Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 2 (SSC) · Mathematics (गणित)
Chapter: Chapter 7 — Chapter 7: Time - Reading the Clock
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is the shorter hand on a clock called? [1]
(A) Hour hand
(B) Minute hand
(C) Second hand
(D) No specific name
2. What is the longer hand on a clock called? [1]
(A) Minute hand
(B) Hour hand
(C) Second hand
(D) No specific name
3. What does the hour hand show? [1]
(A) The current hour
(B) The minutes
(C) The date
(D) The day
4. What does the minute hand show? [1]
(A) Minutes past the hour
(B) The hour only
(C) The date
(D) The day
5. What does it mean when the minute hand points to 12? [1]
(A) It's exactly on the hour
(B) It's half past
(C) It's quarter past
(D) Nothing specific
6. What time is it if the hour hand is on 3 and minute hand is on 12? [1]
(A) 3 o'clock
(B) 12 o'clock
(C) 6 o'clock
(D) 9 o'clock
7. Why learn to read a clock? [1]
(A) To follow daily routines
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
8. What can knowing time help us with? [1]
(A) Knowing when to wake up or eat
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only for decoration
(D) No practical use
9. What is the shorter hand on a clock called? [1]
(A) Hour hand
(B) Minute hand
(C) Second hand
(D) No specific name
10. What is the longer hand on a clock called? [1]
(A) Minute hand
(B) Hour hand
(C) Second hand
(D) No specific name
11. What does the hour hand show? [1]
(A) The current hour
(B) The minutes
(C) The date
(D) The day
12. What does the minute hand show? [1]
(A) Minutes past the hour
(B) The hour only
(C) The date
(D) The day
13. What does it mean when the minute hand points to 12? [1]
(A) It's exactly on the hour
(B) It's half past
(C) It's quarter past
(D) Nothing specific
14. What time is it if the hour hand is on 3 and minute hand is on 12? [1]
(A) 3 o'clock
(B) 12 o'clock
(C) 6 o'clock
(D) 9 o'clock
15. Why learn to read a clock? [1]
(A) To follow daily routines
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
16. What can knowing time help us with? [1]
(A) Knowing when to wake up or eat
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only for decoration
(D) No practical use