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1.

A dealer allows his customer a discount of 25% and still gains 25%. If the cost price of a radio is Rs. 1,440, its marked price is

  • Rs. 2500

  • Rs. 2440

  • Rs. 2400

  • Rs. 2400

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2.

The selling price of an article after giving two successive discounts of 10% and 5% on the marked price is Rs. 171. What is its marked price?

  • Rs. 200

  • Rs. 220

  • Rs. 240

  • Rs. 240

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3.

A dealer buys an article marked at Rs. 25,000 with successive discounts of 20% and 5%. If he spends Rs. 1,000 on its repairs and sells it for Rs. 25,000, then his gain percent is

  • 20

  • 25

  • 30

  • 30

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4.

How much per cent above the cost price must a dealer mark his goods so that he gains 10% after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price?

  • 20

  • 21

  • 22 2 over 9
  • 22 2 over 9
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5.

If an article is sold at a gain of 5% instead of being sold at a loss of 5%, one gets Rs. 5 more. What is the cost price of the article?

  • Rs. 100

  • Rs. 105

  • Rs. 50

  • Rs. 50

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6.

A man buys a chair and a table for Rs. 6000. He sells the chair at a loss of 10% and the table at a gain of 10%. He still gains Rs. 100 on the whole. The cost price of the chair is

  • Rs. 2500

  • Rs. 2850

  • Rs. 3050

  • Rs. 3050

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7.

Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of

  • 30%

  • 28%

  • 26%

  • 26%

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8.

A salesman sells an article at 20% loss. If he charges Rs. 100 more, his profit will be 5%. The cost price (in rupees) of the article is

  • 500

  • 400

  • 380

  • 380


B.

400

Shortcut Method:
(5 - (-20))% = Rs. 100
(5 + 20)% = 100
rightwards double arrow space space open parentheses 25 over 100 close parentheses space equals space 100
equals space space Rs. space 400

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9.

A man purchased some fruits for Rs. 1000. He sold fruits worth Rs.400 at 10% profit. At what profit per cent, must he sell the rest in order to gain 20% on the whole?

  • 26 2 over 3
  • 25

  • 30

  • 30

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10.

Two adjacent sides of a rectangle are in the ratio  4 : 3 If its area is 192 m2, then its perimeter (in metre) is

  • 28

  • 36

  • 56

  • 56

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