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Clocks

1. What will be the acute angle between hands of a clock at 2 : 30 ?


(a) 105° (b) 115°
(c) 95° (d) 135°

2. At what approximate time between 4 and 5 am will the hands of a clock be at right angle?
(a) 4 : 40 am (b) 4 : 38 am
(c) 4 : 35 am (d) 4 : 39 am

3. What is the angle between the 2 hands of the clock at 8:24 pm ?


(a) 100° (b) 107°
(c) 106° (d) 108°

4. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of a watch be together ?
(a) 45 min. past 9 (b) 50 min. past 9
(c)49 1/11 min. past 9 (d)48 2/11 min. past 9

5. At what time between 7 and 8 o’clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but, not together
?
(a) 5 min. past 7 (b) 5 2/11 min. past 7
(c) 5 3/11 min. past 7 (d) 5 5/11 min. past 7

6. An accurate clock shows 8 o’clock in the morning. Through how many degrees will the hour hand rotate
when the clock shows 2 o’clock in the afternoon?
(a) 144° (b) 150°
(c) 168° (d) 180°

7. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec. fast at 2 p.m. on
the following Monday. When was it correct ?
(a) 2 p.m. on Tuesday (b) 2 p.m. on Wednesday
(c) 3 p.m. on Thursday (d) 1 p.m. on Friday

8. A clock gains 15 minutes per day. It is set right at 12 noon. What time will it show at 4.00 am, the next day ?
(a) 4 : 10 am (b) 4 : 45 am
(c) 4 : 20 am (d) 5 : 00 am

9. A clock gains 5 minutes. in 24 hours. It was set right at 10 a.m. on Monday. What will be the true time when
the clock indicates 10:30 a.m. on the next Sunday ?
(a) 10 a.m. (b) 11 a.m.
(c) 25 minutes past 10 a.m. (d) 5 minutes to 11 a.m.

10. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 min. in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock
indicates 10 p.m. on the 4th day ?
(a) 11 p.m. (b) 10 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m. (d) 8 p.m.

11. A watch reads 7.30. If the minute hand points West, then in which direction will the hour hand
point ?
(a) North (b) North East
(c) North West (d) South East

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12. A wall clock moves 10 minutes fast in every 24 hours. The clock was set right to show the correct
time at 8.00 am. on Monday. When the clock shows the time 6.00 pm. On Wednesday,
what is the correct time ?
(a) 5 : 36 pm
(b) 5 : 30 pm
(c) 5 : 24 pm
(d) 5 : 18 pm

13. A watch loses 2 minutes in every 24 hours while another watch gains 2 minutes in every 24 hours.
At a particular instant, the two watches showed an identical time. Which of the following statements is
correct if 24 hour clock is followed ?
(a) The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 30 days
(b) The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 90 days
(c) The two watches show the identical time again on completion of 120 days
(d) None of the above statements is correct.

14. A clock strikes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock and thrice 3 o’clock, and so on. If it takes 12
seconds to strike at 5 o’clock, what is the time taken by it to strike at 10 o’clock
(a) 20 seconds
(b) 24 seconds
(c) 28 seconds
(d) 30 seconds

15. Between 6 PM and 7 PM the minute hand of a clock will be ahead of the hour hand by 3 minutes at
(a) 6 : 15 PM
(b) 6 : 18 PM
(c) 6 : 36 PM
(d) 6 : 48 PM

16. Assume that


1. The hour and minute hands of a clock move without jerking.
2. The clock shows a time between 8’0 clock and 9’o clock.
3. The two hands of the clock are one above the other.
After how many minutes (nearest integer) will the two hands be again lying one above the other?
(a) 60
(b) 62
(c) 65
(d) 67

17. Consider the following statements:


1. Between 3:16 p.m. and 3:17 p.m. both hour hand and minute hand coincide.
2. Between 4:58 p.m. and 4:59 p.m. both minute hand and second hand coincide.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

18. At which one of the following times, do the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock make an
angle of with each other?
(a) At 7:00 hours
(b) Between 7:00 hours and 7:05 hours
(c) At 7:05 hours
(d) Between 7:00 hours and 7:10 hours

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