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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- 155
ExplanationAngle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º
Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min. i.e hrs = =
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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 Discuss
- 4. When the hands are in the opposite directions,they are ------- minute spaces apart,
Options- A. 15
- B. 30
- C. 60
- D. 0 Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. What time does the mirror image of an analog clock at 5'O clock show?
Options- A. 12 :00
- B. 5 :00
- C. 7 :00
- D. 6 :00 Discuss
- 9. Kanchan bought a clock with 25% discount on marked price. She sold it with 75% gain on the price she bought. What was her profit percentage on the marked price?
Options- A. 31.25
- B. 50
- C. 56.25
- D. 60 Discuss
- 10. Two people A and B are at a distance of 260 km from each other at 9:00 a.m. A immediately starts moving towards B at a speed of 25 km/h and at 11:00 a.m. B starts moving towards A at a speed of 10 km/hr. At what time (in p.m.) will they meet each other?
Options- A. 5:00
- B. 6:00
- C. 6:30
- D. 7:00 Discuss
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Correct Answer: 60/11 min past 4 o'clock
Correct Answer: 4.10 AM
Correct Answer: 130
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: 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.
Correct Answer: 7 :00
Correct Answer: 31.25
Correct Answer: 5:00
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