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

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

The present age of Mr. Sanyal is three times the age of his son. Six years hence , the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 2. What is the present age of Mr. Sanyal ?

• 1] 48 years
• 2] 50 years
• 3] 54 years
• 4] 60 years
• 5] None of these

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

The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is 1:2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1:3. What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years ?

• 1]

  3:5

• 2]

  2:5

• 3]

  2:3

• 4]

  3:4

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

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

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

18 years ago, a man was three times as old as his son. Now, the man is twice as old as his son. The sum of the present ages of the man and his son is = ?

• 1] 54 years
• 2] 72 years
• 3] 105 years
• 4] 108 years

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