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Question 61. Through what angle does the minute hand of a clock turn in 5 minutes?
  1.    30°
  2.    32°
  3.    35°
  4.    36°
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 30°
Answer: (a)
Angle traced by the minute hand in 5 minutes = $(360/60 × 5)^o = 30°$
Question 62. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through
  1.    145°
  2.    150°
  3.    155°
  4.    160°
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 155°
Answer: (c)
Angle traced by the hour hand in 12 hrs = 360°
Angle traced by the hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min, i.e., $31/6 hrs = (360/12 × 31/6)^o = 155°$ 
Question 63. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is
  1.    180°
  2.    $\text"192"1°/2$
  3.    195°
  4.    $\text"197"1°/2$
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> $\text"197"1°/2$
Answer: (d)
Angle traced by hour hand in$ 125/12 hrs = (360/12 × 125/12)^o = 312 1°/2$
Angle traced by minute hand in 25 min = $(360/60 × 25)^o = 150°$
∴ Reflex angle = $360° - (312 1/2 - 150)^o = 360° - 162 1°/2 = 197  1°/2$
Question 64. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock from an angle of
  1.    120°
  2.    125°
  3.    130°
  4.    135°
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 130°
Answer: (c)
Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360°
Angle traced by it in 11/3 hrs = $(360/12 × 11/3)° = 110°$
Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min = 360°
Angle traced by it in 40 min = $(360/60 × 40)^o$ = 240°
∴ Required angle = $(240 - 110)^o$ = 130°
Question 65. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 76 min of the correct time. How much does a clock gain or lose in a day ?
  1.    198 $169/209$ min (loss)
  2.    198 $169/209$ min (gain)
  3.    199 $169/209$ min (loss)
  4.    199 $169/209$ min (gain)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 199 $169/209$ min (loss)
Answer: (c)
Therefore, required result = $(720/11 - x) (60 ×24 / 76) min$
Here, x = 76 Therefore, required result = $(720/11 - 76) (60 × 24 /76) min$
= $-116/11 × 360/19 min$
= $- 199 169/206 min$ (loss as sign in negative)
Question 66. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 58 min of the correct time. How much does a clock gain or lose in a day?
  1.    185 $25/319$ min (loss)
  2.    185 $25/319$ min (gain)
  3.     184 $25/319$ min (loss)
  4.    184 $25/319$ min (gain)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 185 $25/319$ min (gain)
Answer: (b)
Required result =$ (720/11 - x) (60 × 24 / X)$ min Here, x = 58
Therefore, required result = $(720/11 - 62) (60 × 24 /58)$ min
= $82/11 × 720/29 min = 185 25/319 min $gain (gain as sign is positive)
Question 67. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 62 min of the correct time. How much does a clock gain or lose in a day?
  1.    81 $80/341$ min (loss)
  2.    81 $80/341$ min (gain)
  3.    80 $80/341$ min (loss)
  4.    80 $80/341$ min (gain)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 80 $80/341$ min (gain)
Answer: (d)
Required result =$ (720/11 - x) (60 × 24 /x)$ min Here, x = 62
Therefore, required result = $(720/11 - 62) (60 × 24 /62)$ min
= $38/11 × 720/31 $min = 80 $80/341$ min gain (gain as sign is positive)
Question 68. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 65 min of the correct time. How much does a clock gain or lose in a day?
  1.    10 $10/143$ min (gain)
  2.    10 $10/143$ min (loss)
  3.    6 $10/143$ min (gain)
  4.    9 $10/143$ min (loss)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 10 $10/143$ min (gain)
Answer: (a)
Required result = $(720/11 - x) (60 × 24 /x) $min Here, x = 65
Therefore, required result = $(720/11 - 65) (60 × 24 / 65)$ min
= $5/11 × 288/13$ min = 10 $10/143$ min gain
Question 69. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 63 min of the correct time. How much does a clock gain or loses in a day?
  1.    54 $8/77$ min (gain)
  2.    56 $8/77$ min (gain)
  3.    53 $8/99$ min (loss)
  4.    54 $8/77$ min (gain)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 56 $8/77$ min (gain)
Answer: (b)
Method I
As we know that in a correct clock, the minute hand gains 55 min spaces over the hour hand in 60 min.
To be together again, the minute hand must gain 60 min over the hour hand.
60 min are gained in $(60/55 × 60) min = 65 5/11 min$
But they are together after 63 min.
Therefore, gain in 63 min =$ (65 5/11 - 63) = 2 5/11 min = 27/11 min$
Gain in 24 h = $(27/11 × 60 × 24/63) min = 4320/77 min = 56 8/77 min$
As result is positive, therefore clock gains 56 $8/77$ min.
Method II
In the given question, x = 63 min
According to the formula,
Required result = $(720/11 - x) (60 × 24 /x) min = (720/11 - 63) (60 × 24 /63 ) min$
= $27/11 × 60 × 8 /21 = 56 8/77 $min (gain as sign in positive)
Question 70. 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?
  1.    2 p.m. on Tuesday
  2.    1 p.m. on Friday
  3.    3 p.m. on Thursday
  4.    2 p.m. on Wednesday
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2 p.m. on Wednesday
Answer: (d)
Time from 12 p.m. on Monday to 2 p.m.
on the following Monday = 7 days 2 hours = 170 hours.
Therefore, the watch gains $(2 + 4 4/5) min. or 34/5 min.$ in 170 hrs.
now, 34/5 min. are gained in 170 hrs.
2 min. are gained in $(170 × 5/34 × 2) hrs = 50 hrs.$
Therefore, Watch is correct 2 days 2 hrs. after 12 p.m. on Monday
i.e. it will be correct at 2 p.m. on Wednesday

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