QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - PROBLEMS ON AGES SET 03

PROBLEMS ON AGES SET 03

1.   15 years ago, a father was three times as old as his daughter. Now the father is only twice as old as his daughter. Find the sum of the present ages of daughter and father.
a. 54            b. 65            c. 90                d. 108

2.   Ramesh's age after 16 years will be 5 times his age 4 years back. What is the present age of Ramesh?
a. 9 years        b. 14 years        c. 16 years        d. 21 years
 

3.   The sum of the ages of 4 children born at the intervals of the 3 years each is 58 years. What is the age of the youngest child?
a. 4 years        b. 6 years        c. 8 years        d. 10 years
 

4. A number is as much greater than 36 as is less than 80. Find the number.
a. 32        b. 36        c. 49        d. 58
 

5. The present ages of three persons are in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 76. Find their present ages (in years).
a. 8, 20, 28        b. 12, 21, 27         c. 20, 35, 45        d. None of these
 

6.  Rohan was 4 times as old as his son 6 years ago. After 6 years Rohan will be twice as old as his son. What is son's present age?
a. 10 years        b. 12 years        c. 14 years        d. 18 years
 

7.   The ratio between the present ages of A and B is 3:5 respectively. If the difference between B's present age and A's age after 4 years is 2 , what is the total of A's and B's present ages?
a. 24 years        b. 32 year        c. 48 years        d. cannot be determined
e. None of these
 

8.    My father was 30 years of age when my sister was born. My mother was 38 years of age when I was born. My sister was 6 years of age when my brother was born who is 3 years elder to me. What was the age of my father and mother during the birth of my brother?
a. 41, 36        b. 24, 28        c. 28, 24        d. 36, 35
 

9.   The difference between the ages of two brothers is 8 years. If 12 years ago, the elder one was twice as old as his younger brother, what is the present age of the younger brother?
a. 20            b. 28        c. 24        d. 26
 

10.  The ratio of the current ages of Ajay and Vijay is 7:4. The ratio between Ajay’s age 6 years ago and Vijay’s age 6 years from now is 1:1. Find the ratio between Ajay’s
age 12 years hence and Vijay’s age 12 years ago.
a. 12:1            b. 10:1            c. 1:1            d. None of these

Answer Keys:
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. B