Problems on Age
1. Ten years ago, P was half of Q's age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what will be the total of their present ages?
A. 45 B. 40
C. 35 D. 30
2. Father is aged three times more than his son Sunil. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Sunil's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Sunil's age?
A. 4 times B. 4 times
C. 2 times D. 3 times
3. A man's age is 125% of what it was 10 years ago, but 8313%
of what it will be after 10 years. What is his present age?
A. 70 B. 60
C. 50 D. 40
4. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. What is the present age of his son?
A. 23 years B. 22 years
C. 21 years D. 20 years
5. Present ages of Kiran and Syam are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Syam's present age in years?
A. 28 B. 27
C. 26 D. 24
6. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. Find out the age of the youngest child?
A. 6 years B. 5 years
C. 4 years D. 3 years
7. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. The total of the ages of A, B and C is 27. How old is B?
A. 10 B. 9
C. 8 D. 7
8. The average age of a class of 22 students is 21 years. The average increased by 1 when the teacher's age also included. What is the age of the teacher?
A. 48 B. 45
C. 43 D. 44
9. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, what was the son's age five years back?
A. 20 years B. 18 years
C. 14 years D. 22 years
10. Ayisha's age is 1/6th of her father's age. Ayisha 's father's age will be twice the age of Shankar's age after 10 years. If Shankar's eight birthdays was celebrated two years before, then what is Ayisha 's present age.
A. 10 years B. 12 years
C. 8 years D. 5 years
11. The sum of the present ages of a son and his father is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, what will be son's age?
A. 23 years B. 22 years
C. 21 years D. 20 years
12. Kiarn is younger than Bineesh by 7 years and their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Kiran?
A. 25 B. 24.5
C. 24 D. 23.5
13. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Vimal and Saroj was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Saroj's age at present?
A. 18 B. 17
C. 16 D. 15
14. At present, the ratio between the ages of Shekhar and Shobha is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Shekhar's age will be 26 years. Find out the age of Shobha at present?
A. 15 years B. 14 years
C. 13 years D. 12 years
15. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born, then what was the age my father when my brother was born?
A. 35 years B. 34 years
C. 33 years D. 32 years
ANSWERS
1.C
2.C
3.C
4.B
5.D
6.C
7.A
8.D
9.C
10.D
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.D
