Question

Q. A Wall-clock in Pratik’s house shows the time as $4.30$. If the minute-hand of the clock points towards the West, in which direction does the hour-hand point?

• A.
  East
• B.
  North-east
• C.
  South-west
• D.
  North

Answer 1

The correct option is C

South-west
Originally, at 4:30, the minute-hand of a clock will point towards the South and the hour-hand will point towards the South-East. It is given that the minute-hand is pointing towards the west, which means that the clock has been rotated by ${90}^{\circ }$ in the clockwise direction. Hence, the hour-hand will also rotate in the clockwise direction by ${90}^{\circ }$, thus will point towards the South-West direction.