CBSE Class 4 Mathematics Time and Calendar MCQs

Question: The short hand in the clock is called the
a) hour hand
b) second hand
c) minute hand
d) days
Answer: hour hand

Question: How many minutes are in 1 hour?
a) 60
b) 120
c) 50
d) 30
Answer: 60

Question: How many weeks and days are there is 20 day
a) 2 weeks 6 days
b) 6 weeks
c) 4 weeks
d) 1 week 2 day
Answer: 2 weeks 6 days

Question: There are __________ minutes in 6 hour.
a) 360 min
b) 36 min
c) 37 min
d) 39 min
Answer: 360 min

Question: How many days are there in 6 weeks?
a) 42 days
b) 41 days
c) 40 days
d) 44 days
Answer: 42 days

Question: When the minute hand is before 6 we read it as __________.
a) past
b) to
c) None of these
d) quarter
Answer: past

Question: How many seconds are in 1 minute?
a) 60
b) 30
c) 20
d) 40
Answer: 60

Question: How many day are there in July and August?
a) 31 days
b) 30 days
c) 29 days
d) 28 days
Answer: 31 days

Question: Express 80 min in hours and min?
a) 1 h 20 min
b) 3 h 20 min
c) 2 h 20 min
d) 4 h 20 min
Answer: 1 h 20 min

Question: The first month of the year
a) January
b) March
c) April
d) February
Answer: January

Question: How many hours are in 1 day?
a) 24
b) 26
c) 25
d) 27
Answer: 24

Question: In which month Independence day will come?
a) August
b) January
c) March
d) September
Answer: August

Question: How many days are in 1 year?
a) 365
b) 361
c) 356
d) 366
Answer: 365

Question: 1 century how many year?
a) 100 years
b) 102 years
c) 50 years
d) 101 years
Answer: 100 years

Question: 1 year = _____________ months.
a) 12
b) 15
c) 30
d) 14
Answer: 12

Question: How many years are there in 1 decade?
a) 10 year
b) 8 year
c) 11 year
d) 9 year
Answer: 10 year

Question: How many days are in a leap year?
a) 366
b) 364
c) 365
d) 367
Answer: 366

Question: The first day of the week’s is
a) Sunday
b) Monday
c) Saturday
d) Tuesday
Answer: Sunday

Question: In 1 year = __________ weeks.
a) 52
b) 54
c) 53
d) 55
Answer: 52

Question: What time will be 4 hours after 12 noon?
a) 4 p.m.
b) 6 p.m.
c) 5 p.m.
d) 7 p.m.
Answer: 4 p.m.

Question: How many days make 1 week?
a) 7
b) 9
c) 8
d) 10
Answer: 7

Question: How many days are there in 3 weeks?
a) 21
b) 23
c) 22
d) 24
Answer: 21

Question: How many days are there in 2 weeks 2 days?
a) 16
b) 18
c) 15
d) 17
Answer: 16

Question: How many minutes are there from 4:25 p.m. to 5 p.m.
a) 35 min
b) 30 min
c) 32 min
d) 36 min
Answer: 35 min

1. If brushing : minutes : : sleeping : ?
(a) Seconds
(b) Hours
(c) Days
(d) Months
Answer: (B) Since, we sleep for some hours. Therefore, the answer is option (b) Hours.

2. Find the odd one out.
(a) 10/11/2001
(b) 5/17/2001
(c) 17/5/2001
(d) 11/10/2001
Answer: (B) Since, the format for watching a date is date/month/year. So, 5/17/2001 is not the correct way to write the date. Therefore, the answer is option (b).

3. AM refers to which part of the day?
(a) Morning
(b) Afternoon
(c) Evening
(d) Lunch time
Answer: (A) AM refers to the morning time before noon.

4. Weekend refers to which two days of the week?
(a) Friday and Saturday
(b) Saturday and Sunday
(c) Sunday and Monday
(d) Thursday and Friday
Answer: (B) Weekend days are Saturday and Sunday. These days mark the end of the week.

5. The sun is at its peek at what time of the day?
(a) morning
(b) Noon
(c) Evening
(d) Night
Answer: (B) The sun is at its peak in the afternoon

6. Moon shines bright during which time of the day?
(a) Morning
(b) Noon
(c) Evening
(d) Night
Answer: (D) The moon shines bright in the night time after the sun sets.

7. Noon time refers to
(a) 12 pm
(b) 12 am
(c) 11:55 pm
(d) 11:55 am
Answer: A

8. What is the difference between 9:30 am and 11:00 am?
(a) 1 hour
(b) 1 hour 15 minutes
(c) 1 hour 30 minutes
(d) 2 hours
Answer: (C) The difference between 9:30 am and 11 : 00 am is 1 hour 30 minutes.

9. What is the ideal lunch time?
(a) 2:00 pm
(b) 5 :00 pm
(c) 8:00 am
(d) 8:00 pm
Answer: (A) The ideal lunch time is in afternoon so it is at 2:00 pm.

10. Alan read book A for 25 minutes. He then read book B for 45 minutes. How many minutes did he read?
(a) 1 hour
(b) 1 hour 5 minutes
(c) 1 hour 10 minutes
(d) 1 hour 15 minutes
Answer: (C) Total time taken by Alan to read the books is (25 + 45)minutes= 70 minutes which mean 1 hour and 10 minutes.

11. What time is referred as midnight?
(a) 12 am
(b) 12 pm
(c) 1 pm
(d) 2 am
Answer: (A) Midnight refers to 12 :00 am in the night.

12. Which month of the year has the least number of days?
(a) January
(b) July
(c) May
(d) February
Answer: (D) February has the least number of days in a year. It has only 28 days compared to 30 or 31 days of other months.

13. The school bus leaves for school at 7:10 am in the morning. It takes the bus half an hour to reach the school. At what time will the school bus arrive at school?
(a) 7:30 am
(b) 7:40 am
(c) 7:45 am
(d) 7:40 pm
Answer: (B) The school bus takes half an hour to reach the school. Since it departs at 7:10 am, then it will reach the school at (7:10 + 30 minutes)= 7:40 am.

14. Which of the following represents the time 5 minutes past 8?
(a) 7:55
(b) 8:55
(c) 8:05
(d) 8:20
Answer: (C) 5 minutes past 8 means that five more minutes have passed after 8:00. So the time it represent is 8:05

15. In the 24 hour format, what time is actually represented as 17:30?
(a) 4:30 pm
(b) 5:30 pm
(c) 3:30 pm
(d) 6:30 pm
Answer: (B) In the 24 hour format, 17:30 means 5:30 pm.

16. If the time is noted after every 15 minutes, then what should be the missing time?
                                       5:00   5:15   ?   5:45
(a) 5:25
(b) 5:35
(c) 5:30
(d) 5:40
Answer: C

17. Aditi’s flight is expected to take off at 3:30 pm. The duration of flight is 5 hours and 20 minutes. At what time is the flight expected to reach at its destination?
(a) 9:25 pm
(b) 9:50 pm
(c) 8:50 pm
(d) 10:30 pm
Answer: (C) If the flight takes off at 3: 30 pm and reaches its destination in 5 hours 20 minutes, then the flight will land at 8 : 50 pm (3:30 + 5:20) = 8 hours 50 minutes.

18. Ajay practices piano daily for 15 minutes. How many minutes does he practice in 4 days?
(a) 1 hour
(b) 50 minutes
(c) 1 hour 15 minutes
(d) 2 hours
Answer: (A) If Ajay practices piano 15 minutes a day, then he will practice for 1 hour in 4 days (15 minutes X 4 days)= 60 minutes or 1 hour.

19. David’s football game starts at 10:00 am and ends at 2:25 pm. How long is David’s game?
(a) 2 hours twenty five minutes
(b) Three hours twenty five minutes
(c) Four hours twenty five minutes
(d) Four hours thirty five minutes
Answer: (C) If David’s game starts at 10:00 am in the morning, then by noon 2:25 pm, he would have played for four hours twenty five minutes

20. If 12/03/2007 ; 12th March’ 2007 : : 06/07/2007 : ?
(a) 7th June’ 2007
(b) 6th June’ 2007
(c) 6th July’ 2007
(d) 7th July’ 2007
Answer: (C) 06/07/2007 means 6th July’ 2007.
Therefore, the answer is option (c).

21. Convert 5 minutes into seconds.
(a) 150 seconds
(b) 60 seconds
(c) 360 seconds
(d) 300 seconds
Answer: (D) 1 minute = 60 seconds
5 minutes = 5 × 60 seconds = 300 seconds

22. A leap year comes once every ____________ years.

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Answer: C

23. A test paper of English has been started at 10 : 55 am. Find out what time it will end if maximum time for the test is 45 minutes.
(a) 11 : 55 am
(b) 11 : 30 am
(c) 11 : 40 am
(d) 9 : 40 am
Answer: (C) 10 : 55 + 45 minutes = 11 : 40 am

24. Which of the following represents 25 minutes past 12?
(a) 25 : 00
(b) 12 : 00
(c) 12 : 15
(d) None of these
Answer: D

25. A boy goes to school daily at 8 : 35 AM and come back at 12 : 45 PM. How long does he stay at the school?
(a) 4 hours 30 minutes
(b) 4 hours 40 minutes
(c) 4 hours 35 minutes
(d) 4 hours 10 minutes
Answer: (D) 12 : 45 - 8 : 35 = 4 hrs 10 minutes

26. 3 hours 12 minutes is equal to how many seconds?
(a) 10521 seconds
(b) 10510 seconds
(c) 11520 seconds
(d) 10600 seconds
Answer: C

27. Which one of the following is a leap year?
(a) 1980
(b) 1981
(c) 1982
(d) all of these
Answer: A

28. A fan rotates 110 times in 10 minutes. The rotation of fan in 1 minute is:
(a) 10 times
(b) 12 times
(c) 11 times
(d) 30 times
Answer: C

29. How many months in a year has/have neither 30 nor 31 days?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 5
Answer: B

30. A car is travelling with the speed 60 km/h. What is the distance travelled by the car in 1 minute?
(a) 20 m
(b) 30 m
(c) 50 m
(d) 1 km
Answer: D

31. If you go on a movie on 29th of the month, then what days is it?

(a) Sunday
(b) Friday
(c) Monday
(d) Wednesday
Answer: B

32. How many Sundays are there in the month of July 2018?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Answer: C

33. Rory, the owner of Rory’s Cookie Jar, has to bake 12 large pans of chocolate chip cookies before he leaves for the day. He can bake two pans of cookies at a time.
Rory knows that for perfect cookies each pan must bake for 15 minutes -no more, no less. If he starts baking at 5:45 p.m., what is the earliest he can close up shop?
(a) 7:30 pm
(b) 7:15 pm
(c) 7:45 pm
(d) 7:20 pm
Answer: B

34. A red car takes 11 hours to cover the distance of 825 km, a green car takes 7 hours to cover the distance of 490 km and a blue car takes 9 hours to cover the distance of 648 km. Speed of which of the three cars is maximum?
(a) Red car
(b) Green car
(c) Blue car
(d) all cars have equal speed
Answer: A

35. Add 5 hours 45 minutes and 6 hours 35 minutes.
(a) 11 hours 20 minutes
(b) 12 hours 20 minutes
(c) 10 hours 25 minutes
(d) None of these
Answer: (B) 5 hrs 45 min + 6 hr 35 min = 12 hrs 20 min (as 1 hr = 60 min)

36. Jimmy played cricket from 4:30 p.m to 6 : 10 p.m and his friend Puppy played 3 hours more than that of Jimmy. How many hours did Puppy play?
(a) 4 hours 40 min
(b) 4 hours 30 min
(c) 4 hours 20 min
(d) All of these
Answer: (A) As Jimmy played for 1 hr 40 min. So, Puppy played for 1 hr 40 min + 3 hrs = 4 hrs 40 minutes

37. What is the difference between 4 hours 30 minutes and 3 hours 15 minutes?
(a) 2 hours 30 minutes
(b) 3 hours 10 minutes
(c) 1 hour 15 minutes
(d) All of these
Answer: (C) 4 hrs 30 min – 3 hrs 15 min = 1 hr 15 min.

38. What time is shown by the clock in the given figure?

(a) 10 : 20
(b) 10 : 10
(c) 10 : 30
(d) 10 : 40
Answer: B

39. What time does the clock show in the figure?

(a) 10 : 10
(b) 10 : 20
(c) 10 : 30
(d) 10 : 40
Answer: B

40. Convert 1 hour 10 minutes into seconds.
(a) 4000 seconds
(b) 4200 seconds
(c) 4500 seconds
(d) 4800 seconds
Answer: B

Direction (Qs. 41 to 43): Use the calendar to answer each of the following question.

41. Meera visited Mumbai on September 6. Today is 29 September. How long was it that she went to mumbai ?
(a) 20 days
(b) 21 days
(c) 23 days
(d) 22 days
Answer: (C) If today is 29 September and Meera visited Mumbai on 6 September, then she went there 23 days ago (29-6)= 23 days.

42. Today is September 16 and Anubhav’s birthday was 1 week and 6 days ago. When was his birthday?
(a) 4 September
(b) 3 September
(c) 2 September
(d) 1 September
Answer: (B) 1 week 6 days mean 7 + 6 days = 13 days. If today is 16 September, then Anubhav’s Birthday was on (16-13) September = 3 September

43. Today is September 2, and the last day of the drama club presentation will be in 1 week and 3 days. What day is the last day?
(a) Monday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Friday
Answer: (B) 1 week and 3 days mean 10 days. If today is 2 September, and the last day is after 10 days then it would be 12 September which falls on a Wednesday.

44. The city bus left quarter past 7 am and reached the park at quarter to 11. How long it took the bus to reach the park?
(a) 3 hours 30 minutes
(b) 4 hours 15 minutes
(c) 3 hours 35 minutes
(d) 3 hours 45 minutes
Answer: (A) Quarter past 7 means 7:15 am and quarter to 11 means 10:45 am. The time taken by the bus to reach the park is (10:45 am – 7:15 am) = 3 hours 30 minutes.

Direction (Qs. 45 and 46): Based on the given calendar, answer the following questions.

45. If Sonam’s birthday is on 18th July and today is 5th July. How many days are left for her birthday?
(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 11
Answer: (A) Sonam’s birthday is on 18 the July and today is 5th July. Days left in her birthday can be calculated by subtracting today’s date from her birthday i.e. (18-5)=13 days.

46. Rajesh and Amit are planning to go to watch a movie on Saturday. Today is 29 July.
What will be the date on the coming Saturday?
(a) 28 July
(b) 4 August
(c) 21 July
(d) None of the above
Answer: (B) Today is July 29th and day is Sunday. If Rajesh and Amit are planning to go to watch a movie, then Saturday would fall on the 4th day of the next month as seen from the calendar. The fourth day of the next month would be 4th August

Direction (Qs. 47 to 48): Based on the given calendar, answer the following questions

47. What day of the week is April 22?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday
Answer: (B) As seen from the calendar, April 22 falls on the fourth Monday of the month

48. What date is the third Sunday in April?
(a) 7
(b) 28
(c) 14
(d) 21
Answer: (C) As seen from the calendar, the third Sunday of the month falls on 14th.

Direction (Qs. 49 and 50): Read the following sentences and mark your response as true and false. Then choose the correct option.

49. A : There are 100 seconds in 1 minute.
B : 1 hour consists of 60 minutes.
C : Quarter past ten means 10:30.
D : Dinner refers to eating food at 2 PM.
(a) FTFT
(b) FTTF
(c) TFTF
(d) FTFF
Answer: (D) The correct statement should be: There are 60 seconds in 1 minute, Quarter past 10 means 10:15, and Dinner refers to eating food at 8:00 pm.

50. A : There are 24 hours in a day.
B : Noon refers to 1 PM.
C : The small divisions in a clock are 60 and show 1 minute each.
D : The clock shows number 1 to 12.
(a) TFTT
(b) TFFT
(c) TFTF
(d) FTFT
Answer: (A) The second statement is false. The correct statement should be: Noon refers to 12 pm.

51. Complete the table by filling in the elapsed time.

(a) 5 hours
(b) 3 hours
(c) 4 hours
(d) 2 hours
Answer: (b) The elapsed time can be calculated by subtracting the end time from the start time. The end time is 5:00 pm and the starting time is 2:00 pm. Thus the elapsed time is (5:00 -2:00) pm = 3:00 or three hours.

52. What time is depicted in the clock?

(a) Quarter to 5
(b) Quarter past 5
(c) Half past 5
(d) 5 minutes to 5
Answer: (B) The clock represents the time quarter past 5.

53. Complete the table by filling in the elapsed time.

(a) 3 hours 30 minutes
(b) 3 hours
(c) 2 hours 30 minutes
(d) 1 hour 30 minutes
Answer: (C) The elapsed time can be calculated by subtracting the end time from the start time. The end time is 6:00 pm and the starting time is 3:30 pm. Thus the elapsed time is (6:00 -3:30) pm = 2:30 or two hour thirty minutes.

54. Complete the table by filling in the elapsed time.

(a) Two hours thirty minutes
(b) One hour thirty minutes
(c) Four hour thirty five minutes
(d) Three hour twenty minutes
Answer: (B) The elapsed time can be calculated by subtracting the end time from the start time. The end time is 11:30 pm and the starting time is 10:00 pm. Thus the elapsed time is (11:30 -10:00) pm = 1:30 or one hour thirty minutes.

Direction (Qs. 55 to 57): Look at the circles given below and answer the questions that follow:

55. One of the activities mentioned in diagram I does not take hours to complete. Find the odd one out. (Tricky)
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A
Answer: (C) Since, it takes only minutes to boil milk. So, the odd one is Activity D.
Therefore, the answer is option (c) D.

56. One of the activities mentioned in diagram II does not take days to complete. Find the odd one out.
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A
Answer: (A) Since, it takes only minutes to take bath. So, the odd one is Activity B.
Therefore, the answer is option (a) B.

57. One of the activities mentioned in diagram III does not take months to complete.
Find the odd one out.
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A
Answer: (A) Since, it takes only few days for a fruit to ripe. So, the odd one is Activity B.
Therefore, the answer is option (a) B.

58. Baloo always keep a track of his activities and notes down the time for each activity he does in a day. Match the following activities done by Baloo with the time in the given list to find out the time for his activities.

     A      B      C     D
(a) 1      3      4      2
(b) 3      1      4      2
(c) 2      3      4      1
(d) 4      2      3      1
Answer: B

59. Chirpy is making a list of festivals. Arrange the festivals given below in correct order:

     A      B      C     D
(a) 1      2      3      4
(b) 4      2      1      3
(c) 4      3      2      1
(d) 2      4      3      1
Answer: B

Direction (Qs.60 to 64): Use numbers (0 – 9) only to answer the questions given below:

60. How many days are there between Monday and Thursday?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer: (B) Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
                         2 days
Therefore, the answer is option (b) 2

61. How many weeks are there in a month?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer: (D) There are 4 weeks in a month.
Therefore, the answer is option (d) 4.

62. How many minutes are passed if the ‘minute’ hand is at 1?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
Answer: (A) If ‘minute’ hand is at 1 that means 5 minutes have passed.
Therefore, the answer is option (a) 5.

63. How many minutes will it take from 3:10 to 3:17?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 7
Answer: (D) 3:10 + 7 minutes = 3:17 (as 10 + 7 = 17).
Therefore, the answer is option (d) 7.

64. How many hours will it take from 4 O’clock to 9 O’clock?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 7
Answer: (B) 4 O’clock + 5 hours = 9 O’clock (as 4 + 5 = 9).
Therefore, the answer is option (b) 5.

65. The time shown by the clock is 10 hours 30 minutes. How many times does the minute hand of the same clock rotate when the time shown by the clock is 2 hours 30 minutes?
(a) 2 times
(b) 3 times
(c) 4 times
(d) 5 times
Answer: C

66. Jimmy played cricket from 4 : 30 pm to 6 : 10 pm and his friend Puppy played 3 hours more than that of Jimmy played. How many hours did Puppy play?
(a) 4 hours 40 minutes
(b) 4 hours 30 minutes
(c) 4 hours 20 minutes
(d) 4 hours 10 minutes
Answer: A

67. If a month ends on a Tuesday, on what day does the next month begin?
(a) Thursday
(b) Monday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Tuesday
Answer: C

68. Mr. Nitin’s class went to the museum on the fourth Tuesday in November. On what date did his class go to the museum?

(a) November 4
(b) November 16
(c) November 23
(d) November 9
Answer: C

69. Jenny started doing her homework at 7 : 50 p.m. She took 20 minutes to complete her Science homework and 45 minutes to complete her Mathematics homework. At what time does she complete all her homework?
(a) 8 : 50 p.m.
(b) 9 : 05 p. m.
(c) 8 : 55 p.m.
(d) 8 : 45 p.m.
Answer: (C) 7 : 50 pm + 20 min + 45 min = 8 : 55 pm

70. The movie started at 2 : 10 p.m. and finished at 3 : 50 p.m. How long was the movie?
(a) 50 mins
(b) 6 hrs
(c) 1 hr 20 mins
(d) 1 hr 40 mins
Answer: (D) 3 : 50 pm - 2 : 10 pm = 1 hr 40 min

71. A school concert started at quarter to eight in the evening and ended at a quarter past ten. Aman left the concert 45 minutes before it ended.
(A) What was the duration of the concert?
(B) At what time did Aman leave the concert?
            (A)                              (B)
(a) 2 hours                        9 : 00 p.m.
(b) 3 hours                        9 : 30 p.m.
(c) 2 hours 30 minutes      9 : 30 p.m.
(d) 1 hour 45 minutes      10 : 30 p.m.
Answer: D

72. The given clock shows the time when the movie starts?

Answer: B

73. Rohit is making this calendar for the bulletin board. Which day of the week should be 25th December 20XX?

(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Monday
Answer: C