Quantitative Aptitude

General Questions

1.  How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 24
2.  How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?

A. 22
B. 24
C. 44
D. 48
3.  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
4.  The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, is:

A. 80º
B. 75º
C. 60º
D. 105º
5.  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
6.  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
7.  How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?

A. 22
B. 24
C. 44
D. 48
8.  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)"
9.  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.
D. 1 p.m. on Friday
10.  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. 144º
B. 150º
C. 168º
D. 180º