Quiz Discussion

A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was "Take my age three years hence multiply it by 3 and then subtract three times my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of the person? 

• 1]

  18 years

• 2]

  20 years

• 3]

  24 years

• 4]

  32 years

A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

• 1] 7
• 2] 8
• 3] 9
• 4] 10
• 5] 11

A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

• 1] 14 years
• 2] 19 years
• 3] 33 years
• 4] 38 years

The ages of A and B are presently in the ratio of 5 : 6 respectively. Six years hence, this ratio became 6 : 7 respectively. What was B's age 5 years ago ?

• 1] 25 years
• 2] 30 years
• 3] 31 years
• 4] 36 years
• 5] None of these

X's age 3 years ago was three times the present age of Y. At present Z's age is twice the age of Y. Also Z is 12 years younger than X. What is the present age of Z ?

• 1] 15 years
• 2] 24 years
• 3] 12 years
• 4] 18 years
• 5] 6 years

The sum of the ages of a daughter and her mother is 56 years. After 4 years, the age of the mother will be three times that of the daughter. At present their ages are ?

• 1] 10 years, 46 years
• 2] 12 years, 44 years
• 3] 11 years, 45 years
• 4] 13 years, 43 years

Present ages of X and Y are in the ratio 5:6 respectively. Seven years hence this ratio will become 6:7 respectively. What is X's present age in years?

• 1]

  35

• 2]

  42

• 3]

  49

• 4]

  None Of These

Ten years hence, the respective ratio between Simmi's age ans Niti's age will be 7 : 9. Two years ago, the respective ratio between Simmi's and Niti's age was 1 : 3. If Abhay is 4 years older then Niti, what is Abhay's present age ? (in years)

• 1] 8
• 2] 4
• 3] 16
• 4] 12
• 5] 20

The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the ratio of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 3. What is the difference in their ages?

• 1] 6 years
• 2] 8 years
• 3] 10 years
• 4] 12 years
• 5] None of these

The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

• 1]

  4 years

• 2]

  8 years

• 3]

  10 years

• 4]

  None Of These