Help with understanding this logic question.
After 1 pm sonething went wrong with the mechanism of a certain clock and at 1.30 pm it struck 2 hours. Then went on striking every half an hour in the routine way indicating wrong hours. Find out when did it strike the correct hour next? (A) 12.30 am (B) 11 pm (C) 6.30 pm (D) NeverAnswer (A) 12.30 am Problem I don't understand what struck 2 hours means? Also what striking every half an hour means?
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@yourFriend where did you find this?
Because it might as well be gibberish to me.
I think it means: at 1:30PM real time, the clock read 2PM, and from then on it advances one hour every half hour (i.e. the clock is running at double speed).
But I can't tell for sure.
yeah was this translated from another language? it doesn't really make sense as-is in english
Its a reasoning question from a book to prepare for SSC (exam to get governmental job in India) and other selection test.
yeah so essentially a translation/ESL issue
i'd probably go with jcotton's interpretation
dunno if i'd trust the quality of a book written in english that doesn't seem to have been proofread by a native english speaker :LUL:
That's best I've got.
I'm get 1 o clock as answer 😂.
Anyways thanks for opinions on this question.