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  • Question
  • A father is twice his son's present age. How many years ago, was he three times his son's age, if his son's age is now 20 years?


  • Options
  • A. 8 years
  • B. 10 years
  • C. 12 years
  • D. 15 years

  • Correct Answer
  • 10 years 

    Explanation

    Given that :- Present age of son = 20 years
    According to question ,
    father's present age = 2 × Present age of son
    His father's present age = 2 x 20 = 40 years
    10 years ago , The age of son = 20 ? 10 =10 years
    Father's age = 40 ? 10 = 30 years = 10 × 3
    Hence , required answer will be 10 years ago .


  • Problems on Ages


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    • 1. 
      Ram's age was square of a number last year and it will be cube of a number next year. How long must he wait before his age is again the cube of a number?

    • Options
    • A. 39 years
    • B. 10 years
    • C. 38 years
    • D. 64 years
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      My father is 21 years older than me. In 12 years time, his age will be twice mine. How old am I now?

    • Options
    • A. 9 years
    • B. 8 years
    • C. 10 years
    • D. 11 years
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Naresh's age is 4 years less than twice the age of his brother. Which of the following represents the equation to find his age?

    • Options
    • A. 2P + 4
    • B. 4P + 2
    • C. P ? 4
    • D. 2P ? 4
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Hema was twice as old as Geetha 10 years ago. How old is Geetha today if Hema will be 40 years old 10 years hence?

    • Options
    • A. 25 years
    • B. 20 years
    • C. 15 years
    • D. 35 years
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      A man was 32 years of age when he had his first son. His wife was 35 years of age when his son attained the age of 7 years. The difference in age between the man and his wife is

    • Options
    • A. 7 years
    • B. 3 years
    • C. 5 years
    • D. 4 years
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Today is Vishal's birthday. One year from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is Vishal today?

    • Options
    • A. 20 years
    • B. 22 years
    • C. 25 years
    • D. 27 years
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      A father was 12 times as old as his son 20 years back. Now he is twice as old as his son. What are their present ages?

    • Options
    • A. Father 44 and son 22
    • B. Father 55 and son 33
    • C. Father 66 and son 44
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      The age of a father is twice that of his son's at present age. After 5 years the sum of their ages will be 85. How old are they now?

    • Options
    • A. 40, 20
    • B. 46, 23
    • C. 60, 30
    • D. 50, 25
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      2 years ago a mother was 4 times as old as her son. 6 years from now her age will become more than double her son's age by 10 years. What is the present ratio of their ages?

    • Options
    • A. 2 : 1
    • B. 38 : 11
    • C. 19 : 7
    • D. 3 : 1
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Mother was three times the age of her daughter 5 years ago. After 5 years, mother will be twice as old as her daughter. How old is the daughter today?

    • Options
    • A. 5 years
    • B. 10 years
    • C. 15 years
    • D. 20 years
    • Discuss


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