Problems on Ages
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Sachin is younger than Rahul by 4 years.If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9,how old is Sachin?
- (a)
16 years
- (b)
18 years
- (c)
28 years
- (d)
cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6 :7.If Q is 4 years old than P,what will be the ratio of the ages P and Q after 4 years?
- (a)
3 : 4
- (b)
3 : 5
- (c)
4 : 3
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
The ratio between the present ages of P and Q id 5 :7 respectively.If the difference between Q's present age anf P's age after 6 years is 2,what is the total of P's and Q's present ages?
- (a)
48 years
- (b)
52 years
- (c)
56 years
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
At present,the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4:3 After 6 years,Arun's age will be 26 years,What is the age of the Deepak at present?
- (a)
12 years
- (b)
15 years
- (c)
19\(\frac{1}{2}\) years
- (d)
21 years
Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively.Three years hence,the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively.What is Anand's present age in years?
- (a)
24
- (b)
27
- (c)
40
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Six years ago,the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5.Four years hence,the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10.What is Sagar's age at present?
- (a)
16 years
- (b)
18 years
- (c)
20 years
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is 1 : 2 and 5 years back,the ratio was 1 : 3.What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
- (a)
1 : 4
- (b)
2 : 3
- (c)
3 : 5
- (d)
5 : 6
The ratio of the father's age to his son's age is 7 : 3.The product of their ages is 756.The ratio of their ages after 6 years will be :
- (a)
5 : 2
- (b)
2 : 1
- (c)
11 : 7
- (d)
13 : 9
The ratio between the present ages of A and B is 5 : 3 respectively.The ratio between A's age 4 years ago and B's age 4 years hence is 1 : 1.What is the ratio between A's age 4 years hence and B's age 4 years ago?
- (a)
1 : 3
- (b)
2 : 1
- (c)
3 : 1
- (d)
4 : 1
- (e)
None of these
Ten years ago,A was half of B in age.If the ratio of their present ages is 3 : 4,what will be the total of their present ages ?
- (a)
20 years
- (b)
30 years
- (c)
45 years
- (d)
None of these
A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother.After 8 years,he will be one-half the age of his mother.How old is the mother at present ?
- (a)
32 years
- (b)
36 years
- (c)
40 years
- (d)
48 years
Tanya's grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 years ago.He would be 3 times of her age 8 years from now.Eight years ago,what was the ratio of Tanya's age to that of her grandfather?
- (a)
1 : 2
- (b)
1 : 5
- (c)
3 : 8
- (d)
None of these
One year ago,Promila was four times as old as her daughter Sakshi.Six years hence,Promila's age will exceed her daughter''s age by 9 years.The ratio of the present ages of Promila and her daughter is :
- (a)
9 : 2
- (b)
11 : 3
- (c)
12 : 5
- (d)
13 : 4
The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years.Six years ago,father's age was five times the age of the son.After 6 years,son's age will be:
- (a)
12 years
- (b)
14 years
- (c)
18 years
- (d)
20 years
The total age of A nad B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C.C is how many years younger than A ?
- (a)
12
- (b)
24
- (c)
C is elder than A
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T.If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,what is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?
- (a)
1 year
- (b)
2 years
- (c)
25 years
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
The age of a man is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons.Five years hence,his age will be double of the sum of the ages of his sons.the father's present age is :
- (a)
40 years
- (b)
45 years
- (c)
50 years
- (d)
55 years
The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 45 years.Five years ago,the product of their ages was 34.The ages of the son and the father are respectively :
- (a)
6 and 39
- (b)
7 and 38
- (c)
9 and 36
- (d)
11 and 34
The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years.What is th age of the youngest child ?
- (a)
4 years
- (b)
8 years
- (c)
10 years
- (d)
None of these
Sneh's age is \(\frac{1}{6}\)th 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 two years before,then what is Sneh's present age?
- (a)
\(6\frac{2}{3}\)years
- (b)
24 years
- (c)
30 years
- (d)
None of these
If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Gagan and the remainder is divided by 18,then the present age of his grandson Anup is obtained.If Anup is 2 years younger to Madan whose age is 5 years,then what is Gagan's present age?
- (a)
48 years
- (b)
60 years
- (c)
84 years
- (d)
96 years
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 of my father and mother respectively when my brother was born ?
- (a)
32 yrs,23 yrs
- (b)
32 yrs,29 yrs
- (c)
35 yrs,29 yrs
- (d)
35 yrs,33 yrs
The sum of the ages of P,Q and R is 96 years.What is the age of Q ?
I.P is 6 years older than R.
II.The total of the ages of Q and R is 56 years.
- (a)
if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (b)
if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (c)
if the data either in Statement I or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
- (d)
if the data even in both Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
- (e)
if the data in both Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
How old is C now?
I.Three years ago,the average of A and B was 18 years.
II.With C joining them now,the average becomes 22 years.
- (a)
if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (b)
if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (c)
if the data either in Statement I or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
- (d)
if the data even in both Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
- (e)
if the data in both Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
Average age of employees working in a department is 30 years.In the next year,ten workers will retire.What will be the average age in next year ?
I.Retirement age is 60 years.
II.There are 50 employees in the department.
- (a)
if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (b)
if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
- (c)
if the data either in Statement I or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
- (d)
if the data even in both Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
- (e)
if the data in both Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
What is the present age of A?
I.The sum of the ages of A and B is 21 years.
II.The difference of the ages of A and B is 5 years.
III.The product of the ages of A and B is 104 years.
- (a)
I and II only
- (b)
II and III only
- (c)
I and III only
- (d)
Any two of the three
- (e)
None of these
What is the present age of Tanya ?
I.The ratio between the present ages of Tanya and her brother Rahul is 3 : 4 respectively.
II.After 5 years the ratio between the ages of Tanya and Rahul will be 4 : 5.
III.Rahul is 5 years older than Tanya.
- (a)
I and II only
- (b)
II and III only
- (c)
I and III only
- (d)
All I,II and III
- (e)
Any two of the three
What is the difference between the ages of Y and X ?
I.The ratio between the ages of X and Y is 2 : 3.
II.Y's age is 50% more than X's age.
III.One-fourth of X's age is equal to one-sixth of Y's age.
- (a)
All I,II and III
- (b)
Any two of the three
- (c)
III, and either I or II
- (d)
Only I and II
- (e)
Question cannot be answered even with information in all three statements.
What will be the ratio between ages of Sam and Albert after 5 years ?
I.Sam's present age is more than Albert's present age by 4 years.
II.Albert's present age is 20 years.
III.The ratio of Albert's present age to Sam's present age is 5 : 6.
- (a)
I or II or III only
- (b)
II only
- (c)
III only
- (d)
I or III only
- (e)
II or III only
What is the difference between the present ages of Ayush and Deepak ?
I.The ratio between Ayush's present age and his age after 8 years is 4 : 5.
II.The ratio between the present ages of Ayush and Deepak is 4 : 3.
III. The ratio between Deepak's present age and his age four years ago is 6 : 5.
- (a)
Any two of I,II and III
- (b)
I or III only
- (c)
Any one of the three
- (d)
All I,II and III are required
- (e)
Even with all I,II and III the answer cannot be obtained.