Question

Find the angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at $2:00\text{p.m.}$

• A. ${30}^{\circ }$
• B. ${60}^{\circ }$
• C. ${90}^{\circ }$
• D. ${20}^{\circ }$

Answer 1

The correct option is B ${60}^{\circ }$

We know that a clock is divided into $12$ divisions.
Angle subtended by each division at the centre is $360/12=30$

At $2:00\text{p.m.}$, the angle between the minute and the hour hand of the clock contains two divisions, that is $2\times 30=60$ degrees