For a clock with 9th hour hand pointing towards the East, the hour hand at 1:30 points towards which direction?

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  1. North-West
  2. North-East
  3. South-West
  4. South-East

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Option 3 : South-West
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Given:

A clock with 9th hour hand pointing towards the East.

As on a standard clock 3 O'clock points towards east, however in the given question 9 O'clock hour hand is pointing towards east thus means that clock is rotated 180 degree from the normal orientation.

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Hence, "Option - (3)" is the correct answer.

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