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UPSC 2006: A watch showed a time of fourteen minutes past nine (9 hrs 14 minutes). The positions of the hour-hand and the minute-hand of the watch are exactly interchanged. The new time shown by the watch is closest to which one of the following?
(a)Twelve minutes to three
(b)Thirteen minutes to three
(c)Fourteen minutes to three
(d)Fifteen minutes to three
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Fourteen minutes to three
At 9:14, the minute-hand is at 84° and the hour-hand at 277°. Swapping them puts the minute-hand at 277° (≈46 min 10 s) and the hour-hand at 84°, which corresponds to about 2 h 46 min. That is roughly fourteen minutes to three, so option (c) is closest.
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2006, GS Paper 1, as Question 45. It falls under Science & Technology > Quantitative Aptitude.
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