Problems On Ages Solved Aptitude Question

 

1. 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, the son's age five years back was:

1. A. 14 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 19 years      

3. C. 33 years      

4. D. 38 years      

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   What is John’s present age, if after 10 years his age will be 5 times his age 5 years back.

1. A. 6.2 years     

2. B. 7.7 years      

3. C. 8.7 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 10 years      

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   The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

1. A. 4 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 8 years      

3. C. 10 years      

4. D. None of these      

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   Rahul is 15 years elder than Rohan. If 5 years ago, Rahul was 3 times as old as Rohan, then find Rahul's present age.

1. A. 32.5 years     

2. B. 27.5 years        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 25 years      

4. D. 24.9 years      

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   A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

1. A. 7     

2. B. 8      

3. C. 9      

4. D. 10        👈Correct Answer

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   One year ago, ratio of Harry and Peter age’s was 5 : 6 respectively. After 4 years, this ratio becomes 6 : 7. How old is Peter?

1. A. 25 years     

2. B. 26 years      

3. C. 31 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 35 years      

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   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?

1. A. 24       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 27      

3. C. 40      

4. D. Cannot be determined      

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   Age of mother 10 years ago was 3 times the age of her son. After 10 years, mother’s age will be twice that of his son. Find the ratio of their present ages.

1. A. 11 : 7     

2. B. 9 : 5      

3. C. 7 : 4      

4. D. 7 : 3        👈Correct Answer

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   A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is:

1. A. 14 years     

2. B. 18 years      

3. C. 20 years      

4. D. 22 years        👈Correct Answer

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    Sharad is 60 years old and Santosh is 80 years old. How many years ago was the ratio of their ages 4 : 6?

1. A. 10 years     

2. B. 15 years      

3. C. 20 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 25 years      

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    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?

1. A. 16 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 18 years      

3. C. 20 years      

4. D. Cannot be determined      

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    At present, the sum of ages of 4 people is 76. After 7 years, the ratio will be 7:6:5:8. Find out the present age of C?

1. A. 12     

2. B. 11      

3. C. 17      

4. D. 13        👈Correct Answer

5. E. None of these      

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    Peter got married 8 years ago. His present age is 6/5 times his age at the time of his marriage. Peter’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the time of his marriage. The age of Peer’s sister is:

1. A. 32     

2. B. 36      

3. C. 38        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 39      

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    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 some of the ages of his sons. The father’s present age is :

1. A. 29 years     

2. B. 36 years      

3. C. 42 years      

4. D. 45 years        👈Correct Answer

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    Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents?

1. A. 2 years     

2. B. 4 years      

3. C. 6 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 8 years      

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    Four years ago, the father’s age was three times the age of his son. The total of the ages of the father and the son after four years, will be 64 years. What is the father’s age at present?

1. A. 32     

2. B. 33      

3. C. 36        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 38      

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    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?

1. A. 1 year     

2. B. 2 years      

3. C. 25 years      

4. D. Data inadequate        👈Correct Answer

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    The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how many years younger than A?

1. A. C is younger than A     

2. B. 6      

3. C. 12       👈Correct Answer

4. D. 24      

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Top 20 Aptitude Question on Problems on Ages

 

1. One year age, Promila was four times as old as her daughter Jenilia. 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 :

1. A. 13:4       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 14:5      

3. C. 15:5      

4. D. 16:5      

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   The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).

1. A. 8, 20, 28     

2. B. 16, 28, 36        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 20, 35, 45      

4. D. None of these      

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   The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six year ago, father’s age was five times the age fo the son. After 6 years, son’s age will be

1. A. 10     

2. B. 15      

3. C. 20        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 30      

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   5 years ago, sister’s age was 5 times the age of her brother and the sum of present ages of sister and brother is 34 years. What will be the age of her brother after 6 years?

1. A. 12 years     

2. B. 13.5 years      

3. C. 15 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 20 years      

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   Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. Now the father is only twice as old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is :

1. A. 68     

2. B. 108        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 110      

4. D. 126      

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   The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:

1. A. 5 : 2     

2. B. 7 : 3        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 9 : 2      

4. D. 13 : 4      

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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Aptitude Question On Problems on Ages

 

1. The present ages of three persons are in proportions 4:7:9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years)

1. A. 12, 14, 18     

2. B. 14, 20, 36      

3. C. 16, 12, 14      

4. D. 16, 28, 36        👈Correct Answer

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   A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?

1. A. 32 years     

2. B. 36 years      

3. C. 40 years        👈 Correct Answer

4. D. 48 years      

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   A demographic survey of 100 families in which two parents were present revealed that the average age A, of the oldest child, is 20 years less than half the sum of the ages of the two parents. If F represents the age of one parent and M, the age of the other parent, then which of the following equivalent to A?

1. A. (F + M - 20/2)     

2. B. (F + M/2) + 20      

3. C. (F + M/2) - 20        👈Correct Answer

4. D. F + M - 10      

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   Two groups of student, whose average ages are 20 years and 30 years, combine to form a third group whose average age is 23 years. What is the ratio of the number of students in the first group to the number of students in the second group?

1. A. 5:2     

2. B. 2:5      

3. C. 7:3        👈Correct Answer

4. D. None of these      

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   Sister's age is 3 times that of her brother's. After 5 years the sister shall be twice as old as her brother. How many years before, the sister's age was 6 times of her brother's age?

1. A. 1 year     

2. B. 3 years        👈Correct Answer

3. C. 5 years      

4. D. 10 years      

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   Namrata's father is now four times her age. In five years, he will be three times her age. In how many years, will he be twice her age?

1. A. 5     

2. B. 20       👈 Correct Answer

3. C. 25      

4. D. 15      

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   Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same years. After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same years. The current average of this eight-member joint family is nearest to

1. A. 21 years     

2. B. 25 years      

3. C. 24 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 23 years      

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   The ratio of ages of A and B is 8:9 and the age of B is two-thirds of C's age and age of C is nine-thirteenths time the age of D. If the age of B is 18 years, then the age of C is

1. A. 36 years     

2. B. 39 years      

3. C. 27 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 54 years      

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   Fifteen years hence, a man will be four times as old as he was fifteen years ago. His present age is

1. A. 25 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 20 years      

3. C. 30 years      

4. D. 45 years      

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    A's age is one-sixths of B's age will be twice of C's age after 10 years. If C's eighth birthday was celebrated two years ago then the present age of A must be

1. A. 5 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 10 years      

3. C. 15 years      

4. D. 20 years      

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    Rohan is two years younger than Mohan who is three years younger than Sohan who is four years older than Rohit who is two years older than Mohit who is three years younger than Sohit. Thus

1. A. Sohan is 7 years older than Mohit.     

2. B. Rohit is 2 years younger than Sohit.      

3. C. Mohan is 3 years older than Mohit.       👈 Correct Answer

4. D. Rohit is 2 years older than Sohit.      

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    5 years ago his mother's age was thrice that of Amit. Amit's present age is 20. What will be the ratio of their ages 10 years from now?

1. A. 30:70     

2. B. 1:3      

3. C. 5:2      

4. D. 1:2        👈Correct Answer

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    A's age is thrice that of B's and four times that of C's. Find A:B:C.

1. A. 1:3:4     

2. B. 3:4:12      

3. C. 2:3:8      

4. D. None of these        👈Correct Answer

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    There were 15 students in a class. When the ages of a teacher and a new boy are added, the average age of the class increases by 10 per cent while it remains the same when only the age of a boy is added. If the teacher's age is eight more than twice the age of the new boy, then find the initial average age of the class.

1. A. 15.4 years     

2. B. 16.5 years      

3. C. 11.4 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. None of these      

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    The ratio of ages of Rahul and Deepesh is 3:5. 10 years later this ratio becomes 5:7. What is the present age of Deepesh?

1. A. 20 years     

2. B. 50 years      

3. C. 25 years        👈Correct Answer

4. D. 40 years      

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    If Dennis is one-third the age of his father Keith now, and was one-fourth the age of his father 5 years ago, then how old will his father Keith be 5 years from now?

1. A. 20 years     

2. B. 45 years      

3. C. 40 years      

4. D. 50 years        👈Correct Answer

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    Sachin was twice as old as Ajay 10 years back. How old is Ajay today if Sachin will be 40 years old 10 years hence?

1. A. 20 years       👈Correct Answer

2. B. 10 years      

3. C. 30 years      

4. D. None of these