Oracle Algebra Quiz-1

The ages of the two persons differ by 20 years. If 5 year ago, 

the older one be 5 times as old as the younger one, 

then their present ages, in the year are:

Naveen purchased two oranges, 3 apples, and 5 bananas and paid 

Rs 40. Had Naveen purchased 3 oranges, 5 apples and 9 bananas, 

He would have to pay Rs 64. Gagan demanded only 1 orange, 1 apple, 

and 1 banana. If Naveen purchased only what was demanded by Gagan, 

then how much would he have paid (in Rs)?

There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey

tickets that are required by the authorities is:

Sneh's age is 1/6th of her father's age. Sneh's father's age will be

twice of Vimal's age after 10 years. If Vimal's eighth birthday was 

celebrated 2 years before, then what is Sneh's present age?

If 1 added to the age of the elder sister, then the ratio of the ages

of two sisters becomes 0.5:1, but if 2 is subtracted from the age 

of the younger one, the ratio becomes 1:3, the age of the younger 

sister will be?

A man purchased 40 fruits; apples and oranges for Rs 17. 

Had he purchased as many as oranges as apples and as many apples 

as oranges, he would have paid Rs 15. Find the cost of one pair 

of an apple and an orange.

21 pencils and 29 pens cost Rs 79. But if the number of pencils and 

pens were interchanged, the cost would have reduced by Rs 8. 

Find the cost of each pen.

A person buys 18 local tickets for Rs 110. Each first class ticket

costs Rs 10 and each second class ticket costs Rs 3. 

What will another lot of 18 tickets in which the numbers of 

first class and second class tickets are interchanged cost?

Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra 

in each row, there would be 2 rows less. If 4 students are less in 

each row, there would be 4 more rows. 

The number of students in the class is

Large, medium and small ships are used to bring water. 

4 large ships carry as much water as 7 small ships.



3 medium ships carry the same amount of water as 2 large ships 

and 1 small ship.



15 large, 7 medium and 14 small ships, each made 36 journeys 

and brought a certain quantity of water.



In how many journeys would 12 large, 14 medium and 

21 small ships bring the same quantity?