Quiz Discussion

Tanya's grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8 years from now. 8 years ago, what was the ratio of Tanya's age to that of her grandfather ?

• 1] 1 : 2
• 2] 1 : 5
• 3] 3 : 8
• 4] None of these

Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Sachin?

• 1]

  16 years

• 2]

  18 years

• 3]

  28 years

• 4]

  24.5 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 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 ratio between the parents ages of A and B is 5 : 3 respectively. The ratio between A's age 4 years ago and B's 4 years hence is 1 : 1. What is the ratio between A's age 4 years hence and B's age 4 years ago ?

• 1] 1 : 3
• 2] 3 : 1
• 3] 2 : 1
• 4] 4 : 1
• 5] None of these

Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar's age is 48 years, then what is the difference between Rahul and Purav's age ? ( in years)

• 1] 18
• 2] 15
• 3] 16
• 4] 20
• 5] Cannot be determined

One year ago, Promila was four times as old as her daughter Sakshi. Six years hence, Promila's age will exceed her daughter's age by 9 years. The ratio of the present ages of Promila and her daughter is:

• 1]

  9:2

• 2]

  11:3

• 3]

  12:5

• 4]

  13:4

The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6:7. If Q is 4 years old than P, what will be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years

• 1]

  7:9

• 2]

  7:8

• 3]

  3:8

• 4]

  5:8

The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:

• 1]

  12 years

• 2]

  14 years

• 3]

  18 years

• 4]

  20 years

Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Sachin?

• 1] 16 years
• 2] 18 years
• 3] 28 years
• 4] 24.5 years
• 5] None of these