CLOCK PRACTICE SET

1. How many degrees’ hour’s hand rotates in 10 7. A man walks from 9.15 to 5.15 from Monday
minutes? to Friday and 9.00 to 12.00 on Saturday. Each
(a) 5 degrees (b) 10 degree day the lunch is for 45 minutes. How much
(c) 20 degree (d) 60 degree time does he walk in a week?
(a) 39 hrs 15 min (b) 39 hrs 10 min
2. Find the time between 5 and 6 o'clock when (c) 39 hrs 20 min (d) 39 hrs 40 min
the two hands of clock are 6 minutes’ spaces
apart. 8. How many times do the hands of a clock come
(a) 2 2/11 minutes past 5o'clock at right angle in a day?
(b) 33 9/11 minutes past 5 o'clock (a) 44 (b) 11
(c) 4 2/11 minutes past 5 o'clock (c) 105 (d) 54
(d) 6 6/11 minutes past 5 o'clock
9. Find the angle in degrees between the minute
3. What is the angle between the two hands at 3 hand and the hour hand of a clock when the
o'clock? time is 4.20.
(a) 122 degree (b) 70 degree (a) 10 (b) 0
(c) 48 degree (d) 90 degree (c) 5 (d) 5.5
10. Find the angle in degrees between the hour
4. Find the time between 4 and 5 o'clock when hand and the minute hand of a clock when the
the two hand of clock are 3 minutes’ spaces time is 3:25.
apart. (a) 100 (b) 47.5
(a) 3 2/11 minutes past 4 o'clock (c) 59 (d) 55
(b) 18 6/11 minutes past 4 o'clock
(c) 2 2/11 minutes past 4 o'clock 11. The angle in degrees between the hour hand
(d) 10 2/11 minutes past 4 o'clock and the minute hand of a clock when the time
is 8.30 a.m. is
5. If in a clock the number 1 to 12 are replaced (a) 75 (b) 47.5
with alphabet starting from F, then which (c) 65 (d) 90
of the following options shall indicate
the time as 9'o clock? 12. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16
(a) Q – N (b) P – M minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time
(c) N – P (d) N – Q when the clock indicates 10 p.m. on 4th day?
(a) 8 p.m (b) 9 p.m
6. The quarter of the time from midnight to (c) 10 p.m (d) 11 p.m
present time added to the half of the time from
the present to midnight gives the present time.
What is the present time? 13. The Tremors of earthquake were felt at
(a) 36 min past 9 (b) 12 min past 9 intervals of 15 seconds. The first tremor was
(c) 36 min past 8 (d) 12 min past 8 felt at 08:54:57 and last tremor was felt at
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10:45:12. How many times were the tremors
felt? 20. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour
(a) 484 (b) 485 hand at intervals of 65 minutes of the correct
(c) 441 (d) 525 time. How much a day does the clock gain or
lose in minutes?
14. The time in the clock is 8:20. What is its (a) 1440/143 (b) 1444/143
mirror image? (c) 1400/143 (d) 4440/143
(a) 3:20 (b) 3:40
(c) 2:25 (d) 4:20 21. Between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock, how often
will the difference between the positions of the
15. A watch gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes and was minute and hour hands of a clock have an
set right at 8 AM. What time will it show at 10 integral number of minutes?
PM on the same day? (a) 4 (b) 6
a) 10:22:20 PM (b) 10:23:10 P (c) 3 (d) 5
(c) 10:33:20 PM (d) 10:23:20 PM
22. A clock loses 1% time during the first week
16. Three cuckoo clocks are such that the cuckoos and then gains 2% time during the next one
chime after every 10 minutes, 20 minutes and week. If the clock was set right at 12 noon on a
35 minutes respectively. If the 3 clocks chime Sunday, what will be the time shown by the
simultaneously at 2pm, at what time will they clock exactly after 14 days from the time it
chime together again? was set right?
(a) 3 p.m. (b) 1:40 p.m. (a) 1 : 40 : 48 p.m. (b) 1 : 40 : 28 p.m. (c)
(c) 3 a.m. (d) 1:40 a.m. 1 : 40 : 46 p.m. (d) 1 : 40 : 26 p.m.

17. The minute hand of a clock is found to cross 23. A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains
the hour hand x minutes past three. Find x. 10 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true
(a) 10 5/11 (b) 15 15/11 time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the
(c) 16 4/11 (d) 21 9/11 following day?
(a) 48 min past 12 (b) 48 min past 11 (c)
18. The number of minutes from midnight to now 45 min past 12 (d) 45 min past 11
is 9 times the number of minutes from now to
noon. What time is it now? 24. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock, will the
(a) 10.50 a.m. (b) 10.48 a.m. hands of a watch point in opposite directions?
(c) 10.40 a.m. (d) 10.53 a.m. (a) 54 min past 4
(b) 53 7/11 min past 4
19. A friend of mine invented a new clock. It times (c) 54 7/11 min past 4
an entire day in 10 hours, each hour in 100 (d) 54 6/11 min past 4
minutes and each minute in 100 seconds. What
normal time is it when it reads 5:41? 25. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes
(a) 12:59:02 (b) 12:59:01 was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the
(c) 11:59:02 (d) None of these
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same day, when the watch indicated quarter positions of the hands had then interchanged.
past 4 o'clock, the true time is For how many hours did he write the test?
(a) 3:59:35 p.m. (b) 4 p.m. (a) 13/14 (b) 12/13
(c) 3:59p.m. (d) 7 p.m. (c) 9/10 (d) 10/11

26. At what time between 5.30 and 6 o' clock, will 32. The quarter of the time from midnight to
the hands of a clock be at right angles? present time added to the half of the time from
(a) 43 5/11 min past 5 the present to midnight gives the present time.
(b) 43 7/11 min past 5 What is the present time?
(c) 5 p.m. (d) 7 p.m. (a) 36 min past 9 (b) 12 min past 9
(c) 36 min past 8 (d) 12 min past 8
27. Find the reflex angle between the hour hand
and the minute hand of a clock when the time 33. A man walks from 9.15 to 5.15 from Monday
is 11:25. to Friday and 9.00 to 12.00 on Saturday. Each
(a) 192.5⁰ (b) 230⁰ day the lunch is for 45 minutes. How much
(c) 45⁰ (d) 72⁰ time does he walk in a week?
(a) 39 hrs 15 min (b) 39 hrs 10 min
28. Three clocks were set to true time. First runs (c) 39 hrs 20 min (d) 39 hrs 40 min
with exact time. Second slows one minute per
day. Third gains one minute per day. After 34. The angle in degrees between the hour hand
how many days will they show the same time? and the minute hand of a clock when the time
(a) 150 days (b) 550 days is 8.30 a.m. is
(c) 1440 days (d) 2220 days (a) 75 (b) 47.5
(c) 65 (d) 90
29. Three cuckoo clocks are such that the cuckoos
chime after every 10 minutes, 20 minutes and 35. A man who went out between 3 and 4 and
35 minutes respectively. If the 3 clocks chime returned between 8 and 9, found that the hands
simultaneously at 2pm, at what time will they of the watch had exactly changed places. When
chime together again? did he return?
(a) 3 p.m. (b) 1:40 p.m. (a) 14 min past 8
(c) 3 a.m. (d) 1:40 a.m. (b) 19 2/3 min past 8
(c) 21 1/3min past 8
30. What is the angle between the minute and hour (d) 18 6/13 min past 8
hands of a clock when the time is 14:40?
(a) 149⁰ (b) 160⁰
(c) 150⁰ (d) 130⁰

31. Nishanth started answering a test at a time

between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.. He noted the
position of the hands of his watch. He ended
the test at a time between 4 am and 5 a.m.. The