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Quantitative Aptitude (CDS) Simplification

A clock strikes once at 1 O’clock, twice at 2 O’clock and thrice at 3 O’clock and so on. If it takes 8 s to strike at 5 O’clock, the time taken by it to strike at 10 O'clock is

14 s

16 s

18 sec

None of these

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Explanation:

$\because$ A clock takes time to strike at 5 O’clock = 8 s
Then, time taken to strike at 1 O’clock = 8/5 s
$\therefore$ Time taken to strike at 10 O’clock = 8/5x10 = 16 s