Verbal Reasoning - Direction Sense Test - Discussion

Step-by-Step Explanation:

1. Understanding the Orientation:
Normally, at 6:00 P.M., the hour hand points to 6 on the clock.
But Rahul says that when it points to 6, it's pointing to North.
That means the normal "6" on the clock is now aligned with North.

This also means:

12 → South
3 → West
9 → East
The directions are rotated 180° from normal.

2. Understanding the Clock at 9:15 P.M:

At 9:15 P.M., the minute hand is on 3 (because 15 minutes = quarter past the hour).
Now, what does "3" mean in terms of direction?
Normally, 3 is East.
But in this new setup (with 6 as North), 3 points to the West.

Final Answer:
At 9:15 P.M., the minute hand points to 3, which is West in this setup.

So, the correct direction is West (Option D).

@All.

Let me explain

Rahul has tweaked his clock so, that 6 becomes North. So, that means 12 is South now, but that also means 9 is now East and 3 is now West. The clock has rotated completely, understand?

Now they ask you which direction is the MINUTE HAND pointing at, when its 9 hours and 15 MINUTES. Since everything is reversed now, the hour hand instead instead it of being in the West in a normal clock is now in the East. And in a normal clock when 15 minutes passed, the minute hand is at 3. But since everything is reversed now, the minute hand is POINTING WEST.

So, West is the correct answer.

At 6:00 pm we have to set direction such that it hour hand become shows the north direction, and we know 12 is just opposite to 12 than minute will show south direction.

But when the time become 9:15 the hour hand move 90 degree in clock and minute hand also move in 90 degree clock wise.

Then at that situation hour hand directed toward east direction and minute hand direct west direction.

It is Simple first,

Make the Orginal 2 clocks them put the 6 end upwards(North) And On the second Clock make the it 9:15 the put it in a Same way as the ist clock is placed As I mean 6 should b towards Northwards. our 9 will b our east now and 3 will be west. our minute hand will b on 3 as the time is 9:15 so that is the answer (west).

The answer should be East. Because according to question.

The hour hand is on 6 in North n min. Hand on 12 towards south. So to clock it at 9:15. We move it n now the hour hand is on 9 towards east & min hand on 3 directed towards west. So we are ask for the hour hand so the answer should be east.

West is the correct answer.

When you rotate the clock in clockwise or anti clockwise it will not make any difference in the movement of hands.
In general 3 is east direction but if you rotate it 3 will be in the west direction.

I hope it's cleared.

Just put in place of 12 or just reverse clock such as 6 is on top that time this condition satisfy. Cos at time of 9. 15-hour hand is on 9 and the minute hand is on 3 that is 15 min. So, 3 is exactly opposite to 9 and as 9 is on east 3 is on the west.

All the conditions written in the question, becomes reverse actually. At 6'o clock it point towards north instead of south, so that minute hand after 15 min. It will point towards west instead of the east. i.e west is the correct answer.

Answer west is correct as said in question 6 o'clock hr hand shows north direction hence the direction is totally reversed north becomes south so and at 9:15 the min hand will show west. So, given answer is correct.

It's so simple @Manisha.

Here North direction shows 6 O clock
So the direction will be changed accordignly
Then they ask what time 9:15 shows;
So, simply if 6 shows north 9 : 15-minute hand shows west direction.