Age Problems

1. The present age of father is five times the age of the son. Five years ago, the age of father was  ten times the age of his son at that time. How old is father at present?

     1) 45 years     2) 40 years      3) 38 years           4) 49 years

2. Meeta is four years older than Sunitha. After eight years, the sum of their ages will be three times that of their present ages. What is the age of Meeta?
   1) 10 yrs        2) 8 yrs        3) 6 yrs        4) Data inadequate 

3. Product of the ages of A and B is 1050 and their sum is 65. What is the difference in their ages?         
   1)  20           2) 10              3) 5         4) None of these      

4.  Father's age is 25 years more than the son’s age. Four years hence, father’s age will become 1 year less than thrice the son's age. What is father's present age?

     1)  31 years       2) 38 years         3) 34 years         4) 36 years        5) None of these

5.  The difference between the present ages of Praveen and Javed is 4 years. The ratio of their ages after 5 years will be 9: 8. What is Praveen's age at present?

    1) 32 years       2) 30 years     3) 24 years     4) None of these 

6.  The ratio of the age of father and son at present is 5: 1. After 5 years, the sum of their ages is 46. What is the age of father at present

          1)  35 years           2) 25 years      3) 40 years     4) 30 Years        5) None of these

7. The difference in the present ages of Jhadhav and Vinay is 24 years and the ratio of their ages is 3: 7 What is the sum of their present ages?

          1)   48             2)60        3) 66      4) Cannot be determined  

8.  The ages of A and B are presently in the ratio of 5:6. Six years hence this ratio will become 6:7. What was B’s age 5 years ago?

    1) 25 years       2) 30 years          3) 36 years         4) 31 years          5) None of these

9. The ratio of present ages of Atul and Mithun is 3: 4. Six years hence the ratio of their ages will become 4: 5. What is the present age of Mithun in years?

    1) 18          2) 24         3) 30            4) Data inadequate          

10. The present ages of Amit and his father are in the ratio of 2:5 respectively. Four years hence the ratio of their ages will become 5:11 respectively. What was the father’s age  5 years ago?

    1)40 years        2) 45 years          3) 30 years        4) 35 year      5) None of these

11. The average age of a family of 6 is 60 years. If the youngest in the family is 10 years old, what is the age of the oldest in the family?

    1) 20 years    2) 30 years    3) 25 years   4) Cannot be determined     5) None of these

12. The average age of the boys and the girls in class is 10. The ratio between the numbers of boys to that of girls is 3: 2. What is the average age of only the boys?

    1) 18 years      2) 15 years        3) 14 years     4) Data inadequate     

Answer: 

1-1 , 2-3 , 3-4 , 4-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-2, 8-4, 9-2, 10-4, 11-4, 12-4

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