Question

At noon and at midnight the long and short hands of a clock are together. Between noon and midnight, how many times the long hand overtakes the short hand?

• A. $9$
• B. $10$
• C. $11$
• D. $12$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $11$

Two hands of a clock coincides $11$ times in $12$ hours time period.

At noon and at midnight. there is a time difference of $12$ hours, so they will coincide $11$ times.

Hence, Option C is correct.