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All Successive Discounts Questions(1–28 of 28)

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Q1mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
25% accuracy
A customer paid Rs. 306 for an item after availing successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is the marked price of the item (in Rs.)?
Q2hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
0% accuracy
A dealer buys an article listed at ₹250 and gets successive discounts of 12% and 16%. He spends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 25%? (Correct to two places of decimal)
Q3easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
0% accuracy
A shopkeeper allows a series of discounts of 20%, 10% and 15%. How much will a customer have to pay for the item marked at ₹1,000?
Q4mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
100% accuracy
The marked price of an article is Rs. 600. If a shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on the marked price of the article, how much would be the selling price (in Rs.) of the article?
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
0% accuracy
The marked price of an article is Rs. 530. After two successive discounts, it is sold for Rs. 396.44. If the first discount is x% and the second discount is 15%, then what is the value of x?
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
0% accuracy
A dealer marks an article 40% above its cost price, and sells it by giving two successive discounts of 15% and 25% on the marked price. If he suffers a loss of Rs. 43, then the marked price (in Rs.) of the article is:
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
What is the total single percentage discount applied when two successive discounts of and are applicable?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
What is the single discount equivalent to the three successive discounts of 10%, 40% and 25%?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
A shopkeeper purchased a chair whose marked price is Rs 1400, at two successive discounts of 20% and 30% respectively. If he sells the chair for Rs 1176, then what is the profit percentage?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The marked price of a TV is ₹50,000. The difference between a single discount of 30% and two successive discounts of 25% and 6% on this deal is:
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
The successive discounts of 40%, 25% and 20%, respectively, on the marked price of a chair, are equal to a single discount of ₹960. The marked price (in ₹) of the chair is:
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
An article is listed at . A customer pays for it after getting two successive discounts. If the rate of first discount is , the rate of the second discount is ______.
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
A silver puja thali set marked at Rs. 10,000 is sold with two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. An additional 5% discount is offered if the payment is made in cash mode. Find the selling price of the article on cash payment.
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
What is the selling price of a calculator if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 7% each on its marked price of Rs. 500?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
After getting two successive discounts, Seema got a shirt at Rs. 153, for which the marked price was Rs. 200. If the second discount was 15%, the first discount was:
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A pen drive was sold at a price after giving two successive discounts of 30% and 20%. If the selling price of the item was ₹ 560, then what was the marked price of the pen drive?
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
Which of the following schemes will yield maximum discount on purchase of ₹x?
2 successive discounts of 25% and 15%

Single discount of 20%

2 free on purchase of 3 items

3 free on purchase of 7 items
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
Kajal offers two successive discounts of 10% and 8% on the sale of a cosmetic item to her customer. What is the equivalent single percentage discount offered by Kajal?
Q19mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
An article marked for ₹30,000 is available through two discount schemes. Under scheme 1, successive discounts of 25%, 16% and 15% are offered. Under scheme 2, successive discounts of 20%, 15% and 16% are offered. Find the difference between the selling price under the two schemes.
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
If on a marked price, the difference of selling prices with a discount of 42% and two successive discounts of 15% and 10% is Rs. 185, then the marked price is:
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
The marked price of a T-shirt is ₹1,000. A shopkeeper offers 15% discount on the T-shirt and then again offers 20% discount on the new price. How much would the customer have to pay finally?
Q22mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A jacket is marked for . A customer pays for it. If the customer got a series of two discounts and the rate of the first discount is , then the rate of the second discount is:
Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Which of the following schemes will yield minimum discount?
2 successive discounts of 5% and 5%

Single discount of 10%

2 successive discounts of 8% and 2%
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Find a single discount rate percentage equivalent to the successive discounts of , , and .
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A shopkeeper offers schemes of discounts to his customers. Which of the following schemes will fetch the minimum discount percentage?
* Scheme A: Two successive discounts of and .
* Scheme B: Buy get free.
* Scheme C: Buy and get .
Q26mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 67Competitive Exam2026
A store announces a discount of and then allows another discount of . What is the final sale price (in ₹, to the nearest integer) of a bed whose marked price is ₹?
Q27mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 73Competitive Exam2026
A toy is sold for ₹ after giving two successive discounts, each of . If the marked price of the article is ₹, then what is the value of ?
Q28mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A garment company offers two successive discounts of 20% and 48% on the list price of the dresses. What is the final sale price (in ₹) of a dress listed at ₹6000?

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