Aptitude Problems on Ages

1. The present ages of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. Ten years ago, this ratio was 4 : 7. The present ages of A and B are respectively,

1. 18 years, 27 years
2. 21 years, 28 years
3. 24 years, 32 years
4. 27 years, 36 years

2. The ratio of A’s age to B’s age is 4 : 3. ‘A’ will be 26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now is

1. 19.5 years
2. 12 years
3. 21 years
4. 15 years

3. The ratio of the present ages of two boys is 3 : 4. After 3 years, the ratio of their ages is equal to will be 4 : 5. The ratio of their ages after 21 years will be

1. 14 : 17
2. 17 : 19
3. 11 : 12
4. 10 : 11

4. My grandfather was 9 times older than me 16 years ago. He will be 3 times of my age 8 years from now. Eight years ago, the ratio of my age to that of my grandfather was

1. 3 : 8
2. 2 : 5
3. 1 : 2
4. 1 : 5

5. The ratio of the ages of two persons is 4 : 7 and the age of one of them is greater than that of the other by 30 years. The sum of their ages (in years) is

1. 110
2. 100
3. 70
4. 40

6. The present age of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5 and after 5 years they will be in the ratio 5 : 6. The present age of A is

1. 10 years
2. 20 years
3. 25 years
4. 40 years

7. The ratio of the present age of Rahul and Rashmi is 2 : 1. The ratio of their age after 30 years will be 7 : 6. What is the present age of Rahul?

1. 6 years
2. 10 years
3. 12 years
4. 20 years

8. The average age of boys in the class is twice the number of girls in the class. The ratio of boys and girls in the class of 50 is 4 : 1. The total of the ages (in years) of the boys in the class is

1. 2000
2. 2500
3. 800
4. 400

9. Four years ago, the ratio of the age of A and B was 2 : 3 and after four years it will become 5 : 7. Find their present age.

1. 36 years and 40 years
2. 32 years and 48 years
3. 40 years and 56 years
4. 36 years and 52 years

10. The ratio of present age of two brothers is 1 : 2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1 : 3. What will be the ratio of their age after 5 years?

1. 1 : 4
2. 2 : 3
3. 3 : 5
4. 5 : 6

11. Harsha is 40 years old and Ritu is 60 years old. How many years ago was the ratio of their ages 3 : 5?

1. 10 years
2. 20 years
3. 37 years
4. 5 years

12. The ratio of the age of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago was 1 : 3. The ratio of their age five years hence will be 2 : 3. Then the ratio of their present age is

1. 1 : 2
2. 3 : 5
3. 3 : 4
4. 2 : 5

13. At present, the ratio of the age of Maya and Chhaya is 6 : 5 and fifteen years from now, the ratio will get changed to 9 : 8. Maya’s present age is

1. 21 years
2. 24 years
3. 30 years
4. 40 years

14. Four years ago, the ratio of A’s age to B’s age was 11 : 14 and four years later their age will be in the ratio 13 : 16. The present age of A is

1. 48 years
2. 26 years
3. 44 years
4. 28 years

15. The sum of the age of a father and his son is 100 years now. 5 years ago their age were in the ratio of 2 : 1. The ratio of the age of father and son after 10 years will be

1. 5 : 3
2. 4 : 3
3. 10 : 7
4. 3 : 5

16. The ratio of present age of two brothers is 1 : 2 and 5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What will be the ratio of their age after 5 years?

1. 1 : 4
2. 2 : 3
3. 3 : 5
4. 5 : 6

17. The ratio of ages of two students is 3 : 2. One is older to the other by 5 years. What is the age of the younger student ?

1. 2 years
2. 10 years
3. 2.5 years
4. 15 years

18. The current ages of Sonali and Monali are in the ratio 5 : 3. Five years from now, their ages will be in the ratio 10 : 7. Then, Monali’s current age is

1. 5 years
2. 3 years
3. 9 years
4. 15 years

19. The ratio between Sumit’s and Prakash’s age at present is 2 : 3. Sumit is 6 years younger than Prakash. The ratio of Sumit’s age to Prakash’s age after 6 years will be

1. 2 : 3
2. 1 : 2
3. 4 : 3
4. 3 : 4

20. The ratio of age of two boys is 5 : 6. After two years the ratio will be 7 : 8. The ratio of their age after 12 years will be

1. 22/24
2. 15/16
3. 17/18
4. 11/12

21. The ratio of the age of a father to that of his son is 5: 2. If the product of their ages in years is 1000, then the father’s age (in years) after 10 years will be

1. 50
2. 60
3. 80
4. 100

22. The present ages of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 6 respectively. After seven years this ratio becomes 6 : 7. Then the present age of A in years is

1. 35 years
2. 32 years
3. 33 years
4. 30 years

23. If 4 years ago the ratio between the ages of P and Q was 5 : 6 and the sum of their ages at present is 52 years, what is the ratio of their present ages?

1. 5 : 6
2. 6 : 7
3. 7 : 8
4. 4 : 5

24. The ratio of ages of two persons is 5 : 9 and the age of one of them is greater than the other by 40 years. The sum of their ages in year is

1. 180
2. 140
3. 150
4. 160

25. The ratio of the ages of A and B at present is 3 : 1. Four years earlier the ratio was 4:1. The present age of A is

1. 48 years
2. 40 years
3. 36 years
4. 32 years

26. The present age of two persons are 36 and 50 years respectively. If after n years the ratio of their age will be 3 : 4, then the value of n is

1. 4
2. 7
3. 6
4. 3

27. The ratio of the ages of a father and his son 10 years hence will be 5 : 3, while 10 years ago, it was 3:1. The ratio of the age of the son to that of the father today, is

1. 1 : 2
2. 1 : 3
3. 2 : 3
4. 2 : 5

28. The ratio of the present age of Puneet and Appu is 2 : 3. After 3 years the ratio of their age will be 3 : 4. The present age of Puneet is

1. 3 years
2. 6 years
3. 9 years
4. 4 years

29. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, the father’s age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:

1. 13:4
2. 9:2
3. 7:3
4. 5:2

30. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years, what is definitely the difference between R and Q’s age?

1. 5 years
2. 2 years
3. 1 year
4. Can’t be determined