Age Based Question

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Importance
• 1 Q on Problem on Ages is very common in
prelims or phase-1 exams
• Small topic on conceptual Part
• Application of Ratios and Equations
Flow of class

• Ages
a. Equation Based
b. Average Based
c. Ratio Based
d. Option Elimination
Ages
• Based on Equations
• Ratio Based
• Age Difference Same Concept
• Average Based
• Option Elimination
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Summary

• Ages
a. Equation Based
b. Average Based
c. Ratio Based
d. Option Elimination
1. Three years ago, a father’s age was 2 years more
than 4 times the age of his son. Six years hence,
the father’s age will be 6 years more than thrice the
age of his son. How many years from now, will the
sum of their ages be 140 years?
A. 40 years B. 11 years
C. 22 years D. 38 years
E. None of these
Ans. B
2. Average present age of A and B is 20 years. Age
of A two years hence is equal to B, two years ago.
Sum of the age of B and C is 45 years. Find the
difference of age of A and C.
A. 4 years B. 5 years
C. 7 years D. 3 years
E. 6 years
Ans. B
3. The present age of Arjun is (x+5) years. The ratio
of the age of Arjun 2 years hence to the age of
Draupadi 1 year ago is 6: 5 respectively. If Arjun is
4 years older than Draupadi, then find the present
age of Shubhadra whose age is 4 years less than
the average of present ages of Arjun and Draupadi
taken together.
A. 30 years B. 36 years
C. 34 years D. 32 years
E. None of these
Ans. C
4. When Kundan will become as old as his father is
now, he will be four times the present age of his
son and then his son will be nine years older than
what Kundan is now. If the sum of his father’s age
and his age is 80 years, then how old is Kundan
now?
A. 28 years B. 26 years
C. 32 years D. 24 years
E. 22 years
Ans. A

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5. The present age of Ruhi is three-seventh of that
of her mother. 7 years hence the mother age will be
thrice the age of Mukesh. If Mukesh fifth birthday
was 9 years ago, what is Ruhi present age?
A. 28 years B. 56 years
C. 21 years D. 24 years
E. 14 years
Ans. D
6. 8 years hence from now, A’s age will be twice the
B’s present age. 6 years ago, C’s age was equal to
the present age of B. The ratio of A’s age 4 year
hence and C’s age 6 years hence will be 11 : 9
respectively. What was B’s age 8 years ago?
A. 15 years B. 10 years
C. 16 years D. 18 years
E. None of these
Ans. C
7. Bhumika is 15 years older than Sushant. The
ratio of Bhumika’s age 7 years hence and Kritika’s
present age is 3 : 4. If at present Kritika’s age is
four times the age of Sushant. What was Bhumika’s
age five years ago?
A. 24 years B. 26 years
C. 21 years D. 33 years
E. 28 years
Ans. C
8. P’s age six years ago was equal to the sum of
present ages of Q and R. Three years hence the
ratio between R and Q will be 5 : 4 . P’s elder
brother S is five years older than him. If present
age of S is thrice the present age of Q, what is the
present age of R?
Ans. D
9. Rakesh is thrice as old as his son Ritesh and
Rakesh’s wife Pushpa age is 30 years more than
that of Ritesh. The difference between twice the
age of Rakesh eight years ago and the age of
Pushpa eight years ago was 12 years. What will be
the ratio of Pushpa’s age ten years hence and
Rakesh’s age ten years hence?
A. 6 : 5 B. 5 : 4
C. 7 : 6 D. 4 : 5
E. 3 : 5
Ans. B
10. Ten years ago, Rahul’s age was equal to the
Manisha’s present age. If the sum of Rahul’s age
12 years from now and Manisha’s age eight years
ago is 78. What was the Abhishek’s age eight years
ago, if Abhishek is ten years younger to Manisha?
A. 22 years B. 14 years
C. 32 years D. 18 years
E. 20 years
Ans. B
11. The respective ratio between the present ages
of father, mother and daughter is 7 : 6 : 2. The
difference between mother’s and the daughter’s
age is 24 years. What is the father’s age at
present?

A. 43 years
B. 42 years
C. 39 years
D. 38 years
E. None of these
Ans. B
12. The average age of 6 members in a family 3
years ago was 40 years. At present, the daughter &
the son of the family got married and daughter left
the home & daughter- in- law came into the family
so their average age now decreased by 1 year then
find the difference the ages of daughter and
daughter-in-law?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 5
D. 7
E. None of these
Ans. A
13. The average age of Nitika and Kruti is 21 years.
The ratio of their ages is 4 : 3. What is Kruti's age?

A. 18 years
B. 24 years
C. 26 years
D. 16 years
E. None of these
Ans. A
14. Ratio of Rani's and Komal's age is 3 : 5
respectively. Ratio of Komal's and Pooja's age is 2:
3 respectively. If Rani is two-fifth Pooja's age, what
is Rani's age?

A. 10 yr
B. 15 yr
C. 24 yr
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of the above
Ans. D
15. The ratio of the present ages of Sonu and
Monu is 7 : 6 respectively. Eight years ago, the
respective ratio of their ages was 5 : 4. What will
be Monu’s age four years from now?

A. 28 years
B. 32 years
C. 24 years
D. 30 years
E. None of these
Ans. A
16. Ritu’s present age is three years less than
twice her age 12 years ago. Also, the ratio of Raj’s
present age to Ritu’s present age is 4 : 9. What will
be Raj’s age after 5 years?

A. 12 years
B. 7 years
C. 21 years
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these
Ans. E
17. Ratio of the present age of A and B is 4 : 5 and
the ratio of present age of A and C is 8 : 9. If the
difference between the age of A and C is 5 years,
then find the sum of the ages of A, B and C after 11
years.

A. 168 years
B. 192 years
C. 184 years
D. 144 years
E. None of these
Ans. A
18. Four year ago Shayam's age was 3/4 times that
of Ram. Four year hence, Shayam's age will be 5/6
times that of Ram. What is the present age of
Shayam ?

A. 15 yr
B. 20 yr
C. 16 yr
D. 24 yr
E. 8 yr
Ans. C
19. The present age of Sakshi is 5/4 times of her
age at the time of her marriage and her son is 1/5
of her age. Sakshi married 6 years ago. Find the
ratio of Sakshi age to her son’s age after 10 years?

A. 3: 1
B. 5: 2
C. 5: 3
D. 3: 2
E. 4: 1
Ans. B
20. The average age of A, B, C and D is 19 years. If
A is 4 years older than B while C is 6 years younger
than B and D’s age is 2 times that of A, then four
years hence ratio between the ages of A and D will
be:

A. 2:6
B. 1:7
C. 2:5
D. 3:17
E. 11:20
Ans. E
The average present age of three members of a
family is 50 years. After 3 years, the son will get
married then the average age of the family will be
47 years, find the age of wife of the son at the time
of marriage.

A. 25 years
B. 27 years
C. 29 years
D. 31 years
E. 33 years
Ans. C
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