Clock and Calendar Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers

Question. Find the day of the week on 16th July, 1776.
(a) Tuesday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Monday
(d) Thursday

Answer: A

Question. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5 ?
(a) 7212 °
(b) 64°
(c) 5812 °
(d) 67 12 °

Answer: D

Question. In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every 3 hrs., 18 min., 15 seconds of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one day?
(a) 14 min. 10 seconds lost
(b) 13 min. 50 seconds lost
(c) 13 min. 20 seconds gained
(d) 14 min. 40 seconds gained

Answer: B

Question. If a clock strikes 12 in 33 seconds, it will strike 6 in how many seconds?
(a) 332
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 22

Answer: B

Question. A clock is set right at 1 p.m. If it gains one minute in an hour, then what is the true time when the clock indicates 6 p.m. in the same day?
(a) 55 561 minutes past 5
(b) 5 minutes past 6
(c) 5 minutes to 6
(d) 59 164 minutes past 5

Answer: A

Question. If 09/12/2001 happens to be Sunday, then 09/12/1971 would have been at
(a) Wednesday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Thursday

Answer: D

Question. Find the exact time between 7 am and 8 am when the two hands of a watch meet?
(a) 7 hrs 35 min
(b) 7 hrs 36.99 min
(c) 7 hrs 38.18min
(d) 7 hrs 42.6mm

Answer: C

Question. Two clocks were set right at noon on Sunday. One gains 2 min and the other loses 3 min in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the first clock indicates 3 pm on Wednesday?
(a) 2:38 pm
(b) 2:54 pm
(c) 2:23 pm
(d) 2:48 pm

Answer: B

Question. If the two hands in a clock are 3 minutes divisions apart, then the angle between them is
(a) 3°
(b) 18°
(c) 24°
(d) 60°

Answer: B

Question. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10:2: 5 is?
(a) 180°
(b) 19212°
(c) 195°
(d) 19712°

Answer: D

Question. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
(a) 43 5/11 min. past 5
(b) 43 7/11 min.past 5
(c) 40 min. past 5
(d) 45 min. past 5

Answer: B

Question. At what approximate time between 4 and 5 am will the bands of a clock be at right angle?
(a) 4:40 am
(b) 4:38am
(c) 4:35 am
(d) 4:39 am

Answer: B

Question. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 min. in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 10 p.m. on the 4th day?
(a) 11p.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

Answer: A

Question. On January 12, 1980, it was Saturday. The day of the week on January 12, 1979 was –
(a) Saturday
(b) Friday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

Answer: B

Question. 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) 1 p.m. on Friday

Answer: B

Question. A clock gains 5 minutes, in 24 hours. It was set right at 10 a.m. on Monday. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 10:30 a.m. on the next Sunday?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 25 minutes past 10 a.m.
(d) 5 minutes to 11 a.m.

Answer: A

Question. What will be the day of the week on 1st January, 2010?
(a) Friday
(b) Saturday
(c) Sunday
(d) Monday

Answer: C

Question. In 16 minutes, the minute hand gains over the hour .hand by
(a) 16°
(b) 80°
(c) 88°
(d) 96°

Answer: C

Question. The year next to 1991 having the same calendar as that of 1990 is-
(a) 1998
(b) 2001
(c) 2002
(d) 2003

Answer: C

Question. At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the hands of a watch be in straight line but not together?
(a) 10 1110 min. past 8
(b) 10 1011 min. past 8
(c) 11 1011 min. past 8
(d) 12 1011 min. past 8

Answer: B

Question. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
(a) 32811 min.
(b) 36511 min.
(c) 90 min.
(d) 96 min.

Answer: A

Question. 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) 59712 minutes past 3
(c) 58 711 minutes past 3
(d) 2311 minutes past 4

Answer: A

Question. Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand o f a clock when the time is 3.2 5.
(a) 45°
(b) 37 12°
(c) 47 12°
(d) 46°

Answer: C

Question. The calendar for the year 2005 is the same as for the year:
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2012
(d) 2013

Answer: C

Question. A clock gains 15 minutes per day. It is set right at 12 noon. What time will it show at 4.00 am, the next day?
(a) 4:10 am
(b) 4:45am
(c) 4:20 am
(d) 5:00am

Answer: A

Question. An accurate clock shows 8 O’clock in the morning. Through how many degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 O’clock in the afternoon?
(a) 144°
(b) 150°
(c) 168°
(d) 180°

Answer: D

Question. Today is Monday. After 61 days it will be:
(a) Wednesday
(b) Saturday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Thursday

Answer: B

Question. At what time between 3 and 4 ’O clock, the hands of a clock coincide?
(a) 16411 minutes past 3
(b) 15561 minutes past 3
(c) 15 560 minutes to 2
(d) 16411 minutes to 4

Answer: A

Question. What will be the acute angle between hands of a clock at 2: 30?
(a) 105°
(b) 115°
(c) 95°
(d) 135°

Answer: A

Question. At what time between 9’O clock and 10’O clock will the hands of a clock point in the opposite directions?
(a) 16411 minutes past 9
(b) 16 411 minutes past 8
(c) 55561 minutes past 7
(d) 55561 minutes to 8

Answer: A