PROBLEMS ON AGE & LINEAR EQUATIONS 1. A father is twice as old as his son.

20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. The present age of the father is. A) 11 B) 22 C) 33 D) 2. !achin is yo"nger than #ah"l $y %ears. &f their ages are in respecti'e ratio of ()* how old is !achin+ A) 1 B) 1, C) 1D) 20 3. The difference $etween the ages of two persons is 10 year. .ifteen years ago, if the elder one was twice as old as the yo"nger one. The present age of the elder person is. A) 3/ B) 2/ C) 20 D) 30 . 0ne year ago the ratio of ga"ra's and sachins age was ,)( respecti'ely fo"r years hence , the ratio wo"ld $ecome () - how old is sachin + A) 31 B) 3/ C) 3, D) 0 /. &f twice the son1s age, is added to the father1s age, the s"m is (0. $"t if twice the father1s age is added to the son1s age the s"m is */. .ind the ages of the father and the son. A) 3/ B) 0 C) / D) /0 ,. &f 12 years is added to 33(th of the age of Arya, it will $e half of his present age. 4hat is his present age+ A) 30 B) 2C) 21 D) 0 (. 0ne year ago, ram1s age was - times his son1s age. 5ow his age is e6"al to s6"are of his son1s age. .ind their present age. A) , 7 3, B) ( 7 * C) - 7 , D) 5one of these -. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. &f the total of the ages of A, B and C $e 2(, the how old is B+ A) ( B) C) * D) 10 *. .ather said to his son, 8& was as old as yo" are at the present at the time of yo"r $irth8. &f the father1s age is 3- years now, what was the son1s age fi'e years $ac9+ A) 20 B) 1C) 1 D) 22 10. Three years ago the a'erage age of A and B was 1- years. 4ith C :oining them, the a'erage $ecomes 22 years. ;ow old is C now + A) 2 years B) 2( years C) 2- years D) 30 years

11. <y $rother is 3 years elder to me. <y father was 2- years of age when my sister was $orn while my mother was 2, years of age when & was $orn. &f my sister was years of age when my $rother was $orn, then what was the age my father when my $rother was $orn+ A) 32 B) 33 C) 3 D) 3/ 12. Ten years ago, ="mar was thrice as old as !el'a was $"t 10 years hence, he will $e only twice as old. .ind ="mar>s present age. A) ,0 B) (0 C) -0 D) (, 13. Ayisha1s age is 13,th of her father1s age. Ayisha 1s father1s age will $e twice the age of !han9ar1s age after 10 years. &f !han9ar1s eight $irthdays was cele$rated two years $efore, then what is Ayisha 1s present age. A) B) / C) 12 D) 10 1 . The age of a man is three times the s"m of the ages of his two sons. .i'e years hence, his age will $e do"$le of the some of the ages of his sons. The father>s present age is ) A) 2* years B) 3, years C) 2 years D) / years 1/. 4hen 1( is s"$tracted from / times a certain n"m$er, the res"lt is (3. 4hat is the n"m$er+ A) (3 B) *0 C) 1D) 2* 1,. A railway half tic9et costs half the f"ll fare and the reser'ation charge is the same on half tic9et as on f"ll tic9et. 0ne reser'ed first class tic9et from Chennai to Tri'andr"m costs #s. 21, and one f"ll and one half reser'ed first class tic9ets cost #s. 32(. 4hat is the $asic first class f"ll fare and what is the reser'ation charge+ A) #s. 10/ and #s. , B) #s. 21, and #s. 12 C) #s. 210 and #s. 12 D) #s. 210 and #s. , 1(. An owner of a pi??a stand sold small slices of pi??a for #s. 1/0 each and large slices for #s. 2/0 each. 0ne night he sold /000 slices, for a total of #s. 10./0 la9h. ;ow many small slices were sold+ A) 3000 B) 2000 C) 000 D) 2/00 1-. &f one of the roots of the 6"adratic e6"ation 2@2 A (@ B 6 C 0 is 3, find the other root A) A3 B) A132 C) 132 D) D 1*. .or what 'al"e of m will the roots of the 6"adratic e6"ation @ 2 B m@ B e6"al roots+ A) B) A C) 1, D) or A C 0 ha'e real and

20. .ind the 'al"e of @ and y from the gi'en e6"ation) 3@ B 2y C , -@ B /y C *. A) EF2, /)G B) EFA2. /)G C) EFA2, 3)G D) EF1, 3)G