Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Clocks

Question:

How many times in a day hour hand and minute hand of a clock will be in a straight line to each other ?

Options:

24 times

22 times

11 times

44 times

Correct Answer:

22 times

Explanation:

The hands of a clock point in opposite directions (in the same straight line) 11 times in every 12 hours (because between 5 and 7 they point in opposite directions at 6 o'clock only).
So, in a day, the hands point in the opposite directions 22 times.