Calendar Questions

• Calendar – Relative weekday: If Monday fell on 6 March 2005, what was the day of the week on 7 March 2004?
• Calendar – Relative weekday: Given that 4 April 1988 was a Monday, what day of the week was 6 November 1987?
• Calendar – Historic date: What was the day of the week on 17 July 1776?
• Calendar – Day of week: What was the day of the week on 17 August 2010?
• Calendar – Day of week: What was the day of the week on 5 June 2002?
• Clock – Straight line (180°) between 8:00 and 9:00: At what time between 8 and 9 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but not together?
• Clock – Angle at half past four: Find the angle between the two hands of a clock at 4:30.
• Clock – Fast watch (gains 5 s in 3 min): A watch gains 5 seconds in every 3 minutes and is set right at 7:00 am. Later that afternoon, when the watch shows 4:15 pm, what is the true time?
• Calendar – On what date(s) was Saturday in March 2005? Identify all dates in March 2005 that fell on a Saturday.
• Calendar – Weekday repeat (duplicate check): What was the day of the week on 17 August 2010?
• Clock – Fast watch (gains 5 s in 3 min): My watch gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes and was set right at 7:00 am. The same afternoon, when it shows 4:15 pm, what is the true time?
• A clock gains 10 minutes in every 24 hours. It is set correctly on Monday at 8:00 am. On the following Wednesday, when the fast clock shows 6:00 pm, what is the correct (true) time?
• A uniformly gaining watch is 6 minutes slow at 4:00 pm on a Sunday and 10 2/3 minutes fast at 8:00 pm on the following Sunday. During this period, at what exact day and time was the watch correct?
• India attained independence on August 15, 1947. Determine the day of the week on that date.
• January 7, 1992 was a Tuesday. Find the day of the week on January 7, 1997 (5 years later on the same date).
• Between 6 o’clock and 7 o’clock, at what exact time are the hour and minute hands together (coincident)?
• After 9 o’clock and before 10 o’clock, at what time are the hour and minute hands in opposite directions (180° apart)?
• A watch gains 5 minutes in every hour. How many degrees does its second hand move in one (true) minute?
• Two clocks are set right at 10:00 am. One gains 20 seconds per 24 hours; the other loses 40 seconds per 24 hours. When the gaining clock indicates 4:00 pm on the following day, what is the true time?
• A clock takes 9 seconds to strike 4 times. Assuming equal intervals between strikes, how long will it take to strike 12 times at the same rate?