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- Question
At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:
Options- A. 110
- B. 120
- C. 130
- D. 140
- Correct Answer
- 130
- 1. When the hands are in the opposite directions,they are ------- minute spaces apart,
Options- A. 15
- B. 30
- C. 60
- D. 0 Discuss
- 2. At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide each other? A. 5111 B. 15415 C. 16411 D. 4415
Options- A. Option A
- B. Option B
- C. Option C
- D. Option D Discuss
- 3. What time will it be 18 hours from now in India, if in the USA it is 4:15 AM? (Hint : IST = US + 9:30 hrs)
Options- A. 1:45 in the afternoon
- B. 7:45 in the evening
- C. 7:45 in the next morning
- D. 1:45 in the next morning Discuss
- 4. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:
Options- A. 0
- B. 10
- C. 30
- D. 60 Discuss
- 5. In every 60 minutes, the minute hand gains -------- minutes on the hour hand
Options- A. 53
- B. 54
- C. 55
- D. 56 Discuss
- 6. A clock gains 15 minutes per day. If it is set right at 12 noon, the time it shows at 4 AM is
Options- A. 4.20 AM
- B. 4.30 AM
- C. 4.02 AM
- D. 4.10 AM Discuss
- 7. At what time between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock will the two hands of the clock be at the right angle to each other for the first time?
Options- A. 58/11 min past 4 o'clock
- B. 422/11 min past 4 o'clock
- C. 60/11 min past 4 o'clock
- D. 420/11 min past 4 o'clock Discuss
- 8. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through
Options- A. 145
- B. 155
- C. 165
- D. 175 Discuss
- 9. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
Options- A. 11
- B. 22
- C. 33
- D. 44 Discuss
- 10. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Tuesday and is 4 min 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday. When was it correct ?
Options- A. 12 p.m. on Wednesday
- B. 2 p.m. on Thursday
- C. 3 p.m. on Thursday
- D. 2 p.m. on Wednesday Discuss
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Correct Answer: 30
Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation:
At 3 o'clock, the minute hand is 15 min. spaces apart from the hour hand.
To be coincident, it must gain 15 min. spaces.
55 min. are gained in 60 min.
Then 15 min spaces are gained in = min.
Therefore, The hands are coincident at min. past 3 o'clock.
Correct Answer: 7:45 in the next morning
Explanation:
We know that the time difference between India and USA is 9 hrs 30 min.
India is 9:30 hrs ahead of USA.
Time in India = 4:15 + 9:30 = 13:45 PM.
Required Time after 18 hrs = 13:45 + 18 hrs = 7:45 AM.
Hence it is 7:45 AM on the next morning.
Correct Answer: 10
Explanation:
Angle traced by hour hand in hrs = =
Angle traced by min. hand in 20 min = =
Required angle = (130 - 120)º = 10º
Correct Answer: 55
Explanation:
point to be remembered
Correct Answer: 4.10 AM
Correct Answer: 60/11 min past 4 o'clock
Correct Answer: 155
Explanation:
Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º
Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min. i.e hrs = =
Correct Answer: 22
Explanation:
The hands of a clock point in opposite directions (in the same straight line) 11 times in every
12 hours. (Because between 5 and 7 they point in opposite directions at 6 o'clcok only).
So, in a day, the hands point in the opposite directions 22 times
Correct Answer: 2 p.m. on Thursday
Explanation:
Time from 12 p.m. on Tuesday to 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday = 7 days 2 hours.
= 170 hours.
The watch gains = (2 + 4 x 4/5) min
= 34/5 min. in 170 hrs.
Now, 34/5 min are gained in 170 hrs.
Then, 2 min are gained in (170 x 5/34 x 2) hrs.
Watch is correct after 2 days 2 hrs after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, i.e., it will be correct at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
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