type 3 faulty clock Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Imagine that your watch was correct at noon, but then it began to lose 30 minutes each hour. It now shows 4 p.m. but it stopped 5 hours ago. What is the correct time now?

a) 9:30 p.m.

b) 11 p.m.

c) 1 a.m.

d) 1.30 a.m.

Question : 7

A watch goes fast by 15 minutes compared to the right time everyday. If it is corrected and set to the standard time at 120' clock at noon, which of the following will be the time shown by it at 4:00 a.m. in the morning?

a) 3:45 a.m.

b) 4:10 a.m.

c) 4:15 a.m.

d) 4:30 a.m.

Question : 8 [M.A.T. 2004]

A watch is 1 minute slow at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast at 1 p.m. on Thursday. When did it show the correct time?

a) 1.00 a.m. on Wednesday

b) 5.00 a.m. on Wednesday

c) 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday

d) 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday

Question : 9

A mechanical grandfather clock is at present showing 7 hr 40 min 6 sec. Assuming that it loses 4 seconds in every hour, what time will it show after exactly 6 $1/2$ hours?

a) 14 hr 9 min 34 sec

b) 14 hr 9 min 40 sec

c) 14 hr 10 min 6 sec

d) 14 hr 10 min 32 sec

Question : 10 [S.S.C., 2002]

A clock goes slow from midnight by 5 minutes at the end of the first hour, by 10 minutes at the end of the second hour, by 15 minutes at the end of the third hour and so on. What will be the time by this clock after 6 hours?

a) 5.15 a.m.

b) 5.30 a.m.

c) 6 a.m.

d) 6.30 a.m.