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Clock
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Question 1:
There is a clock which loses 5 minutes after every hour. It
shows correct time at 9 o clock on Wednesday on 1st
September. Among the following options, when will it show the
correct time of 9 o clock again?
a) Friday,10th September
b) Tuesday,14th September
c) Monday, 13th September
d) Monday, 6th September
Question 2:
Ram has a digital watch that shows time in a 24 hour format.
The time on the watch is 4:56. How many minutes will pass
before the watch next shows a time with digits in an ascending
order from left to right?
a) 71
b) 459
c) 457
d) 458
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Question 3:
X, Y and Z ran a 50 m race. The time taken by X was recorded
by watch W1 and the time taken by Y and Z was recorded by
watch W2. The time taken by X, Y and Z to complete the race
according to the respective watches used was 5, 6 and 3
seconds respectively. W2 is a faulty clock and loses time
uniformly. If X beats Y by 10 m, what was the speed of Z
during the race?
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b) 96
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d) 56
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Question 4:
In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third
time exactly after every 3 hr 18 min and 15s of normal time.
What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one day?
a) 14 min 10 s lost
b) 13 min 48 s lost
c) 13 min 20 s gained
d) 14 min 40 s gained
Question 5:
In a clock having a circular scale of twelve hours, when time
changes from 7:45 A.M. to 7:47 A.M., by how many degrees
the angle formed by the hour hand and minute hand changes?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 15
e)None of these
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Solutions:
1) Answer (C)
Since the watch has to show correct time as 9, when it looses
12 hours.
Time taken to lose 5 minutes = 1 hour.
Time taken to lose 12 hours = 12*60/5 = 144 hours = 6days
Starting from Wednesday, after 6 days it would be Tuesday 7th
September.
After Tuesday 7th September, Monday (13 th September)
would occur after further 6 days.
2) Answer (D)
LThe digits on the clock will be in an ascending order from left
to right at 12:34.
So, the required time difference will be 7*60 + 4 + 34 = 458
minutes.
3) Answer (C)
Speed of X = 50/5 = 10 m/s
Speed of Y = 40/5 = 8 m/s
Time taken by Y to finish the race = 50/8 = 6.25 s
It is now known that the faulty clock lost time and has shown 6s
instead of 6.25s for Y.
Similarly the time taken by Z = 3 * 6.25/6 = 3.125s
Speed of Z = 50/3.125 = 16 m/s.
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4 Answer (B)
In a normal watch, the minute hand crosses the hour's hand
after every 1 hour 5 minutes and 27 seconds.
So, the third time the hour's hand crosses the minute's hand is
after 3 hours 16 minutes and 21 seconds.
In this watch, the time taken for this to happen is 3 hours 18
minutes and 15 seconds.
Hence, the watch loses 1 minute and 54 seconds after every 3
hours 18 minutes and 15 seconds.
18 minutes and 15 seconds = 1095 seconds = 1095/3600 ≈≈
.304 hours.
=> 3 hours 18 minutes and 15 seconds = 3.304 hours
So, time lost in a day is
So, the time lost by the watch in a day is approximately equal
to 13 minutes and 48 seconds.
5) Answer (B)
In 1 hour
and in 1 minute
Similarly, angle covered by minute hand in 1 hour = 360°
In 1 minute =
=> Every minute, the angle between the two hands changes
by
From 7:45 A.M. to 7:47 A.M.,i.e. in 2 minutes the angle
between the two hands will change by
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