type 2 age based ratio & proportion problems Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [SSC CGL Tier-1 2011]

At present, the ratio of the age of Maya and Chhaya is 6 : 5 and fifteen years from now, the ratio will get changed to 9 : 8. Maya’s present age is

a) 30 years

b) 40 years

c) 24 years

d) 21 years

Question : 7 [SSC CGL Prelim 2003]

My grandfather was 9 times older than me 16 years ago. He will be 3 times of my age 8 years from now. Eight years ago, the ratio of my age to that of my grandfather was

a) 1 : 2

b) 1 : 5

c) 2 : 5

d) 3 : 8

Question : 8 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

The ratio of A’s age to B’s age is 4 : 3. ‘A’ will be 26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now is :

a) 21 years

b) 15 years

c) 12 years

d) 19$1/2$ years

Question : 9 [SSC SO 2006]

The ratio of the ages of a father and his son 10 years hence will be 5 : 3, while 10 years ago, it was 3:1. The ratio of the age of the son to that of the father today, is

a) 2 : 3

b) 2 : 5

c) 1 : 3

d) 1 : 2

Question : 10 [SSC CGL Prelim 2007]

The sum of the age of a father and his son is 100 years now. 5 years ago their age were in the ratio of 2 : 1. The ratio of the age of father and son after 10 years will be

a) 10 : 7

b) 3 : 5

c) 4 : 3

d) 5 : 3