Quiz Discussion

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]

  38years

A couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is four times that of the son and the age of the daughter is one-third of that of her mother. The wife is 6 years younger to her husband and the sister is 3 years older then her brother. The mother's age is = ?

• 1] 42 years
• 2] 48 years
• 3] 54 years
• 4] 63 years

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 Sulekha and Arunima are in the ratio 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years, the ratio of their ages will be 10 : 9. What is the difference in their ages ?

• 1] 4 years
• 2] 5 years
• 3] 6 years
• 4] 7 years
• 5] None of these

Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?

• 1] 24
• 2] 27
• 3] 40
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

The respective ratio between the present age Aarti and Savita is 5 : x. Aartl is 9 years younger than Jahnavi. Jahnavi's age after 9 years will be 33 years. The difference between Savita's and Aarti's age is same as the present age of Jahnavi. What will come in place of x?

• 1]

  21

• 2]

  37

• 3]

  17

• 4]

  13

The ages of two persons differ by 20 years. If 5 years ago, the elder one be 5 times as old as the younger one, their present ages (in years) are respectively

• 1]

  20,20

• 2]

  20,10

• 3]

  25,15

• 4]

  30,10

Ratio of ages of three persons is 4:7:9, Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages

• 1]

  16,35,36

• 2]

  12,28,36

• 3]

  16,28,27

• 4]

  16,28,36

The ratio between the age of a father and a son at present is 5 : 2 respectively. Four years hence the ratio between the age of the son and his mother will be 1 : 2 respectively. What is the ratio between the present age of the father and the mother respectively?

• 1]

  3 : 4

• 2]

  5 : 4

• 3]

  4 : 3

• 4]

  Cannot be determined

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