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A 12 dial clock has its minute hand defective.Whenever it touches dial 12, it immediately falls down to 6 instead of running smoothly (the hour hand remains unaffected during that fall). It was set right at 12 'O' clock in the noon.
If the actual time is 10:10, what is the position of the hour hand in that defective clock?

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Between 2 and 3
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Between 4 and 5
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Between 10 and 11
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Between 3 and 4
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Solution

The correct option is B Between 10 and 11
The minute hand is defective but not the hour hand. If the time is 10:10 then the hour hand will be somewhere in between 10 to 11.

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