Clock MCQs

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

180o

Answer

144o

Answer

150o

Answer

168o

Question 2

The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:

Accepted Answer

$${	ext{197}}{\frac{1}{2}^ \circ }$$

Answer

180o

Answer

$${	ext{192}}{\frac{1}{2}^ \circ }$$

Answer

195o

Question 3

A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:

Accepted Answer

155o

Answer

145o

Answer

150o

Answer

160o

Question 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:

Accepted Answer

4 p.m.

Answer

$$59\frac{7}{{12}}$$ min. past 3

Answer

$$58\frac{7}{{11}}$$ min. past 3

Answer

$$2\frac{3}{{11}}$$ min. past 4

Question 5

How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?

Accepted Answer

$$32\frac{8}{{11}}$$ min.

Answer

$$36\frac{5}{{11}}$$ min.

Answer

90 min.

Answer

96 min.

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

$$5\frac{5}{{11}}$$ min. past 7

Answer

5 min. past 7

Answer

$$5\frac{2}{{11}}$$ min. past 7

Answer

$$5\frac{3}{{11}}$$ min. past 7

Question 7

At what time between 5:30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?

Accepted Answer

$$43\frac{7}{{11}}$$ min. past 5

Answer

$$43\frac{5}{{11}}$$ min. past 5

Answer

40 min. past 5

Answer

45 min. past 5

Question 8

The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4:20, is:

Accepted Answer

10o

Answer

0o

Answer

5o

Answer

20o

Question 9

At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?

Accepted Answer

$$67{\frac{1}{2}^ \circ }$$

Answer

$$58{\frac{1}{2}^ \circ }$$

Answer

$${64^ \circ }$$

Answer

$$72{\frac{1}{2}^ \circ }$$