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Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 1:40 AM.

A] 180°
B] 190°
C] 176°
D] 160°

Answer: B
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Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 1:40 AM.

Explanation:
At 1:40 from the formula here P = 1 and Q = 40
So required angle is 11 x 40/2 – 30 x 1 = 220 – 30 = 190°
The required angle is 190°.
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How many times in a day (24 Hrs) are the hands of a clock are in a straight line to each other?

A] 20
B] 22
C] 44
D] 48

Answer: C
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How many times in a day (24 Hrs) are the hands of a clock are in a straight line to each other?

Explanation:
In 12 hours both hands are in straight line (either coincides or in opposite direction) 22 times.
Hence in 24 hours both hands are in straight line 44 times.
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Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 2:18 AM.

A] 37°
B] 33°
C] 39°
D] 45°

Answer: C
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Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 2:18 AM.

Explanation18 × 11/2 – 2 × 30
= 99 – 60
= 30
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If 6th March, 2005 is Sunday, what was the day of the week on 6th March, 2002?

A] Tuesday
B] Saturday
C] Thursday
D] Wednesday

Answer: D
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If 6th March, 2005 is Sunday, what was the day of the week on 6th March, 2002?

Explanation:
Number of odd days between 6th march 2002 to 6th march 2003 is 1
Number of odd days between 6th march 2003 to 6th march 2004 is 2
Number of odd days between 6th march 2004 to 6th march 2005 is 1
Hence total Number of odd days between 6th march 2002 to 6th march 2005 is
1+2+1 =4 odd days
So 6th march 2002 is 4 days before Sunday i.e Wednesday.
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If 1st Jan 2001 is Monday then which day was on 1st Jan 2013.

A] Tuesday
B] Wednesday
C] Thursday
D] Saturday

Answer: A
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If 1st Jan 2001 is Monday then which day was on 1st Jan 2013.

Explanation:
Number of years between 2001 to 2013 is 12 years (2013–2001 = 12 years)
Number of leap years between 2001 to 2013 is 3,
Since a year has 1 odd day and a leap year has 2 odd days, so total number of odd days is
12 + 3 = 15 odd days.
When we divide 15 by 7 remainder is 1 or in total we have 1 odd day so 1st Jan 2013 is Tuesday.
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A watch, which gains uniformly, is 2 min, slow at noon on Sunday, and is 4 min 48 seconds fast
at 2 PM on the following Sunday when was it correct?

A] 2:00 PM on Tuesday
B] 12 noon on Monday
C] 2:00 AM on Tuesday
D] None of these

Answer: A
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A watch, which gains uniformly, is 2 min, slow at noon on Sunday, and is 4 min 48 seconds fast
at 2 PM on the following Sunday when was it correct?

Explanation:
From Sunday noon to the following Sunday at 2 PM there are 7 days 2 hours or 170 hours.
The watch gains 2 + 44/ 5 minute in 170 hours.
Therefore, the watch gains 2 minute in 2 *170 × 5 34 hours, i.e. 50 hours.
Now 50 hours = 2 days 2 hours.
Therefore, 2 days 2 hours from Sunday noon = 2 PM on Tuesday.
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By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same time, in which the hour hand
moves by 28 °?

A] 168
B] 336
C] 196
D] 376

Answer: B
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By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same time, in which the hour hand
moves by 28 °?

Explanation:
28 * 2 * 6 = 336 degree
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A clock is set at 10 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time
when the clock indicates 3 a.m. on 4th day?

A] 9 PM
B] 10 PM
C] 11 PM
D] 12 PM

Answer: C
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A clock is set at 10 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time
when the clock indicates 3 a.m. on 4th day?

Explanation:
Time from 10 AM on a day to 3 AM on 4th day = 24 x 3 + 17 = 89 hours.
Now 23 hours 44 minute of this clock = 24 hours of correct clock.
Or 356/15 hours of faulty clock = 24 hours of correct clock.
89 hours of faulty clock = (24 x 15/356 x 89) hours = 90 hours.
So, the correct time is 11PM.
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On what dates of April, 2001 did Friday fall?

A] 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th April

B] 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th April
C] 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th April
D] None of these

Answer: D
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On what dates of April, 2001 did Friday fall?

Explanation:
Lets find out 1st April from Zeller’s Formula :
In this case k = 1 (since 1st April)
Month m = 2 (As march =1, April = 2,)
D is the last two digit of year here D = 01 (As year is 2001)
C is 1st two digit of century here C = 20 (As year is 2001)

f = 1 + 5 + 01 + 0 + 5 – 40 = – 28
This –ve value of f can be made positive by adding multiple of 7
So f = –28 +28 = 0. Then from next year we can make table.

So number of odd days is 0, So 1st April 2001 is Sunday. So 1st Friday is on 6th April, and next Fridays are
13th, 20th, 27th April.
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If in a particular year ‘X’ there are 53 Sundays then how many Sundays will be there in a period
of four years X to X+3 year.

A] 208
B] 209
C] 208 or 209
D] None of these

Answer: B
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If in a particular year ‘X’ there are 53 Sundays then how many Sundays will be there in a period
of four years X to X+3 year.

Explanation:
Let us take two cases–
Case (i)
When year start with Sunday then next 4 years will always have 52 Sundays
Hence total number of Sundays are 53+ 3x52 = 209 Sundays

Case (ii)
When year start with Saturday and then we have 53 Sundays that means year is a leap year
then next 4 years will always have 52 Sundays
Hence total number of Sundays are 53+ 3x52 = 209 Sundays.
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At what time between 1’o clock and 2’o clock the hands of the clock are opposite to each
other?

A] 34 (6/11) past 1’oclock

B] 38 (/11) past 1’oclock
C] 56 (8/11) past 1’oclock
D] (9/11) past 1’oclock

Answer: B
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At what time between 1’o clock and 2’o clock the hands of the clock are opposite to each
other?

Explanation:
The minutes hand to coincide with the hour hand.
It should trace at first 5 minute spaces and then the hands of the clocks to be opposite to each
other minute hand should trace 30 minute spaces, i.e. totally it should gain 5 + 30 = 35 minute
spaces to be opposite to that of hour hand.
We know that minute hand gains 55 minute spaces over hour hand in 1 hour.
Therefore, minute hand gains 40 minute spaces over hour hand in 35 × (60/55) = 38(2/11).
Hence the hand of the clock will minutes be opposite to each at 38 (2/11) past 1 o’clock.
Therefore, correct option is B.
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At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the hands of a clock be at right angle?

A] 8:16 3/11
B] 8:27 3/11
C] 8:17 3/11
D] 8:37 3/11

Answer: B
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At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the hands of a clock be at right angle?

Explanation:
Consider exactly at 8:00, minute hand is at position ‘12’ and hour hand is at ‘8’ hence angle
between these two hands at 8:00 is 240°.
Case (i)
when minute hand is behind hour hand then required time is (240 – 90)/(11/2)
= 150/(11/2) = 300/11 = 27 3/11 minute.

Case (ii)
when minute hand is ahead of hour hand then required time is (240 + 90)/(11/2)
= 330/(11/2) = 330 × 2/11 = 60 minute, i.e. at 9:00 PM.
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If in a particular year June month has 5 Mondays then that year started with which one of the
following days?
(i) Thursday or Friday
(ii) Friday or Wednesday
(iii) Thursday or Saturday

A] Only (i)
B] Only (i) and (ii)
C] Only (i) and (iii)
D] None of these

Answer: C
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Explanation:
If June month has 5 Mondays then dates must be 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th or second
group of dates must be 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th
Now lets find out the number of days or odd days between 1st January till 1st June,
Number of days in Jan:– 30 or number of odd days are 2 (here we have not included 1st Jan so
number of days is 31–1 = 30)
Number of days in February :– 28 or number of odd days :– 0 (Assuming non leap Year)
Number of days in March :– 31 or number of odd days :– 3
Number of days in April :– 30 or number of odd days :– 2
Number of days in May :– 31 or number of odd days :– 3
Number of days in June :– 1 or number of odd days :– 1
So total number of odd days are 2 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 11 when divided by 7 gives remainder 4,
Hence 1st January must be 4 days back from Monday i.e Thursday.
And if 2nd January is Monday then 1st January must be Friday.
Now consider a leap year then number of odd days between 1st January and 1st June is 5 days
hence in that case 1st January must be either Friday or Saturday
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If 1st January of a particular year (say x) is Monday then what will be the 1st day of the year
100 years after (i.e year x+100).

A] Friday
B] Friday or Saturday
C] Saturday or Sunday
D] None of these

Answer: B
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If 1st January of a particular year (say x) is Monday then what will be the 1st day of the year
100 years after (i.e year x+100).

Explanation:
In a period of 100 years there are 23 or 24 leap years (as for century year it might be or might
not be a leap year, as 1900 was not a leap year)
Number of odd days in a period of 100 years is 100 + 23 or 100 + 24 or 123/ 124 odd days,
Number of odd days in 100 years is when 123/124 divided by 7, remainder is 4 or 5.
So next century should start with Friday or Saturday.
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1st day of century can not start with which of the following day?

A] Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

B] Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
C] Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
D] None of these

Answer: A
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1st day of century can not start with which of the following day?

Explanation:
Last day of century can be Friday, Wednesday, Monday, or Sunday and it repeats the cycle.
So 1st day of next century must be either Saturday, Thursday, Tuesday, or Monday and so it
must not be Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday.