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Questions Related to measuring time

At what time, between twelve o'clock and one o'clock, will the hands of the clock overlap again?

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  1. 12 hours $\displaystyle 50 \frac{2}{11}$ minutes

  2. 12 hours 45 minutes

  3. 12 hours 59 minutes

  4. Never happen

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

At twelve o'clock, the 2 hands are overlapping. 
As the minutes pass, the minutes hand moves farther away from the hours hand.
Therefore, between twelve o'clock and 1 o'clock, the hands will not overlap again.

A watch showed five past five on Wednesday evening when the correct time was 5:00 p.m. It loses uniformly, and was 5 minutes slow after two days at 7:00 p.m. When did the watch show the correct time?

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  1. Thursday 6:00 a.m.

  2. Thursday 6:00 p.m.

  3. Thursday 6:30 p.m.

  4. Thursday 5:00 a.m.

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since the watch was 5 minutes fast on Wednesday evening, 5:00 p.m. and was 5 minutes slow after two days at 7:00 p.m., the correct time would be at the mid point of these 2 times.
Time difference=(24+24+2)50 hours,
So the right time will be 25 hours past 5 p.m. Wednesday,
I.e, 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

A clock gains 10 minutes in 2 hours. It is set right at 10:I0 a.m. When the clock shows 4:40 p.m. on the same day, what is the correct time?

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  1. 4.54 p.m.

  2. 5.00 p.m.

  3. 5.10 p.m.

  4. 4.10 p.m.

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Let the hours passed be x,
time difference as per clock=5hrs and 30mins 
actual time=x*60+x*5=330,
x=5 hrs,
actual time=4:10

A  certain $12$-hour digital clock displays the hour and minute of a day. Due to a defect in the clock whenever the digit $1$ is supposed to be displayed it displays $7$. What fraction of the day will the clock show the correct time?

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  1. $\displaystyle \frac {1} {2} $

  2. $\displaystyle \frac {5} {8} $

  3. $\displaystyle \frac {3} {4} $

  4. $\displaystyle \frac {5} {6} $

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The clock will show 1 in an hour for 19 time for 11 hours it will show the incorrect time for $(19 \times 11)$ time. The last 12th hour will always show the in correct time so total in correct time.

$(19 \times 11 + 60)$ min = $269$ min

there are $24$ hours in a day to $ = 269 \times 2 = 538 $ min

$538$ min = $\displaystyle \frac {269} {30} = 9 $ hours

the fraction day when the clock shows the correct time is $\displaystyle = 1 - \frac {9} {24} $

                                                                                                 $\displaystyle = 1 - \frac {3} {8} = \frac {5} {8}$

There are two clocks, both set to show correct time at 9:00 a.m. One clock loses 1 minute every hour, and the other gains 1 minute every hour. By how many minutes do they differ at 10:00 p.m. on the same day?

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  1. 24 minutes

  2. 30 minutes

  3. 28 minutes

  4. 26 minutes

  5. 13 minutes

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

After each hour, the difference between clocks will increase by 2 minutes.
At 10 p.m., hours passed=13,
Difference=13*2=26 minutes.

Imagine a clock where the hour hand makes only one revolution in 1 day (i.e., 24 hours) whereas the minute hand completes one revolution in 1 hour. What is the angle between the two hands at 14:50 hours as per this clock?

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  1. 90$^o$

  2. 120$^o$

  3. 77.5$^o$

  4. 162.5$^o$

  5. None

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

14:50 in the current clock would be indicated by the hour hand a little before midway of 7 and 8 and minute hand would be on 10.

A clock strikes once at one o'clock, twice at two o'clock, thrice at three o'clock, and so on. How many times, in total, will it strike in 24 hours?

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  1. 144

  2. 288

  3. 300

  4. 156

  5. 72

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Clock strikes the same number of times as the hour that it is in, i.e, once at 1. 
The hours on the clock range from 1 to 12.
In a span of 24 hours, it will complete the cycle twice.
number of times it strikes=2(1+2+...12)
=156

How many times do the hands of a clock make an angle of 90$^o$ in 36 hours?

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  1. 11

  2. 22

  3. 44

  4. 72

  5. 66

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

If you switch to a rotating coordinate system in which the hour hand stands still, then the minute hand makes only 11 revolutions, and so it is at right angles with the hour hand 22 times. In 36 hours, you get 322=66.

A clock runs 6 minutes slow per day. By what percentage is it running slow?

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  1. 6

  2. 1/10

  3. 12/5

  4. 5/12

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$The\quad clock\quad is\quad running\quad 6\quad minutes\quad slow\quad in\quad 1\quad day,\ %\quad of\quad time\quad lost=\frac { 6 }{ 24*60 } *100=\frac { 5 }{ 12 }%$

What is the angle between the $2$ hands of the clock at $8:24$ pm?

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  1. $\displaystyle 100^{\circ}$

  2. $\displaystyle 107^{\circ}$

  3. $\displaystyle 106^{\circ}$

  4. $\displaystyle 108^{\circ}$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Required angle = 240 - 24 $\displaystyle \times $ (11/2)
                        = 240 - 132 = $\displaystyle 108^{\circ}$