Calendar & Clock

JKSSB Class-IV & MTS · Reasoning · 117 practice questions with answers and explanations: 43 Easy, 41 Medium, 33 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

How many times do the hour and minute hands of a clock coincide (overlap) in a 24-hour day?

  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 44
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Answer: B. The hands coincide 22 times in a 24-hour period (11 times in 12 hours, not 12, since the overlap at 12:00 and the next cycle's start coincide).

Sample Medium question 2

At what time between 10 and 11 o'clock will the hour and minute hands of a clock be together?

  1. 10:52
  2. 10:54 6/11
  3. 10:56
  4. 10:58
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Answer: B. For H=10, coincidence time = 600/11 = 54 6/11 minutes past 10.

Sample Hard question 3

If July 15, 2019 was a Monday, what day was July 15, 2020?

  1. Tuesday
  2. Wednesday
  3. Thursday
  4. Friday
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Answer: B. 366 days later (spanning the leap day Feb 29, 2020), the day shifts by 2: Monday + 2 = Wednesday.

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