Problems on Ages
- 1. The ratio of present ages of P and Q is 8 : 5. After 4 years their ages will be in the ratio 4 : 3 respectively. What will be the ratio of P?s age after 7 years from now and Q?s age now?
Options- A. 3:2
- B. 1:2
- C. 2:1
- D. 3:1 Discuss
Correct Answer: 3:1
Explanation:
Let the present age of P be 8x and Q be 5x After 4 years, P's age = 8x + 4 and Q's age = 5x + 4 8x+4/5x+4 = 4/3 24x+12 = 20x+16 => 4x = 4=> x = 1 Present age of P = 8 years Present age of Q = 5 years Required ratio = 15 : 5 = 3 : 1
- 2. The average age of Hari, his wife and their two children is 23 years. His wife is just 4 years younger than Hari and his wife was 20 years old when their daughter was born. He was 28 years old when their son was born. What is the sum of the age of Hari and his daughter is?
Options- A. 53 years
- B. 55 years
- C. 56 years
- D. 50 years Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 50 years
Explanation:
H+W+S+D/4 = 23
H= W+4
D =W-20 = H-24
S = H-28
H+H-4+H-24+H-28/4 = 23
H =37 D =13
H + D = 50
- 3. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Ayush and takes 25% of that then we get the present age of his only son. 4 years ago, his daughter?s age is 7 years more than his son. Sum of daughter?s present age and his wife?s present age is 10 years more than Ayush?s present age then find the present age of Ayush if average of present age of entire family is 30.25 yr?
Options- A. 45 year
- B. 50 year
- C. 60 year
- D. 40 year Also asked in: CAT, Bank Exams, AIEEE
Correct Answer: 50 year
Explanation:
Let the present age of Ayush be x yr.
Present age of his son =
- 4. Three years from now Dharitri's age will be eight years less than twice Eunice's age. The sum of their present ages is 61 years. What is Dharitri's present age?
Options- A. 41 yrs
- B. 39 yrs
- C. 36 yrs
- D. 43 yrs Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 39 yrs
- 5. If the present ages of a father and his son are 48 years and 28.8 years old respectively, then the father can say to his son, "I was ......... of your present age when you were born".
Options- A. half
- B. two-third
- C. one-fifth
- D. one-third Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT
Correct Answer: two-third
Explanation:
The present age of Father (f) = 48 and present age of son (s) = 28.8
The age of father at his sons birth is 48 - 28.8 = 19.2
Therefore the age of father was 2/3rd of his son's age at the time of his sons birth
- 6. There were 24 studentsina class. One of them, who was 18 years old, left the class and his place was filled up by a new comer.Ifthe average of the class was thereby lowered by 1 month, the age of new comer is-
Options- A. 14 years
- B. 15 years
- C. 16 years
- D. 17years Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 16 years
Explanation:
Let the age of new comer be x
Avg age decrease by 1/12 year ?24 X 1/12 = 18 ?x
?x=16 years
- 7. The age of Rakhi is twelve times that of her daughter Anubha. If age of Anubha is 3 years now, then what was the age of Rakhi, 2 years earlier?
Options- A. 20 years
- B. 34 years
- C. 30 years
- D. 36 years Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 34 years
- 8. 5 years ago the average age of a family which includes father, mother and a son was 35 years. 3 years ago the average age of father and mother was 46 years. What is the present age (in years) of the son?
Options- A. 20
- B. 24
- C. 26
- D. 22 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 22
- 9. Present age of A is 2 times the present age of B. After 8 years the B's age will be 4 times of C's present age. If C celebrated his fifth birthday 9 years ago, then what is the present age (in years) of A?
Options- A. 88
- B. 96
- C. 92
- D. 84 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 96
- 10. The ratio of present ages of Anil and Aakash is 4 : 5. Three years later their ages will be in ratio 7 : 8. What is the present age (in years) of Anil?
Options- A. 8
- B. 6
- C. 4
- D. 10 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 4
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