Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 36 – CSAT Paper

1. Consider the Question and the statements given below:

Question: What is the age if Manisha?

Statement 1: Manisha is 24 years younger than her mother

Statement 2: 5 years later, the ages of Manisha and her mother will be in the ratio 3:5

Which of the following is correct? (UPSC 2022)

2. Arun’s present age in years is 40% of Varun’s. In another few years, Arun’s age will be half of Varun’s. By what percentage will Varun’s age increase during this period?

3. Sum of ages of a father, a mother, a son Sonu and daughters Savita and Sonia is 96 years. Sonu is the youngest member of the family. The year Sonu was born, the sum of the ages of all the members in the family was 66 years. If father’s age is 6 times that of Sonu’s present age then 12 years hence father’s age will be

4. A family consists of a Mother, Father, Daughter and a son. Daughter is older than son. When the son was born, the average age of the family was 22. If the son is currently 2 years of age, then what is the current average age of the family?

5. Consider the following statements and Questions:

Statement-1: When Gopika was born, her mother was 26 years old.

Statement-2: Gopika’s father got married at the age of 27 and he celebrated his 21st wedding anniversary when Gopika was 18 years old.

Question-1: What was the age of Gopika’s father when Gopika was born?

Question-2: What was the age of Gopika’s mother when she got married?

With respect to the given statements and Questions which one of the following is correct?