Clock MCQs : This section focuses on the "Clock". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Clock skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, is:
A. 80°
B. 75°
C. 60°
D. 105°
Question 2
A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
A. 145°
B. 150°
C. 155°
D. 160°
Question 3
The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:
A. 0°
B. 10°
C. 5°
D. 20°
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:
A. 59 7/12 min. past 3
B. 4 p.m.
C. 58 7/11 min. past 3
D. 2 3/11 min. past 4
Question 5
A 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 Thursday
D. 1 p.m. on Friday
Question 6
How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?
A. 22
B. 24
C. 44
D. 48
Question 7
At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of a watch be together?
A. 45 min. past 9
B. 50 min. past 9
C. 49 1/11 min. past 9
D. 48 2/11 min. past 9
Question 8
The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:
A. 180°
B. 192 1/2°
C. 195°
D. 197 1/2°
Question 9
At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but, not together?
A. 5 min. past 7
B. 5 2/11 min. past 7
C. 5 3/11 min. past 7
D. 5 5/11 min. past 7
Question 10
How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
A. 32 8/11 min.
B. 36 5/11 min.
C. 90 min.
D. 96 min.
Question 11
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?
A. 144°
B. 150°
C. 168°
D. 180°
Question 12
How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
A. 22
B. 24
C. 44
D. 48
Question 13
How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 24
Question 14
At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:
A. 120°
B. 125°
C. 130°
D. 135°
Question 15
At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
A. 58 1/2°
B. 64°
C. 67 1/2°
D. 72 1/2°
Question 16
At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite directions?
A. 45 min. past 4
B. 40 min. past 4
C. 50 4/11 min. past 4
D. 54 6/11 min. past 4
Question 17
At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide each other?
A. 5 1/11"
B. 12 4/11"
C. 13 4/11"
D. 16 4/11"
Question 18
At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
A. 43 5/11 min. past 5
B. 43 7/11 min. past 5
C. 40 min. past 5
D. 45 min. past 5
Question 19
How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
A. 20
B. 22
C. 24
D. 48