Multiple choice

A 12 dial clock has its minute hand defective.Whenever it touches dial 12, it immediately falls down to 6 instead of running smoothly (the hour hand remains unaffected during that fall). It was set right at 12 '0' clock in the noon. In a period of 12 hours how many times hours hand and minutes hand of a clock are in a straight line facing the opposite direction ?

  1. $22$ times
  2. $11$ times
  3. $12$ times
  4. $24$ times
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B Correct answer