izdkj dh NwV ;kstuk the cost price and sold it after giving two

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iznku djrk gSA buesa ls fdl ;kstuk dk NwV izfr'kr consecutive discounts of 20% and 25%
respectively. If he incurs a loss of 13% in this
lcls vf/d gS\ transaction, then find the value of ‘x’.

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I. Two successive discounts of 10% each. , d nqdkunkj vius oLrq dks Ø; ewY; x% ls vf/d
10» dh nks Øfed NwVA ij vafdr djrk gS vkSj 20» vkSj 25» dk nks Øekxr
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II. Successive discounts of 15% and 5%. NqV çnku dj csprk gSA ;fn bl ysunsu mls 13» dh
15» dh 5» dh Øfed NwVA gkfu gksrh gS rks
x* dk
^ eku Kkr djsaA
III. 20% discount./20» NwVA (a) 35% (b) 30%
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15. If an article is marked up at 25% and then a
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(a) Only discount scheme I/ dsoy NwV ;kstuk

I discount of 12% is offered, a profit of Rs. 108
(b) Only discount scheme II/ dsoy NwV ;kstukII is made. What is the amount of discount
offered?
(c) Only discount scheme III/ d soy NwV ;kstuk
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(d) All provide equal discount ; fn ,d oLrq dks 25» vf/d ij vafdr fd;k tkrk gS
vkSj 12» NwV çnku fd;k tkrk gS rks #i;s 108 dk
l Hkh leku NwV iznku djrs gSa
11. The cost price of 12 apples is equal to the
ykHk vftZr fd;k tkrk gSA çnku dh xbZ NwV dh jkf'k
selling price of 9 apples and the discount on fdruh gS\
10 apples is equal to the profit on 5 apples. (a) Rs. 252 (b) Rs. 162
What is the percentage point difference (c) Rs. 238 (d) Rs. 324
between the profit percentage and discount 16. A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 50%
percentage
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and then allows a discount of 20% on its

12 lscksa dk Ø; ewY; 9 lscksa ds foØ; ewY; ds cjkcj marked price. Additionally, he uses a faulty
gS vkSj 10 lscksa ij NwV 5 lscksa ij ykHk ds cjkcj gSA
scale which measures 900 gm. for 1 kg. shows.
ykHk çfr'kr vkSj NwV çfr'kr ds chp çfr'kr vad dk What will be his net profit percentage (rounded
varj fdruk gS\ off to the nearest integer)?
(a) 20% (b) 25% , d csbZeku O;kikjh vius eky ij 50» vkf/d ewY; vafdr
(c) 18% (d) 22.22% djrk gS vkSj fiQj mlds vafdr ewY; ij 20» dh NwV nsrk
12. The cost price of 12 articles is equal to the gSA blds vfrfjDr] og ,d nks"kiw.kZ rjktw dk mi;ksx djrk
selling price of 9 articles, while the discount gS tks900 gm. ds fy, 1 kg. fn[kkrk gSA mldk 'kq¼
on 8 articles is equal to the profit on 8 articles. ykHk izfr'kr (fudVre iw.kk±d rd) D;k gksxk\
Find the discount percentage. SSC CGL TIER- II 06/03/2023
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(a) 33 (b) 36 (a) ` 27.16 (b) ` 27.04

(c) 27 (d) 24 (c) ` 28.05 (d) ` 28.15
17. A shopkeeper sells his items using a faulty 20. A shopkeeper sells 1 kg of oranges costing
balance which measures 25% less. He then Rs. 22/kg to each Anurag and Sakshi at
marks up his items 15% above the cost price. Rs. 25/kg. He sold 950 gm to Anurag instead
If he also gives a discount of 10% then find of 1 kg and sold x gm to Sakshi instead of 1
his net profit percentage on 1 kg items. kg by using defective weights. If he makes a
, d nqdkunkj viuh oLrqvksa dks ,d nks"kiw.kZ rjktw dk
total profit of Rs. 7.76 from these sales, what
mi;ksx djds csprk gS tks 25» de rkSyrk gSA fiQj og is the value of x?
viuh oLrqvksa ij Ø; ewY; ls 15» vf/d ewY; vafdr , d nqdkunkj 1 fdyksxzke larjs] ftldh ykxr 22 #i;s
djrk gSA ;fn og 10» dh NwV Hkh nsrk gS] rks 1 fdxzkizfr fdxzk gS] izR;sd vuqjkx vkSj lk{kh nksuksa dk
oLrqvksa ij mldk 'kq¼ ykHk izfr'kr Kkr dhft,A #i;s izfr fdxzk esa csprk gSA mlus nks"kiw.kZ otu
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Shift-02) mi;ksx djds vuqjkx dks 1 fdyksxzke dh txg 950
(a) 32% (b) 41% xzke csps vkSj lk{kh dks 1 fdyksxzke dhx txg xzke
(c) 44% (d) 38% csps] ;fn bl fcØh ls mls dqy 7-76 #i;s dk ykHk

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18. A seller uses faulty weight in place of a 2 kg gksrk gS] xrksdk eku D;k gS\

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weight and earns a 25% profit. He claims that
(a) 980 g (b) 970 g
the is selling on the cost price in front of the
(c) 960 g (d) 985 g

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customers but uses a faulty weight. How much
error is there in the 2 kg weight to gain 25%? 21. A shopkeeper sells 1 kg of Product M, which
costs Rs. 30/kg, to each Manjeet and Neha
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at Rs. 33/kg. He sold x gm to Manjeet instead
mi;ksx djrk gS vkSj 25» ykHk vftZr djrk gSA mldk of 1 kg and sold 950 gm to Neha instead of

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nkok gS fd og xzkgdksa dks Ø; ewY; ij csp jgk gS ysfdu 1 kg by using defective weights. If he makes
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xyr otu dk mi;ksx djrk gSA 25» dk ykHk dekus ds a total profit of Rs. 9.30 from these sales, what
fy, mls 2 fdxzk esa fdruk otu de djuk gksxk\
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is the value of x?
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Shift-01) , d nqdkunkj 1 fdyksxzke mRikn
M] ftldh ykxr 30
(a) 250g (b) 400g #i;s izfr fdxzk gS] dks eathr vkSj usgk nksuksa dks
(c) 500g (d) 300g #i;s izfr fdxzk esa csprk gSA nks"kiw.kZ otu dk mi;k
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19. A faulty weighing machine reads 1 kg when djds mlus eathr dks 1 fdyksxzke dh txg
x xzke csps
900 grm is actually weighted on it. The shop- vkSj usgk dks 1 fdyksxzke dh txg 950 xzke csps] ;fn
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keeper marked the price of his goods by 10%,

but unfortunately he was caught by the me- bl fcØh ls mls dqy 9-30 #i;s dk ykHk gksrk gS] rks
trology department and then they ordered him x dk eku D;k gS\
to repair his weighing machine and gave pun- (a) 920 (b) 940
ishment to sell the goods at 10% discount on (c) 960 (d) 900
cost price for a month. If each customer is 22. A shopkeeper sells 1 kg of apples, which cost
now paying ` 20 for 1 kg, then before the Rs. 30/kg, to each Ankit and Rahul at Rs. x/
raid___amount they have paid for same quan- kg. He sold 850 gm to Ankit instead of 1 kg
tity. (Rounded off to two places of decimal)
and sold 900 gm to Rahul instead of 1 kg by
, d nqdkunkj }kjk vius lkeku dks rkSyus ds fy, ,d using defective weights. If he makes a total
nks"kiw.kZ rjktw dk mi;ksx fd;k tkrk gS] tks 900 xkzeprofit of Rs. 27.50 from these sales, what price
Hkkj dks 1 fdxzk n'kkZrk gS] lkFk gh nqdkunkj vius
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did he sell the product for?

lkeku dk ewY; 10» c<+kdj vafdr djrk gS] ysfdu , d nqdkunkj 1 fdyksxzke lsc] ftldh ykxr 30
#i;s izfr fdxzk gS] dks vafdr vkSj jkgqy nksuksa
nqHkkZX; ls og ekfidh foHkkx }kjk idM+ fy;k tkrk gS] x dks
ftlds ckn mls rjktw dks Bhd djokdj vkSj naMLo:i #i;s izfr fdxzk esa csprk gSA nks"kiw.kZ otu dk mi;k
,d efgus rd Ø; ewY; ij 10» dh NwV nsrs gq, lkeku djds mlus vafdr dks 1 fdyksxzke dh txg 850 xzke
cspus dk vkns'k fn;k tkrk gSA ;fn izR;sd xzkgd vc vkSj jkgqy dks 1 fdyksxzke dh txg 900 xzke csps] ;fn
1 fdxzk ds fy, 20 #- dk Hkqxrku dj jgk gS rks Nkis bl fcØh ls mls dqy 27-50 #i;s dk ykHk gksrk gS] rks
ls igys leku ek=kk ds fy, fdruh /ujkf'k dk Hkqxrku mlus mRikn fdl ewY; ij cspk\
dj jgs Fks\ (n'keyo ds nks LFkku rd iw.kkZafdr) (a) 40 (b) 45
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23. Ramanna purchased raw materials for a (a) Rs 4556 (b) Rs 5656
certain price to manufacture a product. (c) Rs 6776 (d) Rs 8089
However, owing to shortage of labour, 22.5% 25. A person marks his 40 items at 20% above
of the raw materials could not be utilised and the cost price. He sells 10 items at a 10%
got wasted. 80% of the cost of raw materials discount and 20 items at a 15% discount on
used was added as the cost of manufacturing. the marked price. What is the maximum
If Ramanna could sell his product at a price discount (rounded off) he can offer on the
to earn an overall profit of 20% after offering remaining items if he still gets some profit?
a discount of 20%, how many times of the , d O;fDr Ø; ewY; ds 20» vf/d ij viuh 40 oLrqvksa
total cost of the raw materials purchased was dks vafdr djrk gSA og vafdr ewY; ij 10 oLrqvksa dks
the marked price of the product? 10» NwV ij csprk gS vkSj 20 oLrqvksa dks 15» NwV
jeUuk us ,d mRikn ds fuekZ.k ds fy, ,d fuf'pr dher ij csprk gSA ;fn og vHkh Hkh dqN ykHk vftZr djrk gS]
dPpk eky •jhnkA gkykafd] dkexkjksa dh deh ds dkj.k] 22- rks og 'ks"k oLrqvksa ij vf/dre fdruh NwV (iw.kZ la[;k
5» dPps eky dk mi;ksx ugha fd;k tk ldk vkSj og •jkc esa) ns ldrk gS
gks x;kA mi;ksx fd, x, dPps eky dh ykxr dk 80» fuekZ.k (a) 21% (b) 26%
ykxr ds :i esa tksM+k x;k FkkA ;fn jeUuk 20» dh NwV nsus

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(c) 28% (d) 25%
ds ckn 20» dk lexz ykHk vftZr djus ds fy, viuk mRikn 26. A shopkeeper marks his goods at 32% above

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csp ldrk gS] rks mRikn dk vafdr ewY;] •jhns x, dPps 3
the cost price. He sells of the goods at the
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(a) 2.44 times (b) 42 times marked price, at a discount of 20% on the
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(c) 2.43 times (d) 2.40 times market price, and the remaining at 40%

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2 discount on the marked price. What is his
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24. A shopkeeper gives 18 % discount of his
11 profit/loss percentage?
customer but he sells only smuggled goods
, d nqdkunkj vius eky ij ykxr ewY; ls 32» vf/d
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and as a bribe he pays 12.5% on the CP. Find
what should be the MP if he desires to make 3
a profit of 37.5% and the CP of article is Rs ewY; vafdr djrk gSA og eky dk Hkkx vafdr ewY;
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2 ij csprk gS] Hkkx cktkj ewY; ij 20» NwV ij
, d nqdkunkj vius xzkgd dks
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csprk gS] rFkk 'ks"k Hkkx vafdr ewY; ij 40» NwV i
gSA og dsoy izfrcaf/r leku csprk gSA ftl ij dqy csprk gSA mldk ykHk@gkfu çfr'kr D;k gS\
Ø; ewY; dk 12-5» og fj'kor ds :i esa ns nsrk gSA (a) Profit 16.16%
;fn 3584 :i;s Ø; ewY; okyh oLrq ij og 37-5» (b) Profit 18.17%
dk ykHk dekuk pkgrk gS rks Kkr dhft, mls fdruk (c) Loss 15.17%
vafdr ewY; j[kuk gksxkA (d) Loss 17.16%

ANSWER KEY
1.(d) 2.(c) 3.(a) 4.(c) 5.(b) 6.(a) 7.(b) 8.(d) 9.(a) 10.(c)
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11.(d) 12.(c) 13.(b) 14.(d) 15.(b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18.(b) 19.(a) 20.(b)

21.(b) 22.(a) 23.(c) 24.(c) 25.(b) 26.(a)

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