MCQ on Problems on Age

How to solve Problems on Age Quantitative Questions - Give a variable to each person's and accordingly make equations and and solve the simultaneous equations.You will get value for each variable and that value will be your required age.

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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. 45B. 40
C. 35D. 30

Answer: C

2. Father is aged three times more than his son Sunil. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Sunil's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Sunil's age?
A. 4 timesB. 5 times
C. 2 timesD. 3 times

Answer: C
3. A man's age is 125% of what it was 10 years ago, but 8313% of what it will be after 10years. What is his present age?
A. 70B. 60
C. 50D. 40

Answer: C

4. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. What is the present age of his son?
A. 23 yearsB. 22 years
C. 21 yearsD. 20 years
Answer: B

5. Present ages of Kiran and Syam are in the ratio of 5:4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11:9 respectively. What is Syam's present age in years?
A. 28B. 27
C. 26D. 24

Answer: D

6. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. Find out the age of the youngest child?
A. 6 yearsB. 5 years
C. 4 yearsD. 3 years
Answer: C

7. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. The total of the ages of A, B and C is 27. How old is B?
A. 10B. 9
C. 8D. 7
Answer: A 

8. The average age of a class of 22 students is 21 years. The average increased by 1 when the teacher's age also included. What is the age of the teacher?
A. 48B. 45
C. 43D. 44
Answer: D 

9. 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, what was the son's age five years back?
A. 20 yearsB. 18 years
C. 14 yearsD. 22 years

Answer: C 

10. Ayisha's age is 1/6th of her father's age. Ayisha's father's age will be twice Shankar's age after 10 years. If Shankar's eight birthdays was celebrated two years before, then what is Ayisha's present age.
A. 10 yearsB. 12 years
C. 8 yearsD. 5 years
Answer: D

11. The sum of the present ages of a son and his father is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, what will be son's age?
A. 23 yearsB. 22 years
C. 21 yearsD. 20 years

Answer: D

12. Kiran is younger than Bineesh by 7 years and their ages are in the respective ratio of 7:9. How old is Kiran?
A. 25B. 24.5
C. 24D. 23.5

Answer: B

13. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Vimal and Saroj was 6:5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11:10. What is Saroj's age at present?
A. 18B. 17
C. 16D. 15

Answer: C 

14. At present, the ratio between the ages of Shekhar and Shobha is 4:3. After 6 years, Shekhar's age will be 26 years. Find out the age of Shobha at present?
A. 15 yearsB. 14 years
C. 13 yearsD. 12 years

Answer: A

15. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born, then what was the age of my father when my brother was born?
A. 35 yearsB. 34 years
C. 33 yearsD. 32 years
Answer: D

16. The present ages of A,B and C are in proportions 4:7:9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. What are their present ages (in years)?
A. Insufficient dataB. 16,30,40
C. 16,28,40D. 16,28,36

Answer: D 

17. 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. What is the present age of the mother?
A. 60B. 50
C. 40D. 30

Answer: C 

18. A is as much younger than B and he is older than C. If the sum of the ages of B and C is 50 years, what is definitely the difference between B and A's age?
A. Data inadequateB. 3 years
C. 2 yearsD. 5 years

Answer: A

19. Sobha'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?
A. 6 yearsB. 5 years
C. 4 yearsD. 3 years

Answer: A

20. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. What is the ratio of their present ages?
A. 7:3B. 3:7
C. 9:4D. 4:9
Answer: A

21. The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. 6 years ago, the elder one was 3 times as old as the younger one. What are their present ages of the elder person?
A. 10B. 20
C. 30D. 40

Answer: C 

22. Present age of a father is 3 years more than three times the age of his son. Three years hence, father's age will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son. What is father's present age?
A. 30 yearsB. 31 years
C. 32 yeasD. 33 years

Answer: D

23. Kamal was 4 times as old as his son 8 years ago. After 8 years, Kamal will be twice as old as his son. Find out the present age of Kamal.
A. 40 yearsB. 38 years
C. 42 yearsD. 36 years

Answer: A 

24. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Ajay and the remainder is divided by 18, then the present age of Rahul is obtained. If Rahul is 2 years younger to Denis whose age is 5 years, then what is Ajay's present age?
A. 50 yearsB. 60 years
C. 55 yearsD. 62 years

Answer: B 

25. The ratio of the age of a man and his wife is 4:3. At the time of marriage the ratio was 5:3 and After 4 years this ratio will become 9:7. How many years ago were they married?
A. 8 yearsB. 10 years
C. 11 yearsD. 12 years
Answer: D

26. The product of the ages of Syam and Sunil is 240. If twice the age of Sunil is more than Syam's age by 4 years, what is Sunil's age?
A. 16B. 14
C. 12D. 10

Answer: C 

27. One year ago, the ratio of Sooraj's and Vimal's age was 6:7 respectively. Four years hence, this ratio would become 7:8. How old is Vimal?
A. 32B. 34
C. 36D. 38


Answer: C

28. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how many year younger than A?
A. 10B. 11
C. 12D. 13


Answer: C

29. Sachin's age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. Find out the present age of Sachin?
A. 10 yearsB. 11 years
C. 12 yearsD. 13 years


Answer: A

30. Sandeep's age after six years will be three-seventh of his father's age. Ten years ago the ratio of their ages was 1:5. What is Sandeep's father's age at present?
A. 30 yearsB. 40 years
C. 50 yearsD. 60 years


Answer: C



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