CLOCKS – QUESTIONS:

1. A clock was 7 minutes behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on Wednesday and 8 minutes
ahead of actual time on 4 p.m. Friday. When will it show the correct time?
a) 1:51pm on Thursday

b) 2:36 pm on Thursday.

c) 5:30 pm on Thursday

d) None of these

2. A wall clock loses 10 minutes every 1 hour. In 1 hour by the wall clock, a table clock gets
10 minutes ahead of it. In 1 hour by the table clock an alarm clock falls 5 minutes behind it.
In 1 hour of the alarm clock, a wristwatch gets 5 minutes ahead it. At noon, all 4 timepieces
were set correctly. To the nearest minutes, what time will the wrist show when the correct
time is 6 p.m. on the same day?
a) 5.47 pm
2
b) 6.48 pm
3
c) 4.46 pm
4
d) 6.24 pm
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3. A watch gains 12 seconds every 3 hours, what time will it show at 10 A.M. on Tuesday if
the watch is set right at 3 A.M. on Sunday?

a) 09 hrs 58 minutes
2
b) 09 hrs 57 minutes 8 seconds
3
c) 10 hrs 2 minutes

d) 10 hrs 3 minutes 40 seconds

4. For each hour a watch is going slow by 30 seconds. Now the time is 8 a.m., when the clock
is set right. What will be the time in watch when the actual time is 8 p.m.?
a) 7:48 PM

b) 7:54 PM
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c) 7:52 PM4
d) None of the above

5. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30?
a) 60

b) 65

c) 70

d) 75

6. Sometime after 10:00 PM a murder took place. A witness claimed that the clock must have
stopped at the time of the shooting. It was later found that the positions of both the hands
were the same but their positions had interchanged. Tell the time of the shooting (both actual
and claimed).
a) 10:50, 11:55

b) 10:55, 11:55

c) 10:55, 11:50

d) 11:00, 12:05

7. The quarter of the time from midnight to present time added to the half of the time from
the present to midnight gives the present time. What is the present time?
a) 10.30 pm

b) 9.36 pm
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c) 10. 30 am

d) 9.36 am

8. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north-east. In
which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 p.m?
a) North

b) South

c) East

d) West
9. Three clocks were set to true time. First runs with the exact time. Second slows one
minute/day. Third gains one minute/day. After how many days will they show true time
again?
a) 360

b) 180

c) 720
d) 480

10. At 6'O clock, clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last tick was 30sec. How
much time it takes at 12'O clock?
a) 72 seconds

b) 66 seconds

c) 60 seconds

d) 12 seconds

11. 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) 58(7/11) min past 3

b) 59(7/12) min past 3

c) 4 p.m.

d) 2(3/11) min past 4

12. At what time between 5 and 6 o'clock are the hands of a clock 3 min apart?
a) 350/11 min. past 5

b) 352/11 min. past 5

c) 336/11 min. past 5

d) 346/11 min. past 6

13. When the actual time pass 1hr wall clock is 10 min behind it. When 1 hr is shown by wall
clock, table clock shows 10 min ahead of it. When table clock shows 1 hr the alarm clock
goes 5min behind it. When alarm clock goes 1 hr wrist watch is 5 min ahead of it assuming
that all clocks are correct with actual time at 12 noon, what will be time shown by wrist
watch after 6 hr?
a) 5:47
2
b) 6:00
3
c) 5:55
4
d) 6:05

14. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how
many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?
a) 30 minutes

b) 25 minutes

c) 28 minutes

d) 34 minutes

15. A clock with only dot markings 3, 6, 9 and 12 positions has been kept upside down in
front of a mirror. A person reads the time in the reflections of the clock as 12 : 30 the actual
that will be 
(A) 6 O’ clock

(B) 03 : 45

(C) 12 O’clock

(D) 12 : 30

16.  What is the measure of the angle formed by the hour and minute hand when the time to
10' O clock? 
(A) 30°

(B) 45°

(C) 60°

(D) 90°

17. Time in a clock is 3 : 13, what time will be appear in water ? 

(A) 3 : 17

(B) 2 : 17

(C) 3 : 23

(D) 2 : 13

 
18. If the clock read 6:20 and if the minute hand point North-East, in which direction will the
hour hand point 
(A) East

(B) North-West

(C) West
(D) South-East

19. A clock only with only dots marking 3, 6, 9 and 12 positions has been kept upside down
in front of mirror. A person reads the time in the reflection of the clock as 4.50. What is the
actual time? 
(A) 08 : 10

(B) 01 : 40

(C) 04 : 50

(D) 10 : 20

20. At what approximate time between 4 and 5 am will the hands of a clock be at right
angle ?
(A) 4 : 35 am

(B) 4 : 39 am

(C) 4 : 40 am

(D) 4 : 38 am

21. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in
direction?
(A) 18

(B) 22

(C) 26

(D) 28

22. 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) 3 p.m.

(B) 4 p.m.

(C) 5 p.m.

(D) 6 p.m.

23. An accurate clock shows 8 o’clock in the morning. Through how many degrees will the
hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o’clock in the afternoon?
(A) 1460
(B) 1580
(C) 1750
(D) 1800
24.The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, is:
(A) 600
(B) 750
(C) 850
(D) 900

25. How many times do the hand of a clock coincide in day?

(B) 20

(C) 22

(D) 24

26. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
(A) 24

(B) 34

(C) 44

(D) 54

27. 14.A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the
true time when the clock indicates 10 p.m. on 4th day?
(A) 12 p.m.

(B)  10 p.m.

(C) 9 p.m.

(D) 11 p.m.

28. At 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

(C) 3 p.m. on Monday

(D) 1 p.m. on Thursday 

29. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through 
(A) 1400
(B) 1450
(C) 1550
(D) 1750

30. At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:
(A) 1150
(B) 1250
(C) 1300
(D) 1500