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ASET-Employability & Skill Enhancement Course

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Class Exercise-2
Clocks and Calendar

1. A clock is started at 6 O’clock in the morning. 7. At what time between 1 and 2 O’clock are the
Through how many degrees will the hour hand hands of a clock together?
rotate when the clock shows 11 O’clock in the
morning? 5 2
(a) 5 min past 1 (b) 5 min past 1
(a) 140° (b) 180° 11 11

(c) 150° (d) 160°

1 9
(c) 5 min past 1 (d) 5 min past 1
2. A clock is started at 5 pm. Through how many 11 11
degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock
shows quarter past 9? 8. At what time between 9 and 10 O’clock will
the hands of a clock be in the same straight line
(a) 128.5° (b) 142.5° but not together?
(c) 127.5° (d) 141.5°
4 2
(a) 16 min past 9 (b) 16 min past 9
3. At 6 :15, the hour hand and the minute hand of 11 11
a clock form an angle of
4 3
(a) 90° (b) 91.5° (c) 15 min past 9 (d) 15 min past 9
11 11
(c) 97.5° (d) 94.5°
9. At what time between 5 and 6 O’clock will the
4. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hands of clock be at right angle?
hand of a clock when the time is 9 : 30, is
10 7
(a) 105 (b) 110 (a) 10 min past 5 (b) 43 min past 5
11 11
(c) 115 (d) 120
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
5. A clock strikes 5 taking 8 s. In order to strike 9
at the same rate, the time taken is 10. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 min slow at
1
(a) 16 s (b) 12 s 10 am on Wednesday and is 2 min fast at 1
2
(c) 14 s (d) 18 s pm the following day. When was it correct?
6. A clock strikes 12 taking 48 s. In order to strike (a) 11 : 30 pm Wednesday
3 at the same rate, the time taken is
(b) 9 : 15 pm Wednesday
(a) 24 s (b) 12 s
(c) 10 : 45 pm Wednesday
8 2 (d) 10 pm Wednesday
(c) 8 s (d) 8 s
11 11
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11. If the hands of a clock coincide every 64 min. 18. January 1, 2001 was a Monday. What day of the
(true time) in 24 h. How much a day does the week lies on January 1, 2002?
clock gain?
(a) Saturday (b) Tuesday
5 8
(a) 31 min (b) 32 min (c) Monday (d) Sunday
6 11
19. What will be the day on 22nd January, 2003?
8 5
(c) 33 min (d) 34 min (a) Monday (b) Tuesday
11 6
(c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
12. If the hands of a clock coincide every 66 min
(true time) in 24 h, how much a day does the 20. If the seventh day of a month is three days
clock loose? earlier than Friday, what day will it be on the
nineteenth day of the month?
5 109
(a) 11 min (b) 11 min
(a) Sunday (b) Monday
11 121
(c) Wednesday (d) Friday
100 4
(c) 11 min (d) 11 min
121 11 21. If a month in an year starts with Monday, then
the date of the fourth day after the second
13. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the Saturday in that month, will be
morning. Through how may degrees will the
hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 (a) 16 (b) 17
o'clock in the afternoon?
(c) 18 (d) 19
(a) 154° (b) 180°
22. If 9th May 2008 was Friday, then what day was
(c) 170° (d) 160° February 14th of the same year?
14. A clock is set right at 10 am. The clock gains
(a) Thursday (b) Monday
10 min in a day. What will be the true time when
the watch indicates 3 pm the next day? (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
(a) 12 min past 2 pm (b) 45 min past 2 pm 23. The director came to the office to attend a
(c) 48 min past 2 pm (d) 30 min past 2 pm meeting at 15 min past 12 and he came 25 min
before his steno who in turn was late by 30 min
15. A clock is set to show the correct time at 7 am. to the meeting. At what time was the meeting
Monday. The clock loses 15 min in 24 h. What supposed to start?
will be the true time when the clock indicates 6
am on the following Friday? (a) 12 : 00 (b) 12 : 15

(a) 6 : 15 am Friday (b) 6 : 30 am Friday (c) 12 : 10 (d) 12 : 20

(c) 7 am Friday (d) 7 : 15 am Friday 24. If fourth day after January 6 is a Saturday,
which day of the week was on December 1 of
16. The reflection of a clock in the mirror is 3 h the previous year?
45 min. What is the actual time shown in the
clock? (a) Saturday (b) Friday
(a) 8 h 15 min (b) 9 h 30 min (c) Monday (d) Thursday
(c) 7 am Friday (d) 7 : 15 am Friday 25. The angle between the hands of a clock when
17. If a wall clock shows 2 h 30 min. What time will the time shown is 12 min past 5 O’clock is
the clock show in the mirror?
(a) 78° (b) 80°
(a) 8 h 45 min (b) 8 h 50 min
(c) 84° (d) 86°
(c) 9 h 50 min (d) 9 h 30 min
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26. If the first day of June is a Saturday, then the 33. At what time between 9 and 10 will the hands
date on which the last Saturday of that month of a watch be together?
falls is
5
(a) 22 (b) 28 (a) 45 minutes past 9
11
(c) 29 (d) 30
(b) 50 minutes past 9
27. If 9th March of 1995 is a Saturday, then the
9th March of 1996 is a 1
(c) 49 minutes past 9
(a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday 11

(c) Sunday (d) Monday 2

(d) 48 minutes past 9
28. In a clock, what is the angle between the two 11
hands at 5 h 10 min? 34. How many times do the hands of a clock
(a) 60° (b) 95° coincide in a day ?

(c) 90° (d) 100° (a) 24 (b) 20

29. The last day of February, 2006 was a (c) 21 (d) 22

(a) Monday (b) Tuesday 35. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes
was set right at 7 a. m. In the afternoon of the
(c) Wednesday (d) Thursday same day, when the watch indicated quarter past
4 O’clock, the true time is :
30. The time on the watch is 9 : 15 and the hour
hand points towards West. The direction of the (a) 59 minutes past 3
minutes hand is
(b) 4 p. m.
(a) North (b) South (c) 58 minutes past 3
(c) East (d) West (d) 2 minutes past 4
31. Today is 3rd November. The day of the week is 36. At what time between 5. 30 and 6 will the
Monday. This is a leap year. What will be the hands of a clock be at right angle
day of the week on this date after 3 years?
5
(a) Thursday (b) Friday (a) 45 minutes part 5
11
(c) Sunday (d) Monday
7
32. At what time between 5 and 6 are the hands of (b) 43 minutes past 5
11
a clock coincident?
6
8 (c) 44 minutes past 5
(a) 22 minutes past 5 11
11
(d) 40 minutes past 5
(b) 30 minutes past 5
37. How many time in a day, are the hands of a
7 clock straight?
(c) 23 minutes past 5
11 (a) 24 (b) 48

3 (c) 22 (d) 44
(d) 27 minutes past 5
11 38. How many times are the hands of a clock at
right angle in a day?
(a) 24 (b) 48
(c) 22 (d) 44

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39. On 5 th December 1993, Parimala and Siva 44. What was the day on 20th December 1985?
celebrated their anniversary on Sunday. What
will be the day on their anniversary in 1997? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday
(a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
(c) Sunday (d) Monday 45. If 27th January 1996 was sunday then what day
40. At what time between 7 and 8 will the hands of would be on 26th March 1997?
a clock be in the same straight time, but not
together? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday

5 (c) Thursday (d) Sunday

(a) 5 minutes past 7
11 46. On what dates of August 1980, did Sunday fall?

6 (a) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th,31th

(b) 5 minutes past 7
11 (b) 4th, 11th, 18th,25th

8 (c) 6th, 13th,20th 127th

(c) 5 minutes past 7
11 (d) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

7 47. Which of the following year is a leap year?

(d) 5 minutes past 3
11 (a) 1882 (b) 1800
41. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined (c) 1296 (d) 1962
at 15 minutes past 5?
48. Sonika is 10 weeks elder than Mala and Mala is
(a) 72 (b) 67.5
91 days younger than Jyoti. lf Jyoti was born on
(c) 58 (d) 64
Monday then on what day of a week Sonika was
42. Which day can not be first day or last day of any born?
century.
(a) Saturday (b) Sunday
(a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) None
(c) Tuesday (d) Friday
49. How many leap year and ordinary year are there
43. A baby who was born on 29th Feb. 1896, when in the first 100 years A.D.?
did he celebrate his first birthday?
(a) 25,75 (b) 23,77
(a) 28th Feb. 1897
(c) 24,76 (d) 26,74
(b) 29th Feb. 1900 50. The year that will have the same calender as that
(c) 29th Feb.1904 of the year 1995.

(d) 20th Feb. 1908 (a) 2002 (b) 2005

(c) 2006 (d) 2001

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