Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 52 – CSAT Paper

1. Consider the following statements:

Statement 1: Between 3:16 pm and 3:17 pm, both hour hand and minute hand coincide

Statement 2: Between 4:58 pm and 4:59 pm, both minute hand and second hand coincide

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (UPSC 2022)

2. Consider the following Statements with respect to a clock:

Statement-1: Between 1 pm and 2 pm, the hour hand and minute hand makes right angle between them only 1 time.

Statement-2: Between 4 pm and 5 pm, hour hand and minute hand makes right angle between them only 1 time.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

3. In a clock, minute hand crosses the hour hand exactly after every 63 minutes of clock time. What is the time gained or lost by the clock in one day?

4. A clock loses 5 minutes every hour and was set right at 11am on a Monday. When will it show the correct time again?

5. Ramesh sets his clock to the right time at 2:00 pm on Thursday. He didn’t know that the clock gains 10s every 3 hours.  What time will the clock show at 8:00 pm on Saturday?