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Profit, Loss and Discount

CP/SP, marked price, single and successive discounts.

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Q1 · Profit, Loss and Discount · EASY
A shopkeeper bought a chair for ₹800 and sold it for ₹920. What is his profit percentage?
Q2 · Profit, Loss and Discount · EASY
A shirt is marked at ₹1500. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 20% on it. What is the selling price of the shirt?
Q3 · Profit, Loss and Discount · MEDIUM
A trader marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25%. What is his profit or loss percentage?
Q4 · Profit, Loss and Discount · HARD
A shopkeeper offers two successive discounts of 10% and 20% on an article marked at ₹5000. If he still makes a profit of 8%, what was the cost price of the article?
Q5 · Profit, Loss and Discount · MEDIUM
A shopkeeper bought a mobile phone for ₹12,000 and sold it at a loss of 8%. At what price did he sell the phone?