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 Clock, Calendars & Logs Online Assignment -02
1 At what time between 4 and 5 will the hands of a watch point in the opposite direction?

4 5 6 6
1. 54 min past 4 2. 54 min past 4 3. 55 min past 4 4. 54 min past 4
11 11 11 11

2 At what time between 9 and 10 p. m will the hands of a clock be coincident?

1 5 3 4
1. 49 min past 9 2. 49 min past 9 3. 49 min past 9 4. 47 min past 9
11 11 11 11

3. At what time between 1.30 p. m and 2 p.m. will both the hands of a clock be at right angles.

5 6 7 5
1. 54 min past 1 2. 54 min past 1 3. 54 min past 1 4. 55 min past 1
11 11 11 11

4. The hands of a clock coincide after every 64 minutes of correct time. How much does the clock gain
or lose in 24 hours.

5 1 8 6
1. 30 min fast 2. 32 min fast 3. 32 min fast 4. 30 min fast
16 2 11 41

5. An astronomical clock has its dial divided into 24 divisions instead of 12, and the small hand goes
round in 24 hours, the large hand going round once every hour. The 24th hour is noon. Find when the
hands are at right angles between 24 and 1.

15 13 10 16
1. 15 min past 24 2. 15 min past 24 3. 15 min past 24 4. 15 min past 24
23 20 14 20
6. A man goes out in between 5 p. m and 6 p. m. When he comes back between 6 p. m and 7 p. m, he
observes that the two hands of a clock have interchanged their position. When did the man go out?

4 3 5 4
1. 33 min past 5 2. 30 min past 5 3. 32 min past 5 4. 32 min past 5
11 11 11 13
7. When the hands of a clock show 5 o’clock, the angle between them is –

1. 1800 2. 1500 3. 1400 4. 1600

8. In two hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through an angle of

1. 7600 2. 7400 3. 7200 4. 7300

9. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 min. in 24 hrs. What will be the true time when the
clock indicates 10 p.m. on the 4th day?

1. 11 pm 2. 10 pm 3. 12 pm 4. 8 pm

2
10. A watch which gains uniformly is 6 minutes slow at 4 pm on a Sunday and 10 minutes fast on the
3
following Sunday at 8 a. m. During this period when (Day and Time) was the watch correct?

1. Thursday morning at 1: 16 am 2. Tuesday morning at 1: 46 am

3. Sunday morning at 1: 26 am 4. Wednesday morning at 1: 36 am
 Answer key & Explanations

Q No. Key Explanation

1. 4 12
Between x and (x + 1) O’clock, the 2 hands are in opposite directions at (5x + 30) min past x.
11
12
So between 4 and 5, 2 hands will be in opposite directions at (5  4 + 30)
11
12 600 6
= (50)   54 min past 4.
11 11 11
2. 1 12 540
Between 9 and 10 PM, hands of a clock will be together at 5  9  min past 9 i.e.
11 11
1
= 49 min past 9.
11
3. Between 1.30 and 2.00 ’o clock the hands of the clock will be at right angle, when the minute hand would
2
reach at the 10 mark, assuming the hour hand to be fixed at 1.00 pm.
Now you simply have to calculate that starting from 12 i.e. exactly at 1.00 pm.
After what time the minute hand will gain 50 minutes.
60 6
It gains 55 minutes in 60 minutes and thus it will gain 50 minutes in 50  = 54 minutes.
55 11

6
Thus 54 min. past 1’o clock they will be making a right angle and this is the answer.
11

4. 3 60 5
60 min are gained in  60  65 min.
55 11
But they are together after 64 min.
5 5 16
 Gain in 64 min = 65  64  1  min.
11 11 11
16 24  60 8
 Gain in 24 hrs =   32 min.
11 64 11
5. 1 Now, the hour hand covers 360  24
= 15 degrees in 60 min.
1 360
 In 1 min. it covers degrees and minute hand covers = 6 degrees in 1 min.
4 60
3
Relative speed of the minute hand is 5 degrees per min.
4
4 360 15
Minute has to cover 90 degrees to make a right angle so it will take 90  = = 15 min. past 24.
23 23 23
6. 4 60 60 360
When the two hands interchange their position, it is always after a gap of min or 6  = degrees.
13 13 13

If it a one–hour gap or a multiple of this.

Now at 5’o clock, hour hand is 5  30 = 150 degrees ahead of the minute hand.
360 2310
 Minute hand has to gain 150 degrees + degrees = degrees.
13 13

1 2310 2310 2 4
Minute hand gains 5 degrees in 1 min. it will gain degrees in  = 32 minutes past 5’o
2 13 13 11 13
clock.

7. 2 Required angle will be 30  5 = 150º, because between 12 and 5 there are 5 hours and each hour
= 30º.
8. In 2 hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through an angle of 2  360 = 720.
3
9. 1 From 5 am on 1st day to 10 pm on 4th day is total 89 hours.
When a clock loses 16 min, then 23 hours 44 min. of this clock are the same as 24 hours of correct clock i.e.
356
hours of this clock = 24 hours of correct clock.
15
  24  15 
89 hours of this clock =   89  hours of correct clock = 90 hours of correct clock
 356 
The correct time is 11 pm.
10. 4 Number of hours between 4 pm on Sunday to 8 am next Sunday = 160
 32  50
 The clock gains  6   min i.e. min in 160 hrs.
 3  3
3 288
So the watch gains only 6 min in 160   6  = 57 hrs 36 min.
50 5
Thus the watch was correct at 1.36 am on Wednesday.