Fill in the blanks:
(1) In a clock, the longer hand is the _________ hand and the shorter hand is the _________ hand.
Ans. Minute, Hour
(2) Time between 12 midnight and 12 noon is denoted by _________
Ans. 12 hours
‘(3) Time between 12 noon and 12 midnight is denoted by _________
Ans. 12 hours.
(4) The hour hand completes _________ rounds of the clock in a day
Ans. 24 rounds.
(5) The minute hand completes _________ rounds of the clock in a day
Ans. 60 x 24 = 1440 rounds.
(6) The seconds hand completes one round of the clock in _______
Ans. 3600 x 24 = 86400 rounds.
(7) The are ________ hours in a day.
Ans. 24
(8) There are ________ days in a week.
Ans. 7 days.
(9) An ordinary year has ________ days, while a leap year has ________ days
Ans. 365 days, 366 days.
(10) 1 hour = ________ minutes and 1 minute = ________ seconds.
Ans. 60, 3600
(11) At 7:20, the minute hand of the clock is at ________
Ans. 4 places.
(12) At 10 minutes to 5, the minute hand is at ________
Ans. 1 places.
(13) 6:37 may be written as _Six Thirty_______ minutes to 7
(14) 9:49 may be written as ___Nine Forty_____ minutes to 10
(15) 18 minutes to 2 is written in figures as ________
Ans. 1:42
(16) 6 minutes to 6 is written in figure as ________
Ans. 5:54
(17) There are ________ seconds in a day
Ans. 86400 seconds.
(18) The railway time tables use the ________ clock
Ans. 24 hours clock.
(19) The month of the year which has neither 30 nor 31 days is ______
Ans. February.
(20) There are ______ months in a year which have 31 days each
Ans. 7 month.
(21) There are _____ months in a year which have 30 days each.
Ans. 4 month.
(22) A leap year occurs once in every ______ years.
Ans. 4 month.
(23) Two consecutive months which have 31 days each are ______ and ______
Ans. July and August.
(24) February of a leap year has _____ days.
Ans. 29 days.
(25) A year divisible by 100 is called a ______
Ans. Leap year.
(26) A century divisible by _______ is a leap year.
Ans. 100.
(27) A year has _______ full weeks.
Ans. 52 full weeks.
(28) If in a certain year 3rd September falls on a Friday then the day on 20th September is _______
Ans. Monday.
(29) If in a certain year 30th October falls on a Sunday then the day on 19th October is ________
Ans. Wednesday
(30) If the day after tomorrow is Monday, the day before yesterday was _______
Ans. Thursday.