Model 3 Successive Discount Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

Successive discounts of 10% and 30% are equivalent to a single discount of :

a) 37%

b) 38%

c) 40%

d) 35%

Question : 2

The equivalent single discount for two successive discounts of 15% and 10% is

a) 20.5%

b) 23.5%

c) 25%

d) 20%

Question : 3

A company offers three types of successive discounts : (i) 25% and 15%, (ii) 30% and 10%, (iii) 35% and 5%. Which offer is the best for a customer?

a) Any one; all are equally good

b) Third offer

c) First offer

d) Second offer

Question : 4 [SSC SO 2003]

Applied to a bill for Rs.1,00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% is :

a) Rs.4,000

b) Rs.2,500

c) Nil

d) Rs.1,440

Question : 5 [SSC Investigator 2010]

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

a) 34%

b) 36%

c) 42%

d) 40%