PROBLEMS ON AGES

1.Ten years ago, P was half of Q's age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what will be the
total of their present ages?
A)45 B) 40 C)35 D)30
2. 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?
A)4 years B) 8 years C)10 years D)None Of these
3.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:
A)14 years B)19 years C)33 years D)38 years
4.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?
A)7 B)8 C)9 D)10
5.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?
A)24 B)27 C)40 D)C
6. 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
A)14 B)18 C)20 D)22
7.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?
A)16 B)18 C)20 D)Cannot Be
Determined
8.The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age
was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:
A)12 B)14 C)18 D)20
9.At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun's age
will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present ?
A)12 B)15 C)19 and half D)21 years
10.Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how
old is Sachin?
A)16 B)18 C)28 D)24.5 years
11.What is John’s present age, if after 10 years his age will be 5 times his age 5 years back. 
(A) 32.5 years (B) 27.5 years (C) 25 years (D) 24.9 years
12.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.
(a) 11:7 (b)9:5 (c) 7:4 (d) 7:3
13.Sharad is 60 years old and Santosh is 80 years old. How many years ago was the ratio of
their ages 4: 6? 
(a) 10 years (b) 15 years (c) 20 years (d) 25 years
14.The ratio of Rohan’s age 4 years ago and Rahul’s age after 4 years is 1 : 1. If at present, the
ratio of their ages is 5 : 3, then find the ratio between Rohan’s age 4 years hence and Rahul’s
age 4 years ago. 
(a) 1:3 (b) 3:1 (c) 4:3 (d) 3:4
 15.5 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?
(a) 12 years (b) 13.5 years (c) 15 years (d) 20 years
16.Father is 3 times more aged than his daughter. If after 5 years, he would be 3 times of
daughter’s age, then further after 5 years, how many times he would be of his daughter’s age?
(a) 1 1/2 times (b) 2 times (c) 2.5 times (d) 3 times
17.16 years ago, my grandfather was 8 times older than me. After 8 years from today, my
grandfather will be thrice as old as I will be at that time. Eight years ago, what was the ratio of
my age and my grandfather’s age?
(a)3 : 8 (b)1 : 5 (c)1 : 2 (d)2:1 (e)None
of these
18.The present age of the father is 3 years more than thrice the age of his son. Three years
later father’s age will 10 years more than twice the age of his son. What is the present age of
father (In years)?
(a)33 (b)39 (c)45 (d)40 (e)None of
these
19.The sum of present ages of A and B is 7 times the difference of their ages. 5 years hence,
their total ages will be 9 times the difference of their ages. What is the present age of elder one
(in years)?
(a)25 (b)20 (c)15 (d)18 (e)None of
these
20.In a family, the average age of 6 sons is 8 years. The average age of the family including
sons, mother and father is 22 years. If the father is 8 years older than the mother then what is
the present age of the mother (in years)?
(a)44 (b)52 (c)60 (d)68 (e)None of
these
21.A person was asked to state his age. His reply was____ “Take my age 3 years hence,
multiply it by 3, subtract the triple of my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am.” What
is the present age of the person (in years)?
(a)24 (b)20 (c)32 (d)18 (e)None of
these
22.Ram’s present age is thrice his son’s present age and 2/5 th of the present age of his father.
The average present age of all of them is 46 years. What is difference between the ages of
Ram’s father and Ram’s son at present?
(a)68 years (b)88 years (c)Cannot be determined (d)87 years
(e)None of these
23.The ratio of the present ages of the son, mother, father and the grandfather is 2 : 7 : 8 : 12
respectively. The average age of the son and the mother is 27 years. What will be the age of the
mother 7 years later?
(a)40 years (b)29 years (c)49 years (d)Cannot be determined (e)None of
these
24.The average age of a husband-wife and their son was 42 years. The son got married and
exactly after 1 year a child was born to them. When the child became 5 years old, the average
age of the family became 36 years. What was the age of bride at the time of marriage?
(a)26 years (b)25 years (c)24 years (d)23 years (e)None of
these
25.The age of a man is 5 years more than thrice his daughter’s age. 7 years hence father’s age
is 10 years more than double the daughter’s age. What is the age of the father?
(a)40 years (b)41 years (c)35 years (d)38 years (e)None of
these
26.The average age of a husband and his wife was 25 years at the time of their marriage, who
got married 4 years back. Now in the family there is a child including husband and wife and the
average age of the family is 20 years. The age of child is
(a)1 year (b)2 years (c)2.5 years (d)3 years (e)None of these