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Clocks
Total Time: 90 mins Practise Exercise no. 1 Total no. Of Qs: 55

1. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the 9. The angle between the minute hand and
morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand of a clock when the time is
the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 8.30, is:
2 o'clock in the afternoon? a) 80 b) 75
a) 144 b) 150 c) 60 d) 105
c) 168 d) 180
10. How many times in a day, are the hands of
2. The reflex angle between the hands of a a clock in straight line but opposite in
clock at 10.25 is: direction?
a) 180 b) 192 1/2 a) 20 b) 22
c) 195 d) 197 1/2 c) 24 d) 48

3. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes 11. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will
past 5, the hour hand has turned through: the hands of a watch point in opposite
a) 145 b) 150 directions?
c) 155 d) 160 a) 45 min. past 4 b) 40 min. past 4
c) 50 4/11 min. past 4
4. At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will d) 54 6/11 min. past 4
the hands of a clock be in the same straight
line but, not together? 12. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock
a) 5 min. past 7 b) 5 2/11 min. past 7 will the hands of a watch be together?
c) 5 3/11 min. past 7 d) 5 5/11 min. past 7 a) 45 min. past 9 b) 50 min. past 9
c) 49 1/11min. past 9
5. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the d) 48 2/11 min. past 9
hands of a clock be at right angles?
a) 43 5/11 min. past 5 13. At what time, in minutes, between 3
b) 43 7/11 min. past 5 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will
c) 40 min. past 5 d) 45 min. past 5 coincide each other?
a) 5 1/11" b) 12 4/11"
6. The angle between the minute hand and c) 13 4/11" d) 16 4/11"
the hour hand of a clock when the time is
4.20, is: 14. How many times do the hands of a clock
a) 0 b) 10 coincide in a day?
c) 5 d) 20 a) 20 b) 21
c) 22 d) 24
7. At what angle the hands of a clock are
inclined at 15 minutes past 5? 15. How many times in a day, the hands of a
a) 58 1/2 b) 64 clock are straight?
c) 67 1/2 d) 72 1/2 a) 22 b) 24
c) 44 d) 48
8. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute
hand of a clock form an angle of: 16. How many times are the hands of a clock
a) 120 b) 125 at right angle in a day?
c) 130 d) 135 a) 22 b) 24
c) 44 d) 48

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17. At what time between 4 & 5 will the hands 24. Between 4 & 5 O'clock, the time when the
of a watch point in opposite directions? hands coincide is:
a) 43 min past 4 a) 4:21 9/11 b) 4:24 3/11
b) 42 5/11 min past 4 c) 4:22 d) 4:23 9/11
c) 50 4/11 min past 4
d) 40 min past 4 25. At what angle the hands of a clock are
inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
18. At what time between 9 & 10 will the a) 58 1/2 degrees b) 64 degrees
hands of a watch be together? c) 67 1/2 degrees d) 72 1/2 degrees
a) 45 min past 9
b) 49 1/11 min past 9 26. My watch gains 5 min every hour. How
c) 48 min past 9 many degrees the second hand moves in
d) 47 min past 9 every min?
a) 360 degrees b) 390 degrees
19. At what time between 5.30 & 6 will the c) 330 degrees d) 370 degrees
hands of a watch be at right angle?
a) 43 7/11 min past 5 27. A clock is set right at 5am the clock loses
b) 41 2/11 min past 5 16min in 24 hours. What will be the right
c) 42 min past 5 time when the clock indicates 10am on the
d) 44 1/11 min past 5 4th day?
a) 10.30pm b) 11pm
20. At what time between 7 & 8 o'clock will c) 10.45pm d) 11.15pm
the hands of a watch be in the straight line
but no together? 28. When the time in the clock is 7.20, then
a) 5 3/11 min past 7 b) 5 5/11 min past 7 the angle between the hands of the clock
c) 5 3/11 min past 7 d) 43min past 7 is:
a) 100 degrees b) 120 degrees
21. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 c) 90 degrees d) 110 degrees
minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the
afternoon of the same day, when the watch 29. A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock
indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be the
time is: true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m.
a) 59 7/12 min. past 3 on the following day?
b) 4 p.m. a) 48 min. past 12 b) 46 min. past 12
c) 58 7/11 min. past 3 c) 45 min. past 12 d) 47 min. past 12
d) 2 3/11 min. past 4
30. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will
22. How much does a watch gain or lose per the hands of a watch point in opposite
day, if its hands coincide every 64 directions?
minutes? a) 54 past 4 b) 53 7/11 past 4
a) 32 8/11 min. b) 36 5/11 min. c) 54 8/11 past 4 d) 54 6/11 past 4
c) 90 min. d) 96 min.
31. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3
23. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the
minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 afternoon of the same day, when the watch
min. 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true
Monday. When was it correct? time is:
a) 2 p.m. on Tuesday a) 4pm b) 5pm
b) 2 p.m. on Wednesday c) 6pm d) 7pm
c) 3 p.m. on Thursday
d) 1 p.m. on Friday
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32. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock a) 360 b) 180
loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be c) 90 d) 60
the true time when the clock indicates 10
p.m. on 4th day? 40. How much does a watch lose per day, if its
a) 11pm b) 12pm hands coincide ever 64 minutes?
c) 1pm d) 2pm a) 32 8/11 b) 33 8/11
c) 34 8/11 d) 35 8/11
33. A watch which gains uniformly is 5 min.
slow at 8 o'clock in the morning on 41. The angle between the minute hand and
Sunday and it is 5 min 48 sec. fast at 8 the hour hand of a clock when the time is
p.m. on following Sunday. When was it 8:30
correct? a) 80 Degrees b) 75 Degrees
a) 7pm on Wednesday c) 60 Degrees d) 105 Degrees
b) 20 min past 7pm on Wednesday
c) 15min past 7pm on Wednesday 42. The angle between the minute hand and
d) 8pm on Wednesday the hour hand of a clock when the time is
8.30, is:
34. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the a) 15 b) 30
hour hand at intervals of 65 minutes of the c) 60 d) 75
correct time. How much a day does the
clock gain or lose? 43. In every 60 minutes, the minute hand gains
a) 10 10/143 min b) 10 1/143 min -------- minutes on the hour hand.
c) 10 20/143 min d) 10 30/143 min a) 53 b) 54
c) 55 d) 56
35. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the
hands of a clock be at right angles? 44. What time between 4 and 5 o'clock will
a) 43 5/11 min past 5 the hands of a clock be at right angle?
b) 43 7/11 min past 5 a) 3 5/11 b) 4 5/11
c) 45 min past 5 c) 5 5/11 d) 6 5/11
d) 47 min past 5
45. At what angle the hands of a clock are
36. At what time between 5 and 6 o' clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
the hands of a clock 3 minutes apart? a) 57.5 degrees b) 67.5 degrees
a) 24min b) 12min c) 77.5 degrees d) 87.5 degrees
c) 13min d) 14min

37. Find the angle between the hour hand and 46. When the hands are in the opposite
the minute hand of a clock when the time directions, they are ------- minute spaces
is 3.25 apart,
a) 47.5 degrees b) 57.5 degrees a) 15 b) 30
c) 45.5 degrees d) 55.5 degrees c) 60 d) 0

38. The reflex angle between the hands of a 47. At what time, in minutes, between 3
clock at 10.25 is o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will
a) 197 b) 167 coincide each other?
c) 157 d) 187 a) 11 4/11 b) 13 4/11
c) 15 4/11 d) 16 4/11
39. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the
morning. Through how may degrees will 48. At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will
the hour hand rotate when the clock shows the hands of a clock be in the same straight
2 o'clock in the afternoon? line but, not together?
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a) 5 5/11 min past 7 b) 6 5/11 min past 7
c) 7 5/11 min past 7 d) 8 5/11 min past 7

49. A watch which gains uniformly is 2

minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4
min. 48 sec fast at 2 pm on the following
Monday. When was it correct?
a) 2 pm on Tuesday
b) 2 pm on Wednesday
c) 3 pm on Thursday
d) 1 pm on Friday

50. At what time between 2 and 3 o'clock will

the hands of a clock be together?
a) 9 10/11 min past 2
b) 10 10/11 min past 2
c) 11 10/11 min past 2
d) 12 10/11 min past 2

51. When the two hands are at right angles,

they are ---------- minute spaces apart,
a) 13 b) 14
c) 15 d) 16

52. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute

hand of a clock form an angle of:
a) 110 b) 120
c) 130 d) 140

53. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock

will the hands of a watch be together?
a) 49 3/11 min past 11
b) 49 1/11 min past 9
c) 45 1/11 min past 9
d) 45 7/11 min past 11

54. The angle between the minute hand and

the hour hand of a clock when the time is
4.20, is:
a) 0 b) 10
c) 30 d) 60

55. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes

past 5, the hour hand has turned through
a) 145 b) 155
c) 165 d) 175

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 Clocks Practise Exercise 1 (Solutions)
1. d) 21. b) 41. b)
2. d) 22. a) 42. d)
3. c) 23. b) 43. c)
4. d) 24. a) 44. c)
5. b) 25. a) 45. b)
6. b) 26. b) 46. b)
7. c) 27. b) 47. a)
8. c) 28. a) 48. d)
9. b) 29. a) 49. b)
10. b) 30. d) 50. b)
11. d) 31. a) 51. c)
12. c) 32. a) 52. c)
13. d) 33. b) 53. b)
14. c) 34. a) 54. b)
15. c) 35. b) 55. b)
16. c) 36. a)
17. c) 37. a)
18. b) 38. a)
19. a) 39. b)
20. b) 40. a)