Multiple Choice QuestionsSuccessive discount of 20% and 10% is given on an item of ₹700, find the selling price.
504
196
582
582
A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enable a buyer to buy 5 kg more for ₹ 1200. The reduced price per kg of rice will be
36
45
48
48
A shopkeeper buys 80 articles for ₹2400 and sells them for a profit of 16%. Find the selling price of an article.
₹ 36.40
₹ 34.80
₹ 35.60
₹ 35.60
A dealer sold a bicycle at a profit of 10%. Had he brought the bicycle at 10% less and sold it at a price ₹60 more, he would have gained 25%. The cost price of the bicycle was
₹ 2200
₹ 2000
₹ 2400
₹ 2400
A librarian purchased 50 story-books for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 more books by spending ₹ 76 more and the average price per book would be reduced by ₹ 1. The average price (in ₹) of each book he bought, was
20
25
15
15
A dealer buys an article listed at ₹ 100 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 20%. He spends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 15%.
₹ 91.08
₹ 92.00
₹ 90.80
₹ 90.80
A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of a camera. Marked price of the camera, which cost him ₹ 600, to make a profit of 20% should be
₹ 800
₹ 700
₹ 650
₹ 650
A merchant advertise 10% off on the items bought from his store. The total discount got by a customer who bought a cooker worth ₹ 650, a heater worth ₹ 500 and a bag worth ₹ 65 is
₹ 120.50
₹ 123.50
₹ 128.50
₹ 128.50
20% raise of price followed by a discount of 25% of the raised portion will
increase the price by 10%
decrease the price by 5%
increases the price by 15%
increases the price by 15%
C.
increases the price by 15%
Let original cost of the object be ₹ 100.
If 20% raised in price, then cost of the object  = ₹ 120
Cost increased  = ₹ (120 - 100)
            = ₹ 20
∴ Discount on increased cost
            = 25% of 20
             
∴     New cost = ₹ (120 - 5) = ₹ 115
Hence, 15% cost will be increased.
By selling an article for ₹ 450, a man loses 10%. The gain or loss per cent if he sells it for ₹ 540 is
loss 8%
gain 9%
loss 9%
loss 9%
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