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2. 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 Monday
(b) 2 p.m. on Tuesday
(c) 2 p.m. on Wednesday
(d) 3 p.m. on Thursday
3. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
(a) 40 min. past 5
(b) 42 min. past 5
(c) 43 4/11 min past 5
(d) 43 7/11 min. past 5
4. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite
directions?
(a) 54 6/11 min. past 4
(b) 50 min. past 4
(c) 45 min past 4
(d) 40 min past 4
5. At what time between 9 and 10 o’clock will the hands of a watch be together?
(a) 49 1/11 min. past 9
(b) 40 min. past 9
(c) 45 min. past 9
(d) 50 min. past 9
6. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in
direction?
(a) 22
(b) 23
(c) 24
(d) 21
7. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
(a) 22
(b) 44
(c) 48
(d) 24
8. What will be the angle between the hands of the clock when clock shows 7:20?
(a) 120
(c) 90
(c) 110
(d) 100
9. What will be the time when angle between the hands of the clock is 105 during 2 to 3?
(a) 2:40 pm
(b) 2:20 pm
(c) 2:30 pm
(d) Cannot be determined
10.What will be the angle between the hands of the clock when the clock shows 6:30?
(a) 0
(b) 15
(c) 05
(d) 12
11. How many times will the hands of the clock be at right angle between 9 and 12?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 4
12. 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) 60
(b) 90
(c) 180
(d) 120
13. At what time between 3 and 4 o’clock will the minute hand and the hour hand are on the
same straight line but facing opposite directions?
(a) 3:49:05
(b) 3:39:05
(c) 3:44:05
(d) 3:34:05
14. By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same time, in which the hour
hand move by 280 ?
(a) 165
(b) 336
(c) 110
(d) 120
15. How many degrees will the minute hand move, in the same time in which the second
hand move 4800 ?
(a) 60
(b) 90
(c) 40
(d) 80
18. What will be the angle betweent the hands of the clock, when the time is 3:30?
(a) 65
(b) 76
(c) 35
(d) 60
19.A clock which is set right at 12 noon gains 3 secs for every 2 mins, what will be the
correct time when the clock shows 10:15 pm?
(a) 10:18 pm
(b) 10:06 pm
(c) 10:00 pm
(d) 10:05 pm
20.Three clocks in a room are set right at 12 midnight, first clock gains 2 mins for every hour
and third clock loses 3 mins for every hour, where as the second runs correctly. After how
many hours all the three shows the correct time?
(a) 480 hours
(b) 720 hours
(c) 1440 hours
(d) 360 hours