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1. The ratio of the present ages of a mother and her


daughter is 7 : 1. Four years ago, the ratio of their
ages was 19 : 1. What will be the mother’s age four
years from now ?
(a) 42 years
(b) 38 years
(c) 42 years
(d) 36 years
(e) None of these

2. The ages of Nishi and Vinnee are in the ratio 6 : 5


respectively. After 9 years, the ratio of their ages will
be 9 : 8. What is the difference in their ages now ?
(a) 3 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 9 years
(e) None of these
3. The present ages of Amit and his father are in the
ratio 2 : 5 respectively. Four years hence. The ratio
of their ages becomes 5 : 11 respectively. What was
the father’s age five years ago ?
(a) 30 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 45 years
(e) None of these

4. The ratio of the ages of a father and his son is


17 : 7 respectively. Six years ago, the ratio of their
ages was 3 : 1 respectively. What is the father’s
present age ?
(a) 64 years
(b) 51 years
(c) 48 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
5. The age so Shakti and Kanti are in the ratio of 8 :
7 respectively. After 10 years, the ratio of their ages
will be 13 : 12. What is the difference between their
ages ?
(a) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 6 years
(e) None of these

6. The ages of A and B are in the ratio 6 : 5 and the


sum of their ages is 44 years. what will be the ratio
of their ages after 8 years ?
(a) 7 : 6
(b) 8 : 7
(c) 9 : 8
(d) 3 : 4
7. Farah got married 8 years ago. Today he age is 1
2
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times her age at the time of her marriage. At
present her daughter’s age is one-sixth of her age.
What was her daughter’s age 3 years age ?
(a) 4 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 6 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

8. The age of a mother today is thrice that of her


daughter. After 12 years, the age of the mother will
be twice that of her daughter. The present age of the
daughter is :
(a) 12 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 18 years
9. The present age of Mr. Sanyal is three times the
age of his son. Six years hence, the ratio of their
ages will be 5 : 2. What is the present age of Mr.
Sanyal ?
(a) 48 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 54 years
(d) 60 years
(e) None of these

10. The average of the age of a man and his


daughter is 34 years. If the respective ratio of their
ages four years from now is 14 : 5, what is
daughter’s present age ?
(a) 10 years
(b) 12 years
(c) 18 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
11.Ratio of RAni’s and Komal’s ages is 3 : 5
respectively. Ratio of Komal’s and Pooja’s ages is
2 : 3 respectively. If Rani is two-fifth of Pooja’s age,
what is Rani’s age ?
(a) 10 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 14 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

12. The age of a father 10 years age was thrice the


age of his son. 10 years hence, the father’s age will
be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present
age is
(a) 8 : 5
(b) 7 : 3
(c) 9 : 5
(d) 5 : 2
13. The ratio between the ages of Ram and Mohan
is 4 : 5 and the between the ages of Ram and Anil is
5 : 6. If the sum of the ages of the three is 69 years,
What is Mohan’s age ?
(a) 20 years
(b) 24 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 30 years

14. At present, Suresh’s is twice the age of his


daughter. After 6 years from now, the ratio of the
ages of Suresh and his daughter will be 23 : 13.
What is the present age of Suresh ?
(a) 36 years
(b) 40 years
(c) 46 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
15. The difference between the present ages of Arun
and Deepak is 14 years. Seven years ago, the ratio
of their ages was 5 : 7 respectively. What is
Deepak’s present age ?
(a) 35 years
(b) 42 years
(c) 49 years
(d) 56 years
(e) None of these

16. Ten years ago, a man was seven times as old as


his son. Two years hence, twice his age will be
equal to five times the age of his son. What s the
present age of the son ?
(a) 12 years
(b) 13 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 15 years
17. The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the ratio
of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, The ratio of their
ages will be 5 : 3. What is the difference in their
age ?
(a) 6 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 12 years
(e) None of these

18. The ages of Sulekha and Arunima are in the


ratio of 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years, the ratio of
their ages will be 10 : 9. What is the difference in
their ages ?
(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 7 years
(e) None of these
19. The ages of A and B are presently in the ratio of
5 : 6 respectively. Six years hence, this ratio will
become 6 : 7 respectively. What was B’s age 5
years ago ?
(a) 25 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 31 years
(d) 36 years
(e) None of these

20. The age of the mother today is thrice that of her


daughter. After 12 years, the age of the mother will
be twice that of her daughter. The age of the
daughter today is
(a) 12 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 18 years
21. The sum of the ages of a daughter and her
mother is 56 years. After four years, the age of the
mother will be three times of the daughter. At
present their ages are
(a) 10 years, 46 years
(b) 12 years, 44 years
(c) 11 years, 45 years
(d) 13 years, 43 years

22. The present age of son is half of the present age


of his mother. Ten years ago, his mother’s age was
thrice the age of her son. What is the present age of
the son ?
(a) 20 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 40 years
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23. Ram’s son’s age is 3 of Ram’s wife’s age. Ram’s
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wife’s age is 5 of Ram’s age and Ram’s age is 5 of
Ram’s father’s age. Find the age of Ram’s son, it
Ram’s father is 50 years old.
(a) 6 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 12 years

24. Ratio between the ages of Subhash, Prasad and


Amar is 3 : 6 : 7. IF the difference between the ages
of Prasad and Amar is 10 years, then what is the
difference between the ages of Subhash and Prasad
?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 30 years
25. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age
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is 5 time his age at the time of his marriage. Rajan’s
sister was 10 years younger of him at the time of his
marriage. The age of Rajan’s sister is
(a) 32 years
(b) 36 years
(c) 38 years
(d) 40 years

26. The ages of two persons differ by 20 years. If 5


years ago, the older one be 5 times as old as the
younger one, then their present ages are
(a) 25 years, 5 years
(b) 30 years, 10 years
(c) 35 years, 15 years
(d) 50 years, 30 years

27. A couple has a son and a daughter. The age of


the father is four times that of the son and the age of
the daughter is one-third of that of her mother. The
wife is 6 years younger to her husband and the
sister is 3 years older than her brother. The mother’s
age is
(a) 42 years
(b) 48 years
(c) 54 years
(d) 63 years

28. The present age of three persons are in the


proportion 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their
ages was 56 years. The present age of the eldest
person is
(a) 28 years
(b) 36 years
(c) 45 years
(d) None of these
29. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10
years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the
present age of B is
(a) 19 years
(b) 29 years
(c) 39 years
(d) 49 years
(e) None of these

30. Reenu’s Father was 38 years of age when she


was born while her mother was 36 years old when
her brother 4 years younger to her was born. What
is the difference between the ages of her parents ?
(a) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 8 years
(e) None of these
31. The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the
age of the youngest child ?
(a) 4 years
(b) 6 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 10 years
(e) None of these

32. A man was asked to state his age in years. His


reply was. “Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it
by 3 and then subtract 3 times my age 3 years ago
and you will know how old I am.” What is the age of
the man ?
(a) 18 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 24 years
(d) 32 years
33. The sum of the age of Jayant, Prem and Paras
is 93. Years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages
was 2 : 3 : 4. What is the present age of Paras ?
(a) 24 years
(b) 28 years
(c) 32 years
(d) 34 years
(e) 38 years

34. The sum of the ages of a man and his son is 45


years. Five years ago, the product of their ages was
34. The man’s age is
(a) 40 years
(b) 45 years
(c) 50 years
(d) 55 years
(e) None of these
35. The ratio of a man’s age and his son’s age is 7 :
3and the product of their age is 756. The ratio of
their ages after 6 years will be
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 11 : 7
(d) 13 : 9
(e) None of these

36. Sonal is 40 years old and Nitya is 60 years old.


How many years ago was the ratio of their ages 3 :
5?
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 11 : 7
(d) 13 : 9
(e) None of these
37. The ratio between the present ages of A and B is
5 : 3 respectively. The ratio between A’s age 4 years
ago and B’s age 4 years hence is 1 : 1. What is the
ratio between A’s age 4 years hence and B’s age 4
years ago ?
(a) 1 : 3
(b) 3 : 1
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 4 : 1

38. The ratio of the ages of a man and his wife is 4 :


3. After 4 years, this ratio will be 9 : 7. At the time of
their marriage, the ratio of their age was 5 : 3, then
how many years ago were they married ?
(a) 8 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 15 years
(e) None of these
39. The ratio between the ages of Neelam and Shiny
is age of Neelam and half of Shiny’s age is 5 : 9.
Then what is Shiny’s age ?
(a) 25 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 36 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

40. 18. Years ago, a man was three times as old as


his on. Now, the man is twice as old as his son. The
sum of the present ages of the man and his son is
(a) 54 years
(b) 72 years
(c) 105 years
(d) 108 years

41. A man is aged three times more than his son


Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half
times of Ronit’s age. After further 8 years, how many
times would he be of Rohit’s age ?
(a) 2 times
1
(b) 2 2 times
3
(c) 2 4 times
(d) 3 times

42. One year ago, Promila was four times as old as


her daughter Sakshi. Six years hence, Promila’s age
will exceed her daughter’s age by 9 years. The ratio
of the present ages of Promila and her daughter is
(a) 9 : 2
(b) 11 : 3
(c) 12 : 5
(d) 13 : 4
(e) None of these

43. The age of a man 10 years ago was thrice the


age of his son. 10 years hence, the man’s age will
be twice the age of his son. The ratio of their present
ages is
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 7 : 3
(c) 9 : 2
(d) 13 : 4

44. Tanya’s Grandfather was 8 times older to her 16


years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8 years
from now. 8 years ago, what was the ratio of
Tanya’s age to that of her grandfather ?
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 1 : 5
(c) 3 : 8
(d) None of these

45. The difference between the ages of two men s


10 years. 15 years ago, the elder one was twice as
old as the younger one. The present age of the elder
man is
(a) 25 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 45 years
(d) 52 years
(e) 55 years

46. 6 years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and


Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their
ages will be 11 : 10. What is Safar’s Age at
present ?
(a) 16 years
(b) 18 years
(c) 20years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

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47. Sneh’s age is 6 th of her father’s age. Sneh’s
father’s age will be twice of Vimal’s age after 10
years. If Vimal’s 8th birthday was celebrated 2 years
ago, then what is Sneh’s present age ?
2
(a) 6 3 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 15 years
(e) None of these

48. The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the ratio


of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, the ratio of their
ages will be 5 : 3. What is the difference in their
ages ?
(a) 6 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 12 years
(e) None of these
49. The ages of Sulekha and Arunima are in the
ratio 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years, the ratio of
their ages will be 10 : 9. What is the difference in
their ages ?
(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 7 years
(e) None of these

50. Three years ago, the ratio of the age os Amisha


and Nimisha was 8 : 9 respectively. 3 years hence,
the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 12 respectively.
What is the present age of Amisha ?
(a) 16 years
(b) 19 years
(c) 21 years
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
51. If 10 years are subtracted from the present age
of Mr. Roy and the remainder divided by 14, then
you would get the present age of his grandson
Schin. If Sachin is 9 years younger to Saloni whose
age is 14 years, then what is the present age of Mr.
Roy ?
(a) 60 years
(b) 70 years
(c) 74 years
(d) 80 years
(e) None of these

52. X’s age 3 years ago was three times the present
age of Y. At present, Z’s age is twice the age of Y.
Also Z is 12 years younger than X. what is the
present age of Z ?
(a) 15 years
(b) 24 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 18 years
(e) 6 years
53. Eight year ago, Poorvi’s age was equal to the
sum of the present ages of her one son and one
daughter. Five years hence, the respective ratio
between the ages of her daughter and her son that
time will be 7 : 6. If Poorvi’s husband is 7 years elder
to her and his present age is three times the prevent
age of their son, what is the present age of the
daughter ? (in years)
(a) 15 years
(b) 23 years
(c) 19 years
(d) 27 years
(e) 13 years

54. The sum of present ages of a father and his son


is 8 years more than the present age of mother. The
mother is 22 years older than the son. What will be
the age of the father after 4 years ?
(a) 34 years
(b) 36 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 38 years
(e) 28 years

55. Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is


older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav
and Sagar is 66 years, then what is definitely the
difference between Rahul’s and Purav’s age ? (in
years)
(a) 18
(b) Cannot be mitermined
(c) 16
(d) 20
(e) 12

56. 4 years ago, the ratio of 1/2 of A’s age at that


time and four times of B’s age at the time was 5 : 12.
Eight years hence, 1/2 of A’s age at that time will be
less than B’s age at that time by 2 years. What is B’s
present age ?
(a) 10 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 5 years
(e) 8 years

57. Ten years hence, the respective ratio between


Simmi’s age and Hiti’s age will be 7 : 9. Two years
ago, the respective ratio between Simmi’s age and
Niti’s age was 1 : 3. If Abhay is 4 years older to his
sister Niti, what is abhay’s present age ?
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 16
(d) 12
(e) 20

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