Quantitative Aptitude

General Questions

11.  A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11
12.  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 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

A. 14 years
B. 19 years
C. 33 years
D. 38 years
13.  The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will 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
14.  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 years
B. 2 years
C. 25 years
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
15.  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. 8 years
16.  The present ages of two persons are 36 and 50 yr, respectively. If after n yr the ratio of their ages will be 3 : 4, then the value of n is :

A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 6
17.  The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 yr ago was 1 : 3. The ratio of their ages five years hence will be 2 : 3. Then, the ratio of their present ages is :

A. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 5
C. 3 : 4
D. 2 : 5
18.  Ravi's brother is 3 yr elder to him. His father was 28 yr of age when his sister was born, while his mother was 26 yr of age when he was born. If his sister was 4 yr of age when his brother was born, the ages of Ravi's father and mother respectively when his brother was born were :

A. 32 yr and 23 yr
B. 32 yr and 29 yr
C. 35 yr and 29 yr
D. 35 yr and 33 yr
19.  The age of a man after 15 yr is 4 times the age of that man 15 yr before. His present age is :

A. 10 yr
B. 15 yr
C. 20 yr
D. 25 yr
20.  The present age of Ravi's father is four times Ravi's present age. Five years back, Ravi's father was seven times as old as Ravi was at that time. What is the present age of Ravi's father ?

A. 84 yr
B. 70 yr
C. 40 yr
D. 35 yr