Brother’s Age

(CAT 1994)

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are brothers. Two brothers had an argument and A said to B “You are as old as C was when I was twice as old as D, and will be as old as E was when he was as old as C is now”. B said to A “ You may be older than F but G is as old as I was when you were as old as G is, and D will be as old as F was when F will be as old as G is”.

1. Who is the eldest brother?

(a) A

(b) E

(c) C

(d) Cannot be determined

2. Who is the youngest brother?

(a) B

(b) D

(c) F

(d) Cannot be determined

3. Which two are probably twins?

(a) D and G

(b) E and C

(c) A and B

(d) Cannot be determined

4. Which of the following is false?

(a) G has 4 elder brothers.

(b) A is older than G but younger than E.

(c) B has three elder brothers.

(d) There is a pair of twins among the brothers.

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