Practice Questions for LR - Clocks | CRE 2

1. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A faulty clock is set right at 1 p.m.. If it gains one minute an hour, what time will it show at 6 p.m. the same day.

(a)
6 p.m.
(b)
6:05 p.m.
(c)
5:55 p.m.
(d)
None of these

2. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A watch gains time uniformly was observed to be 2 min slow at 6:00 a.m. on a day. On the same day at 8:00 p.m. the watch was 2 min. fast. When did the watch show the correct time?

(a)
3 p.m.
(b)
12 noon
(c)
1 p.m.
(d)
12:30 p.m.

3. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A watch which gains uniformly, is 2 minutes slow, at noon on Tuesday and is 4 minutes 48 seconds fast at 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday. When was it correct?

(a)
2 p.m. on Wednesday
(b)
2 p.m. on Friday
(c)
2 p.m. on Tuesday
(d)
2 p.m. on Thursday

4. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

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)
$5 \frac{3}{11}$ minutes past 3
(b)
4 p.m.
(c)
$5 \frac{2}{11}$ minutes past 4
(d)
$2 \frac{5}{11}$ minutes past 5

5. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A clock is set right at 1 p.m. if it gains one minute an hour, what is the true time when the clock indicates 6 p.m. the same day.

(a)
$55 \frac{5}{61}$ min past 4 p.m.
(b)
$55 \frac{5}{61}$ min past 5 p.m.
(c)
$53 \frac{5}{61}$ min past 4 p.m.
(d)
None of these

6. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 10 p.m. on the 4^th day?

(a)
10 p.m.
(b)
11 p.m.
(c)
9 p.m.
(d)
8 p.m.

7. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A clock is set right at 7 a.m. on Monday. The clock gains 10 minutes in every 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 5 p.m. on the following Wednesday?

(a)
4:40 p.m.
(b)
4:30 p.m.
(c)
4:36 p.m.
(d)
4:46 p.m.

8. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

How much does a watch gain or lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?

(a)
loses 96 minutes
(b)
loses 90 minutes
(c)
gains $36 \frac{5}{11}$ minutes
(d)
gains $32 \frac{8}{11}$ minutes

9. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

One evening, Aakash goes out for a drive, sometime between 4 O'clock and 5 O’clock. When he gets back, sometime between 7 O’clock and 8 O’clock, he noticed that the minute and hour hands have interchanged their positions exactly with what they were when he started out. Approximately how long was his drive?

(a)
2 hours 15 mins
(b)
1 hour 12 mins
(c)
2 hours
(d)
2 hours 46 mins

10. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

There are two clocks on a wall, both set to show the correct time at 6 a.m. The faster clock gains 1 minute every hour while the slower clock looses 2 minutes every hour. If the faster clock shows the time as 12 minutes past 6 p.m. on the same day, then what time does the other watch show?

(a)
5:48 p.m.
(b)
6 p.m.
(c)
6:05 p.m.
(d)
5:36 p.m.
(e)
None of these

11. CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

A watch, which gains uniformly, was observed to be 15 minutes slow at 12 noon on 10^th March. It was noticed 25 minutes fast at 8 p.m., 18^th March. When did the watch show the correct time?

(a)
3 pm on 13^th March
(b)
11 pm on 12^th March
(c)
1 am on 13^th March
(d)
1 pm on 14^th March
(e)
None of these

CRE 2 - Faulty Clock | LR - Clocks

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