Imagine that your watch was correct at noon, but then it began to lose 30 minutes each hour. It now show 4 pm but it stopped 5 hours ago. What is the correct time now = ?
A. 9 : 30 pm
B. 11 pm
C. 1 am
D. 1 : 30 am
Answer: Option C
Solution (By Examveda Team)
The watch loses $$\frac{1}{2}$$ hour each hour. So, it must have take 8 hours to show 4 pm from 12 noon.Thus, it stopped at 8 pm.
So, the correct time is 5 hours ahead of 8 pm, i,e., 1 am.

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