745.Between 6 PM and 7 PM the minute hand of a clock will be ahead of the hour hand by 3 minutes at#
Archaeological Chemist(Group-B) 2025Analysts 2019asked 2×
- A6:15 PM
- B6:18 PM
- C6:36 PM
- D6:48 PM
Clocks — PPSC previous year questions
All 21 Clocks questions the Punjab PSC asked between 2018 and 2026, each with a worked answer and the exam it came from. First 10 free to read.
- Questions
- 21
- Years covered
- 2018–2026
- Papers
- 28
- Repeated
- 1
1 of these 21 were set in more than one exam — the Commission reuses this topic, which is the argument for working through it rather than skimming it.
The 10 it asks most
Free to read, with the worked answer and the exam each one came from. The book prints this topic in the order the Commission favours, so these are the ones to know first.
746.A clock shows 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and the minute hands?#
PPSC DDSWO 2026
- A7.5°
- B15°
- C30°
- D45°
747.In an accurate clock, in a period of 2 hours 20 minutes (140 minutes), the minute hand will move over______.#
Accounts Officer (Group-B) 2026
- A520°
- B320°
- C840°
- D140°
748.A standard clock is showing time as 2:25. What will be the time in its mirror image?#
Junior Environmental Engineer (Group-B) 2024
- A9:15
- B9:25
- C9:35
- D9:45
749.Find the real-time of a clock, if its mirror image shows 06 : 55 ?#
Lecturer Medical Lab Technology (Group-A) (Subordinate Institutions) 2024
- A11 : 35
- B02 : 25
- C12 : 25
- D05 : 05
750.When seen through a mirror, a clock shows 11 : 20. The correct time is _______#
Principal, Industrial Training Institute (Women) 2024
- A11 : 40
- B12 : 40
- C12 : 20
- D2 : 20
751.A clock gains 5 minutes every hour. If the clock is set to the correct time at 12:00 PM, what time will it show after 14 hours?#
Assistant Architect (Group A) 2023
- A3:10 AM
- B2:50 AM
- C3:30 AM
- D2:55 AM
752.A watch slows by 3 seconds in 4 minutes. If the clock shows the right time at 8 AM, What time will it show at 11 PM on the same day?#
Scientific Assistant (D.N.a) (Group B) 2023Scientific Officer (D.N.a) (Group B) 2023+1 more
- A11:11:15
- B10:48:45
- C10:48:15
- D10:49:45
753.What will be the mirror image of a wall-clock, which shows 07:15?#
District Defence Services Welfare Officer 2023
- A09:25
- B3:35
- C04:45
- D09:15
754.You are shown a simple analog clock with an hour hand and a minute hand. If the time shown in the clock is exactly 12:15, what is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand ?#
Naib Tehsildar 2023
- A90°
- B75°
- C84°
- D82.5°
Solutions
10 answers · same numbers745.(C) 6:36 PM
At 6:00 the hour hand is 30 minute-spaces ahead of the minute hand. The minute hand gains 55 minute-spaces every 60 minutes, and to be 3 spaces ahead it must gain 30 + 3 = 33 spaces. > Time = 33 × 60/55 = 36 minutes So the required time is 6:36 PM.
746.(A) 7.5°
Angle = |30H − 5.5M| = |30 × 3 − 5.5 × 15| = |90 − 82.5| = 7.5°. At 3:15 the minute hand is exactly at 3, but the hour hand has moved a quarter of the way from 3 to 4 (7.5°), so they are 7.5° apart.
747.(C) 840°
The minute hand completes 360° in 60 minutes, i.e. 6° per minute. > 2 h 20 min = 140 min > 140 × 6° = 840° So in 140 minutes the minute hand sweeps 840° (two full circles plus 120°).
748.(C) 9:35
The mirror image of a clock time is found by subtracting the time from 11:60 (for times between 1:00 and 11:00). > 11:60 − 2:25 = 9:35 So the mirror shows 9:35. (For times between 11:00 and 1:00 subtract from 23:60 instead.)
749.(D) 05 : 05
For a mirror image, the real time and the reflected time add up to 12:00 (or 11:60). Real time = 11:60 − 06:55 = 05:05. As a check, 05:05 and 06:55 are symmetric about the 6 o'clock line.
750.(B) 12 : 40
A mirror image of a clock time is found by subtracting it from 11:60 (or 23:60). > 11:60 − 11:20 = 0:40 The real time is 12:40.
751.(A) 3:10 AM
The clock gains 5 minutes every hour, so in 14 hours it gains 14 × 5 = 70 minutes. > Correct time after 14 h = 12:00 PM + 14 h = 2:00 AM > Clock shows 2:00 AM + 70 min = 3:10 AM.
752.(B) 10:48:45
The watch loses 3 seconds every 4 minutes, i.e. 45 seconds per hour, and from 8 AM to 11 PM is 15 hours. > loss = 15 × 45 = 675 s = 11 min 15 s > 11:00:00 − 0:11:15 = 10:48:45 At true 11 PM the watch shows 10:48:45.
753.(C) 04:45
> Mirror image = 11:60 − given time > 11:60 − 07:15 = 04:45 In a mirror the clock reads 04:45, because a time and its mirror image always add up to 12 hours.
754.(D) 82.5°
At 12:15 the minute hand is on 3, and the hour hand has crept forward from 12 in those 15 minutes. > minute hand = 15 × 6° = 90° > hour hand = 15 × 0.5° = 7.5° > angle = 90° − 7.5° = 82.5° The formula |30H − 5.5M| = |0 − 5.5 × 15| = 82.5° gives the same.
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How many Clocks questions come in PPSC exams?
The Commission set 21 Clocks questions across 28 papers between 2018–2026. That is the whole set, not a sample — every one of them is in the book, and the 10 most-asked are on this page free.
Are PPSC Clocks questions repeated?
Yes. 1 of these 21 were set in more than one exam, which is why they are worth working rather than reading. Each question here carries a badge showing how many sittings asked it.
Where can I get Clocks MCQs with answers and solutions?
Here. Every question on this page is a solved MCQ: the four options as printed, the correct answer, and a worked explanation in plain English — not just a letter. The rest of the 21 are in the book, in the same form.
Can I practice these Clocks questions online?
Switch to Attempt mode at the top of the questions. You get one question at a time and it is marked the moment you pick an option, with the reason underneath — the same way the exam feels, on your phone.
Is a PDF available?
The questions are on screen rather than in a downloadable file, so they stay current and correct. The printed book has all 21 of these plus the rest of the Reasoning & Aptitude section, and every buyer gets the whole thing online as well.
Which papers asked Clocks
The exams behind these questions, most first. A paper here is a sitting: a question set in two papers of the same sitting counts once.
| Exam | Year | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Analysts | 2019 | 3 |
| Inspector, Cooperative Societies | 2022 | 2 |
| Superintendent Home | 2019 | 2 |
| Network Engineer | 2019 | 2 |
| Technical Assistants | 2019 | 2 |
| Legal Assistant | 2019 | 2 |
| Research Officer | 2019 | 2 |
| PPSC DDSWO | 2026 | 1 |
| Accounts Officer (Group-B) | 2026 | 1 |
| Archaeological Chemist(Group-B) | 2025 | 1 |
| Junior Environmental Engineer (Group-B) | 2024 | 1 |
| Principal, Industrial Training Institute (Women) | 2024 | 1 |