2025 · Q62
A clock is set right at 8:00 AM in the morning. The minute hand and the hour hand of the clock come together after every 65 minutes. What is the actual time when the clock shows 8:00 PM, approximated to the nearest minutes?
general-mental-abilityquantitative-aptitude
- A8:05 PM
- B8:00 PM
- C7:55 PM
- D8:02 PM
Explanation
In a correct clock the hands coincide every 720/11 = 65 5/11 minutes, when the minute hand laps the hour hand by 60 minute-spaces. Here the clock records only 65 minutes per lapping, so 65 clock-minutes = 65 5/11 true minutes — the clock is slow. In 12 clock-hours (720 clock-minutes) the true elapsed time is 720 x (720/11)/65 = 720 x 720/715 minutes, about 12 h 5 min. Hence when the clock shows 8:00 PM, the actual time is approximately 8:05 PM.