Aptitude Problems on Ages

31. A person’s present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?

1. 48
2. 40
3. 36
4. 30

32. Rani’s father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents?

1. 6 years
2. 8 years
3. 10 years
4. 12 years

33. The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).

1. 10, 25, 32
2. 8, 20, 28
3. 20, 35, 45
4. 16, 28, 36

34. Anshul is younger than Raj by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Anshul?

1. 24.5 years
2. 28 years
3. 18 years
4. 16 years

35. At present, the ratio between the ages of Arjun and Rohit is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arjun’s age will be 26 years. What is the age of Rohit at present?

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

36. The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, the father’s age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, the son’s age will be:

1. 18 years
2. 20 years
3. 14 years
4. 12 years

37. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Avi and Arya was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Arya’s age at present?

1. 20 years
2. 18 years
3. 16 years
4. can’t be determined

38. 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:

1. 22 years
2. 20 years
3. 18 years
4. 14 years

39. Present ages of Sanjay and Veeru are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Veeru’s present age in years?

1. 24 years
2. 27 years
3. 24 years
4. can’t be determined

40. P is two years older than Q who is twice as old as R. If the total of the ages of P, Q and R be 27, then how old is Q?

1. 10
2. 9
3. 7
4. 8

41. 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:

1. 38
2. 33
3. 19
4. 14

42. 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?

1. 8
2. 4
3. 10
4. None of these

43. Father is aged three times more than his son Raghu. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Raghu’s age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Raghu’s age?

1. $2\frac{1}{2}$ times
2. 2 times
3. $2\frac{3}{4}$ times
4. 3 times

44. Sushil was thrice as old as Snehal 6 years back. Sushil will be times as old as Snehal 6 years hence. How old is Snehal today

1. 18
2. 14
3. 12
4. 20

45. The averages age of a man and his son is 48 years. The ratio of their ages is 11 : 5. What will be the ratio of their ages after 6 years?

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

46. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If the ratio of their ages is 7 : 9, find the age of Sachin

1. 24.5
2. 23.5
3. 25.5
4. 26.5

47. The total age of P and Q is 12 years more than the total age of Q and R. R is how many years younger than P

1. 10
2. 12
3. 11
4. 13

48. A person’s present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present

1. 50
2. 35
3. 45
4. 40

49. The ratio of present ages of Simi and Seema is 5 : 4. After 9 years the ratio of their ages will be 8 : 7. What is Simi’s present age (in years)?

1. 12
2. 15
3. 24
4. 21

50. The ratio of ages of the father and mother was 11 : 10 when their son was born. The ratio of ages of the father and mother will be 19:18 when the son will be twice his present age. What is the ratio of present ages of father and mother?

1. 15 : 14
2. 14 : 13
3. 16 : 15
4. 17 : 16

51. The ratio of present ages of Rahul and his sister is 3 : 4. Before 10 years the ratio of their ages was 13 : 19. What is Rahul’s present age (in years)?

1. 36
2. 48
3. 42
4. 54

52. Ravi is 12 years younger than Surya. Ravi’s age is 40% of the sum of his and Surya’s age. What will be Surya’s age 9 years hence?

1. 36
2. 24
3. 33
4. 45

53. One year ago, the ratio of the age (in years) of A to that of B is 4 : 3. The ratio of respective ages, 3 years from now, will be 6 : 5. What will be the ratio of respective ages of A and B, 9 years from now?

1. 8 : 7
2. 9 : 8
3. 10 : 9
4. 7 : 6

54. 5 years ago, the ratio of the age of A to that of B was 4 : 5. Five years hence, the ratio of the age of A to that of B will be 6 : 7. If, at present, C is 10 years younger than B, then what will be the ratio of the present age of A to that of C?

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