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Chapter - 7

Problems Based on Ages

Age problems are one of the most common topics in IBPS, CAT, GMAT and
other banks exams. Students waste lot of time in these questions When they start solving
with triditional methods. We will sove various types of age problems which willhelp you to
understand the trick.

Best way to solve Age questions is to assume fixed period with which further conditions
will be compared. For example taking 2000 as fixed year.

Example 1:
Raman's age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. What is his present age ?
Solution - Let's assume right now it is year 2000

Age of Raman in 1995 = x

Age of Raman in 2015 = 5x
Present age of Raman (in 2000) = x + 5 or 5x-15

We will solve these two equation to find x.

X= 5. Then Raman's present age becomes = x + 5 = 10

Example 2:
Rahul was 4 times old as his son 8 years back and he will be 2 times old as his son after 8
years. Calculate Rahul and his son's age.

Assume that currently it is year 2000.

In 1992 Rahul's age = 4x, Age of Rahul's son = x
In 2008 Rahul's age = 2y and Age of Rahul's son = y

Now we get two equations 2y - 4x = 16 and y - x = 16

By solving this equation x = 8, so Rahul' son's current age = 16 years and Rahul's age = 40
years.

Exercise - 7

1) Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years
hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand’s
present age in years?
a) 24 b) 27 c) 40
d) Data inadequate e) None of these

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2) The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 5 : 7 respectively. If the difference
between Q’s present age and P’s age after 6 years is 2, what is the total of P’s and
Q’s present ages?
a) 46 years b) 48 years c) 52 years
d) 56 years e) None of these

3) Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. Now the father is only
twice as old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is
a) 54 b) 72 c) 105
d) 108 e) None of these

4) 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 and
mother respectively when my brother was born?
a) 32 yrs., 23 yrs. b) 32 yrs., 29 yrs. c) 35 yrs., 29 yrs.
d) 35 yrs., 33 yrs. e) None of these

5) A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was, “Take my age three
years hence, multiply it by 3 and then subtract three times my age three years ago
and you will know how old I am.” What was the age of the person?
a) 14 years b) 18 years c) 20 years
d) 32 years e) None of these

6) A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at present at the time of your
birth.” If the father’s age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back was
a) 14 years b) 19 years c) 33 years
d) 38 years e) None of these

7) Four years ago, the Father’s age was three times the age of his son. The total of the
ages of the father and the son after four years, will be 64 years. What is the father’s
age at present?
a) 32 years b) 36 years c) 44 years
d) 12 years e) None of these

8) A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of
his son. The present age of the son is
a) 14 years b) 18 years c) 20 years
d) 22 years e) None of these

9) Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T
is 50 years, what is definitely the difference between R and Q’s age?
a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 25 years
d) Date inadequate e) None of these

10) 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?
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a) 4 years b) 8 years c) 10 years

d) 12 years e) None of these
11) Ayesha’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) 2 years b) 4 years c) 6 years
d) 12 years e) None of these

12) Sneh’s ago is 1/6th of her father’s age. Sneh’s father’s age will be twice of Vimal’s
age after 10 years. If Vimal’s eighth birthday was celebrated two years before, then
what is Sneh’s present age?
a) 10 years b) 25 years c) 35 years
d) Data inadequate e) None of these

13) 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. How old is the mother at present?
a) 32 years b) 36 years c) 40 years
d) 48 years e) None of these

14) The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how
many years younger than A?
a) 12 b) 24 c) C is elder than A
d) Data inadequate e) None of these

15) The ration between the present ages of P and Q is 6 : 7. If Q is 4 years old than P,
what will be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years?
a) 3 : 4 b) 3 : 5 c) 4 : 3
d) 7 : 8 e) None of these

16) Rajeev’s age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. What is the present
age of Rajeev?
a) 5 years b) 10 years c) 20 years
d) 25 years e) None of these

17) Hitesh is 40 years old and Ronnie is 60 years old. How many years ago was the
ration of their ages 3 : 5?
a) 5 years b) 10 years c) 20 years
d) 37 years e) None of these

18) The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. If 6 years ago, the elder one be 3 times
as old as the younger one, find their present ages.
a) 14 years b) 17 years c) 24 years
d) 29 years e) None of these

19) The present ages of three persons are in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the
sum of their ages was 56. Find present age of younger brothers.
a) 8, 20, 28 b) 16, 28, 36 c) 20, 35, 45
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d) Data inadequate e) None of these

20) Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is 6/5 times his age at the time of his
marriage. Rajan’s sister was 10 years younger to 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 e) None of these

21) The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6 : 7. If Q is 4 years old than P,
what will be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years?
a) 3 : 4 b) 3 : 5 c) 4 : 3
d) Data inadequate e) None of these

22) Present ages of X and Y are in the ratio 5 : 6 respectively. Seven years hence this
ratio will become 6 : 7 respectively. What is X’s present age in years?
a) 35 b) 42 c) 49
d) Data inadequate e) None of these

23) The ratio of the father’s age to his son’s age is 7 : 3. The product of their ages 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

24) The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence,
father’s age ill be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is :
a) 5 : 2 b) 7 : 3 c) 9 : 2
d) 13 : 4 e) None of these

25) The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the
elder one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person
is:
a) 25 years b) 35 years c) 45 years
d) 55 years e) None of these

26) Father 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 Ronit’s age?
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a) 2 times b) 2 2 times c) 2 4 times
d) 3 times e) None of these

27) The product of the ages of Ankit and Nikita is 240. If twice the age of Nikita is
more than Ankit’s age by 4 years, what is Nikita’s age?
a) 12 years b) 16 years c) 20 years
d) 18 years e) None of these

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28) The ratio of the ages of a man and his wife is 4 : 3. After 4 years, this ratio will be 9
: 7. If at the time of marriage, the ratio 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

29) Pooja, Shipra and Monika are three sisters. Pooja and Shipra are twins. The ratio of
sum of the ages of Pooja and Shpra is same as that of Monika alone. Three years
earlier theratio of age of Pooja and Monika was 2 : 7. What will be the age of Shipra
3 years hence?
a) 21 years b) 16 years c) 8 years
d) 12 years e) None of these

30) At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years,
Arun’s age will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present?
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a) 12 years b) 15 years c) 19 2 years
d) 21 years e) None of these

31) The ratio between the school ages of Neelam and Shaan is 5 : 6 respectively. If the
ratio between the one-third age of Neelam and half of Shaan’s age is 5 : 9, then
what is the school age of Shaan?
a) 25 years b) 30 years c) 36 years
d)Data inadequate e) None of these

Solutions:

1. Option A

Let the present ages of Sameer and Anand be 5x years and 4x years respectively.
3 11
Then 5x + 4𝑥 + 3 = 9
9 (5x + 3) = 11 (4x + 3)
x=6
Anand’s present age = 4x
= 24 years

2. Option B

Let the present ages of P and Q be 5x years and 7x years respectively.

Then 7x - (5x + 6) = 2
2x = 8
x=4
Required sum = 5x + 7x
= 12x
= 12 × 4
= 48 years
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3. Option D

Let the present ages of Father and Son be 2x years and x years respectively.
Then (2x - 18) = 3 (x - 18)
2x - 18 = 3x - 54
x = 54 - 18
x = 36
Required sum = (2x + x)
= 3x
= 3 × 36
= 108 years

4. Option A

Clearly, my mother was born 3 years before I was born and 4 years after my sister
was born.
So, father’s age when = (28 + 4)
Brother was born = 32 years
Mother’s age when brother was born = (26 - 3)
= 23 years

5. Option B

Let the present ages of the person be x years.

Then = 3 (x - 3) - 3 (x - 3)
x = (3x + 9) - (3x - 9)
x = 18

6. Option A

Let the son’s present age be x years.

Then (38 - x) = x
2x = 38
x = 19
Therefore son’s age 5 years back = (19 - 5)
= 14 years

7. Option E

y - 4 = 3 (x - 4)
(x + 4) + (y + 4) = 64
x + y + 8 = 64
x + y = 56
3x - 12 - y + 4 = 0
3x - y = 8
x + y = 56
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4x = 64
x = 16
y - 4 = 3x - 12
16 + y – 56
y = 40

8. Option D

Let the son’s present age be x years.

Then, man’s present age = (x + 24) years
= (x + 24) + 2 = x (x + 2)
= x + 26 = 2x + 4
= 22 years

9. Option D

R-Q=R-T Q=T
Also, R + T = 50
R + Q = 50
So, (R - Q) cannot be determined.

10. Option A

Let the ages of the children be x, (x + 3), (x + 6), (x + 9) and (x + 12) years.
Then, x + (x + 3) + (x + 6) + (x + 9) + (x + 12) = 50
5x = 20
x=4
Age of the youngest child = 4 years

11. Option C

Mother’s age when Ayesha’s brother was born = 36 years

Father’s age when Ayesha’s brother was born = (38 + 4) years
= 42 years
Required difference = (42 - 36)
= 6 years

12. Option E

Vimal’s age after 10 years = (8 + 2 + 10) years

= 20 years
Sneh’s father age after 10 years = 40 years
Sneh’s father present age = 30 years
Therefore Sneh’s age = [ 16 × 30] years
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= 5 years

13. Option C

Let the mother’s present age be x years.

Then, the person’s present age = [5𝑥2 ] years
2
Therefore = [ + 8]
5𝑥
1
= (x + 8)
2
= 2 (2x + 40)
= 5 (x + 8)
= 40 years

14. Option A
[(A + B) - (B + C)] = 12
=A-C
= 12

15. Option D

Let P’s age and Q’s age be 6x years and 7x years respectively.
Then 7x - 6x
x=4
Required ratio = (6x + 4) : (7x + 4)
= 28 : 32
=7:8

16. Option

Let Rajeev’s present age be x years.

Then Rajeev’s age 15 years = (x + 15) years
Rajeev’s age 5 years back = (x - 5) years
Therefore = x + 15 = 5 (x - 5)
= x + 15 = 5x - 25
= 4x = 40
x = 10

17. Option B

Suppose, the ratio was 3 : 5, x years ago.

𝑥
Then, = 40 - 60 - x
3
= 5
= 5 (40 - x) = 3 (60 - x)
2x = 20
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x = 10

18. Option A

Let the age of the younger person be x years.

Then, age of the elder persons = (x + 16) years
Therefore = 3 (x - 6) = (x + 16 - 6)
3x - 18 = x + 10
2x = 28
x = 14 years

19. Option B

Let their present ages be 4x, 7x and 9x years respectively.

Then, (4x - 8) + (7x - 8) + (9x - 8) = 56
20x = 80
x=4
Their present ages are 16, 28, 36 years

20. Option C

Let Rajan’s present age be x years

Then, his age at the time of marriage = (x - 8) years
6
Therefore x= 5 (x - 6)
5x = 6x - 48
x = 48
Rajan’s sister’s age at the time of his marriage = (x - 18) = 30
= (x - 8) - 10
Rajan’s sister’s present age = (30 + 8)
= 38 years

21. Option E

Let P’s age and Q’s age be 6x years and 7x years respectively.
Then, 7x - 6x = 4
x=4
So, required ratio = (6x + 4) : (7x + 4) = 28 : 32 = 7 : 8

22. Option A

Let the present ages of X and Y be 5x years and 6x years respectively.

5𝑥 + 7 6
Then, 6𝑥 + 7 = 7
7 (5x + 7) = 6 (6x + 7)
x=7
So, X’s present age = 5x = 35 years

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23. Option B

Let the present ages of the father and son be 7x and 3x years respectively.
Then, 7x × 3x = 756
21𝑥 2 = 756
𝑥 2 = 36
x=6
So, required ratio = (7x + 6) : (3x + 6) = 48 : 24 = 2 : 1

24. Option B

Let the ages of father and son 10 years ago be 3x and x years respectively.
[
Then, (3x + 10) + 10 = 2 (x + 10) + 10 ]
3x + 20 = 2x + 40
x = 20
So, required ratio = (3x + 10) : (x + 10) = 70 : 30 = 7 : 3

25. Option B

Let their ages be x years and (x + 10) years respectively.

Then, (x + 10) - 15 = 2 (x - 15)
x - 5 = 2x - 30
x = 25
So, present age of the elder person = (x + 10) = 35 years

26. Option A

Let Ronit’s present age be x years. Then, father’s present age = (x + 3x) years = 4x
years
5
So, (4x + 8) = 2 (x + 8)
8x + 16 = 5x + 40
3x = 24
x=8
4𝑥 + 16 48
Hence, required ratio = 𝑥 + 16 = 24 = 2

27. Option A
240
Let Ankit’s age be x years. Then, Nikita’s age = years
𝑥
240
So, 2 × 𝑥 -x=4
2
480 - 𝑥 = 4x
𝑥 2 + 4x - 480 = 0
(x + 24) (x - 20) = 0
x = 20

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Hence, Nikita’s age = [ 240

20
] years = 12 years
28. Option C

Let the present ages of the man and his wife be 4x and 3x years respectively.
4𝑥 + 4 9
Then, 3𝑥 + 4 = 7
7 (4x + 4) = 9 (3x + 4)
x=8
So, their present ages are 32 years and 24 years respectively.
Suppose they were married z years ago.
32 − 𝑧 5
Then, 24 − 𝑧 = 3
3 (32 - z) = 5 (24 - z)
2z = 24
z = 12

29. Option C

Since Pooja and Shipra are twins so their ages be same. Let their ages be x and age
of Monika be y, then,
x+x=y … (i)
𝑥 − 3 2
and 𝑦 − 3
= 7
7x – 2y = 15
Now, from equation (i),
7x - 4x = 15
x=5
So, the age of Shipra 3 years hence will be 5 + 3 = 8 years

30. Option B

Let the present ages of Arun and Deepak be x years and 3x years respectively.
Then, 4x + 6 = 26
4x = 20
x=5
So, Deepak’s age = 3x = 15 years

31. Option D

Let the school ages of Neelam and Shaan be 5x and 6x years respectively. Then,
1
× 5𝑥 5
3
1
× 6𝑥
=
9
[ 13 × 9 × 5x] = [ 52 × 6x] 15 = 15
2
Thus, Shaan’s age cannot be determined.

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