At 3 o'clock, the minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 3. What direction is the hour hand pointing?
ANorth
BSouth
CWest
DEast
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. North
1. On a standard analog clock face, 12 is up.
2. 3 is on the right.
3. Right corresponds to east on a map.
4. So the hour hand points east at 3:00.
_Source: SSC CGL Reasoning (Direction Sense), standard PYQ patterns_
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