1.

A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a

price that after allowing a discount of
12.5% on the marked price, he still earns a
profit of 10%. The marked price of an
article which costs him ₹4900 is :
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(i) ₹5390 (ii) ₹5490 (iii) ₹6160 (iv) ₹6260
2.A retailer allows a trade discount of 20%
and a cash discount of 6.25% on the
marked price of the products and gets a
net profit of 20% on the cost. By how much
above the cost, should the products be
labelled for sale? [R. S. Agarwal,
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(i) 40% (ii) 50% (iii) 60% (iv) 70%
3.At what percent above the cost price must
a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he
gains 20% even after giving a discount of
10% on the marked price? [R.
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(i) 25% (ii) 30% (iii) 33.33% (iv) 37.5%
4.A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on
the marked price of an item but charges a
sales tax of 8% on the discounted price. If
the customer pays ₹680.40 as the price
including the sales tax, then what is the
marked price of the item? [R. S.
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(i) ₹630 (ii) ₹700 (iii) ₹780 (iv) None of
these
 5.The cost price of an article is 64% of the
marked price. Calculate the gain percent
after allowing a discount of 12%. [R. S.
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(i) 37.5% (ii) 48% (iii) 50.5% (iv) 52%
6.By selling an umbrella for ₹300, a
shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance
sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of
10% on the marked price. His gain percent
during the sale is : [R. S. Agarwal,
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(i) 7% (ii) 7.5% (iii) 8% (iv) 9%
7.A retailer buys 30 article from a
wholesaler at the price of ₹27. If he sells
them at their marked price, the gain
percentage in the transaction is : [R. S.
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(i) 9.09% (ii) 10% (iii) 11.11% (iv)
16.66%
8.The price of an article is raised by 30%
and then two successive discounts of 10%
each are allowed. Ultimately, the price of
the article is : [R. S. Agarwal, Page No.
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(i) decreased by 5.3% (ii) increased by 3%
(iii) increased by 5.3% (iv) increased by 10%
9.A showroom owner sells a leather jacket
for ₹X and claims to make a profit of 10%.
He plans to have a stall in the trade fair
and marks the same jacket at ₹2X. At the
 stall, he allows discount of 20%. What will
be the profit percentage that he will make
at the trade fair? [R. S. Agarwal, Page
No. 395, Q. No. - 237]
(i) 60% (ii) 76% (iii) 80% (iv) 86%
10. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on
selling a book at 10% discount on the
printed price. The ratio of the cost price
and the printed price of the book is :
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(i) 45 : 56 (ii) 50 : 61 (iii) 99 : 125 (iv)
None of these
11. A tradesman marks his goods 30%
above the cost price. If he allows a
discount of 6.25%, then his gain percent is
: [R. S. Agarwal, Page No. 395, Q. No. -
235]
(i) 21 (7/8)% (ii) 22% (iii) 23 (3/4)% (iv)
None of these
12. A trader marked the price of his
commodity so as to include a profit of 25%.
He allowed discount of 16% on the marked
price. His actual profit was : [R. S.
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(i) 5% (ii) 9% (iii) 16% (iv) 25%
13. A trader marked the price of a product
in such a way that it is 20% more than the
cost price. If he allows 10% discount on
the marked price to the customer then his
 gain is : [R. S. Agarwal, Page No. 395,
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(i) 8% (ii) 10% (iii) 15% (iv) 20%
14. Raman bought a camera and paid 20%
less than its original price. He sold it at
40% profit on the price he had paid. The
percentage of profit earned by Raman on
the original price was : [R. S.
Agarwal, Page No. 395, Q. No. - 232]
(i) 12% (ii) 15% (iii) 22% (iv) 32%
15. A person first increases the price of a
commodity by 10% and then he announces
a discount of 15%. The actual discount on
the original price is : [R. S. Agarwal, Page
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(i) 5% (ii) 6.5% (iii) 7.5% (iv) 12.5%
16. A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical
pieces of calculators at the rate of ₹250
each. He spent an amount of ₹2500 on
transport and packing. He fixed the
labelled price of each calculator at ₹320.
However, he decided to give a discount of
5% on the labelled price. What is the
percentage of profit earned by him?
[R. S. Agarwal, Page No. 395, Q. No. - 230]
(i) 14% (ii) 15% (iii) 16% (iv) 20%
17. The marked price of a watch was
₹820. A man bought the same for ₹570.72
after getting two successive discounts of
which the first was 20%. The rate of
 second discount was : [R. S. Agarwal,
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(i) 12% (ii) 13% (iii) 15% (iv) 18%
18. A shopkeeper gives two successive
discounts on an article marked ₹450. The
first discount given is 10%. If the customer
pays ₹344.25 for the article, the second
discount is : [R. S. Agarwal, Page
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(i) 10% (ii) 12% (iii) 14% (iv) 15%
19. A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive
discounts of 10%, 15% and 15% after
which he sells his goods at a percentage
profit of 30.05% on the cost price. Find the
value of the percentage profit that the
shopkeeper would have earned if he had
given discounts of 10% and 15% only.
[R. S. Agarwal, Page No. 395, Q. No. - 227]
(i) 53% (ii) 62.5% (iii) 68.6% (iv) 72.5%
20. On a ₹10,000 payment order, a person
has choice between 3 successive discounts
of 10%, 10% & 30% and, 3 successive
discounts of 40%, 5% & 5%. By choosing
the better one he can save (in rupees) :
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(i) 200 (ii) 255 (iii) 400 (iv) 433