Question 8 year old Eesha visited her grandpa. He gave her this riddle.

I
started working at 13. I spent 1/6 of my working life in a factory. I
spent 1/4 of my working life in an office, and I spent 1/4 of my
working life as a school caretaker. For the last 32 years of my
working life I've been doing social service. How old am I?
Type multiple_choice
Option 109 correct
Option 102 Incorrect
Option 105 Incorrect
Option 113 Incorrect
Solution Let x be the number of years he worked.
x/6+x/4+x/4+32=x
x=96
His age = 96 + 13 = 109
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Question A father said his son , " I was as old as you are at present at the time
of your birth. " If the father age is 38 now, the son age 5 years back
was :
Type multiple_choice
Option 14 correct
Option 19 InCorrect
Option 33 Incorrect
Option 38 Incorrect
Solution
Let the son's present age be x years .Then, (38 - x) = x => x= 19.

Son's age 5 years back = (19 - 5) = 14 years.

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Question The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and
C. C is how many years younger than A ?
Type multiple_choice
Option 12 correct
Option 13 InCorrect
Option 14 Incorrect
Option 15 Incorrect
Solution (A+B) - (B+C) = 12

A - C = 12.

C is younger than A by 12 years.

Question In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now

Type multiple_choice
Option 19 Incorrect
Option 29 InCorrect
Option 39 correct
Option 49 Incorrect
Solution Let B's present age = x years. Then, A's present age = (x + 9)
years.
(x + 9) + 10 = 2(x - 10)
=> x + 19 = 2x - 20
=> x =39
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Question The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. five
years ago, father's age was four times the age of the son. so now
the son's age will be:
Type multiple_choice
Option 5 Incorrect
Option 10 InCorrect
Option 15 correct
Option 20 Incorrect
Solution Let the present ages of son and father be x and (60 -x) years
respectively.
Then, (60 - x) - 5= 4(x - 5)
55 - x = 4x - 20
5x = 75 => x = 15
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Question The age of a man is 4 times of his son. Five years ago, the man was
nine times old as his son was at that time. The present age of man
is?
Type multiple_choice
Option 32 years correct
Option 34 InCorrect
Option 42 Incorrect
Option 77 Incorrect
Solution Let ‘f’ be age of father and ‘s’ be age of son
F=4*s
 f-5 = 9(s-5)

f = (9f/4) - 45 + 5

5f/4 = 40
F= 4*8
f = 32
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Question Six years ago Anita was P times as old as Ben was. If Anita is now 17
years old, how old is Ben now in terms of P ?
Type multiple_choice
Option 11/P+6 correct
Option P/11+6 Incorrect
Option 17-P/6 Incorrect
Option 17/P Incorrect
Solution Let Ben’s age now be B
Anita’s age now is A.
(A - 6) = P(B - 6)
But A is 17 and therefore 11 = P(B - 6)
11/P = B-6
(11/P) + 6 = B
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Question Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If the ratio of their ages is
7:9, find the age of Sachin.
Type multiple_choice
Option 26.22 InCorrect
Option 27.12 InCorrect
Option 24.5 correct
Option 29.21 Incorrect
Solution If Rahul age is x, then Sachin age is x - 7,

so, (x-7)/x =7/9

9x - 63 = 7x

2x = 63

x = 31.5
 So Sachin age is 31.5 - 7 = 24.5

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Question "I am five times as old as you were, when I was as old as you are",
said a man to his son. Find out their present ages, if the sum of their
ages is 64 years ?
Type multiple_choice
Option father=50; Son=14 Incorrect
Option father =40; Son=24 Correct
Option father=40; Son=4 InCorrect
Option father=48;Son=16 InCorrect
Solution Let the present age of the man be 'P' and son be 'Q',
Given, P + Q = 64 or Q = (64 - P)
Now the man says "I am five times as old as you were, when I
was as old as you are",
So, P = 5[Q - (P - Q)]
We get 6P = 10Q,
Substitute value for Q,
6P = 10(64 - P),
Therefore P = 40, Q = 24
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Question The ratio of the ages of Maala and Kala is 4 : 3. The total of their
ages is 2.8 decades. The proportion of their ages after 0.8 decades
will be [1 Decade = 10 years]
Type multiple_choice
Option 4:3 Incorrect
Option 12:11 Incorrect
Option 7:4 Incorrect
Option 6:5 correct
Solution Let, Maala’s age = 4A and Kala’s age = 3A
Then 4A + 3A = 28
A=4
Maala’s age = 16 years
and Kala’s age = 12 years
Proportion of their ages after 8 is = (16 + 8) : (12 + 8)
= 24 : 20
=6:5
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