Discount — XAT Previous-Year Questions
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Discount · XAT PYQs
Read the following scenario and answer the THREE questions that follow.
A store offers a choice of five different discount coupons to its customers, described as follows:
Coupon A: A flat discount of Rs. 250 on a minimum spend of Rs. 1200 in one transaction.
Coupon B: A 15% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 500 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 300.
Coupon C: A flat discount of Rs. 100 on a minimum spend of Rs. 600 in one transaction.
Coupon D: A 10% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 250 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 100.
Coupon E: A flat discount of Rs. 50 on a minimum spend of Rs. 200 in one transaction.
The customers are allowed to use at most one coupon in one transaction, i.e., two or more coupons cannot be combined for the same transaction.
Four customers used four different discount coupons for their respective transactions in such a way that they obtained a total discount of Rs. 710.
Read the following scenario and answer the THREE questions that follow.
A store offers a choice of five different discount coupons to its customers, described as follows:
Coupon A: A flat discount of Rs. 250 on a minimum spend of Rs. 1200 in one transaction.
Coupon B: A 15% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 500 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 300.
Coupon C: A flat discount of Rs. 100 on a minimum spend of Rs. 600 in one transaction.
Coupon D: A 10% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 250 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 100.
Coupon E: A flat discount of Rs. 50 on a minimum spend of Rs. 200 in one transaction.
The customers are allowed to use at most one coupon in one transaction, i.e., two or more coupons cannot be combined for the same transaction.
Four customers used four different discount coupons for their respective transactions in such a way that nobody used any discount coupon sub-optimally. (A discount coupon is used suboptimally if using another discount coupon could have resulted in a higher discount for the same transaction.)
Read the following scenario and answer the THREE questions that follow.
A store offers a choice of five different discount coupons to its customers, described as follows:
Coupon A: A flat discount of Rs. 250 on a minimum spend of Rs. 1200 in one transaction.
Coupon B: A 15% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 500 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 300.
Coupon C: A flat discount of Rs. 100 on a minimum spend of Rs. 600 in one transaction.
Coupon D: A 10% discount on a minimum spend of Rs. 250 in one transaction, up to a maximum discount of Rs. 100.
Coupon E: A flat discount of Rs. 50 on a minimum spend of Rs. 200 in one transaction.
The customers are allowed to use at most one coupon in one transaction, i.e., two or more coupons cannot be combined for the same transaction.
A family wanted to purchase four products worth Rs. 1000 each, and another product worth Rs. 300.
They were told that they could:
I) pay for the five products through one or more transactions in any way they wanted, as long as the purchase amount of any one product would not get split into different transactions, and
II) use the same discount coupon repeatedly for separate transactions, if they opt for more than one transaction.
What was the maximum discount that they could obtain for their purchase?
Rajnish bought an item at 25% discount on the printed price. He sold it at 10% discount on the printed price. What is his profit in percentage?
An article is marked x% above the cost price. A discount of 2/3x% if given on the marked price. If the profit is 4% of the cost price and the value of x lies between 25 and 50, then the value of 50% of x is:
A shop, which sold same marked price shirts, announced an offer - if one buys three shirts then the fourth shirt is sold at a discounted price of â¹ 100 only. Patel took the offer. He left the shop with 20 shirts after paying â¹ 20,000. What is the marked price of a shirt?
The Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of a product is 55% above its manufacturing cost. The product is sold through a retailer, who earns 23% profit on his purchase price. What is the profit percentage (expressed in nearest integer) for the manufacturer who sells his product to the retailer? The retailer gives 10% discount on MRP.