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Problems on ages - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    My father is currently 25 years older than me. 5 years ago the sum of our ages was 39 years. Find my present age.
    1. 15 years
    2. 13 years
    3. 12 years
    4. 20 years
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  2. Question 2

    The sum of the ages of two sisters is 81. The ratio of their ages is 4 : 5. How many years is one sister younger than the other?
    1. 9 years
    2. 27 years
    3. 18 years
    4. 12 years
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  3. Question 3

    The sum of the ages of 5 children born at an interval of 4 years is 80. What is the age of the eldest child?
    1. 16 years
    2. 18 years
    3. 28 years
    4. 24 years
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  4. Question 4

    The ratio of the present ages of Mahendra and Zahid is 6 : 7. Fifteen years ago their ages were in the ratio 9 : 11. What is the present age of Mahendra?
    1. 18 years
    2. 54 years
    3. 60 years
    4. 10 years
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  5. Question 5

    Three-fifths of my present age is the same as five-sixths of the age of one of my cousins. My age ten years ago will be his age four years from now. My present age (in years) is.
    1. 60 years
    2. 45 years
    3. 50 years
    4. 55 years
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  6. Question 6

    The sum of 6 times Bob's age and 5 times Will's age is 43 years, and the sum of 5 times Bob's age and 5 times Will's age is 40 years. Find the age of Bob.
    1. 5 years
    2. 3 years
    3. 1 years
    4. 10 years
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  7. Question 7

    In 8 years, Subhash's age will be 3 times his present age. After how many years will Subhash's age become 5 times his current age?
    1. 24 years
    2. 30 years
    3. 16 years
    4. 20 years
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  8. Question 8

    The present average age of X, Y and Z is 44 years. 8 years ago the average age 0f X and Y was 38 years. What is the present age of Z?
    1. 39 years
    2. 40 years
    3. 41 years
    4. 38 years
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  9. Question 9

    Two-thirds of my present age is equal to three-fourths of my cousin's age. My age three years ago will be the same as my cousin's age four years from now. What is my current age?
    1. 63 years
    2. 81 years
    3. 54 years
    4. 72 years
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  10. Question 10

    If twice the age of a son is added to his father's age, the sum obtained 34 years. If 1.5 times the father's age is added to the son's age, the sum obtained is 45 years. Find the age (in years) of the father.
    1. 26 years
    2. 28 years
    3. 30 years
    4. 32 years
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  11. Question 11

    Twice the present age of X is 9 years less than the present age Y. The age of X's father P is twice that of X's age and the age of Y is 9 years less than his sister Q's age. If the age of P is 20 years more than the age of Q then find the present age of Y. (in years).
    1. 23 years
    2. 18 years
    3. 21 years
    4. 19 years
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  12. Question 12

    The sum of the ages of three persons is 44 years and the numerical product of their ages is 1950. Also, the difference of age of second and third person subtracted from the difference of age of first person and second person is 5 years. Find the present age of the second person.
    1. 10 years
    2. 6 years
    3. 13 years
    4. 25 years
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  13. Question 13

    The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 6 years more than 3 times the present age of the son. After 2 years, 2 times the father's age will be 7 years less 5 times the son's age. Find the age difference (in years) of father and son.
    1. 17 years
    2. 20 years
    3. 19 years
    4. 23 years
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  14. Question 14

    A father said to his son, "I was of the same age as you at the time of your birth. If the present age of the father is 40 years, what was the age of the son 5 years ago?"
    1. 40 years
    2. 16 years
    3. 18 years
    4. 15 years
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  15. Question 15

    The son of the ages of a man and his son is 68 years. After 5 years the man's age will be 5 times the age of his son. What is the present age of the son?
    1. 8 years
    2. 9 years
    3. 7 years
    4. 10 years
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  16. Question 16

    The age of a father is 4 times the age of his son. After 10 years, that father's age will be 2.5 times his son's age. Find the present age of the son.
    1. 60 years
    2. 40 years
    3. 10 years
    4. 15 years
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  17. Question 17

    10 years ago, the ratio of ages of A and B was 5 : 9. 25 years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 15 : 17. What will be the age of A 15 years from?
    1. 30 years
    2. 38 years
    3. 35 years
    4. 26 years
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  18. Question 18

    Five years ago, X was three times as old as Y and ten years later, X's was twice as old as Y. What is the present age of X?
    1. 50 years
    2. 60 years
    3. 30 years
    4. 40 years
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  19. Question 19

    The age of a father is three times the sum of the ages of his two children. After 6 years, his age will be twice the sum of the ages of both the children. Find the age of father.
    1. 50 years
    2. 52 years
    3. 54 years
    4. 36 years
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  20. Question 20

    Pinaki is 9 years younger than Bhaswati. After thirteen years Bhaswati's age will be 1.2 times pinaki's age. Find the present age of Pinaki.
    1. 30 years
    2. 33 years
    3. 28 years
    4. 32 years
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