UGC NET Discount Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 7 previous-year questions on Discount from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 7 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2024–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Discount
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Marked price from one discount to another | 4 |
| Successive discounts as a single discount | 2 |
| Successive versus single discounts | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Discount appears in 7 of 87 papers (8%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Two successive discounts of 10% and 15% are equivalent to a single discount of
TRANSLATED. If a discount of 25% on the marked price of an item results in a selling price of Rs. 36, then at what price should the item be sold to give a discount of 20%?
TRANSLATED. If a discount of 6% on the marked price of an item results in a selling price of Rs. 235, then at what price should the item be sold to give a discount of 15%?
TRANSLATED. Which of the following statements are true? (A) Successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 5% are equivalent to a single discount of 35%. (B) If after two successive discounts of 12% and 5% an article was sold for Rs. 209, then the original price of…
If the selling price of Rs. 623 results in a discount of 11% on the market price of an item, at what price should the item be sold to offer a discount of 19% ?
If the selling price of Rs. 276 results in a discount of 8% on the marked price of an item, at what price should the item be sold to offer a discount of 13% ?
Three successive discounts of 15 %, 20 % and 40 % on the marked price of an item are equivalent to a single discount of :
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