Top 50 Problems on Ages Aptitude Question

 

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   A years ago, a father was four times his son's age. In six years, his age will be 9 more than twice his son's age. What is the present age of the son?

1. A. 10 years     

2. B. 9 years        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 20 years      

4. D. None of these      

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   The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

1. A. 1:2     

2. B. 3:4      

3. C. 2:3        👈Correct Answer

4. D. None of these      

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   A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years back, he was twelve times as old as the son. What are their present ages?

1. A. 24, 12     

2. B. 44, 22        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 48, 24      

4. D. None of these      

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   The age of a person k years ago was half of what his age would be k years from now. The age of the same person p years from now would be thrice of what his age was p years ago. What is the value of the ratio k:p?

1. A. 3:2     

2. B. 2:3        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 1:4      

4. D. 4:1      

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   10 years ago the age of Karisma was two-thirds of the age of Babita. 14 years hence the ratio of ages of Karishma and Babita will be 5:9. Find the ratio of their present ages.

1. A. 13:29       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 11:27      

3. C. 29:17      

4. D. 13:25      

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   Father is 5 years older than mother and mother's age now is thrice the age of the daughter. The daughter is now 10 years old. What was father's age when the daughter was born?

1. A. 20 years     

2. B. 15 years      

3. C. 25 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 30 years      

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   The average age of the mother and her 6 children is 12 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age old mother is excluded. How old is the mother? 

1. A. 42 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 40 years      

3. C. 48 years      

4. D. 50 years      

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   A father's age is three times the sum of the ages of his two children, but 20 years hence his age will be equal to the sum of their ages. Then the father's age is

1. A. 30 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 40 years      

3. C. 35 years      

4. D. 45 years      

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   The ages of A, B and C together total 185 years. B is twice as old as A and C is 17 years older than A. Then, the respective ages of A, B and C are

1. A. 40, 86 and 59 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 42, 84 and 59 years      

3. C. 40, 80 and 65 years      

4. D. None of these    

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