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1.

Radha get married 6 years ago. Today her age is 11/4 times her age at the time of marriage. Her son's age is 1/10 times her age. Her son's age is :

A. 1 years
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years
Answer» D. 4 years
2.

The age of Shyam is 1/3 rd that of his mother. He is 2 years older than his sister. The age of his sister be 8 years, what is the age of his mother?

A. 25 years
B. 60 years
C. 48 years
D. 30 years
Answer» E.
3.

Ramu is 48 years old. Robin is 6 years junior to Ramu and 14 years senior to Rohit. Ramu has two children Neethu and Vinu. Youngest sister of Rohit is Krishna and she is 15 years junior to him. So what is the age of Krishna?

A. 13
B. 15
C. 14
D. 12
Answer» B. 15
4.

The age of Dr. Pandey is four times the age of his son. After 10 years, the age of Dr. Pandey will be twice the age of his son. The present age of Dr. Pandey s son is :

A. 4 years
B. 5 years
C. 6 years
D. 8 years
Answer» C. 6 years
5.

Anil is as much younger to Vivek as he is older to Tarun. If the total of the ages of Vivek and Tarun is 48 years, how old is Anil?

A. 26
B. 33
C. 24
D. 18
Answer» D. 18
6.

The age of the father 4 years ago was 8 times the age of his son. At present, the father s age is 4 times that of his son. Find the present age of son.

A. 9 years
B. 7 years
C. 14 years
D. 18 years
Answer» C. 14 years
7.

A man is 3 years older than his wife and four times as old as his son. If the son becomes 15 years old after 3 years, then what is the present age of the wife?

A. 60 years
B. 51 years
C. 48 years
D. 45 years
Answer» E.
8.

X is four years older than Y who is twice as old as Z. If the total ages of X, Y and Z be 34, how old is X?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16
Answer» E.
9.

The average age of 19 boys in a class is 21 years. If the teacher s age is included, the average increases to 22 years. What is the teacher s age?

A. 39 years
B. 41 years
C. 40 years
D. 44 years
Answer» C. 40 years
10.

The sum of the ages of father and a son presently is 70 years. After 10 years, the son s age is exactly half that of the father. What are their ages now?

A. 45 years, 25 years
B. 50 years, 20 years
C. 47 years, 23 years
D. 50 years, 25 years
Answer» C. 47 years, 23 years
11.

The average age of 30 students is 15 years. If the teacher s age is also included then the average age increases by 1 year. The age of the teacher is

A. 56 years
B. 46 years
C. 35 years
D. 45 years
Answer» C. 35 years
12.

Joan s age is 42 years and Kelvin s age is 26 years. How many years ago was Kelvin s age half of Joan s age?

A. 6 Years
B. 4 Years
C. 10 Years
D. 8 Years
Answer» D. 8 Years
13.

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 52 years now, then the son s age 8 years back was

A. 10 years
B. 18 years
C. 12 years
D. 20 years
Answer» C. 12 years
14.

Adam who is 20 years old is 4 times as old as Mary. What will be Mary s age when Adam is twice as old as her?

A. 35 years
B. 15 years
C. 30 years
D. 17 years
Answer» C. 30 years
15.

A father tells his son, I was 3 times of your present age when you were born. If the father s present age is 48 years, how old was the boy 4 years ago?

A. 24 years
B. 8 years
C. 12 years
D. 16 years
Answer» C. 12 years
16.

The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of husband is

A. 40 years
B. 50 years
C. 45 years
D. 35 years
Answer» B. 50 years
17.

A father is 3 times as old his son. 8 years ago, the father was 5 times as old as his son. What is the present age of the son?

A. 12 years
B. 14 years
C. 16 years
D. 20 years
Answer» D. 20 years
18.

The average age of father and his son is 22 years. The ratio of their ages is 10 : 1 respectively. What is the age of the son?

A. 24
B. 4
C. 40
D. 14
Answer» C. 40
19.

Govind is 48 years old. He is twice as old as his son Prem is now. How old was Prem 7 years before?

A. 16
B. 17
C. 13
D. 18
Answer» C. 13
20.

Ravi is younger to his brother by 3 years. At the time of birth of his sister the age of his father was 28 years and that of his mother was 26 years. The age of his sister was 4 years at the time of birth of his brother. What was the age of his father at the time of the birth of Ravi?

A. 31
B. 35
C. 29
D. 30
Answer» C. 29
21.

The sum of the ages of a daughter and mother is 56 years. After 4 years, the age of the mother will be 3 times that of the daughter. Their respective ages are.

A. 10 years and 46 years
B. 12 years and 44 years
C. 11 years and 45 years
D. 13 years and 43 years
Answer» C. 11 years and 45 years
22.

The average weight of 8 persons of a family is increased by 1 kg when one of the members whose weight is 60 kg is replaced by a new person. The weight of the new person (in kg) is

A. 61
B. 68
C. 62
D. None of the above
Answer» C. 62
23.

The average age of three friends A, B, C is 20 years. The average age of A and B is 19 years. What is the age of C?

A. 20 years
B. 21 years
C. 22 years
D. 24 years
Answer» D. 24 years
24.

The sum of the ages of a father and a son presently is 70 years. After 10 years the son s age is exactly half that of the father s. What are their ages now?

A. 45 years, 25 years
B. 50 years, 20 years
C. 47 years, 23 years
D. 50 years, 25 years
Answer» C. 47 years, 23 years
25.

A man is 3 years older than his wife and four times as old as his son. If the son becomes 15 years old after 3 years, what is the present age of the wife?

A. 60 years
B. 51 years
C. 48 years
D. 45 years
Answer» E.
26.

A father s age is one more than 5 times of his son s age. After 3 years, the father s age would be 2 less than four times the son s age. Find the present age of the father.

A. 30 years
B. 40 years
C. 31 years
D. 29 years
Answer» D. 29 years
27.

The average age of 19 boys in a class is 21 years. If the teacher s age is included, the average increases to 22 years. What is the teacher s age?

A. 39 years
B. 41 years
C. 40 years
D. 44 years
Answer» C. 40 years
28.

10 years ago, average age of A and B was 20 years. Average age of A, B and C is 30 years today. How old C will be after 5 years?

A. 20 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
D. 55 years
Answer» D. 55 years
29.

At present a father s age is 30 years more than that of his only son. What was his age when the son was born?

A. 40 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
D. 25 years
Answer» C. 35 years
30.

2 years ago a mother was 4 times as old as her son. 6 years from now her age will become more than double her son s age by 10 years. What is the present ratio of their ages?

A. 2 : 1
B. 38 : 11
C. 19 : 7
D. 3 : 1
Answer» C. 19 : 7
31.

Mother was three times the age of her daughter 5 years ago. After 5 years, mother will be twice as old as her daughter. How old is the daughter today?

A. 5 years
B. 10 years
C. 15 years
D. 20 years
Answer» D. 20 years
32.

Neela is now 3 times as old as her daughter Leela. Ten years back, Neela was 5 times as old as Leela. The age of Leela is

A. 15
B. 25
C. 30
D. 20
Answer» E.
33.

Amit was born 5 years before Rakesh, Rakesh is 3 years younger to Anil. If Amit is now 17 years old, how old is Anil?

A. 8 years
B. 12 years
C. 15 years
D. 19 years
Answer» D. 19 years
34.

The age of Ram is double as that of Shyam and half as that of Suresh. If the sum of their ages is 70, what is the age of Ram?

A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 10
Answer» D. 10
35.

A father is twice his son s present age. How many years ago, was he three times his son s age, if his son s age is now 20 years?

A. 8 years
B. 10 years
C. 12 years
D. 15 years
Answer» C. 12 years
36.

Today is Vishal s birthday. One year from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is Vishal today?

A. 20 years
B. 22 years
C. 25 years
D. 27 years
Answer» D. 27 years
37.

A father was 12 times as old as his son 20 years back. Now he is twice as old as his son. What are their present ages?

A. Father 44 and son 22
B. Father 55 and son 33
C. Father 66 and son 44
D. None of these
Answer» B. Father 55 and son 33
38.

The age of a father is twice that of his son s at present age. After 5 years the sum of their ages will be 85. How old are they now?

A. 40, 20
B. 46, 23
C. 60, 30
D. 50, 25
Answer» E.
39.

The difference between a mother s age and the sum of her two daughters age is 6. The average age of two daughters is 22. What is the age of mother?

A. 40
B. 44
C. 46
D. 50
Answer» E.
40.

A was born 5 years before B, B is 4 years older than C and 3 years younger to D. If A is now 17 years old, how old is D?

A. 19 years
B. 15 years
C. 12 years
D. 8 years
Answer» C. 12 years
41.

A man was 32 years of age when he had his first son. His wife was 35 years of age when his son attained the age of 7 years. The difference in age between the man and his wife is

A. 7 years
B. 3 years
C. 5 years
D. 4 years
Answer» E.
42.

Hema was twice as old as Geetha 10 years ago. How old is Geetha today if Hema will be 40 years old 10 years hence?

A. 25 years
B. 20 years
C. 15 years
D. 35 years
Answer» C. 15 years
43.

Naresh s age is 4 years less than twice the age of his brother. Which of the following represents the equation to find his age?

A. 2P + 4
B. 4P + 2
C. P 4
D. 2P 4
Answer» E.
44.

My father is 21 years older than me. In 12 years time, his age will be twice mine. How old am I now?

A. 9 years
B. 8 years
C. 10 years
D. 11 years
Answer» B. 8 years
45.

The average age of a cricket team is 27 years. Two players with 24 and 27 years of age are replaced by new players of 23 and 28 years of age. What is the average age of the team now?

A. 27 years
B. 26 years
C. 24 years
D. 28 years
Answer» B. 26 years
46.

The age of X is 2/3 rd that of Y. After 6 years X will be 46 years old.
What is the present age of Y ?

A. 40 years
B. 56 years
C. 60 years
D. 100 years
Answer» D. 100 years
47.

A, B, C, D, are four friends. Average age of A and C is 35 years and that of B, and D is 40 years. Average age of B, C and D is 40 years. The sum of the ages of A and D is equal to that of B and C. Find out the ages (in years) of A, B, C and D.

A. 20, 30, 40, 50
B. 20, 25, 30, 35
C. 30, 35, 40, 45
D. 30, 40, 50, 60
Answer» D. 30, 40, 50, 60
48.

Kamal is 5 times older than her sister Geeta, who is 2 years less than her brother Ram. If Ram is 8 years old, then what will be the age of Kamal?

A. 30 years
B. 24 years
C. 40 years
D. 28 years
Answer» B. 24 years
49.

Your age is 10 years less than half your mother s age who is 5 years younger than your father. If your father is 45 years old, what is your age?

A. 20 years
B. 15 years
C. 10 years
D. 5 years
Answer» D. 5 years
50.

A man was 31 years of age when he had his first son. His wife was 26 years of age when his son attained the age of 7 years. The difference in age between the man and his wife is :

A. 7 years
B. 9 years
C. 5 years
D. 12 years
Answer» E.