1.

Minute Spaces:

The face or dial of watch is a circle whose circumference is divided into 60 equal parts,
called minute spaces.

Hour Hand and Minute Hand:

A clock has two hands, the smaller one is called the hour hand or short hand while the
larger one is called minute hand or long hand.

2.
i. In 60 minutes, the minute hand gains 55 minutes on the hour on the hour hand.
ii. In every hour, both the hands coincide once.
iii. The hands are in the same straight line when they are coincident or opposite to
each other.
iv. When the two hands are at right angles, they are 15 minute spaces apart.
v. When the hands are in opposite directions, they are 30 minute spaces apart.
vi. Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360°
vii. Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min. = 360°.
viii. If a watch or a clock indicates 8.15, when the correct time is 8, it is said to be 15
minutes too fast.

On the other hand, if it indicates 7.45, when the correct time is 8, it is said to be
15 minutes too slow.

1. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour
hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon?
A
144º B.150º
.
D
C.168º 180º
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Angle traced by the hour hand in 6 hours 360 x

º= 180º.
= 12 6
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2. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:

A 19 1
180º B. º
. 2 2
 D 19 1
C.195º º
. 7 2
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Angle traced by hour hand 125 360 125 1

hrs = x º= 312 º.
in 12 12 12 2
360
Angle traced by minute hand in 25 min = x 25 º= 150º.
60
1 1 1
Reflex angle = 360º - 312 - 150 º= 360º - 162 º= 197 .
2 2 2
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3. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
A
145º B.150º
.
D
C.155º 160º
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º.

Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min. 31 360 31

hrs = x º= 155º.
i.e., 6 12 6
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4. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the
same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is:
A 5 7
min. past 3 B.4 p.m.
. 9 12
3
5 7 D
C. min. past 3 2 1 min. past 4
8 11 .
1
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:
 Time from 7 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. = 9 hrs 15 min. 37
hrs.
= 4
3 min. 5 sec. of this clock = 3 min. of the correct clock.

37 1
hrs of this clock = hrs of the correct clock.
720 20
3
37 1 720
7
hrs of this clock = x x hrs of the correct clock.
2
4 37 4
0
      = 9 hrs of the correct clock.

The correct time is 9 hrs after 7 a.m. i.e., 4 p.m.

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5. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
A 3 8 3 5
min. B. min.
. 2 11 6 11
D
C.90 min. 96 min.
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

55 min. spaces are covered in 60 min.

6
5
0
60 min. spaces are covered in x 60 = 65 min.
5 min. 11
5
6 5 16
Loss in 64 min. = - 64 = min.
5 11 11
1
1 8
Loss in 24 hrs 6
x x 24 x 60 =32 min.
= 1 6 min. 1
1 4 1

6. At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but,
not together?
2
A
5 min. past 7 B.5 1 min. past 7
.
1
 3 5
D
C.5 1 min. past 7 5 1 min. past 7
.
1 1
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

When the hands of the clock are in the same straight line but not together, they are 30 minute
spaces apart.

At 7 o'clock, they are 25 min. spaces apart.

Minute hand will have to gain only 5 min. spaces.

55 min. spaces are gained in 60 min.

60 x = 5
5 min. spaces are gained in min.
55 5 min 5 11
5
Required time = 5min. past 7.
11
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7. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
A 4 5 4 7
min. past 5 B. min. past 5
. 3 11 3 11
D
C.40 min. past 5 45 min. past 5
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

At 5 o'clock, the hands are 25 min. spaces apart.

To be at right angles and that too between 5.30 and 6, the minute hand has to gain (25 + 15) =
40 min. spaces.

55 min. spaces are gained in 60 min.

6
7
0
40 min. spaces are gained in x 40 =43 min.
5 min 1
5 1
 7
Required time = 43min. past 5.
11
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8. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:
A
0º B.10º
.
D
C.5º 20º
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

36
Angle traced by hour hand 13 13
hrs = 0 x º= 130º.
in
3 12 3
Angle traced by min. hand in 20 min. 360
x 20 º= 120º.
= 60
Required angle = (130 - 120)º = 10º.

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9. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
A 51
º B.64º
. 82
61 D 71
C. º º
72 . 22
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

2 2
Angle traced by hour hand 360 1
1 hrs = x 1 º=157 º
in
4 12 4 2
36
Angle traced by min. hand in 15 min.
0 x 15 º= 90º.
=
60
1 1
Required angle = 157 º- 90º = 67 º
2 2
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10. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:
 A
120° B.125°
.
D
C.130° 135°
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs. = 360°.

1
Angle traced by it 11 360
hrs = x 1 °= 110°.
in
3 12 3
Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min. = 360°.

36
Angle traced by it in 40 min.
0 x 40 °= 240°.
=
60
Required angle (240 - 110)° = 130°.
11. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
A
22 B.24
.
D
C.44 48
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In 12 hours, they are at right angles 22 times.

In 24 hours, they are at right angles 44 times.

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12. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, is:
A
80º B.75º
.
D
C.60º 105º
.
Answer & Explanation
 Answer: Option B

Explanation:

1 1
Angle traced by hour hand 360
7 hrs = x 7 º= 255.
in
2 12 2
36
Angle traced by min. hand in 30 min. = 0 x 30 º= 180.
60
Required angle = (255 - 180)º = 75º.

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13. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
A
20 B.22
.
D
C.24 48
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The hands of a clock point in opposite directions (in the same straight line) 11 times in every
12 hours. (Because between 5 and 7 they point in opposite directions at 6 o'clcok only).

So, in a day, the hands point in the opposite directions 22 times.

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14. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite directions?
A
45 min. past 4 B.40 min. past 4
.
5 4 D 5 6
C. min. past 4 min. past 4
0 11 . 4 11
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

At 4 o'clock, the hands of the watch are 20 min. spaces apart.

 To be in opposite directions, they must be 30 min. spaces apart.

Minute hand will have to gain 50 min. spaces.

55 min. spaces are gained in 60 min.

60 6
x
50 min. spaces are gained in 1 min.
55 50 min. or 54
1
6
Required time = 54min. past 4.
11
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15. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of a watch be together?
A
45 min. past 9 B.50 min. past 9
.
4 1 D 4 2
C. min. past 9 min. past 9
9 11 . 8 11
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

To be together between 9 and 10 o'clock, the minute hand has to gain 45 min. spaces.

55 min. spaces gained in 60 min.

60 1
45 min. spaces are gained in x 45 1 min.
55 min or 49 1
1
The hands are together at 49 min. past 9.
11
16. At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide
each other?
1
A 1 4
51" B. "
. 2 11
1
1 4 D 1 4
C. " "
3 11 . 6 11
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D
 Explanation:

At 3 o'clock, the minute hand is 15 min. spaces apart from the hour hand.

To be coincident, it must gain 15 min. spaces.

55 min. are gained in 60 min.

60 4
15 min. are gained
x 15 =16 1 min.
in 55 min 1
4
The hands are coincident at 16 min. past 3.
11
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17. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

A
20 B.21
.
D
C.22 24
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The hands of a clock coincide 11 times in every 12 hours (Since between 11 and 1, they
coincide only once, i.e., at 12 o'clock).

AM

12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55

PM
 12:00
1:05
2:11
3:16
4:22
5:27
6:33
7:38
8:44
9:49
10:55

The hands overlap about every 65 minutes, not every 60 minutes.

The hands coincide 22 times in a day.

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18. How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?

A
22 B.24
.
D
C.44 48
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In 12 hours, the hands coincide or are in opposite direction 22 times.

In 24 hours, the hands coincide or are in opposite direction 44 times a day.

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19. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec fast
at 2 p.m. on the following Monday. When was it correct?
A
2 p.m. on Tuesday B.2 p.m. on Wednesday
.
D
C.3 p.m. on Thursday 1 p.m. on Friday
.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B
Explanation:

Time from 12 p.m. on Monday to 2 p.m. on the following Monday = 7 days 2 hours = 170
hours.

3
4
The watch gains 2 + 4 or 4 min. in 170 hrs.
5 min. 5
3
Now, 4 min. are gained in 170 hrs.
5
5 x
2 min. are gained in 170 x = 50 hrs.
34 2 hrs
Watch is correct 2 days 2 hrs. after 12 p.m. on Monday i.e., it will be correct at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday.