Clocks

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 QUESTION 1:
1. There are 2 clocks. One is getting slow by 2 minutes per hour and the other one is
gaining 1 minute every hour. After exactly how many hours the time shown by the 2
clocks will have a 1 hour difference?

a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40
 QUESTION 2:
2. What is the angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand at 12:30 p.m.?

a. 120⁰
b. 135⁰
c. 165⁰
d. 180⁰
 QUESTION 3:
3. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in 24 hours?

a. 20
b. 21
c. 22
d. 24
 QUESTION 4:
4. If a clock gains 5 minutes every hour and it is set right at 5:00 a.m., then what is the
exact time when it shows 10:00 a.m.?

a. 9:03 a.m.
b. 9:36 12/13 a.m.
c. 9:00 a.m.
d. 8:36 12/13 a.m.
 QUESTION 5:
5. At what time between 6 and 7 will the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock
coincide? TCS

a. 6:13
b. 6:36
c. 6:32 8/11
d. 6:35 8/11
 QUESTION 6:
6. A flight from Dubai to London is scheduled to leave Dubai at 10:00 a.m. local time.
London local time is 4 hours behind Dubai. The plane requires 9 hours to cover the
distance. If the plane takes off 2 hours late, what will be the local time when the flight
reaches London? TCS

a. 7:00 p.m.
b. 8:00 p.m.
c. 5:00 p.m.
d. 6:00 p.m.
 QUESTION 7:
7. A wall clock was slow by 10 minutes. In comparison to the wall clock, a table clock
was 10 minutes ahead of it. In comparison to the table clock, an alarm clock was 5
minutes behind and in comparison to the alarm clock, a wrist watch was 5 minutes fast.
At noon, all the clocks were adjusted to show noon. What will be the time shown at 6:00
p.m. in the wrist watch?

a. 6:00 p.m.
b. 6:10 p.m.
c. 8:00 p.m.
d. 8:09 p.m.
 QUESTION 8:
8. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite
directions?

a. 54 minutes past 4
b. 53 7/11 minutes past 4
c. 54 8/11 minutes past 4
d. 54 6/11 minutes past 4
 QUESTION 9:
9. On planet FACE, there are 10 days in a week. There are 36 hours in a day and each
hour has 90 minutes while each minute has 60 seconds. As on Earth, the hour hand
covers the dial twice every day. Find the approximate angle between the hands of the
clock on FACE when the time is 14:40 a.m.? TCS

a. 83⁰
b. 74⁰
c. 129⁰
d. 65⁰
 QUESTION 10:
10. How often between 11 O’ clock and 12 O’ clock are the hands of the clock together at
an integral number value?

a. 55
b. 56
c. 4
d. 5
 QUESTION 11:
11. How many palindromes are there in a clock from noon to midnight (For Example
5.45 is a palindrome)? INFOSYS

a. 52
b. 72
c. 57
d. 62
 QUESTION 12:
12. What will be the time shown by a wall clock after 1234567890 hours, when at the
moment, it shows the time as 11 a.m.? WIPRO

a. 11:00 a.m.
b. 11:00 p.m.
c. 4:00 a.m.
d. 5:00 a.m.
 QUESTION 13:
13. There are sixty markings on a clock. The minute hand was exactly on one of those
markings. Nine markings away from the minute hand was the hour hand. What could be
the time on the clock in such a case?

a. 5:14
b. 6:20
c. 7:48
d. 3:09
 QUESTION 14:
14. A plane goes from Chicago to Columbus and then comes back. It takes the same time
to travel in either ways. It leaves Chicago early in the morning at 6:44 a.m. as per the
local time and reaches the destination - Columbus at 8:49 a.m. as per the local time. On
the same day in evening, it leaves Columbus at 4:25 p.m. as per the local time and
reaches the destination – Chicago at 4:38 p.m. as per the local time. Find the time that
the plane takes to travel either ways. CTS

a.1 hour 9 minutes

b. 2 hours 6 minutes
c. 1 hour 31 minutes
d. 2 hours 18 minutes
 QUESTION 15:
15. In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time in exactly after
every 3 hours 18 minutes 15 seconds of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by
this watch in one day? ACCENTURE

a. Loses 14 minutes 10 seconds

b. Loses 13 minutes 50 seconds
c. Gains 13 minutes 20 seconds
d. Gains 14 minutes 40 seconds
 QUESTION 16:
16. Ram’s teacher asked him to set the two hands of the clock (the hour hand and the
minute hand) between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. such that they are 8 minutes apart.
What time will the clock indicate for such settings?

a. 41 9/11 minutes past 10

b. 43 9/11 minutes past 10
c. 45 9/11 minutes past 10
d. 3 3/11 minutes before 11
 QUESTION 17:
17. If in a clock, the numbers 1 to 12 are replaced with alphabets starting from F (For
instance F in place of 1, G in place of 2 and so on), then which of the following options
shall indicate the time as 9 o’clock?

a. M:P
b. Q:N
c. P:M
d. N:Q
 QUESTION 18:
18. It takes a pendulum of a clock 7 seconds to strike 4 o’clock. How much time (in
seconds) will it take to strike 11 o’clock?

a. 23.33 seconds
b. 20 seconds
c. 18 seconds
d. None of the above
 QUESTION 19:
19. A clock is late by 1 minute 27 seconds in a month. How much will it be late in 1 day?
INFOSYS

a. 3 seconds
b. 2.7 seconds
c. 2.9 seconds
d. 1.92 seconds
 QUESTION 20:
20. In a clock having a circular scale of twelve hours, when time changes from 7:45 a.m.
to 7:47 a.m., by how many degrees the angle formed by the hour hand and the minute
hand changes?

a. 10⁰
b. 11⁰
c. 12⁰
d. 15⁰
Thank you