Quiz Discussion

The age of a man 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. 10 years hence, the man's age will be twice the age of his son. The ratio of their present ages is = ?

• 1] 5 : 2
• 2] 7 : 3
• 3] 9 : 2
• 4] 13 : 4

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 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

A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?

• 1] 32 years
• 2] 36 years
• 3] 40 years
• 4] 48 years
• 5] None of these

Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is \(\frac{6}{5}\) times his age at the time of his marriage. Rajan's sister was 10 years younger than him at the time of his marriage. The age of Rajan's sister is = ?

• 1] 32 years
• 2] 36 years
• 3] 38 years
• 4] 40 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

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

Sneh's age is \(\frac{1}{6} \)th of her father's age. Sneh's father's age will be twice of Vimal's age after 10 years. If Vimal's 8th birthday was celebrated 2 years ago, then what is Sneh's present age?

• 1]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ }}\) years

• 2]

  10 years

• 3]

  12 years

• 4]

  15 years

• 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

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, then how old is B?

• 1]

  7

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  9

• 4]

  10