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PRACTICE SHEET - 2
MENTAL ABILITY
NTSE [STAGE - II]
1. At what time between 4.30 and 5 o'clock will 6. A clock strikes ones at 1 o'clock, twice at 2
the hands of a clock be at right angle? o'clock and so on. What is the total number of
striking in a day?
5 (A) 180 (B) 156
(A) 5 minutes past 4
11 (C) 78 (D) 24
2 7. At what time between 6.30 and 7 o'clock are
(B) 38 minutes past 4 hands of a clock 60o apart?
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8 (A) 43 minutes past 6
(C) 22 minutes past 4 11
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(D) None 9
(B) 21 minutes past 6
2. At what time between 10 and 11 o'clock will 11
the hands of a clock bbe in the same straight
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line but not together? (C) 21 minutes past 5
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(A) 22 minutes past 10 9
11 (D) 43 minutes past 6
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9 8. The hands of a correct clock coincide after
(B) 21 minutes past 10
11 every minute?
7 (A) 60 minutes
(C) 23 minutes past 10 (B) 61 minutes
11
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3 (C) 64 minutes
(D) 27 minutes past 10 11
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3. At what time between 3 and 4 o'clock are the 5
(D) 65 minutes
hands of a clock together? 11
4 9. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined
(A) 16 minutes past 3 when the time in 15 minutes past 5?
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(A) 90° (B) 67
(B) 22 minutes past 3 2
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3 2
(C) 17 minutes past 3 (C) 65° (D) 67
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10. At what time between 8 and 9 o'clock will the
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(D) 32 minutes past 3 hands of a clock be the same straight line, but
11 not together?
4. How many times do the hands of a clock straight
line but not together in a day? 10
(A) 10 minutes past 8
(A) 24 (B) 22 11
(C) 44 (D) 48 2
5. At what angle the hand of a clock are inclined (B) 8 minutes past 8
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when the time is 20 minutes past 4?
(A) 120° (B) 60° 8
(C) 20° (D) 10° (C) 12 minutes past 8
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(D) 16 minutes past 8
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11. A man goes out between 4pm and 5pm when 15. A clock only with dots marking 3, 6, 9, 12 O’
he come back in between 5pm and 6pm he clock position has been kept upside down in
observes that the two hands of a clock have
front of a mirror. A person reads the time in
interchanged their position. Find when the man
did go out? the reflection of the clock as 10 : 20. What is
the actual time ?
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(A) 26 minutes past 4 (A) 8 : 10 (B) 2 : 40
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(C) 4 : 50 (D) 10 : 20
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(B) 26 minutes past 4 16. An astronomical clock has its dial divided into
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24 divisions instead of 12, and the small hand
112 goes round in 24hours, the large hand going
(C) 26 minutes past 4
134 round one in an hour. The 24 hour is noon.
Find when the hands are at right angles
212 between 24 and 1?
(D) 26 minutes past 4
134
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12. A clock is set right at 1pm. If it gains one (A) 15 minutes past 24
28
minute an hour what is the true time when the
clock indicates 6pm on the same day? 15
(B) 15 minutes past 24
6 23
(A) 54 minutes past 5pm
61
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(C) 15 minutes past 24
6 23
(B) 55 minutes past 5pm
61 14
(D) 15 minutes past 24
5 23
(C) 55 minutes past 5pm
61
17. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the
5 hands of a watch be together?
(D) 55 minutes past 5pm
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13. A watch which gains uniformly is 5minutes slow (A) 48 minutes past 9
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at 6am on a Monday and 10minutes fast on
the following Monday at 6pm. When was the 3
watch correct? (B) 47 minutes past 9
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(A) Tuesday 2pm
(B) Wednesday 2pm 1
(C) 49 minutes past 9
(C) Thursday 2pm 11
(D) Wednesday 6pm
14. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour 4
(D) 46 minutes past 9
hand at an interval of 63 minutes of a correct 11
clock. How much a day does the clock lose or
gain? 18. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour
hand at an interval of 65 minutes of a correct
8 clock. How much does the clock gain or loss
(A) loses 56 minutes
77 in a day?
6 10
(B) gains 54 minutes (A) gains 10 minutes
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6 10
(C) loses 54 minutes (B) loses 10 minutes
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8 2
(D) gains 56 minutes (C) gains 8 minutes
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(D) loses 8 minutes
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19. How many times do the hands of a clock ANSWER KEY

coincide in a day? 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B
(A) 24 (B) 22 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. D
(C) 12 (D) 11 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. C
13. B 14. D 15. A 16. B
20. How many times do the hands of a clock at 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A
right angle in a day?
(A) 44 (B) 48
(C) 22 (D) 24

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