Clocks – Practice Questions

By Subhash V
Ph: 9666656650
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01. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
a) 22 b) 24 c) 44 d) 48
02. What is the angle between the hands of the clock 4 : 20?
a) 2300 b) 100 c) 560 d) 1100
03. At what time between 6 and 7 will the hands be perpendicular?
1 1 1 1
a) 49 min b) 54 min c) 47 min d) 41 min
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04. At what time between 4 and 3 O’clock will the hands of a clock be together?
1 1 4
a) 59 min b) 54 min c) 16 min d) None
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05. A clock loses 5 minutes for every hour and another gains 5 minutes every hour. If they are set correct at 10 am on Monday
then when will they be 12 hours apart?
a) 10 am on Friday b) 10 am on Thursday c) 10 am on Wednesday d) 10 am on Tuesday
06. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
8 5
a) 32 min b) 36 min c) 90 min d) 96 min
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07. If the hands of a clock coincide every 65 minutes, how much time does the clock gain or lose in 12 hours?
5 10 5 5
a) 5 min b) 5 min c) 5 min d) 4 min
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08. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
a) 58 ½O b) 64O c) 67 ½O d) 72 ½O
09. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 10 : 10?
a) 1000 b) 1100 c) 1150 d) 1200
10. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the clock shows 8.40 pm?
a) 200 b) 100 c) 150 d) 300
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11. What is the time when the angle between two hands of the clock is 60 and the time is between 4’O clock and 5’O clock?
8 10 10
a) 4hrs 32 min b) 4hrs 10 min c) 4hrs 57 min d) Both (a) & (b)
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12. What is the actual time if the time shown by the watch in a mirror is 3.20?
a) 9.40 b) 8.20 c) 8.40 d) 9.20
13. At what time between 4’o clock and 5’o clock will the minute hand and hour hand coincide?
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a) 4.21 b) 4.20 c) 4.22 ½ d) Never happens
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14. Find the time between 2 and 3’o clock at which the minute hand and the hour hand overlap?
10 11 12 10
a) 10 min past 2 b) 10 min past 2 c) 10 min past 2 d) 11 min past 2
11 12 10 12
15. At what time between 8 and 9’o clock will the hands of a clock together?
7 10 8 8
a) 8 hr 43 b) 9 hr 43 min c) 8 hr 22 min d) 9hr 22 min
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16. At what time between 12 and 1’o clock will the hands of a clock together?
5 2 1
a) 12 hr 5 min b) 12 hr 2 min c) 12 hr 1 min d) Never happens
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17. At what time between 2 and 3’o clock will the hands of a clock opposite to each other?
7 7 7
a) 8 hr 43 min b) 9 hr 43 min c) 2 hr 43 min d) None
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18. At what time between 6 and 7’o clock will the hands of a clock opposite to each other?
1 2
a) 6 hr 111 min b) 6 hr 211 min c) 12 hr 5 min d) None
19. At what time between 10 and 11’o clock will the hands of a clock opposite to each other?
9 11 9
a) 11 hr 2111 min b) 10 hr 21 9 min c) 10 hr 2111 min d) None
20. At what time between 5 and 6’o clock will the hands of a clock right angle to each other?
10 9 7
a) 5 hr 1011 min b) 2 hr 2111 min c) 5 hr 4311 min d) Both a & c
21. At what time between 1 and 2’o clock will the hands of a clock right angle to each other?
6 9 7
a) 1hr 5411 min b) 1hr 2111 min c) 1 hr 4311 min d) Both a & b
22. At what time between 2 and 3’o clock will the hands of a clock right angle to each other?
10 3
a) 2hr 10 11 min b) 2 hr 2711 min c) 2’o clock d) Both b & c
23. At what time between 6 and 6:30 will the hands of a clock right angle to each other?
2 4
a) 6 hr 4811 min b) 6 hr 1611 min c) 6:20 d) Never happen
24. How many times both the hands(min & hr) meets together in 12hrs?
a) 13 b) 12 c) 11 d) 10
25. Speed of minute hand is…..
a) ½O per min b) 3/2 O per min c) 6O per min d) 10O per min
26. Speed of hour hand is…..
a) 6O per min b) ½O per min c) 3/2 O per min d) 5O per min
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Key: 1.c 2.b 3.a 4.c 5.b 6.a 7.c 8.c 9. c 10. a 11. d 12. c 13. a
14. a 15. a 16. d 17. c 18. d 19. c 20. d 21. b 22. b 23. b 24. c 25. c 26. b
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 Cubes – Practice Questions
By Subhash V
Ph: 9666656650
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01. A cube is cut into 64 equal cubes. Now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cubes are removed. Now the
whole thing is painted black. No of cubes which are not painted?
a) 64 b) 8 c) 26 d) 16
02. A cube is cut into 64 equal cubes. Now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cubes are removed. Now the
whole thing is painted black. No of cubes which are painted 1 face?
a) 2 b) 8 c) 0 d) 32
03. A cube is cut into 64 equal cubes. Now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cubes are removed. Now the
whole thing is painted black. No of cubes which are painted 2 faces?
a) 0 b) 48 c) 2 d) 1
04. A cube is cut into 64 equal cubes. Now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cubes are removed. Now the
whole thing is painted black. No of cubes which are painted 3 faces?
a) 36 b) 24 c) 16 d) 28
05. A cube is cut into 64 equal cubes. Now from each side of the original cube, 2nd and 3rd small cubes are removed. Now the
whole thing is painted black. No of cubes which are painted in more than 3 faces
a) 16 b) 32 c) 24 d) 8
06. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 24 identical pieces?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 4 d) 12
07. 64 smaller identical cubes are arranged to form a larger cube. How many such smaller identical cubes are required to cover
this larger cube?
a) 96 b) 125 c) 61 d) 152
08. A cube is cut parallel to one face by 12 cuts (such that all the resulting pieces are identical). What is the maximum number of
identical pieces that can be obtained by now making 3 more cuts in any direction?
a) 110 b) 136 c) 104 d) 156
09. What is the minimum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 5 cuts?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 18 d) 25
10. What is the maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 13 cuts?
a) 125 b) 136 c) 150 d) 96
11. A cube measuring 5cm each edge has been cut into 125 small but identical cubes. A painter estimated that 16 litres of paint
will be required to paint all the faces of the original cube. How much paint is required to paint all the faces of all the smaller
cubes?
a) 80liters b) 85liters c) 90liters d) Cannot be determined
12. A cube is painted on all its faces with red colour. This cube is now cut into 125 smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes
with only one face painted red?
a) 8 b) 27 c) 36 d) 54
13. A cube is painted on all its faces with red colour. This cube is now cut into 125 smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes
with only two face painted red?
a) 8 b) 27 c) 36 d) 54
14. A cube is painted on all its faces with red colour. This cube is now cut into 125 smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes
with three face painted red?
a) 8 b) 27 c) 36 d) 54
15. A cube is painted on all its faces with red colour. This cube is now cut into 125 smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes
with no face painted red?
a) 8 b) 27 c) 36 d) 54
16. A cube is painted on three pairs of opposite faces with same colour Red, Blue and Green. This cube is now cut into 216
smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes with no blue paint at all?
a) 150 b) 144 c) 72 d) 180
17. A cube is painted on three pairs of opposite faces with same colour Red, Blue and Green. This cube is now cut into 216
smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes with at least two different colours on their faces?
a) 48 b) 52 c) 56 d) 64
18. A cube is painted on three pairs of opposite faces with same colour Red, Blue and Green. This cube is now cut into 216
smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes with only blue or only green on their faces?
a) 144 b) 32 c) 64 d) 72
19. A cube is painted on three pairs of opposite faces with same colour Red, Blue and Green. This cube is now cut into 216
smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes with only blue and green on their faces?
a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 24
20. A cube is painted on three pairs of opposite faces with same colour Red, Blue and Green. This cube is now cut into 216
smaller identical cubes. The number of cubes with blue and green on their faces?
a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 24
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Key: 1.b 2.c 3.a 4.b 5.d 6.a 7. d 8. d 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. d 13. c
14. a 15. b 16. b 17. c 18. c 19. c 20. d
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