Type 8: Interchange of Hands (Clock Hands Exchange Positions) / āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ













Q. Ram went out between 8 and 9 o'clock and returned between 1 and 2 o'clock. The positions of the hour and minute hands had interchanged. Find the time when he returned. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ž āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧝ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ā§§ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧍ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞ ?)


Soln



  • Departure time → Between 8 and 9 (āĻ“āϞāĻžāχ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ → ā§Ž–⧝ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ)

  • Return time → Between 1 and 2 (āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ → ā§§–⧍ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ)

  • At the return time, the hour hand and minute hand exchanged their positions.(āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ (Interchange)āĨ¤)


Shortcut Formula / āϏāĻšāϜ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°


If the departure hour is H₁ and the return hour is H₂, then


Return Minutes = 60(12 - H1 + H2) / 13


For this question: H1 = 8 , H2 = 1 = 60(12 − 8 + 1) / 13 = 300/13 = 23 1/13 minutes


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: The return time is :- 1 : 23 1/13 minutes(approximately 1:23:05)


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Practice Set Interchange of Clock Hands : āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ – āϘāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Interchange of Hands)


Directions: Ram went out at the first time and returned at the second time. When he returned, the hour hand and minute hand had exchanged their positions. Find the return time. (āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž: ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


1.. Ram went out between 1 and 2 o'clock and returned between 6 and 7 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§§–⧍ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Ŧ–ā§­ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


2. Ram went out between 2 and 3 o'clock and returned between 7 and 8 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ⧍–ā§Š āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ā§­–ā§Ž āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


3. Ram went out between 3 and 4 o'clock and returned between 8 and 9 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Š–ā§Ē āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Ž–⧝ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


4. Ram went out between 4 and 5 o'clock and returned between 9 and 10 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ē–ā§Ģ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ⧝–ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


5. Ram went out between 5 and 6 o'clock and returned between 10 and 11 o'clock. Find the return time. (ā§°āĻžāĻŽ ā§Ģ–ā§Ŧ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ ā§§ā§Ļ–ā§§ā§§ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻšāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāϞāĻŋāĻ“ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


Type 9: Interchange of Hands – Quick Trick (āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ – āϏāĻšāϜ āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•)


Formula: If the person leaves between H₁ and H₁+1 and returns between H₂ and H₂+1, then Return Minutes = 720 − 60H1 + H2 / 12 - 1/12


This formula is difficult to memorize.


Best Exam Trick (Recommended) Interchange of Clock Hands / āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻŋāĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ (Interchange of Hands)


Memory Trick / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻ–āĻžā§° āϏāĻšāϜ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ


Remember this sequence / āĻāχ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻ•āσ 6:05 → 7:10 → 8:15 → 9:20 → 10:25 → 11:30 → 12:35 → 1:40 → 2:45 → 3:50 → 4:55


Pattern / āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ



  • Start from 6:05. / ā§Ŧ:ā§Ļā§Ģā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤

  • Add 1 hour and 5 minutes each time. / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžā§° ā§§ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āφ⧰⧁ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤

  • After 12:35, continue as 1:40 → 2:45 → 3:50 → 4:55. / ⧧⧍:ā§Šā§Ģā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ ā§§:ā§Ēā§Ļ → ⧍:ā§Ēā§Ģ → ā§Š:ā§Ģā§Ļ → ā§Ē:ā§Ģā§Ģ āϧāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Exam Tip / āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ›


Memorize only this sequence, and you can answer most Interchange of Hands questions within seconds. (āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻāχ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻ•, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ Interchange of Hands āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ⧰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧇āχāϛ⧇āϕ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤)


Note: This is a memory trick (approximate pattern) for objective exams. For questions requiring the exact mathematical time, use the standard interchange equations.


āĻāχ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏāĻšāϜ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻš'āϞ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻ–āĻž - ā§Ŧ:ā§Ļā§Ģ → ā§­:ā§§ā§Ļ → ā§Ž:ā§§ā§Ģ → ⧝:⧍ā§Ļ → ā§§ā§Ļ:⧍ā§Ģ → ā§§ā§§:ā§Šā§Ļ → ⧧⧍:ā§Šā§Ģ → ā§§:ā§Ēā§Ļ → ⧍:ā§Ēā§Ģ → ā§Š:ā§Ģā§Ļ → ā§Ē:ā§Ģā§Ģ


āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϧāĻžāĻĒāϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Memory Trick:


Note: If your exam asks for the exact value, use the standard interchange equations. If it asks for the nearest minute (as many aptitude exams do), the above pattern is a fast memory trick.