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Unit - 2 Clocks and Calendars

This document contains 35 multiple choice questions about clocks, calendars, and time. It tests understanding of concepts like how many degrees the hands of a clock move in a given time period, determining times of day when the hands are at specific angles to each other, calculating dates using calendars and accounting for leap years, and converting between clock times and 12-hour and 24-hour notation. The document also provides the answers to each question.

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Unit - 2 Clocks and Calendars

This document contains 35 multiple choice questions about clocks, calendars, and time. It tests understanding of concepts like how many degrees the hands of a clock move in a given time period, determining times of day when the hands are at specific angles to each other, calculating dates using calendars and accounting for leap years, and converting between clock times and 12-hour and 24-hour notation. The document also provides the answers to each question.

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Clocks & Calendars

Directions: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. How many degrees does an hour-hand move in 10 minutes?


(a) 10º (b) 20º (c) 15º (d) 5º
2. What is the angle covered by the minute-hand in 27 minutes?
(a) 160º (b) 156º (c) 162º (d) 168º
3. How many degrees does the hour-hand lag behind when compared to the minute-hand in a span of 8
minutes?
(a) 42º (b) 48º (c) 46º (d) 44º
4. How many degrees will the minute-hand move in the same time in which the hour-hand moves 10º?
(a) 40º (b) 80º (c) 120º (d) 160º
5. A clock shows 12:00 noon. By 15 minutes past 6, the hour-hand would have turned through:
(a) 187 ½º (b) 197 ½º (c) 185º (d) 195º
6. How many times in a day do the two hands of a clock coincide?
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 44
7. How many times in a day do the two hands of a clock lie on the same straight line?
(a) 44 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 22
8. How many times are the two hands of a clock perpendicular to each other in a day?
(a) 48 (b) 44 (c) 22 (d) 24
9. How many times are the two hands of a clock 30º apart in a day?
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 44 (d) 22
10. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 4 hours 20 minutes?
(a) 5º (b) 10º (c) 20º (d) 25º
11. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the time is 25 minutes past 3 o’ clock?
(a) 45 ½º (b) 46º (c) 46 ½º (d) 47 ½º
12. At what time between 7 and 8 o’ clock are the two hands 30º apart?

(a) 7 hrs 43 7 min (b) 7 hrs 32 8 min (c) 7 hrs 37 6 min (d) Both (a) and (b)
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13. At what time between 6 and 7 o’ clock do the two hands coincide?

(a) 6 hrs 32 8 min (b) 6 hrs 33 6 min (c) 6 hrs 34 5 min (d) 6 hrs 29 7 min
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14. At what time between 9 o’ clock and 10 o’ clock are the two hands of a clock in opposite direction?

(a) 9 hrs 16 4 min (b) 9 hrs 15 min (c) 9 hrs 17 3 min (d) 9 hrs 14 8 min
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15. At what time between 6 o’ clock and 7 o’ clock will the hands of a clock be at right angles?

(a) 6 hrs 16 4 min (b) 6 hrs 49 1 min (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
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16. If the time in a clock is 7 hrs 15 min, then what time does it show on the mirror?
(a) 4:50 (b) 4:40 (c) 4:35 (d) 4:45
17. If the reflection of a clock in a mirror shows 3 hours and 30 minutes, what is the difference between the
time in the clock and the time in the reflection of the clock in the mirror?
(a) 6 hours (b) 5 hours (c) 4 hours 30 min (d) 3 hours 30 min

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18. A clock strikes once at 1 o’ clock, twice at 2 o’ clock, thrice at 3 o’ clock and so on. If it takes 10 seconds
to strike at 6 o’ clock, find the time taken by it to strike at 12 o’ clock.
(a) 18 sec (b) 22 sec (c) 24 sec (d) 26 sec
19. A clock gains 15 minutes in a day. It is set right at 12 noon. What time will it show at 4:00 a.m. on the
next day?
(a) 4:25 a.m. (b) 4:30 a.m. (c) 4:05 a.m. (d) 4:10 a.m.
20. A watch which gains uniformly was observed to be 4 minutes slow at 6:00 a.m. on a Monday. On the
subsequent Thursday at 7:00 p.m., it was noticed that the watch was 6 minutes fast. When did the watch
show the correct time?
(a) 5:00p.m., Tuesday (b) 4:00p.m., Tuesday (c) 6:00p.m., Tuesday (d) 3:00p.m., Tuesday
21. Today is Monday. After 59 days it will be:
(a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
22. Which among the following are leap years?
(a) 3000 (b) 3100 (c) 3200 (d) 3300
23. If 1st Jan 2012 is a Sunday, then on which day of the week will the New Year be celebrated in 2016?
(a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
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24. If 11 August 1985 was a Sunday, then which day of the week was 13 August 1986?
(a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
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25. If 22 April 1982 was a Thursday, then what day of the week was 3 November 1982?
(a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
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26. If 30 June1989 was a Friday, then what day of the week was 17 September 1993?
(a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
27. If 26 February 2014 is on Wednesday, then what day of the week is on 14th July 2017?
th

(a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday


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28. If 29 June 1984 was a Friday, then which day of the week was 27 October 1983?
(a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
29. On which day of the week does 30th May 2003 fall?
(a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
30. On what dates of March 2008 did Sundays occur?
(a) 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (b) 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (c) 7, 14, 21, 28 (d) 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
31. Tina is younger than Rinku by less than 7 days. Tina’s birthday is on 12 th October. Find Rinku’s date of
birth if her birthday falls on Sunday in the year 2006?
(a) 9th October (b) 15th October (c) 16th October (d) 8th October
32. Which year will have the same calendar as that of 2002?
(a) 2008 (b) 2011 (c) 2009 (d) 2013
33. Which year will have the same calendar as that of 2008?
(a) 2014 (b) 2024 (c) 2032 (d) 2036
34. What will be the next leap year after 2096?
(a) 2100 (b) 2102 (c) 2104 (d) 2108
35. If August 15, 2003 is a Friday, what day of the week is August 15, 2103?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday

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Keys
1. (d)
2. (c)
3. (d)
4. (c)
5. (a)
6. (a)
7. (d)
8. (b)
9. (c)
10. (b)
11. (d)
12. (d)
13. (a)
14. (a)
15. (c)
16. (d)
17. (b)
18. (b)
19. (d)
20. (b)
21. (c)
22. (c)
23. (a)
24. (d)
25. (b)
26. (c)
27. (a)
28. (a)
29. (c)
30. (a)
31. (d)
32. (d)
33. (d)
34. (c)
35. (b)

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