Ramesh put his timepiece on the table in a way so that its minute hand points to south at 6 pm. What will be the direction of the hour hand at 9:15 pm?

East

As per question, if minute hand is in south at 6 pm. then the directions of the watch is as under:

Now, at 9.15pm, the hour hand will be at 9. Therefore, the direction of hour hand as per the above diagram will be East. The image will be like: