Quantitative Aptitude · Reasoning

Time and Clocks

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Time and clocks problems evaluate quantitative aptitude by testing concepts on clock gains, losses, and relative speeds of hands. Questions also cover global time zones and standard time calculations. These logical reasoning topics frequently appear in SSC and banking exams.

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Time and Clocks Questions

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

Marry put a roast in the oven at $2:45$ P.M. She cooked the roast for $3$ hours $48$ minutes. What time did Marry take the roast out of the oven?

  1. $5:36$ P.M.
  2. $6:21$ P.M.
  3. $6:33$ P.M.
  4. $7:30$ P.M.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This question becomes simply the question of addition and substraction of time.
$ \therefore $ $2: 45 + 3:48$ = $6:33 $

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

Write following $24$ hour times into $12$ hour times.
$12:00$

  1. $12:00$ am
  2. $12:00$ pm
  3. $12:00$
  4. $0:00$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

For $2$ hours time from $12:00$ to $12:59$ just maark $\text{pm}$ to it to convert it into $12$ hour time.

$12:00=12:00$ pm
Hence, option B is correct.

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

At 4.24 pm, how many degrees has the hour hand of a clock moved from its position at noon ?

  1. $132^{\circ}$
  2. $135^{\circ}$
  3. $140^{\circ}$
  4. $145^{\circ}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The amount of degrees moved by the hour clock $=$
$=\dfrac{360}{12}(4+\dfrac{24}{60})$
$=120+12=132^\circ$

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

The hands of a clock coincide after every  $66$  minutes of correct time. How much is the clock fast or slow in  $24$  hours?

  1. $12 \frac { 108 } { 121 }$
  2. $11 \frac { 109 } { 121 }$
  3. $Both (A) \& (B)$

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The angle between $2$ successive numbers in the clock is $\dfrac{360}{12}=30^{\circ}$

The angle between successive dots is $\dfrac{360}{60}=6^{\circ}$
For one rotation of minutes hand hours hand rotates by $30^{\circ}$
$\implies $ For increase in $1$ minute there is increase of $\dfrac{1}{2}^{\circ}$ for hours hand
Net decrease For $1$ min is $\dfrac{11}{2}^{\circ}$
For $x$ min the decrease must be $30^{\circ}$
$\implies x=\dfrac{60}{11}$
So the hands to co incide again it takes $60+\dfrac{60}{11}\implies 65\dfrac{5}{11}$ min
The clock shows $\dfrac{6}{11}$ min error for $66$ min

The clock shows $x$ min error for $24\times 60$ 
$\implies x=\dfrac{\dfrac{5}{11}\times24\times60}{11}=11\dfrac{109}{121} $

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

Calculate the time shown on Varun's watch, when the actual time was half past $6$ in the evening.

  1. $5:30$ p.m
  2. $6:55$ p.m
  3. $6:30$ p.m
  4. $5:55$ p.m
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
With minutes 1 – 29, we say it’s past (or after) the hour.

Therefore, half past 6 means

$5:30pm$
Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

Choose the most appropriate option.
The angles between the hands of a clock when the time is $4:25$ am is?

  1. $14.5$ degrees
  2. $12.5$ degrees
  3. $17.5$ degrees
  4. $13.5$ degrees
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The hour hand rotates $0.5^o$ per minute while the minute hand rotates $6^o$ per minute.

At exactly four, the hour hand as completed $240$ minutes $= 120^o$. 

Hence angle between minute and hour hand at that point is $120^o$.

At $4:25,$ the minute hand has moved $25\times 6= 150^o.$

Thus angle between minute hand and $12$(on the clock) is $150^o.$

But at the same time, even the our hand has moved $0.5\times 25= 12.5^o.$

Now, the angle between the hour hand and $12$(on the clock) is $120+12.5=132.5^o$.

Now the angle between the two hands of the clock $=150^o-132.5^o$ 
                                                                                       $ = 17.5^o.$
                                                                       
Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

A person has mistaken the image of a clock in a plain mirror as the clock and read the time as 6:10. What was the correct time?

  1. 6:50

  2. 5:50

  3. 5:10

  4. 7:50

  5. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Assume that there is a line drawn between 12 and 6 on the clock, this can be a line of symmetry.
When we take the mirror image of this clock, the hands that are on the right side of this line will appear equidistant on the left side of the line and vice versa.
The time indicated is 6:10, the hour hand a little after 6 and the minute hand on 2.
Its mirror image will become, the hour hand a little before 6 and the minute hand on 10, i.e, 5:50.

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

A clock, which loses 5 minutes per day, is set to show the correct time at 12 noon on a Sunday. What time does the clock show at 12 noon on the next Sunday?

  1. 11 a.m.

  2. 12 noon

  3. 11.35 a.m.

  4. 11.25 a.m.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The clock loses $5$ minutes per day
in 7 days, time lost $=5 \times 7=35mins$
actual time $=12'o clock$,
time shown $=11:25 a.m.$

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

A clock is set to show the correct time at 11:00 a.m. The clock gains 12 minutes in 12 hours. What will be the correct time when the clock indicates 5:30 p.m. the next day?

  1. 5.00 p.m.

  2. 5.10 p.m.

  3. 5.20 p.m.

  4. 6.00 p.m.

  5. 5.48 a.m.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The clock gains 12 mins in 12 hours,
It will gain 1 min in every 1 hour.
Difference in time the clock indicates=5:30 p.m.-11 a.m. (the next day)
=30.5 hours,
Time gained=30.5/1=30 mins.
Actual time=5 p.m.

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

There are two clocks on a wall, both set right at 10:00 a.m. One clock is losing 2 minutes per hour and the other clock is gaining 3 minutes per hour. If the clock which is losing 2 minutes per hour shows 3:00 p.m. the next day, what time does the clock gaining 3 minutes per hour show?

  1. 5.30 p.m.

  2. 4.00 p.m.

  3. 4.15 p.m.

  4. 5.00 p.m.

  5. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In each hour, the time difference between the 2 clocks will increase by 5mins
time passed $=24+2+3=29hrs$ on clock 1
Real time on clock $1=4 p.m$
difference between 2 clocks=$5*30=150mins$,
time on clock $2=3hrs+2hrs+30mins$
$=5.30 p.m$

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

At what time, between twelve o'clock and one o'clock, will the hands of the clock overlap again?

  1. 12 hours $\displaystyle 50 \frac{2}{11}$ minutes

  2. 12 hours 45 minutes

  3. 12 hours 59 minutes

  4. Never happen

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

At twelve o'clock, the 2 hands are overlapping. 
As the minutes pass, the minutes hand moves farther away from the hours hand.
Therefore, between twelve o'clock and 1 o'clock, the hands will not overlap again.

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

A watch showed five past five on Wednesday evening when the correct time was 5:00 p.m. It loses uniformly, and was 5 minutes slow after two days at 7:00 p.m. When did the watch show the correct time?

  1. Thursday 6:00 a.m.

  2. Thursday 6:00 p.m.

  3. Thursday 6:30 p.m.

  4. Thursday 5:00 a.m.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Since the watch was 5 minutes fast on Wednesday evening, 5:00 p.m. and was 5 minutes slow after two days at 7:00 p.m., the correct time would be at the mid point of these 2 times.
Time difference=(24+24+2)50 hours,
So the right time will be 25 hours past 5 p.m. Wednesday,
I.e, 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Multiple choice maths measuring time time in 24 hour clock time difference time

A clock gains 10 minutes in 2 hours. It is set right at 10:I0 a.m. When the clock shows 4:40 p.m. on the same day, what is the correct time?

  1. 4.54 p.m.

  2. 5.00 p.m.

  3. 5.10 p.m.

  4. 4.10 p.m.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Let the hours passed be x,
time difference as per clock=5hrs and 30mins 
actual time=x*60+x*5=330,
x=5 hrs,
actual time=4:10