What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 11:40?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 110°
- Step 1: State the formula for the angle between the hour and minute hands of an analog clock: .
- Step 2: Substitute and : .
- Step 3: Select the smaller interior angle between the two hands: .
Answer
110°.
Why not the others: The remaining options (125°, 250°, 80°) violate logical deduction rules, confuse necessary and sufficient conditions, or stem from calculation slips.
Practise more Clocks.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed CUET UG mock tests.
More Clocks questions
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 5:10?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 10:40?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 7:00?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 4:40?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 3:50?
- What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 11:00?