Top 100 Aptitude Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

Clock Problems with Solutions

Q.71. 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) min. past 7

(B)  5 min. past 7

(C) min. past 7

(D)   min. past 7

Q.72. 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) 150°

(B) 144°

(C) 180°

(D) 168°

Q.73. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?

(A) min. past 5

(B) min. past 5

(C) 45 min. past 5

(D) 40 min. past 5

Q.74. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:

(A)

(B) 180⁰ 

(C)

(D) 195°

Q.75. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:

(A) 10°

(B) 0°

(C) 20°

(D) 5°

Q.76. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:

(A) 150°

(B) 145°

(C) 160°

(D) 155°

Q.77. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?

(A) 64⁰

(B)

(C)  

(D)

Q.78. 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) 4 p.m.

(B) min. past 3

(C) min. past 4

(D) min. past 3

Q.79.At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:

(A) 125°

(B) 120°

(C) 135°

(D) 130°

Q.80. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?

(A) min

(B)   min

(C) 96 min.

(D) 90 min.