Question 1 The sum of ages of family members (both children and parents) is 360 years.

The t otal ages of children and parents are in the ratio 2:1 and the ages of wife and husband are in the ratio 5:7.What will be the age of husband? a)60 b)77 c)75 d)70 Answer : d) 70 Solution : Sum of ages is 360 years.The ratio of children and parents ages is 2:1. Total age of parents = 360 x 1 / 3 = 120 years Ratio of wife and husband age is 5:7. Therefore, the age of husband = 120 x 7 / 12 = 70 Hence the age of husband is 70 years. /*************************************************************/ Question 2 Mr. Nagaraj got e family. Today average age of ay. What is the a) 60 b) 72 c) 84 d) 54

married 12 years ago to Parvathy and she become 7th member of th his mother died and Mrs. Parvathy gave birth to a girl baby. The Nagaraj s family at the time of his marriage is the same as of tod age of his mother when she died?

Answer : c)84 Solution: Let the average age of family members at the time of marriage be x Sum of the ages of the family members at that time is 7x --> eq 1 After 12 years (i.e. now) the ages of all the seven would have increased by 12 e ach i.e by 84 years (12 X 7) Hence total ages of all the members currently = 7x + 84 Now mother has died and new baby is born. New baby's age now is zero. Hence, mother's age should be subtracted from the current total. Also the baby's age should be added to the total. Current age total all the members = 7x + 84 - mother's age + baby's age = 7x + 8 4 - mother's age (since baby's age is zero) --> eq 2 But the question says that the average now has become same as that of 12 years b efore. Hence 7x + 84 - mother's age = 7x Hence mother s age is 84 years. /*************************************************************/ Question 3 If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Arun and the remainder is divi ded by 18, then the present age of his grandson Gokul is obtained.If Gokul is 2 years younger to Madan whose age is 5 years, then what is the age of Arun? a)48 b)60 c)84 d)96 Answer : b) 60 Solution:

Let Arun's age be x. Gokul is 2 years younger than Madan, so Gokul is 3 years (i.e 5 - 2 = 3) If Arun had born 6 years before, his age would had been x - 6. As per the questi on, x - 6 should be 18 times as that of Gokul's age. i.e. x - 6 = 3 x 18 x = 60 Hence the age of Arun is 60 years