Question
What is the sum of ages of persons whose ages are
multiple of 5? Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are born in different years viz., 1977, 1967, 1963, 1974, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 1995 of the same date and same month. Their ages were calculated based on the year 2019. They all are like different fruits viz., Banana, Apple, Mango, Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Kiwi and Guava but not necessary in the same order. Q was born immediately before the one who likes Papaya. T was born immediately after the one who likes Guava. The difference between the ages of U and the one who likes Mango is 11 years. U is not elder than the one who likes Mango. T does not like Mango. V was born immediately after the one who likes Apple. As many persons born after V is same as the persons before the one who likes Grapes. The difference between the ages of V and the one who likes Banana is same as the difference between the ages of W and the one who likes Papaya. Only three persons was born between the one who likes Guava and R, whose age is in multiple of 5.As many persons born between Q and the one who likes Orange is same as between S and the one who likes Papaya. The age difference between S and V is not more than 10 years.Solution
Only three persons was born between the one who likes Guava and R, whose age is in multiple of 5. T was born immediately after the one who likes Guava. 
The difference between the ages of U and the one who likes Mango is 11 years. U is not elder than the one who likes Mango. T does not like Mango. 
In case 1a, 1b, 2c the above conditions are not satisfied. Hence these are dropped. Q was born immediately before the one who likes Papaya.hence case 2a is splinted into 2ai) and 2a ii) because it has two possibilities. The difference between the ages of V and the one who likes Banana is same as the difference between the ages of W and the one who likes Papaya. So, Case-2a ii) and case 2b will be dropped. 
As many persons born between Q and the one who likes Orange is same as between S and the one who likes Papaya. The age difference between S and V is not more than 10 years. So the final arrangement is, 
Profit percentage received on a product when sold for Rs.560 is equal to the percentage loss incurred when the same product is sold for Rs.420. Find the...
A product has a cost price of Rs. 480. It is marked up by 25% above its cost price and is sold after a discount of 15%. Calculate...
Cost price of a bag is Rs.500. The shopkeeper marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 22%. If the shopkeeper had sold ...
A shopkeeper marks an article at Rs 500. He allows a discount of 10% on the marked price but still makes a profit of 20% on the cost price. Find the cos...
A shopkeeper bought 100 identical tubelights priced at Rs. 265 each. He spent a total of Rs. 2600 on transportation and packaging. He put the la...
'G' labeled an item with a price tag that is 400% higher than its cost price and later sold it to 'A' at a discounted rate of 25%. This transaction resu...
A shopkeeper buys 30 pens at Rs. 18 each and sells all of them at Rs. 25 each. Find his approximate profit percentage.
- A man sold a mobile phone for Rs. 825 and made a 25% profit. If the mobile was marked at Rs. 950, how much discount did he give to earn a profit of 15%?
The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 900), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10%...
A trader sold two items for Rs. 150 each. He sold one at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss of 25%. What is the difference in their cost prices?
Relevant for Exams:
