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

The average of the ages of a man and his daughter is 34 years. If the respective ratio of their ages four years from now is 14 : 5,what is daughter's present age ?

• 1] 10 years
• 2] 12 years
• 3] 18 years
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

The ages of A and B are in the ratio 6 : 5 and the sum of their ages is 44 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after 8 years ?

• 1] 7 : 6
• 2] 8 : 7
• 3] 9 : 8
• 4] 3 : 4

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 man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is:

• 1] 14 years
• 2] 18 years
• 3] 20 years
• 4] 22 years
• 5] None of these

Ram's son's age is \(\frac{1}{3} \)of Ram's wife's age. Ram's wife's age is \(\frac{4}{5}\) of Ram's age and Ram's age is \(\frac{3}{5}\) of Ram's father's age. Find the age of Ram's son, if Ram's father is 50 years old?

• 1] 6 years
• 2] 8 years
• 3] 10 years
• 4] 12 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

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

• 1] 18 years
• 2] 20 years
• 3] 24 years
• 4] 32 years

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

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